Indeed! A sermon! And with a processional hymn to boot!

You say, "Let's open with 'Labourers of the Light' on the first page, shall we?"

Zetetic Kajet says, "Labourers of Light, arise,And gird you for the toil."

You clear your throat in an attempt to gain the attention of those around you.

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "I'm putting my ham on."

You say, "After me, folks, and all at once if you can! Pick your favorite tune and off we go!"

You sing, "Labourers of Light, arise."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Labourers of Light, arise,."

Zetetic Kajet says, "Labourers of Light, arise,And gird you for the toil."

Rami, Child of Light says, "Labourers of Light, arise,."

Aquaflux, Monroe Eli'Silar says, "Labourers of Light, arise, and gird you for the toil."

You sing, "And gird you for the toil."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "And gird you for the toil;."

His voice echoing loudly, Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "Labourers of Light, arise, and gird

You sing, "Blood of sacrifice from the wise."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "Blood of sacrifice from the wise."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Blood of sacrifice from the wise."

Aquaflux, Monroe Eli'Silar says, "Blood of sacrifice from the wise."

You urge your companions onwards.

Drawing a breath from his throat, Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "Blood of sacrifice from the wise."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Blood of sacrifice from the wise."

You sing, "Already stains the soil."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "Already stains the soil."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Already staines the soil."

Aquaflux, Monroe Eli'Silar says, "Already stains the soil."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Already stains the soil."

Acapella Aesthete Donato sings, "Already staaains the soiiiil."

You say, "All of the rest of you as well! Let's hear those lovely singing voices!"

You see the following people here:
Ryboi, Akui, Near, Kajet, Donato, Iytha

You urge Akui onwards.

You urge Ryboi onwards.

You sing, "Go where the sick recline."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "Go where the sick recline,."

In a firm tenor voce, Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Go where the sick recline,."

Aquaflux, Monroe Eli'Silar says, "Go where the sick recline."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Go where the sick recline,."

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "Go where the sick recline."

You sing, "Where tainted hearts make war."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "Where tainted hearts make war."

In his Base voice, Acapella Aesthete Donato sings, "Go where the sick recline, where tainted hearts make waaar."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Where tainted hearts make war."

Aquaflux, Monroe Eli'Silar says, "Where tainted hearts make war."

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "Where tainted hearts make war."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Where tainted hearts make war."

You sing, "And, where the sons of evil pine."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "And, where the sons of evil pine,."

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "And, where the sons of evil pine."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "And, where the sons of evil pine,."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "And, where the sons of evil pine,."

Acapella Aesthete Donato sings, "And where the sons of evil pine."

Looking pointedly at those not singing, you sing, "Dispense your hallowed lore!"

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Dispense your hallowed lore."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "Dispense your hallowed lore."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Dispense your hallowed lore."

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "Dispense your hallowed lore!"

Aquaflux, Monroe Eli'Silar says, "Dispense your hallowed lore!"

Drawing out the syllables, Acapella Aesthete Donato sings, "Dipenser your hallowed looooore!"

You sing, "Urge, with a tender zeal."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Urge, with a tender zeal,."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Urge, with a tender zeal,."

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "Urge, with a tender zeal."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "Urge, with a tender zeal,."

Acapella Aesthete Donato sings, "Urge... with tender zeeeeaal!"

You sing, "The erring child along."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "The erring child along,."

Aquaflux, Monroe Eli'Silar says, "Urge, with a tender zeal."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "The erring child along,."

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "The erring child along."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "The erring child along,."

You sing, "Where peaceful congregations kneel."

Lifting a hand slightly, Acapella Aesthete Donato sings, "The erring child alone."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Where peaceful congregations kneel,."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Where peaceful congregations, kneel,."

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "Where peaceful congregation kneel."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "Where peaceful congregations kneel,."

You sing, "And pious teachers throng."

Keeping the hand raised, Acapella Aesthete Donato sings, "Where peaceful congregations kneel!"

Rami, Child of Light sings, "And pious teachers throng."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "And piows teachers throng."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "And pious teachers throng."

Acapella Aesthete Donato sings, "And pious teachers throng."

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "And pious teachers throng."

You sing, "Be faith, which looks above."

Acapella Aesthete Donato sings, "By faith, which looks aboove!"

Zetetic Kajet sings, "Be faith, which looks above,."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Be faith, which looks above,."

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "Be faith, which looks above."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Be fath, which looks above."

Aquaflux, Monroe Eli'Silar says, "Be faith, which looks above,."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "With prayer, your constant guest,."

