by revd | Feb 25, 2022 | Bible
A man who loves his wife will love her letters and her photographs because they speak to him of her. So if we love the Lord Jesus we shall love the Bible because it speaks to us of him. The husband is not so stupid as to prefer his wife’s letters to her voice,... by revd | Feb 25, 2022 | Bible
You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilization to pieces, to turn the world upside down, and bring peace to a battle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of literature. Mahatma Gandhi...
by revd | Feb 25, 2022 | Bible
When the doors of the house are shut, Eyes lidded, mouth closed, nose and ears Doing their best to idle, fingers allowed out Only on parole; when the lovely holy distractions, Safe scaffolding of much loved formulae, Have been rubbed away; then the plant Begins to...
by revd | Feb 25, 2022 | Bible
The windless northern surge, the sea-gull’s scream And Calvin’s kirk crowning the barren brae…. The Word made flesh here is made word again, A word made word in flourish and arrogant crook. See here King Calvin with his iron pen, And God three angry letters in a book... by revd | Feb 25, 2022 | Bible
O take the book from off the shelf, And con it meekly on thy knees; Best panegyric on itself, And self-avouched to teach and please. Respect, adore it heart and mind. How greatly sweet, how sweetly grand, Who reads the most, is most refined, And polished by the...
