Baptism by fire

"Holy, holy, holy" angels cry!

"Woe is me ! I am undone"- the truthful prophet cries...

A fire so hot and holy that angels dare not touch

Burns in a holy cauldron that our hands can never clutch.

To purify my open wound- this flesh that is a curse

To cleanse to cure and to atone- in death's baptism to immerse

Burning my flesh as a sacrifice, a living offering

Burn me til I am undone and my life to you I bring...

This shadow of the almighty reveals itself one day

We shall see the fire of Jesus in glory now arrayed

In clarity and purity-As He is then we shall see

The beauty of his holiness for all eternity!