You sing, "With prayer, your constant guest."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "With prayer, your constant guest,."

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "With prayer, your constant guest."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "With prayer, your constant guest."

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "With prayer, your constant gueeeessss!"

You sing, "And wrap Raziela's changeless love."

Aquaflux, Monroe Eli'Silar says, "With prayer, your constant guest."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "And wrap Raziela's changeless love."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "And wrap Raziela's changeless love."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "And wrap RAziela's changeless love."

You sing, "A mantle round your breast!"

Aquaflux, Monroe Eli'Silar says, "And wrap Raziela's changeless love."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "A mantle round your breast."

Aquaflux, Monroe Eli'Silar says, "A mantle round your breast."

Acapella Aesthete Donato sings, "And wraaaap Raziela's changeless love.... a mantle around your breast!"

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "A mantle 'rounc your breast."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "A mantle round your breast."

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "A mantle round your breast."

You sing, "So shall you share the wealth."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "So shall you share the wealth,."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "So shall you share the wealth,."

Reaching a crescendo of his own, Acapella Aesthete Donato sings, "So shall you share the wealth."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "So shall you share the wealth."

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "So shall you share the wealth."

You sing, "That taint may never despoil."

Aquaflux, Monroe Eli'Silar says, "So shall you share the wealth."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "That taint may never despoil,."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "That taint may never despoil,."

Acapella Aesthete Donato sings, "That taint may never despoil!"

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "That taint may never despoil."

You sing, "And the blessed preacher's saving health."

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "That taint may never despoil."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "And the blessed preacher's saving health,."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "And the blessed preacher's saving health,."

You sing, "That beats any healing oil!"

Acapella Aesthete Donato sings, "And the blessing preacher's saving health."

Zetetic Kajet sings, "That beats any healing oil."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Ang the blessed preachers's saving health."

Aquaflux, Monroe Eli'Silar says, "And the blessed preacher's saving health."

You beam broadly.

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "And the blessed preacher's saving health."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "That beats any healing oil."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "That beats any healing oil."

You say, "Excellent, excellent!"

Ryboi D'Varden sings, "That beats any healing oil."

Finishing with a loud booming note, Acapella Aesthete Donato sings, "That beats any healing oooooooooil!!"

Kajet gives Donato a wild cheer!

Aquaflux, Monroe Eli'Silar says, "That beats any healing oil!"

Telperion peers at Donato unscrupulously.

Acapella Aesthete Donato says to Telperion, "What?"

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth says to Donato, "That is a LOT of ham."

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "I -am- a chef."

You say to Telperion, "Better too much than too little."

Telperion murmurs something unintelligible to you.

You ponder Akui thoughtfully, looking her up and down.

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth gently rubs his ear.

You say, "Alas, our only paladin, without a song to sing!"

Acapella Aesthete Donato shuffles away from Telperion so he doesn't deafen him again.

You say, "And now for the sermon!"

Crusader Akui, Knight of the Dawn says to you, "The day you get my dwarf butt to sing is the day I become a mugwump bonecrusher."

Crusader Akui, Knight of the Dawn says, "Besides, I only recognize two tunes. Ode to Celest, and "Tap the keg me hearties". An I only know which is which, because ONE of them, *everybody* stands up for."

You say, "On with the sermon it is, then!"

And now for the sermon! This part of was given using the Deep Blue Cathedral's super secret Celest-only special mechanics thing.

Standing before the pulpit deep below, Iytha says, "There is no need to come out of the lodge, I assure you, my voice will carry"

Standing before the pulpit below, Iytha says, "Archmage, if you would, come gather the errant flock back up into the lodge?"

Telperion makes a beckoning motion to no-one in particular.



Clearing her throat below, Iytha says, "Right then. Let us begin?"

Standing once more before the pulpit below, Iytha says, "Brothers and Sisters in Faith, I say to you today: We live in a world fallen from grace! Once, the First World was an idyllic realm, beautiful and perfect, free from both want and woe. Free from death, from disease, from decay, in a word, a utopia!"

Raising one beseeching arm up from below, Iytha says, "Once, there was no such thing as sickness, no plagues or parasites, save for little mites made as pranks by the Seventh Circle. Never the malicious diseases, miasmas and flesh-melting sicknesses of the modern era. Contagion did not seep from the ground, nor did worms and maggots feast upon the dead."

Raising her other arm as well from below, Iytha says, "Once, the world was full of great and glorious creations by the Elder Gods, with the promise that more would come with each passing year. That which was made in the days of yore surpasses even the greatest triumph of the modern era! And, in those days, to say that the world would crumble, that the glories of the past would be forgotten, was simply unthinkable!"

