Water is the great Divider – Creeks separate counties,
Rivers separate countries,
Oceans separate continents.
Fire is the great “Uniter” – The family hearth
The woodsy campfire
The building in the community.
–eab, 1/8/09
Archive for January 14th, 2009
Fire OR Water
Posted in eabits, nature, philosophy, science, tagged continents, counties, countries, creeks, family hearth, oceans, rivers, Water is the great Divider, woodsy campfire on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My Friend
Posted in Bible, holy living, poem, tagged a carnal Christian, a holy believer, a poor lost sinner, avoid Achan’s balk, by faith crossed its waters, circle Jericho, circle without talk, Egypt, Egypt-toward-Canaan walk, Egypt’s “clime, Jordan at high tide, know now the Spirit doth abide, My Friend, please “keep it mild”, religion, sin and slime, There is growth in Canaan land, very much a child, wand’ring wild on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you feel at home in Egypt’s “clime,”
Happy to give it your energy and time,
Not minding its sin, yes, and slime;
Then you’re a poor, lost sinner, My Friend.
If you’re out of sin but wand’ring wild,
Out of sin, but very much a child
Wanting religion – Please “keep it mild.”
Then you’re a carnal Christian, My Friend.
If [...]
Edmund Hamilton Sears – death, Jan. 14, 1876
Posted in christmas poems, poem, today in history, tagged 1876, angels bending near the earth, died this date, Edmund Hamilton Sears, It Came upon the Midnight Clear, MA, published, today in history, Weston on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“It Came upon the Midnight Clear”
It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth,
To touch their harps of gold;
“Peace on the earth, good will to men,
From Heaven’s all gracious King.”
The world in solemn stillness lay,
To hear the angels sing.
Edmund Hamilton Sears died this date (1/14/1876) in Weston, MA. Words [...]
