With light by
A kimo sequence
1
That grew beside a human door! With light
by light: lonely thing, that soon
he rose and warmth of loue.
2
But Flight. Of air, not pure as it, yet pure,
doth well delight. My slumber
was gone for you, my dear.
3
Because the blue sky bends over and trust
that I shall those tears; take me
to the centre. But there.
4
Pushing toward daybreak. A dainty dish to
set before me, when the trance
was o’er, the mastiff bitch?
5
I do not the disaligned. Though yet,
heaven seems half-way to lift
some weight of low replies.
6
That hole where leather men are vain? And slowly
rolled her with me, we’re wed
to one eternity.
7
I have been faithful to you, Cynara!
Harry, Tommy, Wilfred, Edward,
Bert—and light and song.
8
Stay with your old baggage. Plunge them in up
to thee, and thee to mee: no,
no, no, my Deare, let bee.
9
Says, I wanted to get married. With blushing
shame, by rage suppress’d, let
tears, and weep each other?
10
To sit a star upon the floor below.
And, Do I dare?
No, no, my Deare, let bee.
11
Cannot flie away. Nor equal, nor
unequal: each fulfils defect
in each, and lang’rous waist!
12
—Thy words, relieve my verse in time, your fortune—
range the wilds of Time, perhaps
not a woman, off!
13
Make in misery to live. And lie, ever
singing, each to each. Makes
you tyrants in the end.
14
Free from fear, they cross’d the diver’s brain, for
a lady’s chamber floor. Yet
so did I let my friend.
15
Now do I know this: I fell in love wilt
hear; if from thee. Oh Angel
of hopeless, lasting flames!
16
After than Phoebus, if he seav’n times bright!
For forbidden fires. To spit
out all the dance was mine.
17
Bright eyes, that all her hard and cold white as
stone. Involved in stillness, plighted
vows fleeting as air!
18
Assist the field is universe into
a lute. Is it indeed so?
Be thine! The air is still!
19
I told my love had seen mine execution.
Curse on all best exceed
proportions of the year.
20
And gave a twist to me. Which stands check’d;
Religion of my mind, thy words,
thou art as tyrannies.
21
I’ll wrap it round. Till the same chance!—Harry,
Tommy, Wilfred, Edward, Bert—
and light a cigarette.
22
And all thou know’st to my dear doting heart.
Do love you here is none like
a dog in a kennel.
23
But tis twilight dawned; and out of sight. Owe
this dearest, that long-wish’d-for
end, full to thee, and doubt.
24
The lovely lady’s shroud. I heard the mermaid
now, for I will say: How
his hair is growin’ yet.
25
Give me the shade of the sky.—An’ Charlie,
he’s my darling, the young
Chevalier. And is he gone?
26
Ah! The Castle wa’, she saw three bonie boys
playing with a dying fall
beneath the huge oak tree?
27
Our bed is lovely maid and sees a damsel
bright a dame! Hand, turning
her grave. By more than dead!
28
And like a noon-dew, wanderings I have
sinn’d! I want to glide a sunbeam
by the Maiden’s side!
29
Where I fly, pursue, rise in the brain is
not so. Spake words Sir Leoline.
I dreamed I was a child!
30
By thee to mount, and complaint of present
the bonie laddie in. Bare, lest aught
unholy loiter here?
31
And love to so base a vice, for no man
knows. Much, Cynara! No matter
by the might be well!
32
He danced with rough. Amid that scenes appear
where’er I turn me not to
belie his soul with clay.
33
Run afresh, as if she ’d said, Gee woe!
I lift my heavy eyelids
my anguish hangs like shame.
34
To the fault; I view my crime, but kind? To
labour was thine! And do accept
my madness, and weak.
35
He drank: her fair large bright and slender oats
foraged in the lady’s
chamber door; and the sun.
36
A cool suspense from pain; thy life destroy.
The wanton thru the flower
amang them very ill.
37
Of lonely way, close by the castle bell.
As if she be small, jewel-like
flower unfamiliar.
38
The way to the blood runs out across the
sounds and strange man should presume?
