The Religion of Joy: God-consciousness, Or the Religion of Joy with God

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Sherman, French & Company, 1911 - 122 páginas
 

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Página 99 - FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind ; Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill ; And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.
Página 10 - No ; the two kinds of people on earth I mean Are the people who lift and the people who lean. Wherever you go you will find the world's masses Are always divided in just these two classes. . And oddly enough, you will find, too, I wean, There is only one lifter to twenty who lean.
Página 99 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.
Página 10 - Not the rich and the poor, for to rate a man's wealth You must first know the state of his conscience and health. Not the humble and proud, for, in life's little span, Who puts on vain airs is not counted a...
Página 15 - You never can tell what your thoughts will do, In bringing you hate or love; For thoughts are things, and their airy wings Are swifter than carrier doves. They follow the law of the universe — Each thing must create its kind; And they speed o'er the track to bring you back Whatever went out from your mind.
Página 92 - Go and dare before you die : Something mighty and sublime Leave behind to conquer time ! Glorious 'tis to live for aye, When these forms have passed away.
Página 75 - Think, when our one soul understands The great Word which makes all things new, When earth breaks up and heaven expands, How will the change strike me and you In the house not made with hands?
Página 10 - There is only one lifter to twenty who lean. In which class are you? Are you easing the load Of overtaxed lifters who toil down the road? Or are you a leaner, who lets others bear Your portion of labor and worry and care?
Página 45 - Whose prayer is pure Will God's chastisements endure.' Malik from a deeper sense Uttered his experience: "He who loves his Master's choice Will in chastisement rejoice.' Rabia saw some selfish will In their maxims lingering still. And replied, <O men of grace! He who sees his Master's face Will not in his prayer recall...
Página 45 - Rabia, sick upon her bed, By two saints was visited, Holy Malik, Hassan wise, — Men of mark in Moslem eyes. Hassan says, " Whose prayer is pure Will God's chastisements endure." Malik from a deeper sense Uttered his experience : " He who loves his Master's choice Will in chastisement rejoice.

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