Poems (Linn)/God All in All
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GOD ALL IN ALL.
GOD is in summer flowers that rise,
In birds that carol to the skies;
But 1s he less in noxious weed,
In poison root and deadly seed,
In slimy things that creep and crawl,
Since He is ever All in All?
In birds that carol to the skies;
But 1s he less in noxious weed,
In poison root and deadly seed,
In slimy things that creep and crawl,
Since He is ever All in All?
God of self-sacrifice and prayer;
God of the hearts that nobly dare;
Of childhood's innocence and glee;
Of love and truth and loyalty;
But what of those who sin and fall,—
Accursed while God is All in All?
God of the hearts that nobly dare;
Of childhood's innocence and glee;
Of love and truth and loyalty;
But what of those who sin and fall,—
Accursed while God is All in All?
Love's lips are warm, life's wine is red
And God is smiling overhead;
But love proves false, the wine is spilled,
The ecstasy and joy are stilled;
We sit in shadow of the pall,
Yet here, our God is All in All
And God is smiling overhead;
But love proves false, the wine is spilled,
The ecstasy and joy are stilled;
We sit in shadow of the pall,
Yet here, our God is All in All
Oh, blessed words! Oh, thought divine!
To cheer us when we would repine;
To lift our hearts above earth's blight,
To the eternal, fadeless Light.
Earth has no ill that can appall
The soul that owns God All in All.
To cheer us when we would repine;
To lift our hearts above earth's blight,
To the eternal, fadeless Light.
Earth has no ill that can appall
The soul that owns God All in All.