- “DIVINE COMPASSION”
A Poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 -1892)
The New England Quaker Poet,
(Author of the hymn “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind”. ) [Read more…]
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by Arthur Eedle
A Poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 -1892)
The New England Quaker Poet,
(Author of the hymn “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind”. ) [Read more…]
by Arthur Eedle
I was pondering the words, “they overcame him [the Devil] by their word of testimony”, (Revelation 12:11) and a couple of snatches from more recent utterances came back to me. “When you stand up to give my word, it will be firsthand experience from start to finish, that you will give no second-hand experience, no second-hand theology. You will tell nothing but that which you have proved from me yourselves.” (1968) And “Have you an answer to give when I call for you, and when you stand before me? It must be your own answer, but it must flow from the divine mind.” (1976) [Read more…]