Knowledge

By Dayton Conway

To know God,

the man Moriancumer

pled God give light to man

by touching stone.

Moses sought God

beside a burning bush,

climbing ancient Horeb

to find the key to holiness.

To become holy,

the ancients plied faith with

sacrifice, trusting the Redeemer

to save them from their sins.

The Mediator of the covenant

lit the night for Enos and Jacob,

touched stone for the man

who fled from Babylon,

And spoke from glowing branches

to the man who fled from Egypt;

showing that darkness seeks its own

and seekers of light can know the Holy One.

To remember him

we lift the bread, the cup, our hearts,

praying, as the ancients did,

that we might know him.