…Beloved friends, the professing church of Christ stands in need of greater purification than it has yet attained to…there are many spots on her garments; she is defiled by the dust of the earth; and her garments are very much tattered. But when the professing church of Christ under every name, comes under the baptizing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘friend’
Joseph John Gurney – birth, Aug. 2, 1788
Posted in Jesus Christ, QQQuaint Quality Quotes, born today, holy living, today in history, uncategorized, tagged friend, Quaker, Philadelphia, 1938, narrow way, greater purification, baptizing influence of the Holy Ghost, Joseph John Gurney, North Meeting-house, New Street, First-day Afternoon, Second Month, Eighteenth, 1838, Hopper, Edward, Sermons and Prayers Delivered, City of Philadelphia, by Joseph John Gurney, Kay & Brother, never lead any man, either in opinion or practice, Contrary to Holy Scripture, Spirit of truth, never by any possibility contradict itself, unflattering and uncompromising voice of the Spirit of God, turning to the right hand or to the left, they are displeased at the cross, way of peace, the path of self-denial, we must follow him in his walk of holiness, born 8/2/1788 on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A G E
Posted in poem, time, uncategorized, tagged "The End", a full herd, a mere word, age, Age keeps growing, “aging” jokes, covers a full page, friend, It steals youth, its own paragraph, knows no defeat, Lastly come those sad words, long ago loaned, Now chapter, On-rolling age, point of a pen, swift moving old rage, the whole book, What’s it after on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Age (when it found time to begin),
Was like a point, point of a pen.
Later, age becomes a mere word,
Then words “bunched up,” as a full herd.
Soon age is its own paragraph;
(Do “aging” jokes now make you laugh?)
Age, in its swift moving old rage,
At present covers a full page.
Once a period? Now chapter!
Age keeps growing. What’s [...]
Christ Comes
Posted in Jesus Christ, philosophy, poem, time, tagged charts border on, Christ came, friend, He came, He comes Friend, He’ll come as King, His faithful, knowing He would be "sold", may not fit our small mold, poor prophecy rhyme, promised of old, prophets told, Read the Book, remove the blindfold, return may not be “two-fold”, streets of gold, to break sin’s hold, warm or cold, your chart on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
He came before, as promised of old.
Christ came before as prophets had told.
He came, knowing He would be “sold”
But He came to break sin’s hold!
He’ll come again as a King, bold.
Christ will come from streets of gold.
He’ll come again His faithful to enfold.
Oh, be hot, my Friend, not warm or cold.
His coming may not your [...]
Love Power
Posted in holy living, opposing wrong, poem, tagged Adam's, “de-weed” your heart, “justly” proud, bile, carnal anger, carnal traits, cleaning out evil motives, clever, confess, cool, cunningly big brain, fill your carnal liver, forced smile, friend, grouchiness, His holy child, if you have your way, jealous, long list of hates, love, new “flivver”, patience, soul, The Holy Ghost, the most universal power, to be stubborn, universal power, unwanted weeds, verge of murder, You won’t shed a tear on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is your patience ever thinning?
Almost, if not actually, sinning?
Has grouchiness replaced your happy song?
Do your neighbors really try you,
‘Specially the ones too nigh you?
Frankly, you wish they’d just “move along.”
Do you see you are “justly” proud,
(Though hesitant to say it too loud)
Of your clever, cool, and cunningly big brain?
Proud of how smart you really are,
(Smarter [...]
L Post – Sonlight
Posted in Lpost (long post), science, today in history, worship, tagged 1/26/09, Africans, Asia, blocked out, Christ’s Light, Eternity, friend, His Light, in the dark, Indian Ocean, light blocked, Light of Jesus, millions, Monday, much smaller, Multitudes of Europeans, problem, see Jesus, SON of righteousness, Sonlight?, the moon, total solar eclipse on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Monday, 1/26/09 in the Indian Ocean, there will be a total solar eclipse. The light of the sun will be blocked out by an object (scientists tell us) much smaller than it is – the moon. This does not happen often to the sun.
But – – – The SON of righteousness is being block [...]
Committed
Posted in christmas poems, poem, worship, tagged "parent’s" control, carpenter, Christ held satan “at bay”, Christ’s childhood, Commit to Him, Committed, earth’s sorrow and shame, friend, great grace, He came, never be proud, new-borrowed grave, raised more from the shroud, redeemed one hung near Him, teaching-time stay, temple-time talk, Thank God for Christ’s birth, to death we’re no slave on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Committed, He came from the realm of great grace.
Committed, descended, to earth’s meanest place.
Committed, He took on man’s body, man’s face.
Thank God for Christ’s birth, everyday.
Committed, returned from His temple-time talk.
Committed, returned to a carpenter’s “walk.”
Committed to “parent’s” control – with no balk.
Thank God for Christ’s childhood and play.
Committed, selected twelve men from the [...]
They’re Gathering
Posted in heaven, poem, uncategorized, tagged celestial, Christ, friend, narrow way, poem, Royal Blood, saints, soul on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a crowd gathering on another shore,
The group’s grower larger every day.
They are gathering in from all directions,
Yet all came there by God’s narrow way.
That crowd had skins of different shades,
Spoke languages to each other quite unknown,
But they are connected by one Royal Blood,
For Christ firmly owns them for His own.
That crowd landed where they [...]
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 [...]
Butterfly
Posted in holy living, nature, poem, uncategorized, tagged agnostics, atheist, beauty, beauty will be able to stay, bounded, brief revelation, butterfly, butterfly landed, color and structure, complexed and completed, Creator, eternity's standard, friend, Friendsville, graven road, insect, make it remembered, monarch, nake it beautiful, orange and black splendor, poem, such structure such form, Tennessee, water tower, when you've bounded away, wings on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For a brief moment only,
A butterfly landed,
Before it expanded,
Its wings and moved on.
But that moment revealed
Such orange and black splendor,
Such structure such form,
As only a Creator could render;
That one wonders why, with butterflies around,
Atheist, agnostics, or their kind can be found.
And another thought persists on presentation.
Such beauty, though of such brief revelation,
Was still [...]
William Penn – birth, Oct. 14, 1644
Posted in QQQuaint Quality Quotes, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 1644, 1792, born today, fear, friend, Fruits of Solitude, gain, judgment, maxims, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, preverters, Quaker, today in history, violated, William Penn on October 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Fear and gain are great perverters of mankind:
where either prevails, the judgment is violated.”
- William Penn, Fruits of Solitude in Reflections & Maxims (Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, 1792), 34.
William Penn, born today 10/14/1644, London, Quaker, named Pennsylvania for his father.
