The Sound of the Censer

 

The Sound of the Censer

The censer swings

Like the cosmos rings 

Moving before the Face of God

So the censer sings

Burning with a Holy Fire

From outside its compass

Lit by the fire that the Father brings

Glowing red with life in His breath

And as He moves and swings 

It sends up incense in a rich haze

Reflecting His Own glorious blaze 

Like the Seraph's wings

Like the Shekinah Cloud pillaring 

Like the darkness that hid the Face of Grace

The censer swings

Pointing beyond the fallen things

Marking the Cosmos as the altar for the Lamb

Revealing the Infinite Glory of "I AM THAT I AM"

By Bp. Joseph Boyd 

(Ancient Church of the West)