See the rivers flowing downward to the sea, Pouring all their treasures bountiful and free; Yet, to help their giving, hidden streams arise, Or, if need be, showers feed them from the skies. Watch the princely flowers their rich fragrance spread; Load the air with perfume from their beauty shed. Still their lavish spending leaves […]
Dear Lord, I do not ask That Thou shoudst give me some high work of Thine, Some noble calling or some wondrous task; Give me a little hand to hold in mine; Give me a little child to point the way Over the strange sweet path that leads to Thee; Give me a little voice […]
As unto the blind the colors Of earth and sky and seas, As unto the deaf the music Of melodious harmonies, As unto the dumb the sweetness Of the songs they have never sung, As unto the alien the welcome In the words of another tongue, So unto those who are strangers To the covenants […]
What can strip the seeming glory From the idols of the earth? Not a sense of right and duty, But a sight of peerless worth. ‘Tis the look that melted Peter, ‘Tis the face that Stephen saw, ‘Tis the heart that wept with Mary Can alone from idols draw. Draw, and win, and fill completely, […]
“Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth” (Col 3:2). Nothing ever falls up, so choose today to be absent-minded in this amazing way, thinking God’s thoughts with the mind of Christ, revealed by the Spirit in the Word. […]
“But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life” (Jude 20-21). Plan for the future, since you’ll spend forever there, and we can use these four daily keys in […]
“Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones” (Prov 16:24). Gracious, unassuming, sympathetic words not only won’t cause a negative reaction; they will sweeten the world around you—and strengthen relationships, too. […]
When the great busy plants of our cities Have turned out their last finished work; When our merchants have sold their last order, And dismissed the last tired clerk; When our banks have raked in their last dollar, And paid out their last dividend; When the Judge of earth shall say, “Closed for the night,” […]
The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners […]