I would lose my way again, be led hopelessly astray again, just so I can pray again...For the mercy in read more

I would lose my way again, be led hopelessly astray again, just so I can pray again...For the mercy in you.

Think not the good,
The gentle deeds of mercy thou hast done,
Shall die forgotten all; the read more

Think not the good,
The gentle deeds of mercy thou hast done,
Shall die forgotten all; the poor, the prisoner,
The fatherless, the friendless, and the widow,
Who daily owe the bounty of thy hand,
Shall cry to Heaven, and pull a blessing on thee.

Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.

Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.

Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy read more

Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.

Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show, read more

Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.

Kerry Ellison, your name
sounds like
Kyrie Eleison*
*Kyrie Eleison means God have mercy in Greek.

Kerry Ellison, your name
sounds like
Kyrie Eleison*
*Kyrie Eleison means God have mercy in Greek.

Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, "here, my poor man", read more

Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, "here, my poor man", but be grateful that the poor man is there, so by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.It is not the reciever that is blessed, but it is the giver.Be thankful that you are allowed to exercise your power of benevolence and mercy in the world, and thus become pure and perfect.

They are immobile and voiceless,
and cannot ask for the mercy of water,
those trapped caged house plants.
In the read more

They are immobile and voiceless,
and cannot ask for the mercy of water,
those trapped caged house plants.
In the winter they feel no breeze
nor are they touched by a hand which frees.

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.