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Light, redeem! O save and free us.Let thy beams pierce us to the core.Consecrate all things, King Jesus,thou rising sun, thou morning star.Lord, we fully trust thy radiance.Thy summons calls us out of night.Brilliant light-worlds dost thou buildof fires baptismal, pure and bright.Built on shining, radiant pillars,thy sacred temple soon will stand.Roar, O spirit of fire, roar loudly –send out thy flames across the land!Holy power, draw near and heal us:alone in pureness can life shine.Leave us not, O Holy Spirit –a pure white stone thy sacred sign.We believe the unseen being.We believe the final power.We believe what is revealed.We believe hour by hour.We believe the quiet glimmer.We believe the inner word.We believe, although in darkness.We believe here on earth.We believe the words of Jesus.We believe the Spirit’s might.Faith brings forth a new creation.Open wide, O gates of life!Sannerz, 1921Sannerz, 1921The last line of “Light redeem!” refers to Revelation 2:17, “To him whois victorious I will give the hidden manna; I will give him also a white stone,and on the stone will be written a new name, known to none but him thatreceives it.”P O E M S & R H Y M E D P R A Y E R S:E B E R H A R D A R N O L D 44