PLACES

Lying in a manger

Has been found

Christ the Lord.

He has gone to the Jordan

And heard there a sound

Acclaiming from heaven.

He has been driven

To the harsh ground

Of the wilderness.

Upon the mountains He made

His disciples understand

The texture of His rule.

Returned to the plain

He, with strong tender hand,

Healed many infirm.

His voice from the ship

Brought to those on the land

The timbre of His rule.

He came to the garden.

There love constrained

Inexorably.

He came to the cross.

There the only Unstained

Bore sins, and grief, and pain.

They bore Him to the grave.

Death restrained

Till He dissolved its bond.

In the garden

One who one moment bemoaned

In the next rejoiced in Him living.

Among His brethren,

Those whom He owned,

Beheld Him risen.

Now by God’s right hand

Enthroned

Is Christ the Victor.