THE WORD OF GOD

Who Loves This Teaching Loves To Find
The Grace Of God Invested In A Name
That As A Shepherd Gathers Up
Thy Heart's Divergent Claims

And Under One Banner
Gives Voice To Many Goods
As Lightning In A Flash
Illumines Feild and Woods

Praise The One Who Is All Praise
And So Let Praise Be Praised
Love The One Who Is All Love
And So Let Love Be Loved

Pure Goodness Is God's Goodness
How Good Is Goodness's Name?
Pure Sweetness Is His Sweetness
How Sweet Is Sweetness Plain?

Wherever There Be Any Light
There Shines The Light Of God
Created Like The Sun Itself
Or From Before The World

Proclaim This The Very Gospel Decree
That A Worthy Name Might Be Given
To Honor All Things Upon The Earth
And Be Honored By All Things In Heaven

Blessed Be The Good Lord's Name
Hosanah To God In The Highest
Holy Spring Of Devotions
And Meeting Place Of Waters

Nexus of Brevity And Revelation Unbound
Master Conductor Of Infinite Gifts
Harmonizing Harp And Horn
To Amplify His Lovingness

In One Swift Breath Christ's Name Evokes
All That He Said Or Did For Love
And Invokes The Paraclete
Thy Holy Ghostly Dove

The Word Is God's Seed Sunk Deep In History
His Pebble Rippling The Collective Memory
His Star Overlooking The Quiet Mind
His Tear Storming The Evil Eye

It Is A Rose In The Hair Of The Romantics
But A Thorn In The Eye Of The Cynics
It Is Wine For Those Who Must Drink
And Water For Those Who Are Drunk

How Strange It Must Sound
To The Wealthy Merchants
Both Summons To Poverty
And Promise Of Abundance

O Christ, I So Adore Thy Name
This Shocking Cry Of Total Love
Calling Men Into The Kingdom Here
And Angels To The Throne Above