Questions & Answers
One gleam of light illumining, One ray of Truth, discerned In mortals' dark room of ignorance, Releases knowledge in a small and busy flame, Until at last the fire springs into being And burns away the litter and the heap, Leaving the walls upright and unbuckled, Resting upon conclusions absolute and deep.
Again the winds were violent and cold; They pinned the listing ship between two seas— Yet in that plight a higher power controlled The storm: Paul prayed in their adversities. Prayer turned confusion into joy and cheer.
When he said to me, "Go, wash in the pool," Some may have wondered why he did not lead me there Or fetch the water to me. The clay he spat upon clung to my eyes; I myself must cleanse myself from earth.
What is healing? The vanishing of pain, or life made richer in the joy you gain through walking fearlessly, unhampered, free from weight of worry, ills, or poverty? Well, these may follow healing, it is true, but they are only added things to you. Far richer, lovelier than these, is thought acquainted now with God, and by Him taught.
Keep me alert to Christ's command, "Love one another. " And let me humbly understand, O Father-Mother, That every gift—each perfect gift Which cometh down from Thee To bring Thy light, to banish night— Is meant no more for me Than for my brother.
Not as a hireling, Father, would I be, that, when fierce wolves of error come, I flee. Ah, no, a trusted, faithful shepherd would I be to watch and guard so tenderly Thy sheep for Thee.
" And he must needs go through Samaria.
When Jesus was a little lad, He journeyed to Jerusalem. His family and friends were glad To have him walk the miles with them; But starting home they found that he Was not among the company.
Has the thought ever struck you That you are free? Angels are God's thoughts, And they pass to man. Between two soldiers in the prison Peter lay, bound with two chains, And keepers without stood watch.
When I have shut my eyes on temporal things, And closed my ears to tales of human woe, And held my tongue from useless arguings, And of the consciousness of self let go; When I have dropped the arrogance of will, Which boasts itself to know the better way, When I have ceased to struggle up the hill And fight against the frictions of the day, Then have I found the Father's loving arms Enfolding all in tender, patient care; Then have I found my refuge from the storms And really known that God is everywhere. Let me be strong and swift to turn to Thee, And heed the voice of Truth eternally.