Eyes downcast as her voice grows grave below, Iytha says, "Once, one could walk the world and never lay eyes upon a grave, nor set foot on an ancient battlefield. Every death was an untimely tragedy, something spoken of in hushed tones, full of both sorrow and reverence. Never was it a simple inevitability!"

Suddenly looking up with clenched fists from below, Iytha says, "But no more! The touch of the Soulless has come, and now the world is a wasteland, filled with the graves of countless mortal races and countless more Elders. The works of both God and mortal have crumbled into all but dust, and the lands themselves are all but unlivable."

Gesturing in the cardinal directions as she preaches below, Iytha says, "In the east Kethuru has fouled the land and cast down our once great empire! In the north, Zenos has subverted in turns the city of Climanti and tribes of Icewynd His foul designs. Each of them lured by the promise of power and then all but destroyed in their bargining with the Soulless. The Twelve Traitors to the Gods and the Four Angels of Ice preside in those places, seeking not the cleansing grace of the Light, but only further corruption!"

Gesturing in the cardinal directions as she preaches below, Iytha says, "To the south, Crazen sleeps deep below the Castle Djarrakh, the aslarans of the Kryden Valik in his thrall. Above, war forever clashes and the dead do not rest easily; either wandering the wastes or haunting the halls of the living. Slowly, the Krokani people, once faithful allies of the Light, have begun to wither and die, all the while turning away from the Light."

Pointing at the ground below, Iytha says, "In the center, Balach has become the house of Muud, filled with plagues and diseases enough to drive half the mugwumps of the Basin insane and the rest from their ancient homestead. The plagues that emerge now from the swap attack not only the body, but the spirit, warping aura and flesh alike to bring torment and death. Indeed, it was those foul plagues that brought about the sacrifice of Ayridion and the end of Vernal Age!"

Leaning forward over the pulpit below, Iytha says, "Only in the west, beset on all sides by the corrupting touch of the Soulless, the heretic, the infidel and the blasphemer, stands New Celest, last bastion of the Light and the last hope to purify the First World of the myraid defilements that have come to it! Even now, the forces of corruption seek to defile the last unblighted land! Those unclean souls, so inured by violence, accustomed to sickness and blase about death, seek to destroy their last hope of redemption and to instead foul all things with the Taint so that they may rule forever over the festering corpse of the First World."

Beaming at the direction of the Nave below, Iytha says, "Against such evil, the Light is blessed with her great guardians: She sacrements of Ressurection and Sacrifice to sustain our lives without succumbing to the corruption of the Taint; the Last Rites, to see to the sanctity of the dead; the cleansing powers of the Waters; the eternal vigilence of the Tahtetso against the servants of Illith and the inspiring words of my own guild, which speak of the hope for a better tomorrow and a future in which all the world is purged of evil and restored to the greatness of ages past."

A pump of her fist punctuating each instruction resounding from below, Iytha says, "And so I leave you with these words: For the Glory of the Light, Burn the Heretic! Kill the Infidel! Purge the Unclean!"

And the recessional!

You say, "And now, if you all would, the recessional!"

You see Ryboi D'Varden yell, "Glory be to the Light!"

You tell Acapella Aesthete Donato, "No ham!"

Donato tells you, "It's called being passionate -sobs-."

You say, "Page two, at the bottom, marked "Recessional" in big bold letters."

You say, "Everyone spot it?"

You say, "Starting with "My eyes have seen..." perhaps?"

You tilt your head curiously.

You see the following people here:
Kounay, Near, Akui, Rami, Ryboi, Donato, Telperion, Monroe, Iytha

Telperion nods his head emphatically.

Acapella Aesthete Donato flciks through the pamphlet.

You clear your throat in an attempt to gain the attention of those around you.

You say, "Ready?"

You say, "On three!"

You say, "1."

You say, "2."

You say, "3."

You sing, "My eyes have seen the fury of the dawning of the Light."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "My eyes have seen the fury of the dawning of the Light."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "My eyes have seen the fury of the dawning of the Light."

Postulant Near sings, "My eyes have seen the fury of the dawning of the Light."

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "My eyes have seen the fury of the dawning of the light."

You sing, "From the safe and sacred halls of blessed Shakiniel."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "From the safe and sacred halls of blssed Shakiniel."

Postulant Near sings, "From the safe and sacred halls of blessed Shakiniel."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "From the safe and sacred halls of blessed Shakiniel."

