Upon the burning of our house, July 10th, 1666.By Anne Bradstreet
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In silent night when rest I took,For sorrow neer I did not look,I waken’d was with thundring noisAnd Piteous shreiks of dreadfull voice.That fearfull sound of fire and fire,Let no man know is my Desire.I, starting up, the light did spye,And to my God my [...]
Archive for June, 2007
30 Jun
Upon the burning of our house
29 Jun
Test of Adversity/ Test of Prosperity – Who Gets the Glory?
E-mails back and forth between Jess and I when I found out I didn’t get the job I interviewed for. (begins with E-mail from Jess)———————————————Two things.First of all I love you and I’m praying for you.You’ll be fine!Second, read the below (even though you read it yesterday…sounds like you need a reminder.)
My child, I know [...]
29 Jun
In You Alone
Verse 1It was Your grace that drew me to the crossIt was Your grace that gave me faithIt was Your grace that reconciled me to YourselfThough I had sinned in every wayYou disarmed me of everything that I would lean onSo I would lean on YouAnd You stripped me of everything I would depend onSo [...]
20 Jun
Peace After a Storm
When darkness long has veil’d my mind,And smiling day once more appears;Then, my Redeemer, then I findThe folly of my doubts and fears.
Straight I upbraid my wand’ring heart,And blush that I should ever beThus prone to act so base a part,Or harbour one hard thought of thee!
Oh ! let me then at length be taughtWhat [...]
18 Jun
Holy Obedience – Part Five
Simplicity
The last fruit of holy obedience is the simplicity of the trusting child, the simplicity of the children of God. It is the simplicity which lies beyond complexity. It is the naiveté which is the yonder side of sophistication. It is the beginning of spiritual maturity, which comes after the awkward age of religious busy-ness [...]
17 Jun
Holy Obedience – Part Four
Entrance into Suffering
Another fruit of holy obedience is entrance into suffering. I would not magnify joy and rapture, although they are unspeakably great in the committed life. For joy and rapture need no advocates. But we shrink from suffering and can easily call all suffering an evil thing. Yet we live in an epoch of [...]
16 Jun
Holy Obedience – Part Three
Humility and Holiness
The fruits of holy obedience are many. But two are so closely linked together that they can scarcely be treated separately. They are the passion for personal holiness and the sense of utter humility. God inflames the soul with a craving for absolute purity. But He, in His glorious otherness, empties us of [...]
16 Jun
Holy Obedience – Part Two
Gateways into Holy Obedience
In considering one gateway into this life of holy obedience, let us dare to venture together into the inner sanctuary of the soul, where God meets man in awful immediacy. There is an indelicacy in too-ready speech. Paul felt it unlawful to speak of the things of the third heaven. But there [...]
14 Jun
Holy Obedience – Part One
Delivered at Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia 1939
by Thomas R. Kelly, Haverford College, William Penn Lecture
Out in front of us is the drama of men and of nations, seething, struggling, laboring, dying. Upon this tragic drama in these days our eyes are all set in anxious watchfulness and in prayer. But within the silences of [...]
14 Jun
The Believer’s Faith and Hope Encouraged
Isaiah 54:5For your Maker is your husband, the LORD of hosts is his name;and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called.
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By Ralph Erskine——————————————————————————–
The cunning serpent may accuse,But never shall succeed ;The [...]
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