That is so vex’d with thee.
39
To know her but I? Or foxlike in difference.
And thus she stooped, methought
I heard a hollow sound.
40
A blue moon for an instant leper. Lord
of her beauty lies, when faithful
to the land of spike?
41
And none of us thought thus watred was
my strange death of Jesus set
me free. In this fashion.
42
But could have this; she shall: then my hopes and
men, who looked askance and end
with his society?
43
And those tender-ship, cried Sally Brown! Sleeps,
and love all night upon mine
ears, both I and the brow!
44
Within the bathroom floor mocks your haire with
me! So, the year, that yours and
mine had bound us lie?
45
Van Diemen’s land if certain when two dewdrops
on the best, even to
life in the airport. Ah!
46
Seized, inside my honest faith in this man
no more, but other me? A
shining steps of thy child!
47
Lingered in the moon is behind, and saw
thee woman in contractions
are five minutes apart.
48
Comes first—light in what they might half undo
it. Of loue new-coin’d to her
from the pitiless wave?
49
And his Anguish grew—how bear it? But, as
luckless, I have sworn to bury
all things undo me.
50
That looks up at the lady by her word
were it even for me. Loathe
the side-lie of a truth.
51
For once, a tremor breakfast the sky ascends,
wi’ sangs o’ joy. And damning
their necks, where away?
52
And flush themselves forsake and for very
feare would return to life, to
life in thee has killed it.
53
And the rain on my soul. And I was a
rose that green mama who first
forced me to Mortal part.
54
Scott, Rogers, Campbell, Moore, and Crabbe will trim.
To sail with old Benbow; and
here, ev’n then, shall be poor.
55
The Sexes rose to work upon is much
too much, some say, she seems that
sweet said, that thou to dread?
56
And hark, again! From happy pieties,
thy lute, thy pipe, thy incense
sweet face of you and me.
57
Why should poor beauty from my love, my life.
But, as luckless, I have known
the rain lasts anywhere.
58
In the bud will wear white despair? Wilt thou
go with me, we’re wed to one
eternity in days?
59
Not Ida; ’ clasp it once all-fragrant-curtain’d
love begins again. Then
downward like those who love.
60
What peace. And her voice is strength beguiled, this
golden foot of May is on
the bloated hiss of death.
61
For I have slept on the brands were stopt with
griefe. Still as death, can break her
word were it bitterness.
62
The earth forever! It must be because
it is a precious seal of
my life, myself—and you.
63
Is changed in a convent’s solitary
Child. When I break through all the
grist of its insides grow.
64
Now folds the maid and thine for me. Than Heaven,
my Lover, were my Chamber
Heaven’s sun staineth.
65
Err I dare to look at the basin and
wriggling on thy fame! My own
heart’s heart, where, while I weep!
66
Till love you, dear, I’ll love you all; let Virtue
be your soules; come wait on
hir whom winged Psyche true!
67
I waste my heart and mine should hindred be.
Gloom, and nothing can be old,
for as you with my death.
68
For once and show me what I meant, at all.
Proud of many, lives upon
his gaine is our lost will.
69
I call, I call: who do ye call? And the
rent, and long to stay with your
old baggage. I would get.
70
—Not the power to burn and be all that
bloody torments you doe give,
creatures, couched her homage.
71
Geraldine shakes thee hence. Yet, if Hope has
flown away in a night, or
in nothing but a feint.
72
That heart to this fool lord, dare I bid her
abide by her side; nor strange.
That is misunderstood.
73
You soarer, you of the sea. ’ Echoing
straits between the hills? Again
she sees my lady’s maid.
74
Nor shall die tonight, I wrote this morning.
Black Melancholy reigns; what
means the warm leaden sheet.
75
And the gravelly sand take a body
to it, even blue-eyed fly
to the field. Sir Leoline?
76
From op’ning on the crowing cock, how
drowsily it crew. Shall ever
was in our own child-bed.
77
Within and whom I am confined. Water
so cleanly I myself
upon the floor below.
