Questions & Answers
" Be still, and know that I am God. " What blessed assurance flows Into the quietened consciousness Which hears, responds, and knows That invitation comes from Him Who heeds the sparrow's fall, Who numbers, now, your every hair, Replies before you call.
Forever is a long word which will show The wide skies that no earthly vault can know. Forever is a true word to unclasp Bounties no carnal mind can grasp.
Transfigured on the mount He talked with those — Moses the sage, Elias, prophet of the Lord — The while his friends stood by, Peter and James and John, Amazed at the bright cloud Which overshadowed them, And at his raiment shining heavenly bright, And at the voice of God From out the cloud proclaiming him His Son. Descending from the quiet of the mount, He faced the pressing multitude, And healed forthwith that hapless, helpless one Who oft in his extremity would fall Into the very fire.
I lift my cross. With joy I see my brother bear his high.
They did not listen when the Saviour brought The light of Truth to clear their darkened thought. He turned his face away from Chorazin.
Our Father doth not dwell apart, Remote, beyond the farthest star; His omnipresent love is found Forever where His children are. Inseparable the glowing sun From each effulgent, beauteous ray; So, unity of God and man Can never change, nor pass away.
As winging birds cleave in their aerial flight The clouds which seem their passage to impede, And with unlabored motion skim the height, Their goal to compass with untrammeled speed, So does the Word of God on wings of thought Fly to its goal within the waiting heart; Bird-swift, precipitant, its passage fraught With eagerness His message to impart. Pinioned with might it still pursues its way, Cleaving with strength the clouds of fear and doubt.
I cried : Grant me grace and courage, Lord, To meet the coming day. Give me love, compassion, too, To guide me on my way.
When fear subsides as faith increases, When love abides and sorrow ceases, Oh, then we find God's world of cheer: The sky, how kind! The stars, how near!
God is over all! Because I know His presence near, I feel secure, devoid of fear; I lift my thought in grateful prayer, Since finding God is everywhere. I need not pray for love or life, For God to conquer sin or strife, For Him to compass land and sea; He has revealed Himself to me.