- 1. The Heavenly Country
There was once a foaming sea
Facing near eternity.
On it, a woman and child
With hair blowing in the wild,
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- 2. The Heavenly Message
The moon is not as far as we are told;
The universe is not so very old.
The stars are not suns; – to earth shall they fall.
Those shining, daily circling spheres are small,
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- 3. Holy Sonnet Of Christ In Me
I have eternal life in my spirit,
And temptation cannot overcome me.
The Father, Son and Spirit within it,
Are my life, and death I shall never see.
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- 4. The Dawning
Water lilies float down a silent stream;
The watching swamphens and bank willows dream,
At the passing of a fragrant blessing,
Brought to them by a soft wind caressing.
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- 5. Holy Sonnet Of The Reason For The Atonement
Love is tender emotion and fiery;
Who needed an offering for his heart.
Seeing sin made God like the raging sea,
That must shipwreck sin and break it apart.
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- 6. Holy Sonnet Of Reconciliation Through The Lamb Of God
The Lord imputes no sin to his loved child;
His blood ever cleanses you in the light.
You, a spirit, were always undefiled;
The sin in your flesh never touched its bright.
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- 7. Holy Sonnet Of The Two Destinies
There's an infinite difference between those
That are good and bad; for eternity
Separates them both, and endlessly shows
Some burning with shame, and some with glory.
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