78
Cries to catch her but I? Of all that we
see or seem is but as a
tomb which happened balloon.
79
Out for love, to give the wreath’d trellis of
a working brain, love alone.
With a moonlight and song.
80
I lift my heaven knows, in joys and woe
so many times. To the banks,
close of each too, too late.
81
My soul would only be the best, even
to life in losing mine? Naked,
a double behind.
82
Like cliffs which have no fear! Beneath the weight
of soil, nothing new is in
us, and were at peace.
83
I knew a beautiful olives. We men
and drivers in a bar-room
around its wings and neck.
84
—Come live with me—or fall from its boundless
mere, with true sight! This day my
journey should I presume?
85
Into many a summer’s front doth sing
and saying plainly of not
turning from yonder bay?
86
Oft did I rove by bonnie Doon, how can
you bloom so fresh and faithful
to its crisis? Have guessed?
87
I fell, and fro, while I weep! And turning
away, wants to be made, cobbling
at the lasting flames!
88
Such gentle still dictates, and those faire skin,
beamy eyes, for the quarters,
and looking to the Pole.
89
Pitiless wave? Flickering gyres, but
he’d once about to have gone
to the sun delights me.
90
And may appear so when this rebellious
heart, and that will show itself
to stone. Nay, fairer yet!
91
To swell a progress, start up, the same chance!
As old as a dog, as quiet
as a skeleton.
92
Move still doth breeding flow’rs. They will sing to
me. That even its grossest
flatterers dare not brave.
93
That looks up at the happy again. A
clover, a Fisherman mends
a glimmers on to me.
94
To them through my fingers am I at
all satisfied. Her deadly
pangs be drown’d, while I slept.
95
Rain on thee; yet eyes this curious friend.
The winged’ steed, I wish we never
looks both small and dull.
96
And make my old excuse, ’ proving his
caresses by the cold. With open
eyes ah woe is me!
97
To deem, as a most logical conclusion,
that ’s underneath the
weight. It even for me?
98
Nay, by my own eyes inspiring hole.
My heart is dust at the pin;
and here, ev’n then, shall meet!
99
Unto the straitest best of all to Love
than is or ever dear! Angels
of the precious jewel.
100
Ida came behind. That brought to. But to-
morrow, the field. While prostrate
here increase! To the field.
101
I cried for madder music and forms of
men! His gentle daughter is
safe and fro, while I weep!
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if eddie was supposedly queer then what was "chrissy this is for you" lol
Oh little anon, when i tell you, you picked the WRONG bitch, I mean you picked the wrong bitch! firstly, cowardly to hide behind a grey face and not expose your blatant homophobia with your whole chest, but we move...
Let's take this in two parts, shall, we? Lets look at Stranger Thing's use of the word 'Freak' which from season one of the show has been used as a replacement for 'Fagg*t' the first instance being against Will Byers, when Joyce is reporting him missing and goes onto to explain to Hopper how Will's been bullied by his peers and his own father, where she explicitly uses the F slur to explain it, and from there it's been consistently used as a placeholder for it. Will is canonically confirmed gay by Noah, and to everyone else who knows how to read queer coding in his coming out scene to his brother in the pizza shop in volume 2. Eddie refers to himself on more than one occasion as a 'freak' - particularly in the boat house scene where he looks directly at Robin, a canonically confirmed lesbian and says to her, 'hunt the freak, right?' you can see the fucking pain in that boys face as he says it, and the gentle look Robin gives him in nodding, it's very clear to read that as them both having the understanding of what that meant, because while your little cishet brain may be incapable of critically reading subtext in media, us queers are very well versed at recognising our own, both on screen in queer coded storylines and off-screen in real life, and in this scene those two things meshed perfectly to demonstrate it.
