Hymn VI

“But God is faithful” 1 Cor. x, 18.

Lord, remember, we implore Thee,
     And defend from every foe
Thy poor spouse that bends before Thee
     Palpitating as a doe:
Be Thou unto her a Pillar
     To direct her in the night,—
To illuminate and fill her
     With the lustre of Thy Light.

Life is far more strange than fiction,—
     But its immortality
In defiance of affliction
     Magnifies its mystery.
When the winnowing commences,
     Lord, enable us to stand
Purified from past offences
     At the last on Thy Right Hand.

O that, as a cloud ascending
     Upwards to the skies above,
We may rise, and with unending
     Rapture realise Thy Love!
Three in One, The Same as ever,
     God proclaims His Name to be
Alpha and Omega, never
     Failing in fidelity.

~Ann Griffiths (translated into English by George Richard Gould Pughe)