VARIATIONS: C

i

And how did Abel know how

To offer righteously? How did Enoch understand

How to please God? How did Abraham see

Christ's day? Or how did Moses judge

What was the reproach of Christ? Faith

Was their secret: by it they looked forward to

Christ, Leader and Completer of Faith.

ii

Whence is the joy that stirs these people's lives

As if a harvest had filled them with delight?

What power has risen to obviate decline

And all the forces that caused them to divide?

Those walking in the darkness have seen a light;

Those dwelling in death's shadow have seen one shine.

iii

After the time of concealment,

Necessary famine, or gloom,

His delight was to let them know

Himself, his love and his supplies:

Greater than all of secret dreams

These were what designated him

As the Revealer of Secrets.