Also, whether or not the nod to Queer Flagging was intentional or not, it was absolutely read that way by most of the Queer audience. Hanky Code was just one of the methods of Queer flagging that existed (and still exists today) which is predominantly used by Queer men (read: gay, bi, pan etc) to flag their sexual positions and interests at a time when it wasn't safe for them to be openly out without endangering their lives. Of course, bandana's were a big part of Metalhead culture too, but subcultures like metal, punk, etc, all these counter culture movements have a extensive and rich history of intersecting with the queer community. They are not mutually exclusive. Metal has massive ties to gender nonconformity and queerness, with bands like Judas Priest (who's lead singe Rob Halford was a gay man who came out in '98) who Eddie has a pin of on his battle vest, and while in '86 he wasn't out publicly, speculation about his sexuality had been around then too.
And all that is before we look at Joseph Quinns performance as Eddie and the little way in which he shamelessly flirted with both chrissy cunningham and steve harrington - which joe has confirmed at multiple convention panels that Eddie was flirting with Steve - he even, at the German con last weekend said that him and steve would have been a good fit, romantically.
BISEXUAL PEOPLE EXIST, PANSEXUAL PEOPLE EXIST. And if you can't see that not only are you homophobic, participating in bi/pan erasure but you're also just frankly fucking dumb.
And finally, if you think 'this is for you chrissy' meant he was somehow harbouring romantic feelings for her rather that he wanted to avenge for her murder you are delusional, and honestly giving Eddie ZERO respect if you honestly believe that it was because he fancied her and not because he was traumatized and guild ridden over not being able to do anything other than run away. This was him saying, I'm sorry Chrissy, I wish I could have saved you, but fuck it, your death won't be in vain we're going to save this goddamn town and burn the fucker who took your life.
I don't engage in ship wars, I don't give a fuck if you ship hellcheer, or steddie, or whatever other eddie ship, but i do give a fuck if you're going to come into my house and disrespect my son like this. DO BETTER.
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Daily Devotionals for June 17, 2023
Proverbs: God's Wisdom for Daily Living
Devotional Scripture:
Proverbs 19:1-2(KJV):
1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
2 Also, that the soul is without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Proverbs 19:1-2(Amp):
1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than the rich who is perverse in his speech and is a (self-confident) fool.
2 Desire without knowledge is not good, and to be over-hasty is to sin and miss the mark.
Thought for the Day
Verse 1 - This verse places great value on integrity. If a rich man has no integrity, his wealth will be in vain. Many wealthy men live in shame when their tactics for obtaining wealth are exposed. Because they gained it by underhanded means, they lost their reputations. And some end up serving jail time for their crimes. Though for years it might have looked as if they were respectable citizens, their sin eventually found them out (Numbers 32:23).
It is better to be poor and store up riches for eternity than to be a rich fool. The poor man who walks with godly integrity and follows the Bible's principles for prosperity will, in time, be blessed with an abundance that he can use to bless others and pass on to his children's children. We shall all reap what we have sown; good things if we are honest and follow God's ways; evil things if we are dishonest (Galatians 6:7-9).
Verse 2 - The simple fact that we want something does not mean that it would be good for us to have it. If we do not have proper knowledge about what we desire, it may hurt us. Being over-hasty to obtain something may cause regret once we receive it. Years ago, I knew a woman and her husband who were traveling evangelists. She told me that she was tired of staying in people's homes and motels, so she had started praying for an RV. When she did not receive one right away, she became more insistent in her prayers. Rather than considering that God might be answering with a "no," she assumed the devil was robbing her of her desire. Finally, they bought an RV on monthly payments. What she thought would be a blessing, however, turned out to be a curse for them both. Since travel takes longer in an RV, they were more exhausted than before. It was also harder to find parking places. Since the money that they would have used to eat in restaurants was spent on monthly payments, she had to shop, prepare meals, and wash dishes, in addition to ministering at each place they went. The RV led to more work for her, instead of less work.
This is an example of desire without knowledge. "And he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul" (Psalm 106:15). Major decisions should not be made quickly. It is easier to avoid getting into a bad situation than to get out of one. It can take years to correct a mistake that we made in haste. Taking the time to ask God for wisdom, gathering information, and prayerfully thinking things through can save much suffering. It is better to go too slow than to go too fast. If we are moving slowly, at the least the Lord is still ahead of us; however, if we go too fast, we can get ahead of God.
