MANSION assigned me by Eternal Love,
While on this lower stage I play my part,
In prelude to the harmonies above,
How wonderful and excellent thou art.
A stately tower, built on a perfect plan,
Whence to survey Creation’s varied scenes;
With telescopic lens to search and scan,
And photograph them on thy silken screens.
Chambers and corridors, and cells replete
With mental storage for progressive years:
A phonograph whose vibrant tones repeat
At my command the music of the spheres.
An ever-beating engine to supply
The stream of life to each remotest cell:
Appliances of subtle chemistry,
Electric threads to touch my spirit bell.
A secret cabinet of object lore,
Tokens and records of an earlier stage;
Where in creative silence I explore
Symbols of glory for the coming age.
A temple meet and sacred for His praise
Who shaped the wondrous organ that awaits
My thrilling touch its anthem to upraise,
And sing the glory of the Golden Gates.
Not long in thee, fair mansion, must I dwell:
When I depart I leave thee to decay:
Thy pulse of harmony shall cease to swell,
And all thy beauty mingle with the clay.
But, while in thee my sojourn shall endure,
Thou shalt not be neglected nor defiled;
Thou shalt be swept and garnish’d sweet and pure,
Fitting abode for God’s immortal child.
There shall be no confusion in thy halls,
Dust shall not gather on thy polished stone;
There shall be lovely pictures on thy walls,
They shall not echo one discordant tone.
Shade from the Tree of Life shall cover thee,
Beneath thine eaves the flow’rs of Love shall bloom,
Banners of Honour shall float over thee,
And germs of Truth shine forth in every room.
Because, methinks, a goodly type thou art
Of future residence prepared for me,
By the same Hand that did those gifts impart,
Which made thy frame so beautiful for me.
Nearer, and ever nearer, must I press,
Stage after stage, towards the Source of Light:
Yet never shall I cease to praise and bless
The God who made my earthly home so bright.
(Emily Mary Barton)
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