To show that His Presence can help us be
Near kin to the One who died on a tree;
Show that the Spark of Divine Fire can grow
Together with life on this earth below.
And that's why we feel this kindred to all
Life that will grow here, no matter how small.
For everything growing, upward must go;
By this their Creator surely must know.
No flower opens, but I see in it
The effort to be, to their Maker, more fit.
No fruit, nor animal, in a big show,
But told me somehow their Maker must know.
Near kin to the One who died on a tree;
Show that the Spark of Divine Fire can grow
Together with life on this earth below.
And that's why we feel this kindred to all
Life that will grow here, no matter how small.
For everything growing, upward must go;
By this their Creator surely must know.
No flower opens, but I see in it
The effort to be, to their Maker, more fit.
No fruit, nor animal, in a big show,
But told me somehow their Maker must know.
Great God, Who permeates all living things,
Help me to show that 'tis You in me sings.
Help me to show that 'tis You in me sings.
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