To mortal sense came evening.
Then from far
Above the deepest shadow
Appeared a star,
A searchlight in the grayness,
A beacon ray
So strong that suddenly
I knelt to pray.
Love poured full warmth and glory unsparingly
Upon the human concept I called me
Till falsity grew limpid, seemed to run
Much as a fragile snowflake touched by sun.
And there in lieu of a mortal was man, serene,
The image of God, Love's likeness, clearly seen.
I saw real substance as Spirit—through spiritual sight;
I understood God's mandate, "Let there be light."
And this is the light, the glory,
That Love is all!
This the eternal wonder
That came to Saul,
This the radiant starlight,
The powerful ray
That replaced my mortal evening
With Spirit's day.
