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His springs plunge to the depths below
Winds blow, dispel the sultry air.
like liquid lightning from a bow.
Stars orbit, now the sun is there!
I am a curse. Though powers of dark increase,
God moves: he s not a steel-hard beam.
God acts, and when the poisonous slime, released,
He is a fire: a steady, glowing gleam.
runs off in a torrential stream,
He is where flames leap, flare, and play.
the pure, clear waters crest and gleam.
He is where fountains burst in spray.
God is a spirit: an ever blowing breeze.
God is power: he quickens all that breathes.
His love is free to all, and true
in Christ, who saves, and makes all new.
Sannerz, 1923
Heinrich Arnold once said,  When my father saw, in himself, something
that hindered Christ, he brought it before the cross and fought it through&
After such struggles he would often write a victorious poem& and when he
came out of his study he would be radiant  simply radiant with joy and love.
Heini was not referring to this specific poem, but he could have been, given
its opening   I am death& I am a curse  and its build-up to a victorious
ending where Christ  makes all new.
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Jesus: thou God is our bond.
eternal balm, Take his hand.
cleansing bath, Make your vow
city of calm. unto him now.
Wash us clean, Close the ring
rushing spring, with joy, and sing!
clear and bright  Dance in white
Lanterns swinging in our hands,
plunge us in. with garlands bright.
we walk singing through the land.
Turn to the left, turn to the right 
Ocean vast, Spirit-primed,
everyone must see the light!
sea of heav n, move in time,
Up through the land, as one band,
path of stars, round and round,
light in hand.
turn home again. center bound.
Sannerz, 1923
Cleanse us Starry dance
in thy bath of light, of suns, advance.
wheeling sun, Music of spheres:
radiance bright. heaven to our ears!
Sannerz, 1923 God is the clang
of light, sea, and song.
Listen, see 
harmony!
Sannerz, 1923
Recalling the daily  inner gatherings that took place in the first
years at Sannerz, Emmy writes in her memoirs that they made her
 shiver with a deep joy and thankfulness & Something of eternity
was living among us; something that made us forget the limits of
time and space& For those of us who experienced those years,
the  first love remains unforgettable & It is quite clear, of course,
that no one can live off memories of the past. Today too the Spirit
At Sannerz the yearly lantern procession, lives, calling people to  Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at
Set to music by Alexander Weichert, an old family
a German tradition, gained new meaning: it hand! Yet for every person the time of his first zeal and love will
friend. Eberhard s son Heirich regarded it as one of
symbolized the light of Christ being carried always be significant, and in times of weakness he will be able to
his father s deepest poems and said that, it should not
out into the darkness by his followers. turn back to it, as to a reservoir of strength.
be over-used, but sung  only at holy moments.
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God is spirit and fire 
Thy spirit is true 
apostle might, apostle pow r.
thy light gives purity.
He breaks the force of evil spells
Its clear ray leads
and sweeps away the ghosts of hell.
to the Meal of Unity.
God, thou spirit and might
Thy spirit is pure 
that tears the dead from abysmal night,
world s torment dost thou heal.
thou art the Christ,
Thou pourest wine,
forever circling earth and skies.
longing s grail dost thou fill.
God drives dust and sand,
Thy spirit unites 
shakes leaves and trees across the land,
gives strength for peace to reign.
blows the chaff in gusts 
In spirit and might
the man he grips must trust.
shall thy kingdom come again.
Spirit of pureness  God! 
Sannerz, 1923
drive out what s rotten, dead, and old.
Calm our fear and pain,
chase off the plague of death s decay.
Field and wood he bends,
storm and echoing tumult sends,
and mighty thunderheads,
while all below is cold and dead.
Spirit of Christ, O Lord,
thy breath unlocks and closes doors
with rushing wind  but then
eternal calm and strength dost send.
God s spirit fills it all,
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