FIRE AND WATER
Oh, God let us ne'er forget the crimson sea
Where the path was cut for us, deep and wide;
When all our sins were washed away
That on thy holy word we might rely--
To daily walk by faith in this wilderness
This strange desert-- with it's serpents fierce;
Our faces ever set on Jerusalem
And the King of glory that the traitors pierced--
For now we traverse that same high and narrow mountain
Cliffs scream on either side;
Chasms open beneath to seize the soul--
Tears and shadows cloud the eyes--
Oh but then we cry out-- O Jesus!
O catch us, lest we fall!
And then, thy tender feathers gather above
To lift the faithful up and over all.
This is the righteous fire that purges--
And the precious truth that keeps us free--
And when these earthy husks be broken, at last
Into thy joy we shall be released.
(~sister Abby Elizabeth)
Oh, God let us ne'er forget the crimson sea
Where the path was cut for us, deep and wide;
When all our sins were washed away
That on thy holy word we might rely--
To daily walk by faith in this wilderness
This strange desert-- with it's serpents fierce;
Our faces ever set on Jerusalem
And the King of glory that the traitors pierced--
For now we traverse that same high and narrow mountain
Cliffs scream on either side;
Chasms open beneath to seize the soul--
Tears and shadows cloud the eyes--
Oh but then we cry out-- O Jesus!
O catch us, lest we fall!
And then, thy tender feathers gather above
To lift the faithful up and over all.
This is the righteous fire that purges--
And the precious truth that keeps us free--
And when these earthy husks be broken, at last
Into thy joy we shall be released.
(~sister Abby Elizabeth)
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