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Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.
Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.
Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than read more
Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to read more
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
Nor can his blessed soul look down from heaven,
Or break the eternal sabbath of his rest.
Nor can his blessed soul look down from heaven,
Or break the eternal sabbath of his rest.
Where billows never break, not tempests roar.
Where billows never break, not tempests roar.
While resignation gently slopes the way;
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
His heaven commences read more
While resignation gently slopes the way;
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
His heaven commences ere the world be past.
In hope to merit Heaven by making earth a Hell.
In hope to merit Heaven by making earth a Hell.
Since Heaven's eternal year is thine.
Since Heaven's eternal year is thine.
