Lament by Evangeline Paterson

Lament

By Evangeline Paterson

Red Rule

Weep, weep for those
Who do the work of the Lord
with a high look
And a proud heart.
Their voice is lifted up
In the streets, and their cry is heard.
The bruised reed they break
By their great strength, and the smoking flax
They trample.

Weep not for the quenched
(For their God will hear their cry
And the Lord will come to save them)
But weep, weep for the quenchers.

For when the day of the Lord
is come, and the vales sing
And the hills clap their hands
And the light shines
Then their eyes shall be opened
On a waste place,
Smouldering,
The smoke of the flax bitter
In their nostrils,
Their feet pierced
By broken reed-stems. . .
Wood, hay, and stubble,
And no grass springing
And all the birds flown.

Weep, weep for those
Who have made a desert
In the name of the Lord.

Red Rule

Thank you for reading this Lament by Evangeline Paterson.

Truly, the condition of a Church in decline is long-ago prophesied, and Ms Paterson has captured that decline – and the anger of the Lord toward those who have led, and are leading that decline – perfectly in prose.

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