In the stillness of the night A little child, shining bright, Came to me with words of gold, Glistening mysteries untold, Hands stretched out in prophetic song, The rhythm sweet, the silence long. While his lips, slender and fair, Lit a fire in the black air, He reached forth to touch my eyes, Yet quick as when …
Month: December 2017
Fading Flowers and Man
Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he? Isaiah 3:221 This is profound advice for our times. Sooner or later breath ceases and the mortal life of a man ceases. Regardless of his place in life, his deeds, his power, and his influence. Every person comes to an end. …
The Worst Pollutant
“Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrows shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life” (Gen. 3:17). Sin, the rejection of God and the willing cooperation of mankind with evil, is a spiritual pollutant. Sin affects not only the spiritual but the physical world also. Ultimately sin is the cause …