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "From the safe and sacred halls of blessed Shakiniel."

You sing, "And from the forge of the Holy Flame, burning ever bright."

Postulant Near sings, "And from the forge of the Holy Flame, burning ever bright."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "And from the forge of the Holy Flame, burning ever bright,."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "And from the force of the Holy Flame, burning ever bright."

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "And from the forge of the Holy Flame, burning ever bright."

You sing, "Strength and succor both alike do sure and swiftly swell."

Postulant Near sings, "Strength and succor both alike do sure and swiftly swell."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Strength and succor both alike do sure and swiftly swell."

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "Strength and succor both alike do sure and swiftly swell."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Strength and succor both alike do sure and swiftly swell."

You sing, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Postulant Near sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "Praise oh praise Elohora."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Prase of Praise Elohora!"

You sing, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Postulant Near sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Prase of Praise Elohora!"

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

You sing, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Prase of Praise Elohora!"

Postulant Near sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

You sing, "May She bless us in the Light!"

Postulant Near sings, "May She bless us in the Light!"

Rami, Child of Light sings, "May She bless us in the Light!"

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "May She bless us in the Light!"

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "May she bless us in the light."

You sing, "My eyes have seen the mercy of the rising tide of Light."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "My eyes have seen the mercy of the rising tide of Light."

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "My eyes have seen the mercy of the rising tide of Light."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "My eyes have seen the mercy of the rising tide
You sing, "Down from the mountains of the wise and merciful."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Down from the mountains of the wise and merciful."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Done from the mountains of the wise and merciful."
Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "Own from the mountains of the wise and."
You sing, "And up from the holy valleys to the seraphim's delight."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "And up from the holy valleys to the seraphim's delight."

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "And up from the holy valleys to the seraphim's delight."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "And up from the holy valleys to the seraphim's delight."

You sing, "Flowing with Light and Love to refresh that starlit pool."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Flowing with Light and Love to refresh that starlit pool."

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "Floweing with Light and love to refresh that starlit pool."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Flowing with Light and Love to refresh that starlit pool."

You sing, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

You sing, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "Flowing with Light and Love to refresh that starlit pool."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "Praise oh Praise Elohora."

You sing, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

You sing, "May She bless us in the Light!"

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "Praise oh praise Elohora."

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "May she bless us in the light!"

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "May She bless us in the Light!"

Rami, Child of Light sings, "May She bless us in the Light!"

You sing, "My eyes have seen the glory of the Queen of Eternal Light."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "My eyes have seen the glory of the Queen of Eternal Light."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "My eyes have sen the glory of the Queen of Eternal Light."

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "My eyes have seen the gloryt of the Queen of Eternal Light."

You sing, "And know that all praises of Her are never empty boasts."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "And know that all praises of Her are never empty boasts."

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "And know that all praises of Her are never empty boasts."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "And know that all praises of Her are never empty boasts."

You sing, "For such is the strength of vast and enduring might."
Rami, Child of Light sings, "For such is the strength of vast and enduring might."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "For such is the strength of vast and enduring might."

You sing, "That gives puissance to we, Her most holy hosts."

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "For such is the strength of vast and enduring might."

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "That gives puissance to we, Her most holy hosts."
Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "That gives poussance to we, Her most holy hosts."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "That gives puissance to we, Her most holy hosts."
You sing, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Acapella Aesthete Donato says, "Praise oh Praise Elohora."

You sing, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Rami, Child of Light sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

You sing, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"
Rami, Child of Light sings, "Praise oh Praise Elohora!"

You sing, "May She bless us in the Light!"

Rami, Child of Light sings, "May She bless us in the Light!"

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "May She bless us in the Light!"

You sing, "And My eyes shall never sight upon the fading of this Light!"

Rami, Child of Light sings, "And My eyes shall never sight upon the fading of this Light."
Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "And My eyes shall never sight upon the fading of this Light!"

You sing, "That shines with grace and glory on the strong and the frail."

Ryboi tells you, "Sorry must shoot! Really enjoyed this though!"

Ryboi leaves to the down, surrounded by swirling motes of golden light.

Rami, Child of Light sings, "That shines with grace and glory on the strong and the frail."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "That shines with grace and glory on the strong and the frail."

You sing, "A light that rises ever upwards to a new and greater height."

Rami, Child of Light sings, "A light that rises ever upwards to a new and greater height."

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "A light that rises ever upwards to a new and greater height."

You sing, "For the Light shall in the end prevail!"