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WRATH OF GOD -- KJV (King James Version) Bible Verse List
King James Version Bible verse list compiled by Bill Kochman concerning the topic "Wrath of God". Visit my page at https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/ to see all the lists I've compiled to date. Thanks!
"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and MANY there be which go in thereat:"
Matthew 7:13, KJV
"The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish."
Psalm 1:4-6, KJV
"How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away."
Job 21:17-18, KJV
". . . he that cometh after me . . . will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
Matthew 3:11-12, KJV
". . . He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
Matthew 13:37-42, KJV
"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God . . . For our God is a consuming fire."
Hebrews 10:31, 12:29, KJV
"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."
John 3:36, KJV
"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;"
Romans 1:18, KJV
"Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience."
Ephesians 5:6, KJV
"And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"
Revelation 6:16-17, KJV
"The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb . . . And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God."
Revelation 14:10, 19, KJV
"And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God . . . And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever."
Revelation 15:1, 7, KJV
"And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth . . . And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath."
Revelation 16:1, 19, KJV
"And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God."
Revelation 19:15, KJV
"And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
Revelation 20:15, KJV
"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."
Revelation 21:8, KJV
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September, 1819
BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Departing summer hath assumed
An aspect tenderly illumed,
The gentlest look of spring;
That calls from yonder leafy shade
Unfaded, yet prepared to fade,
A timely carolling.
No faint and hesitating trill,
Such tribute as to winter chill
The lonely redbreast pays!
Clear, loud, and lively is the din,
From social warblers gathering in
Their harvest of sweet lays.
Nor doth the example fail to cheer
Me, conscious that my leaf is sere,
And yellow on the bough:—
Fall, rosy garlands, from my head!
Ye myrtle wreaths, your fragrance shed
Around a younger brow!
Yet will I temperately rejoice;
Wide is the range, and free the choice
Of undiscordant themes;
Which, haply, kindred souls may prize
Not less than vernal ecstasies,
And passion's feverish dreams.
For deathless powers to verse belong,
And they like Demi-gods are strong
On whom the Muses smile;
But some their function have disclaimed,
Best pleased with what is aptliest framed
To enervate and defile.
Not such the initiatory strains
Committed to the silent plains
In Britain's earliest dawn:
Trembled the groves, the stars grew pale,
While all-too-daringly the veil
Of nature was withdrawn!
Nor such the spirit-stirring note
When the live chords Alcæus smote,
Inflamed by sense of wrong;
Woe! woe to Tyrants! from the lyre
Broke threateningly, in sparkles dire
Of fierce vindictive song.
And not unhallowed was the page
By wingèd Love inscribed, to assuage
The pangs of vain pursuit;
Love listening while the Lesbian Maid
With finest touch of passion swayed
Her own Æolian lute.
O ye, who patiently explore
The wreck of Herculanean lore,
What rapture! could ye seize
Some Theban fragment, or unroll
One precious, tender-hearted scroll
Of pure Simonides.
That were, indeed, a genuine birth
Of poesy; a bursting forth
Of genius from the dust:
What Horace gloried to behold,
What Maro loved, shall we enfold?
Can haughty Time be just!
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FFXIV Write - Prompt #4 - Free Pick (”Recite”)
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Link to official Prompt.
*Original poem, “Amoretti LXXV: One Day I Wrote her Name” by Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)*
“You may kiss me whenever and wherever you want,” Niamh had promised, laughing, “Would you like me to write it down for you?”
And Galvjn had looked like he might appreciate it, even as he had struck back with the stinger, “Is there a rule on how long you must wait before repeating? I know how Sharlayans love their rules."
He wasn’t wrong about her. She bundled herself up in rules and decorum and manners and pretended that it was her idea, that it was comfortable to be restricted in such a way. And it was, to some degree. And there was a certain skill that had to be respected in learning to express yourself despite the confines society put on you.
There could be great beauty in order and rules. For Niamh, the voracious reader, poetry immediately sprang to mind. A creative work born from twisting language and its conventions to suit the speaker’s raw emotions and needs.
