You may hate the devil without loving God;
But you can’t love God without hating the devil!
– eab, 5/1978
Archive for November 7th, 2008
Hate – Love
Posted in eabits, opposing wrong, philosophy, uncategorized, tagged 1978, devil, hate, hating the devil, love, loving God on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Leaves Leave
Posted in fall, nature, poem, uncategorized, tagged 1970, Abraham Lincoln, bustling, cold November morning, leaves on their feet, marching, mother tree that nourished them, Ohio, old brick sidewalk, Paris, poem, rustling, scurried and hurried, stagecoach stop, street, wind, window light on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I heard a little rustling,
A noisy sort of bustling,
On a cold November morning,
Outside my window light.
Then I looked into the street;
The leaves were on their feet,
Marching, marching onward; no retreat;
The wind had called the fight.
They’d been called on that day,
With others brown and gray,
And the mother tree that nourished them
Now couldn’t bid them nay,
As they [...]
Will Thompson – birth, Nov. 7, 1847
Posted in born today, poem, poet American, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 1847, born today, Boston Conservatory of Music, D L Moody, East Liverpool, Germany, Jesus is calling, mercy and pardon, Mount Union College, Ohio, poem, Softly and Tenderly, though we have sinned, today in history, waiting and watching, Will Thompson, wonderful love on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling”
(1st & last stanzas)
Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling for you and for me;
See, on the portals He’s waiting and watching,
Watching for you and for me.
O for the wonderful love He has promised,
Promised for you and for me!
Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon,
Pardon for you and for [...]
