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Man is the miracle in nature. God
Is the One Miracle to man. Behold,
"There is a read more
Man is the miracle in nature. God
Is the One Miracle to man. Behold,
"There is a God," thou sayest. Thou sayest well:
In that thou sayest all. To Be is more
Of wonderful, than being, to have wrought,
Or reigned, or rested.
As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life;
Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign,
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Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life;
Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign,
Distils from thence the tears of wrath and strife,
And so turns wine to water back again.
- Richard Crashaw,
There were miracles long before Christianity.
There were miracles long before Christianity.
"God works in many ways His wonders to perform." But He's not a skillful mechanic. A man drived over a read more
"God works in many ways His wonders to perform." But He's not a skillful mechanic. A man drived over a cliff and "by a miracle" he only breaks his back. It would be more divine if he were a better driver and stayed on the road.
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, read more
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.
Every believer is God's miracle.
Every believer is God's miracle.
When Christ at Cana's feast by pow'r divine,
Inspir'd cold water, with the warmth of wine,
See! read more
When Christ at Cana's feast by pow'r divine,
Inspir'd cold water, with the warmth of wine,
See! cry'd they while, in red'ning tide, it gush'd,
The bashful stream hath seen its God and blush'd.
In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of read more
In those parts of the world where learning and science has prevailed, miracles have ceased; but in those parts of it as are barbarous and ignorant, miracles are still in vogue.