We look and yearn and feel after eternity,if we might chance upon a taste of that which is so glorious;if that blessed confidence might be struck to us as flesh upon the bone,and our hearts be found true and pure,meekly waiting beneath our master's table for one crumb of His word. So let us be …
Tag: Poetry
A Third Prayer to God
I pray to God for a fire in my soul which burns eternallike the blessed burning of that grandest ball of celestialand everlasting flame, exalted and lifted up likethe one who upholds its very atoms, upon whose willits energy depends and who has found fit to makeit as a strong man running a race;And I …
Elohim
God of strength, all sovereign and powerful;God of truth, straight and without error;God of sufficiency, completer and sustainer;God of eternity, holder of all life, I AM:to Thy great name belongeth all glory!may every living thing ascribe to Thee, whattrue depth of mercy is Thine and Thine alone,what true strength lies within Thy Sanctuary;what delicate rest …
To My King
Dawn's joyful bounce above the skyline,(steadfast in its obedience to the Most High),a gazelle in full stride, (strength and beauty combined),a king in victorious parade, (ten thousand behind).Such is my King's love, adamant with dedication,armor which no foe may break, a measurelesswell of endless refreshment, ever flowing and free;ever radiant and ablaze with heavenly heat. …
A Second Prayer to God
I pray to God to heal my wounds,the stink and stench of carnality,for I have destroyed myself but Thoushalt bind up and graciuosly heal;transform me by Thy word; by Thy GoodSpirit let rivers flow and quenchthis thirsty and dry abode, which I have made.May my ever wretched body of deathhave its desires struck with blindness,and …
Blessed Son
O blessed Son! likethe heat of morning'sglorious sun, the grandproduction of God's alarm.in His splendid fashion He emergesas a bridegroom released to the bride,incandescent and all-in-all brilliant, beautiful,and bounding upon the hills of holiness,Hind of The Dawn, King of kings,glorious in His passion of love. O blessed Son! likethe breezy wind breathingOn creation, stirring upthe …
my Savior
creator of my soul, borne to be born in me,o blessed cross where Jesus hung andlowrd His bloody head in pain;o blessed Savior risen'again, into thesky forever mine,sustainer of my life; every moment;my every breathheld tightly inside my chest,lea'nd 'pon breast in supper;o blessed Savior stitched uponmy once wretched heart,now to be my beloved, ever …
Drawing Near
The time is short;the day draws near;the dawning of that infinite agedraws inescapably closer as weedge on into eternity, and the thickblanket of night grows old.The tremors of glory on the horizonripple through time and splashupon the shore. The Ark of Heaven'sdoors creak with forebode;the reddening sky swells.Look! the Right Hand of Almighty Jahlooms on …
The Sweetness of His Word
O taste and see! yea, know assuredlyof the Blessed Redeemer's fruit; of thatLiving Bread not wont to grow stale, laidup for those ravenous souls which flyupon Heaven's ladder, almost violentin their manner of acquisition, yetonly are they met with blessed joyand life most vehement in its flame. O that blessed overcomer who affordshimself a drink …
A Prayer to God
I cry out to God,for the blazing radiance of God's eternal Sonto burn within my bones,to burn within my heart,to burn within my bowels, within my mind,to create a tongue of eternal fire;a pillar of God's consuming heat resting on my head andI ache for the bliss of His presence,the bliss of His words, i …
Bright And Morning Star 