O Grant Us Light
Illustration★★★★O grant us light, that we may know The wisdom thou alone canst give; That truth may guide whate’ver we do, And virtue bless where’er we live. O grant us light, that we may learn How dead is life from thee apart; How sure is joy for all who turn To thee an undivided heart. Lawrence Tuttiett a3 THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER There is a trail within your life Where you can climb above the crowd, Where you can rise above the earth, And look far down on haze and cloud.
There is a trail within your soul Where you can climb right up to God, And know the source whence blessings flow To quicken life in seed and sod. There is a trail that calls to you, “Come, climb, and conquer heights unscaled, That you may see with vision true, And find life’s goal where others failed.” There is a trail that you can climb, What though death come on mountain peak! The vision comes to those who climb!
Christ’s mantle falls on those who seek!
The point
Two poems: one asking for wisdom and truth; the other a trail metaphor about climbing above earthly troubles to reach God and vision.