Though the angry surges roll
On my tempest driven soul,
I am peaceful, for I know,
Wildly though the winds may blow,
I’ve an anchor safe and sure,
That can evermore endure.
Refrain
And it holds, my anchor holds:
Blow your wildest, then, O gale,
On my bark so small and frail;
By His grace I shall not fail,
For my anchor holds, my anchor holds.
Mighty [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Florida’
William Clark Martin – death, Aug. 30, 1914
Posted in poet American, sea OR shore, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 8/30/1914, “Still Sweeter Every Day”, “The Name of Jesus”, Bluffton, born 12/25/1864, Camden, Connecticut, Cramer’s Hill, died this date, First Baptist Church, Florida, Fort Myers, Grace Baptist Church, Hightstown, Indiana, Martin pastored, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Jersey, Noank, Noank Baptist Church, Rialto, Somerville, William Clark Martin on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Four Years
Posted in education, poem, uncategorized, tagged Florida, Hobe Sound Bible College, Four years have past, fast as light, Play and work, day and night, Graduations, Congratulations, first year of teaching on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Four years have past, fast as light,
Since you – and you began.
Play and work, day and night;
How swiftly they all ran.
Graduations – Congratulations!
– eab, 5/68
Written as I finished my first year of teaching at Hobe Sound Bible College, Florida.
Just Christmas, Again
Posted in christmas poems, philosophy, poem, tagged Christ is personal, Christian reality, Christmas again, empty lives, eternal, Florida, glamorous gifts, heart, Hobe Sound Bible College, husbands separate from wives, instructor of literature, joyous, Lord of your life, loveless homes, Martin County, paid for later, tinsel and paper, world of war and sin on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is it just Christmas, again,
In a world of war and sin?
Another year of tinsel and paper,
Of glamorous gifts (paid for later)
Of loveless homes and empty lives,
And husbands separate from their wives?
Another day, the same as last,
The only difference, a year has past?
No, this year can be,
A joyous, Christian reality.
A year when Christ is personal,
Yes, more [...]
A Grandkid’s Thanks
Posted in Bible, poem, the home, uncategorized, tagged 2000, Associate Professor of Bible, aunts, big ears, cousins, Florida, Gramp, HAPPY THANKSGIVING, Hobe Sound Bible College, Holy Bible, parables, poem, running toes, runny nose, story of David, ten fingers, uncles on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you God for ten fingers, and my running toes,
Thank you for my two big ears and my runny nose.
Thank you for the hair on my head,
And for sentences my eyes have read,
Thanks for the words my tongue just said,
And thank You for my tummy–well fed.
Thank you for the good Mother of mine,
Who does [...]
Temple Talk
Posted in poem, prayer, worship, tagged Associate Professor, beat upon his chest, Bible, calm in his heart, church, contrasted, dregs in his cup, eyes downward, Florida, friend, go to meeting, God, grace, heaven's smile, highest perch, Hobe Sound Bible College, honest spirit, humble, humble pie, justified his soul, look up, lowly ground, measures all things, mercy, petty piousness, poem, profound, simple, sinner, temple, temple talk, worship on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
He went into the temple
Where you’d think one could look up.
But his attitude was humble,
He saw “dregs” in his cup.
He asked God for mercy;
He beat upon his chest,
Called himself a sinner
(Not better than the rest).
He cast his eyes downward,
They sought the lowly ground.
But God, who measures all things:
The simple, the [...]
Spider Web
Posted in nature, poem, science, uncategorized, tagged 1969, aqua color lime, arachnid, Architect God, arthropod, diameter, dove hunting, Eternity, eyes that cannot see, FL, Florida, form complied, frail, friendly bottom slime, his tail, Hobe Sound, left the living, maturity's strong call, minerals, nature, niche of time, place to gird, poem, profile, propagating, roots, southern clime, spider web, spider's personal trail, sun, tale, tether, water, weed, wind, yards from sod on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The wind delivered a seed,
(Though nature’s not known for speed)
To a notch in the niche of time.
Delivered its parent weed,
Of what is commonly feed,
For the fowls of the southern clime.
Its diameter was flat,
As it lit with a “splat,”
On the aqua that was color lime.
But its profile changed – fat,
As it stood and later sat,
On the [...]
Jehovah the One
Posted in opposing wrong, poem, uncategorized, tagged 1968, Bible college, FL, Florida, Greeks, Hobe Sound, Jehovah, literature, poem, The One on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Greeks had a god for rain,
And another one for the sun.
And why did they have two?
Because it is plain
Zeus and Helios weren’t big enough to do,
The work of Jehovah, The One. -eab, 4/1968
Written while teaching literature at Hobe Sound Bible College, Florida.
Great Big Heavenly Chair
Posted in holy living, poem, uncategorized, tagged 1969, Bible college, children, fame, Father's care, FL, Florida, footstool, fortune, Heavenly chair, Hobe Sound, little life, poem, wife on October 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It really doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter at all,
I’m in my Father’s care.
He rules this footstool here below,
From His great big, heavenly chair.
He’s in charge of my little life,
My fame and fortune, children and wife,
So it really doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter at all,
I’m in my Father’s care. -eab, 12/1969
Written on the slab of what is now Carrol [...]
