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God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse.
God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse.
It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and
listen to the speech of God. His read more
It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and
listen to the speech of God. His closet and his church were full
of the reverberations of the awful, gracious, beautiful voice for
which he listened.
God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get things done.
God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get things done.
Nearer, my God, to Thee--
Nearer to Thee--
E'en though it be a cross
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Nearer, my God, to Thee--
Nearer to Thee--
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me;
Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is read more
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world
Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
God's Wisdom and God's Goodness!--Ah, but fools
Mis-define thee, till God knows them no more.
Wisdom and read more
God's Wisdom and God's Goodness!--Ah, but fools
Mis-define thee, till God knows them no more.
Wisdom and goodness they are God!--what schools
Have yet so much as heard this simpler lore.
This no Saint preaches, and this no Church rules:
'Tis in the desert, now and heretofore.
We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us.
We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us.
God is best known in not knowing him.
[Ger., Deus scitur melius nesciendo.]
God is best known in not knowing him.
[Ger., Deus scitur melius nesciendo.]
