Lords of Life - Gaurdians Tall

I found a reference to our mother church - the Lords of Life - written by Ralph Waldo Emerson the famous writer and poet of American literature during the 19th century who was himself a Unitarian minister. This poetically describes what the FU church strives to return to. Namely that the Xperts, the Lords of Life, are the "inventors of the game" and "omnipresent without name" who have become the "guardians tall" of all the rest of us in our sheepish culture. Ah, but the revelation at the end reveals that Nature herself finally whispers this truth into our ears - that the ever changing faces of these Xperts are actually our own creations!

Here it is:

The lords of life, the lords of life,---
I saw them pass,
In their own guise,
Like and unlike,
Portly and grim,
Use and Surprise,
Surface and Dream,
Succession swift, and spectral Wrong,
Temperament without a tongue,
And the inventor of the game
Omnipresent without name; --
Some to see, some to be guessed,
They marched from east to west:
Little man, least of all,
Among the legs of his guardians tall,
Walked about with puzzled look: --
Him by the hand dear nature took;
Dearest nature, strong and kind,
Whispered, `Darling, never mind!
Tomorrow they will wear another face,
The founder thou! these are thy race!'

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Yours Truly,

Rev. Sanders