“WHERE THE GOLD IS” (Genesis 2: 11)

C. J. Stewart

From scattered saints in testing isolation

A prayer ascends in restful supplication—

—The gold is there!

From every house in holy separation

Doth prayer ascend ‘midst many a troubled nation—

—The gold is there!

Assembly prayer, in joy or tribulation,

In Spirit yields in holy culmination—

—Much gold is there!

And thus from golden bowls

With fragrant incense filled

Ascend for God’s delight

Odours ne’er to be stilled.

Spaldwick