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From pride that planned how healing would be wrought, From wrath that bade him turn away from Love, From a material thought of self, unclean, "Then went he down. " Led by his servants' gentle, loving grace, Humbly obedient to the message given, He glimpsed man's perfect self, the child of God, "And he was clean.
Infinitely pleasant is the voice of God Beyond the common usage of the word, Filled with tenderness and power, with wisdom rich, Tireless, vibrant with the melodies of Truth, Complete in harmony, and eloquent with Love. And the song God sings is man, the well-beloved.
Love is at hand, here, now, with me. Fear, sickness, hatred disappear; Peace comes, for Love is seen to be Omniscient power.
A Turkish peasant cultivates his field. Each day from dawn to dusk he labors there.
Sunrise ! A lovely word For those whose waking eyes Turn toward its dawning glory! No known catastrophe of earth Has stopped a sunrise. No shade of night has yet arrested one, Nor can.
Beloved disciple, Lone-exiled by the sea, To him the vision came Of pure reality. False concepts passed away, All things were new—John saw No new beginning of the old, But fresh, unsullied, free, Man and the universe revealed In primal purity.
In earth's youth And making, Amidst the flow Of waters, Light prevails, Prophets waking. "Light of the world" shone.
So wise the prophets were. Through countless years The spiritual power of prophecy appears.
"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things. " (John 14:-26) Through centuries of cold, pedantic creeds The Master's promise of the Comforter, Whom God would send, Meant only Scriptural words That fell on dull and inattentive ears.
Who is he who Knows the interpretation Scholars search for? Plato and Berkeley, Kant and Locke, our teachers, Probe as they reason all Meaning of wisdom. God is wisdom, Sheltering tabernacle, Solving problems.