Lawrence Hall, HSG
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Dispatches for the Colonial Office


                                Alexander the Coppersmith

                                             2 Timothy 4:14

We don’t know much about the coppersmith
(Indeed, we don’t know much about each other)
The works of an artist’s hands may serve the Lord
Or else they serve Ephesian vanities            

If a man is going to mold metals into idols
Diana of Ephesus might be pleasing aesthetically
But better to dismiss Diana and other trumperies
And joy in the gold of the Servant’s words

For power and jewels and golden toilet bowls
Are baubles that blind our eyes and darken our souls

(But still, I hope Alexander made things right)