Tuesday, August 5, 2008

A Mighty Staircase Is Our God

"A Mighty Staircase Is Our God"

A Mighty Staircase is our God, It upward always striving;
Our helper It, against the host of mortal ills contriving:
For still our ancient foe doth seek to pull us low;
His craft and power are great, and, armed with cruel weight,
On Earth is not his equal.

With might of ours can naught be done, soon were our loss effected;
But for us stands the Tallest One, which God Himself erected.
Ask ye, what this is? Rising tall it is:
O'er Earth and Sea, and other God none be;
It lifts us up forever.

And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed Its height to triumph through us:
The Prince of Deepness grim, we tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure,
One little push shall fell him.

For Fate, despite all earthly powers supporting him, decideth
That height and the gifts are ours through It Who with us sideth:
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
The body they may kill: God's height abideth still,
Its kingdom is forever.

Labels: poetry, possible heresy, staircase-worship