Poems (Coolidge)/Ephphatha

by Helen Elizabeth Coolidge

"EPHPHATHA"

To my heart those blessèd words,
 Lord, I pray that thou shouldst speak,
That thy kingdom evermore
 I may first and alway seek.

To my mind, again, dear Lord,
 Speak those wondrous words, I pray;
Give me grace to understand,
 Wisdom ere to guide my way.

To my soul those loving words
 Rapture evermore shall bring;
All my life and being thine!
 Enter thou, my God! my King!

At the threshold speak them, Lord,
 Fling the heavenly portals wide;
Heart and mind, my soul, my all.
 Shall with thee be glorified.