“I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war have perished!” Lord, keep our hand from sin’s red sword, We serve our anger, to our shame. Devouring fires, like Satan’s hordes Consume e’en those we love and name. But not upon our […]
Pe Your limits overarch me, My heart, submissive, awed Beholds your words unfold like light To those heart-seared and flawed. I seek your statutes as my breath, I thirst for your commands. Turn to me with your favor now Decreed for those who love your name. Lead in the footpath of your word, Break all […]
The highest heavens, all distant stars Speak with a voice of stillest sound, Above the incense of their lamps, Beyond all praise, Thy name is found. Unrivalled by their vast array, God’s ancient glory meets no shore, Yet listening at the lips of babes God sets his praise, for heaven’s wars. And though, through even […]
“Fight the good fight of faith” (1 Tim. 6:12) Midst rising smoke, the battleground Is filled with spears and lances keen, But all this host God’s fire surrounds With holy flame, for death’s pale gleam. Around our hearts, his righteousness, Our fire, a heart to love and bless, God’s truth a weapon in each hand, […]
The feast of God before us spread, With incense of his love divine, Our hand outstretched, as we are led To fountain-streams of oil and wine. And life–a cascade, sea-storm high, Wave on wave, mounts and descends, Height upon height, it meets our eye, Heaven-drenched, our upborne heads and hands. His emerald-rainbowed glory crowns, His […]
In you, O Lord, my soul has learned to bow, All tinsel treasures gone, no comfort now, Behind me earth’s vast store, an empty shell, My heart in you at home, and all is well. And all thoughts that within me, blind, unfold, Are now a children’s story, left untold. For now my heart hears […]
Lord, open heart and eyes that we may see, And touch our ears, that, speaking, you are heard. While groping blind and captive though we be, Though walking man appear as walking tree, And though our feet may sink into the sea, Keep us within Thy ever-spoken Word; That after night-long labor, when we meet, […]
Make of my soul a twilight-place, Quiet calmness, evening-touch, The fever-pace, still, at sun-slant, Pride’s poor man leans upon his crutch. To listen, until I am taught, To wait, until my soul has heard, In silence, for my empty thoughts, To speak, to say I have no words.
Most calm, severe, is heaven’s strife, And to reveal God’s steps with man He put the very flame of life Within the hand of Abraham. Face set to resurrection-hope, With bonds of faith they both were bound, And Isaac bore the cordwood up, And Isaac laid it down. The sun had set, the air was […]
When sin surrounds us with distress And pride would wear a flaming crown, Take refuge in the Lord above, To tear our idols to the ground, We tell of all his faithfulness, And glory in his love. To look to gods that cannot see, To listen to a speechless stone, To carry gods with lifeless […]