Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving.

Grace is free sovereign favor to the ill-deserving.

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are
justified by the law; ye are fallen read more

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are
justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part,
And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.

From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part,
And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.

An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.

An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.

LightWinged Smoke
Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird,
Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight,
Lark without song, and read more

LightWinged Smoke
Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird,
Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight,
Lark without song, and the messenger of dawn,
Circling above the hamlets as thy nest;
Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form
Of midnight vision, gathering up thy skirts;
By night star-veiling, and by day
Darkening the light and blotting out the sun;
Go thou my incense upward from this hearth,
And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame.
-Henry David Thoreau-.

Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan!

Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan!

Stately and tall he moves in the hall,
The chief of a thousand for grace.

Stately and tall he moves in the hall,
The chief of a thousand for grace.

There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.

There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.

My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the
universe. To him, all good things--trout as well read more

My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the
universe. To him, all good things--trout as well as eternal
salvation--come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not
come easy.