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Beloved disciple, Lone-exiled by the sea, To him the vision came Of pure reality. False concepts passed away, All things were new—John saw No new beginning of the old, But fresh, unsullied, free, Man and the universe revealed In primal purity.
In earth's youth And making, Amidst the flow Of waters, Light prevails, Prophets waking. "Light of the world" shone.
So wise the prophets were. Through countless years The spiritual power of prophecy appears.
"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things. " (John 14:-26) Through centuries of cold, pedantic creeds The Master's promise of the Comforter, Whom God would send, Meant only Scriptural words That fell on dull and inattentive ears.
Who is he who Knows the interpretation Scholars search for? Plato and Berkeley, Kant and Locke, our teachers, Probe as they reason all Meaning of wisdom. God is wisdom, Sheltering tabernacle, Solving problems.
Just as a child who trustingly An older brother's hand will take And follow unafraid and free Through pathways dim, where shadows make Weird patterns, upward to the wide And open spaces, hilltops high, Into the golden light beside Still waters, so we, eager, try The upward way. Supported, led By Life and Truth, our vision clears, Our needs by Love divine are fed.
Love , let me, like the hundredth sheep, come back. Pride's towering mountains loom so grim and black.
Let me give a gift, Lord, And let it be acceptable. In what rage of jealousy Did Cain slay Abel? Why should Abel's lambs please God? Why should Cain's fruits be ignored? God in mercy told him why: "Sin lieth at the door, Cain.
I awoke early this morning And in my heart I heard His voice say: "I am the loving God. Kingdoms of the earth Come and go.
There was a time when what I thought was day Was filled with burdened hours of weariness Holding a heavy weight of arduous tasks Unlightened and unsolved—nor ever less. And then I learned to know what God's day is— Timeless, unfolding, bringing joy and peace.