Tag: Poetry
A Spotless Bride
"Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee." [Songs 4:6-7] We know that marriage is ordained of God to be a picture of Jesus and the church, …
Jesus Has Risen
The beauties of the sunset and the sunrise rise up above the skyline,releasing into the sky like a great rubber band,slingshotting color up and over the horizon,and streaking the sky with bright glory; The hind of the dawn, the great morning star,the light of the world, The beloved and blessed of God,rises up to kiss …
What Glories Await
What glories await us in heaven, O children of God,O friends of The Most High; O servants of The King,O sheep of The Shepherd, O you treasured ones,more precious in His eyes than life,than all riches,than all pearls;O bride of Christ! O friends of God!O those for whom Christ shed His blood! Bless the day …
To
To the King of my Soul,who has gifted me lifeand liberty, and love. To the Captain of my Course,who has bestowed a lavishand rich blessednessupon my heart. To the Martyr of our Ancient Faith,the Creator of joy and peace,of sunshine, and of all good things. To the Glorious and Exalted I Am,an eternal ray of …
Victory
Upon the hem of His pure linen he clung,Upon the breast of His even rise he lean't,Upon the thought of His flowing blood he stayed,Upon the feet of His lofty figure he bowed,Upon the beauty of His heavenly face he gazed,Upon the Word of Life he desperately fed: For, in his weakness and lowliness,he saw …
The Fire
In this life, the heat of hell warms the sinner from afar,but when Christ shall bring him near to those devilish gates,their form and figure shall quickly disappearfrom that which seemed to glint,shifting quickly through the lens of Christ,And turn to show its glow was never friendly,nor its warmth ever for gain;But those nether gates …
Victor
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 …
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 …