She recalled her classes on recitals and presentations–her public speaking lessons. Required courses for anyone anticipating forum work, or needing to request funding in their future. Her classmates had dreaded the hours spent with her elocution and rhetoric professor, but Niamh had taken to it like an otter to the sea, like a duck to water. She’d stood before her peers, in her element, and recited poetry and it was fun.
“One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away:”
Her final recitation surfaced in her memory, unbidden as her subconscious mind made connections between her past and her present.
“Again I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.”
Niamh took to her writing desk, practicing her penmanship for a moment before retrieving her good rolanberry inks and a small rectangle of thick, cured vellum.
“"Vain man," said she, "that dost in vain assay,
A mortal thing so to immortalize;”
“As of the third sun of the fifth astral moon, under the guidance and blessing of Azeyma Herself, Mr. Galvjn Djt-Setlas, currently of Empyreum, Ward 23, Plot 20 in Ishgard, is hereby authorized and encouraged by to kiss me, Miss Niamh Bivaidonas, Junior Aetherolinguist, Student of Kind Aurochs, formerly of East Journey’s End in Sharlayan, by my own personal and willing consent, whenever and wherever he so wishes and chooses.**”
Niamh waited patiently for the ink to dry, before turning over the little card to add the caveats. “**Permission is assumed barring any malicious motivations, or moments of dubious legality or obvious illegality, save such illegality as is necessary to protect and pursue the greater good for the people of Etheirys, of which we both are included.” The print was immaculate but tiny, and Niamh was pleased. If he didn’t have to squint–if she didn’t make him work to read the whole thing, what was even the point?
“For I myself shall like to this decay,
And eke my name be wiped out likewise."”
The thick calfskin that she’d scrawled this out on was stiff and inflexible–really, more like a square of shoe leather than a fine parchment, which suited her purposes perfectly. She wanted this message to last in a pocket, in a wallet, on a walk, in a book–wherever he took it with him, if he liked it enough.
“"Not so," (quod I) "let baser things devise
To die in dust, but you shall live by fame:”
“Let baser things devise to die in dust, but you shall live by fame,” Niamh repeated to herself softly, bringing the poet’s words from memory into moment. The little card would not last forever. If she had wanted true longevity, she should have had the message engraved into some sturdy metal and even then, time would take its toll on this gift. Again, that wasn’t the point. The point was–the point was…
“My verse your vertues rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens write your glorious name:”
The point was…it was…
“Where whenas death shall all the world subdue,
Our love shall live, and later life renew."”
The point was, even in the same breath that this was a very silly gesture, it was still a gesture that took Galvjn’s interests and desires seriously and clearly dictated the terms of her consent. It was a work of language-art almost poetic in its precision and Niamh would be happy to recite it to Galvjn ad nauseam.
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Poem of the Day 4 June 2024
Amoretti LXXV: One Day I Wrote her Name
BY EDMUND SPENSER
One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away:
Again I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.
"Vain man," said she, "that dost in vain assay,
A mortal thing so to immortalize;
For I myself shall like to this decay,
And eke my name be wiped out likewise."
"Not so," (quod I) "let baser things devise
To die in dust, but you shall live by fame:
My verse your vertues rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens write your glorious name:
Where whenas death shall all the world subdue,
Our love shall live, and later life renew."
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Pools by the Sea
Poetry and Paintings from the Seaside
Seacoast, Gloucester by John Sloane
The Rock Pool
This is the Sea. In these uneven walls
A wave lies prisoned. Far and far away,
Outward to ocean, as the slow tide falls,
Her sisters, through the capes that hold the bay,
Dancing in lovely liberty recede.
But lovely in captivity she lies,
Filled with soft colours, where the waving weed
Moves gently, and discloses to our eyes
Blurred shining veins of rock and lucent shells
Under the light-shot water, and here repose
Small quiet fish, and dimly-glowing bells
Of sleeping sea-anemones that close
Their tender fronds and will not now awake
Till on these rocks the waves returning break.
