Enoch walked with God …

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] 

He walked with God upon this earth,
his King-Companion with him,
his Maker-Friend whose will he loved –
delighting in obeying.

Not as with a ‘theophany’ –
not God as man or angel:
communing, sharing thoughtfully,
comforted by His counsel.

And then, one day, he was not there –
God took him up to heaven,
his place of residence thus changed
– no change of close Companion.

 … and he was not,  for God took him.  Genesis 5:24

Tune: 87 87 iambic eg ‘Dominus regit me’ by John Dykes, tune of  ‘The King of love my Shepherd is’ by Henry Baker

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