Just as He Spoke It from His Hands
poem 848
Just as He Spoke It from His Hands - meaning Summary
Divine Design and Craft
The poem contrasts God’s original act of creation with subsequent human alterations. Whether a building gains or loses a turret, such changes do not dishonor the creator’s intent. Human skill may cause the structure to perish or endure, but its decorative changes only reflect the maker’s "absent character." The lines urge acceptance of human imperfection and suggest the constancy and sovereignty of divine design despite worldly variation.
Read Complete AnalysesJust as He spoke it from his Hands This Edifice remain A Turret more, a Turret less Dishonor his Design According as his skill prefer It perish, or endure Content, soe’er, it ornament His absent character.
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