Zeal for the Word,
Our souls bought first,
So that when pages turn,
bright margins appear.
There, context explains
God’s fresh notes of faith.
Remembering the Word,
How life from it burns,
Shows roads from the past,
For each pilgrim’s progress.*
Such templates make knees
To touch floors, beseech
Our God to fill gaps
Where th’unknown becomes path.
____________
* Romans 15:4
Our souls bought first,
So that when pages turn,
bright margins appear.
There, context explains
God’s fresh notes of faith.
Remembering the Word,
How life from it burns,
Shows roads from the past,
For each pilgrim’s progress.*
Such templates make knees
To touch floors, beseech
Our God to fill gaps
Where th’unknown becomes path.
____________
* Romans 15:4
