There Is One

The Exalted Promise,
Which seemed so impossible,
Is Gloriously real!
The many forebodings
Of a corrupt humanity,
Fathom not the power
Of Divine Love.
There is One:
Bone of our bone,
Flesh of our flesh,
Who can be, unto thy soul,
The Object of perfect trust;
The ever abiding home
Of thy deepest affection;
An unfailing supply
Of thy profoundest wants.
There is One:
In whom can be found,
All that thou hast
Vainly sought in men;
A source of all Peace;
And a refuge in the storm:
"It behooved Him,
To be Made in all points,
Like unto His brethren";
That His succor
Might ever be near,
And His guidance sure.
There is One:
The man Christ Jesus;
Being Almighty God,
Manifest in the flesh;
Who exercised, in one act,
The Post of Sacrifice
And the Office of Priest;
Both Creator and Savior;
In Him is the fulfillment
Of the great yearning
Of all creation:
The unification of
The Sacred and the profane,
In the eternal bonds
Of His Divine Love.

There is One:
Amen.