We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is read more

We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.

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!

We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will read more

We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be

God thinks within geniuses, dreams within poets, and sleeps within the rest of us

God thinks within geniuses, dreams within poets, and sleeps within the rest of us

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight.

For I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of read more

For I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.

What is it: is man only a blunder of God, or God only a blunder of man?

What is it: is man only a blunder of God, or God only a blunder of man?

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.

I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and read more

I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.