You smile softly.

Telperion Eli'Silar, Testament of Truth sings, "For the Light shall in the end prevail!"

Rami, Child of Light sings, "For the Light shall in the end prevail!"

And, for good measure, the hymnal:

"The Celestial Hymnal", By the Cantors Guild (Page 1)
PROCESSIONAL:

Labourers of the Light

Labourers of Light, arise,
And gird you for the toil;
Blood of sacrifice from the wise
Already stains the soil

Go where the sick recline,
Where tainted hearts make war;
And, where the sons of evil pine,
Dispense your hallowed lore.

Urge, with a tender zeal,
The erring child along,
Where peaceful congregations kneel,
And pious teachers throng.

Be faith, which looks above,
With prayer, your constant guest,
And wrap Raziela's changeless love
A mantle round your breast.

So shall you share the wealth,
That taint may never despoil,
And the blessed preacher's saving health,
That beats any healing oil.

---

The Temptation and the Fall

Inspiration comes on inky wings,
And so my muse to me now sings:
"Write, my child, about the Fall,
Of the briefest Vernal of them all.

Sing the song of the dark tide turned,
Of that Crown our Princess spurned
So that the Light may shine ever true
And insure that Celest may begin anew."

And so my pen to paper does now consign
This verse in honour of our first Divine:
The Princess Marilynth who burned so bright
But an hour before Her return to the Light.

Only an hour of Her beatific grace.
Only an hour of Godhood's embrace.
But forever shall Celest recall,
Marilynth' sacrifice and the Fall.

Let all who are tempted by the Taint,
Be it faintly or be temptation great,
Recall that the Princess was offered more
And still found in Her the faith to ignore

Every offer of the Dark Lord Ladantine
And instead call upon Avechna of the Nine,
To drive out the darkness with strength sublime
And be example of true sacrifice for all of time.

"The Celestial Hymnal", By the Cantors Guild (Page 2)
Light Come Reside in Me

Reside in me; swiftly comes the tide;
The darkness deepens; Light in me reside.
When other cities fail and communes flee,
Light everlasting, come reside in me.

Swift to its end ebbs out life's little day;
All hopes grow dim and glories fade away;
Death and despair is all that I can see;
Come that Light which fades not, reside in me.

Not a brief glimmer or a passing sight,
But as it dwells within the faithful: Light,
Familiar, everlasting, patient, free.
Come not to sojourn, but reside in me.

Come guide me Light away from evil ways
To kind and good, with healing in our days;
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea.
Come, Light of angels, come, reside in me.

Thou on my head in early youth did smile,
And though rebellious and perverse meanwhile,
It has not left me, oft as I left it.
On to the end, come Light, reside in me.

I need the Light in every passing hour.
What but Light's grace can foil the tainted powers?
What, like the Light, my guide and stay can be?
Through storm and sunshine, Light, reside in me.

I fear no foe, with Light at hand to bless;
Death have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Light resides in me.

Shine the Light's glow before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies.
Shakiniel's dawn now breaks, and death's vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, come Light, reside in me.

---

RECESSIONAL:

Praise oh Praise Elohora!

My eyes have seen the fury of the dawning of the Light
From the safe and sacred halls of blessed Shakiniel
And from the forge of the Holy Flame, burning ever bright,
Strength and succor both alike do sure and swiftly swell.

Praise oh Praise Elohora!
Praise oh Praise Elohora!
Praise oh Praise Elohora!
May She bless us in the Light!

My eyes have seen the mercy of the rising tide of Light
Down from the mountains of the wise and merciful
And up from the holy valleys to the seraphim's delight
Flowing with Light and Love to refresh that starlit pool.

Praise oh Praise Elohora!
Praise oh Praise Elohora!
Praise oh Praise Elohora!
May She bless us in the Light!

My eyes have seen the glory of the Queen of Eternal Light
And know that all praises of Her are never empty boasts
For such is the strength of vast and enduring might
That gives puissance to we, Her most holy hosts.

Praise oh Praise Elohora!
Praise oh Praise Elohora!
Praise oh Praise Elohora!
May She bless us in the Light!

And My eyes shall never sight upon the fading of this Light
That shines with grace and glory on the strong and the frail
A light that rises ever upwards to a new and greater height
For the Light shall in the end prevail!

I miss my clapping hand smiley almost as much as I regret not being there.

What good little lighties we have. *clap*

Haven't been logging them, but I figured I'd note that I've done four more sermons since, and eight more hymns sung publically. If there's interest, I'll post them here.