by revd | May 1, 2022 | Mission
of all the creatures both in sea and land Only to man hast thou made known thy ways, And put the pen alone into his hand, And made him secretary of thy praise. Beasts fain would sing; birds dittie to their notes; Trees would be tuning on their native lute To...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar: Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
A man said to the universe: ‘Sir, I exist.’ ‘However,’ replied the universe. ‘The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation.’ Stephen Crane (1871-1900), War is Kind and Other Lines, 1899.
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from…. … A people without history Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern Of timeless moments. So, while the light fails On a winter’s...
by revd | May 1, 2022 | Humankind
Search me, O God, my action try And let my life appear As seen by Thine all-searching eye; To mine my ways make clear. Search all my sense and know my heart, Who only canst make known And let the deep, the hidden part To me be fully shown. Throw light...
