from the beginning
standing together
by the table
calling loudly as the house shakes
happy in love and vision
amid the perplexed
staying pioneers
birthright
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from the beginning
standing together
by the table
calling loudly as the house shakes
happy in love and vision
amid the perplexed
staying pioneers
birthright
here an hundred converts
a noble army of light arrayed
here is another hundred
pillars
another hundred rising
cedars
growing in the dross
the stone in the wall cries out
and the beam answers
from boot black cellars and house to house
an altar of regeneration forgiveness communication revelation and charity
shares without prejudice.
all creatures here below