We pray that his poems will be a blessing to you.
SEE HIM
See the gates swing open wide
Welcoming the warrior home
Advancing like the swelling tide
Across the raging surging foam
See him enter now the city
The New Jerusalem above
Home for all eternity
Because of God’s unfailing love.
See him in bright robes arrayed
Occupy his allotted place
He who battled on and prayed
Supplicated at the throne of grace
Often found upon his knees
In the morning and at night
Brought to God his earnest pleas
Never once gave up the fight
See him by the Saviour crowned
Bending low down at his feet
Prostrate lying on the ground
His adoration there repeat
See him rise and take his crown
Cast it down, his Lord acclaim
Hear the anthem all else drown
In the Praise of Jesus’ name
WG. Sutherland. 14/1/07.
BETHEL
To Bethel I return
The altar there, repair
No longer Lord to spurn
Your proffered hand of care
Be it famine or in fullness
In plenitude or dearth
Your promise is to bless
While I remain on Earth.
Here, to call upon your name
Before my head I rest
Find a pardon for my shame
A peace within my breast
Oh God of revelation
May I that ladder see
The pathway to salvation
Found only Lord in thee.
A pillar here to raise
My gratitude to show
My voice lift up in praise
As my cup does overflow
Here, I would my vows renew
To follow and obey
Ever seek your will to do
All along my pilgrim way.
W.G. Sutherland. 9/6/07.
LIGHT OF THE WORLD
Light of the world, is he
Shining forth in splendour
Through the years of history
As our Lord and Saviour
Penetrating the darkest night
Surrounding souls astray
Like a morning star so bright
That heralds the coming day.
A beacon that shines eternally
Across the sea of time
In a radiance perpetually
To every land and clime
Dispelling gloom and fear
From hearts filled with shame
Drying the falling tear
Through the power of his name.
More resplendent than any other
In fullness and energy
Nothing, its flame can smother
Nor outshine its potency
Touching lives in despair
With its beams of radiant love
Transmitting God’s divine care
From the courts of heaven above.
W.G. Sutherland 20/3/07.
