by revd | Apr 10, 2024 | Holy Spirit
My tender Age in sorrow did begin And still with sicknesses and shame Thou didst so punish sin That I became Most thin. With thee Let me combine, And feel this day thy victory: For if I imp (graft) my wing on thine, Affliction shall advance the flight in me....
by revd | Apr 4, 2024 | Church
Often I try to analyse the quality of its silences. Is this where God hides from my searching?… These are the hard ribs of a body that our prayers have failed to animate. Shadows advance from their corners to take possession of places the light held for...
by revd | Feb 11, 2024 | Humankind
The times are nightfall, look, their light grows less; The times are winter, watch, a world undone…. And I not help…. Or what is else? There is your world within. There rid the dragons, root out there the sin. ’’Your will is law in that small...
by revd | Feb 8, 2024 | Grace of God
Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack From my first entrance in, Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning, If I lacked anything. ‘A guest’, I answered, ‘worthy to be here.’ Love said,...
by revd | Feb 2, 2024 | Believers
My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety....
