by revd | Jun 7, 2022 | Bible, Glory
O who will show me those delights on high Echo. I Thou echo, thou art mortal, all men know. Echo. No Wert thou not born among the trees and leaves? Echo. Leaves. And are there any leaves that still abide? Echo. Bide. What leaves are they? Impart the matter wholly....
by revd | May 28, 2022 | Believers
Now I am here, what thou wilt do with me None of my books will show: I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree: For sure then I should grow To fruit or shade: at least some bird would trust Her household to me, and I should be just. George Herbert (1593-1633),...
by revd | May 24, 2022 | Church
Prayer the Church’s banquet, Angels age, God’s breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage, The Christian plummet sounding heaven and earth; Engine against the almighty, sinners’ tower, Reversed thunder,...
by revd | May 23, 2022 | Church
Judge not the preacher; for he is thy Judge If thou mislike him, thou conceivs’t him not. God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speak something good: if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth...
by revd | May 23, 2022 | Church
When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. God is more there, than thou: for thou art there Only his permission…. Resort to sermons, but prayers the most: Praying’s the end of preaching…. In time of service seal up both thine eyes, And...
