Visions
Revolution
Christ of revolution
and of poetry!
Not the revolution
of burning towns and farms
or crowds cheering the bloody
work of the guillotine.
but revolution within,
heart, mind and soul,
a transformed person,
which like yeast in flour
leavens society
by obedience
to God's commands!
Thy Holy Spirit, oh Lord,
struck down Saul,
the persecutor,
on Damascus road
giving us Paul
the Apostle
of the heart set free!
Thy Spirit,
hovering like a dove,
shining like St. Elmo's fire,
gives bread to the hungry
and the Bread of Heaven
to the soul hungry,
a cup of water to the thirsty
and living water
to longing souls
that we may dwell in Eternity
neither hungry and thirsty
again in soul or body!
Great art Thou, oh Lord,
and greatly to be praised,
great in our midst
is The Holy One of Israel!
and of poetry!
Not the revolution
of burning towns and farms
or crowds cheering the bloody
work of the guillotine.
but revolution within,
heart, mind and soul,
a transformed person,
which like yeast in flour
leavens society
by obedience
to God's commands!
Thy Holy Spirit, oh Lord,
struck down Saul,
the persecutor,
on Damascus road
giving us Paul
the Apostle
of the heart set free!
Thy Spirit,
hovering like a dove,
shining like St. Elmo's fire,
gives bread to the hungry
and the Bread of Heaven
to the soul hungry,
a cup of water to the thirsty
and living water
to longing souls
that we may dwell in Eternity
neither hungry and thirsty
again in soul or body!
Great art Thou, oh Lord,
and greatly to be praised,
great in our midst
is The Holy One of Israel!
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