February 20
Companions of the Way (Evening)Awake, O North Wind (of sorrow), and come thou South (of joy), blow upon my garden that the spices thereof may flow out.
SPIRIT of Grace, thou Light of Life Amidst the darkness of the dead!
Bright Star, whereby through worldly strife
The patient pilgrim still is led, Thou Dayspring in the deepest gloom Wildered and dark, to thee I come!
Pure Fire of God, burn out my sin, Cleanse all the earthly dross from me; Refine my secret heart within, The golden streams of love set free! Live thou in me, O Life divine! Until my deepest love be thine.
O Breath from far Eternity! Breathe o'er my soul's unfertile land; So shall the pine and myrtle-tree Spring up amid the desert-sand; And where thy living water flows My heart shall blossom as the rose.
GERHARDT
TER- STREGEN, trans. B. H. Kennedy
PRAYER