by revd | Apr 14, 2022 | Humankind
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,... by revd | Apr 14, 2022 | Mission
All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars brought nothing about; Thy lovers were all untrue. ‘Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new. John Dryden (1631 – 1700), The Secular Masque,...
by revd | Apr 14, 2022 | Humankind
All things by immortal power Near or far Hiddenly To each other linked are That thou canst not stir a flower Without troubling a star. Francis Thompson (1859-1907), The Mistress of Vision.
by revd | Apr 14, 2022 | Church
At last the secret is out, as it always must come in the end, The delicious story is ripe to tell the intimate friend; Over the tea-cups and in the square the tongue has its desire; Still waters run deep, my friend, there’s never smoke without fire. Behind the...
by revd | Apr 14, 2022 | Church
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 afternoon, in a secluded chapel History is now and England. With the drawing of this Love and the voice of this Calling We...
