This is the hour of the Golden Ships <br />masts true, ropes a hauling, given wind <br />This is the true opening of the lily <br />softly touched by yet softer breath <br />This is the rise for all glorious dead <br />raising life as they are risen <br />In spirit; as well-the soldiers of faith <br /> <br />The time has arisen for Jerusalem's day! <br />My God! My God! your life this way! <br />Golden and glorious in this escalating age <br />Ten million souls die in battle on one single day <br />(How hope can fade in such a sudden way) <br />Yet we bow and give way for the LORD of Lords! <br />His glory is yet to be shown in his two edged sword <br /> <br />To fight we all against persecutors of Faith <br />Gather the tribes as in Joshua's day* <br />All Christians hail the name of the LORD <br />Worship Him as our Kingdom is restored <br />Freedom is in His Blood and rapture in ours <br />For to die for the Christ is to gain all strength, <br />For to die for Jesus is to live in Peace <br /> <br />[*allusion to Joshua 22: 12]<br /><br />Annie Cordelia Adams<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/freedom-is-in-his-blood/
