{"id":117683,"date":"2022-12-30T09:04:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T14:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=117683"},"modified":"2022-12-30T17:38:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T22:38:28","slug":"gk-chesterton-for-christmas-outrushing-the-fall-of-man-is-the-height-of-the-fall-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=117683","title":{"rendered":"GK Chesterton for Christmas–‘Outrushing the fall of man Is the height of the fall of God’"},"content":{"rendered":"

From there<\/a>:<\/p>\n

There has fallen on earth for a token
\nA god too great for the sky.
\nHe has burst out of all things and broken
\nThe bounds of eternity:
\nInto time and the terminal land
\nHe has strayed like a thief or a lover,
\nFor the wine of the world brims over,
\nIts splendour is spilt on the sand.<\/p>\n

Who is proud when the heavens are humble,
\nWho mounts if the mountains fall,
\nIf the fixed stars topple and tumble
\nAnd a deluge of love drowns all-
\nWho rears up his head for a crown,
\nWho holds up his will for a warrant,
\nWho strives with the starry torrent,
\nWhen all that is good goes down?<\/p>\n

For in dread of such falling and failing
\nThe fallen angels fell
\nInverted in insolence, scaling
\nThe hanging mountain of hell:
\nBut unmeasured of plummet and rod
\nToo deep for their sight to scan,
\nOutrushing the fall of man
\nIs the height of the fall of God.<\/p>\n

Glory to God in the Lowest
\nThe spout of the stars in spate-
\nWhere thunderbolt thinks to be slowest
\nAnd the lightning fears to be late:
\nAs men dive for sunken gem
\nPursuing, we hunt and hound it,
\nThe fallen star has found it
\nIn the cavern of Bethlehem.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Merry Christmas
Adoration of the Christ Child ca. 1630 (Golconda, Deccan, India) Freer and Sakley pic.twitter.com\/5JGROIT6XO<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rana Safvi \u0631\u0639\u0646\u0627 \u0930\u093e\u0928\u093e (@iamrana) December 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n