By
Mary MB Glover

Father, so let us be, risen with TheeCol 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. , Whom but the pure in heartMatt 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. only canst see, That thine own Sabbath Morn, Look on the newly bornJohn 3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: John 3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. , Giving thy servants Lord, Rest and reward. Dust unto dustEditorial Note: “Dust to dust” is found in a prayer from the Burial Rite of the Book of Common Prayer and is based on Genesis 3:19. is given, earth chords are riven, "Hast Thou forsaken mePs 22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? Matt 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama
sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi,
Eloi,
lama
sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? ," echoed to heaven, But when the earthly dreams, Wake into Wisdom's beams – Saying the false must die, Thou are most nigh. Not in the worldling's voice would I rejoice, Lay up thy treasure in heavenMatt 6:19 ¶Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Matt 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: Matt 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. , 's, the choice, Not at fame's hollow mart, Lay down a perjured heart, But in all Truth abide What e'er betide. Let not the heathen’s ragePs 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? my thoughts engage, My thoughts engage Teach me, O, Father, from Thy perfect page, Guided with quickened sense— More light to gather thence— Even Truth’s priceless gem, Trampled by menMatt 7:6 ¶Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. ; Till thy dear voice shall say, at close of day, “Lo! The glad fields, and thy harvest home lay Rich with thy sowing and care, Now I’ll destroy every tareEditorial Note: This is an allusion to Jesus’ parable of the tares (Matthew 13:24-43; Gospel of Thomas, saying 57). “Tares” are thought to be darnel, a weed that can be mistaken for wheat in its early stages of growth. The word “tares” has been used by Christians as a metaphor for sins or shortcomings that need to be purged from one’s life., This is my love for thee, Canst thou not see? Thou didst not toil in vain, Wisdom to gain, Those who have pierced thee in labor & pain, Sinfull Corrected: Sinful and slow to see, Failed of God’s gift to thee, And from earth’s barren sward Chose their reward”