Reaching upward, growing tall
Sky split by steeple spire.
Here a place to hear Faith's call,
Kneeling at the feet of God,
In humble prayer to admire
At all the wonders to be awed.
Here to rest in white pall.
In the churchyard to retire,
Darkness onto life will fall.
As one lives by rule and rod
The soul climbs higher
To Heaven's gate abroad.
In the dust and dirt we crawl
All labeled: sinner, thief, or liar.
Read here, letters from Saul,
To weed out all fraud,
Be baptized by holy fire
And rise up in the name of God.
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