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The Rhyme of the Modern Parishioner (Michael L. Brown)
Posted on December 5th, 2009 No commentsIt happened in the vestibule
At ten one Sunday morn;
A haggard-looking church-goer
Sat plaintive and forlorn.Then suddenly he rose and found
A hungry-looking Christian;
He took his hand, took him aside,
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True Love to Christ (Charles Spurgeon)
Posted on August 25th, 2009 No commentsThe Lord Jesus possesses all kinds of lovelinesses
compacted into one perfect loveliness! all perfections
blended to make one perfection! every sweet concocted
and distilled to make one perfect sweetness!Oh, how one longs for but a moment’s sight of Christ in glory!
One might be content to have only a dry crust, and to lie in
an underground dungeon for the rest of one’s Read the rest of this entry » -
God Neither Known nor Loved by the World (Madame De La Mothe Guion)
Posted on August 18th, 2009 No commentsYe linnets, let us try, beneath this grove,
Which shall be loudest in our Maker’s praise!
In quest of some forlorn retreat I rove,
For all the world is blind, and wanders from his ways.
That God alone should prop the sinking soul,
Fills them with rage against his empire now:
I traverse earth in vain from pole to pole,
To seek one simple heart, set free from Read the rest of this entry » -
In a Hurry (Laura Longshore O’Neil)
Posted on May 23rd, 2009 No commentsIt’s a hurry-up world we are living in.
And it seems our mind is just a spin.We hurry through life at such a fast speed,
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An Undivided Heart (Crystal C. Godfrey)
Posted on May 23rd, 2009 No commentsLord, put in me a new spirit
Remove my heart of stone
And give to me a heart of flesh
That trusts in You alone
Oh, That I may fear Your name
Each day right from the start
Oh, Lord, please give to me Read the rest of this entry »