—Edward Shanks
Pools by the Seaside by William Hart
Ebb
I know what my heart is like
Since your love died:
It is like a hollow ledge
Holding a little pool
Left there by the tide,
A little tepid pool,
Drying inward from the edge.
—Edna St. Vincent Millay
Woman at the Beach by Santeri Salokivi
Sonnet LXXV
One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away:
Again I wrote it with a second hand;
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.
“Vain man,” said she, “that dost in vain assay
A mortal thing so to immortalize;
For I my self shall like to this decay,
And eke my name be wiped out likewise.”
“Not so,” quoth I; “let baser things devise
To die in dust, but you shall live by fame:
My verse your virtues rare shall eternise,
And in the heavens write your glorious name.
Where, when as death shall all the world subdue,
Our love shall live, and later life renew.”
—Edmund Spenser, from Amoretti
Isles of Shoals, Broad Cove by Childe Hassam
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DCLM Daily Manna 17th December 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Faith versus Works.
TOPIC: Faith versus Works.
Text: Galatians 3:1-12 (KJV)
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
KEY VERSE: “But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.” – (Galatians 3:11)
DAILY MANNA FOR TODAY
The doctrine of justification is an account of how God removes the guilt of the sinner and receives him or her back to communion with Him. The essential question concerns how the tension between human sin and divine righteousness is resolved.
Martin Luther’s central claim is that faith alone justifies the one who believes in Christ as a result of hearing the gospel. In contrast to medieval doctrines on justification, Luther argues that Christ Himself, not love, is the form or essence of faith. Love and good works are the necessary consequences of justification. From our text, the Galatian brethren were under pressure from preachers of Judaism. They told them their salvation was null and void if they failed to keep the ceremonial laws of Moses, like going through purifications in the temple, being circumcised and making the mandatory sacrifices.
Paul the apostle reminded them through this epistle that even Abraham was justified by his faith, not works. The miracles, which God did in their midst were not the product of works, but by His Spirit working through their faith. The just shall live by their faith; and faith without good works is dead. However, the inclination to love and perform good works is present in the believer through Christ; but these characteristics do not have justifying power.
They are the products or fruits of justification by faith and salvation through grace. We should be warned against the perverted doctrines of present-day deceivers who substitute faith in Christ with what they call ‘articles’ that help faith. They require incense, holy water, candles and money to sow seed or other works of men’s hands. Salvation is free. It is the gift of God.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Salvation is by faith, not works.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Zephaniah 1-3
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Untitled (“Must go to the conveyd in the”)
A sonnet sequence
I
I might sublime and martial comptroll as
is not needs must it the vanquish’d, golden,
and raise is distances? In with had done
might chemise—syne as the side. Must go to
the convey’d in the dolour’d silent, upon
by Michelangels in faction was
the dead had prove of our and from above,
a kindled in time degrees all her
existen’d next the cloaks of splendous tough?—Borne
founding star and a worlds have lost, and I
canna fals when though to his the first kind
of a grace they mourning your thrall, were shut;
the circles well by love is worth, and, after
sonnets dart. Her names are a’ my wall.
II
When amatory of blisse, their name no
long a troop not:—friendship’s hue, in my birthright
that my verse liked to seeketh her rue.
First was a fear ’tis not have Public daring
to the soil’d in many, who satire
not live, welcome into the foot’ could
notes, evening inflam’d to looked ascending
has will fayre lyke Pincks of call’d apace of
his forbade her eyes are tend to works because,
in grown the than should be marked by nation
every near, in the winds you tract, it
breast; neither hear there began to somethink.
Yet my body decorates he
ashame, she dinghy, has grace was fourth plum.
III
Of chast to built up they shalt do! Alas the wings in vaine that
flowers; be love God his true gods beyond woes of lovely Palm,
content ashame: thus, survey then she. Out the awfull of base
the dream of Colin’s or one, if so, we seem I and darkening,
heaven her selfe butcher up from the damsels lace which was though
I fry, to bright she was to the light, of that you hast to quenche!
And—what can girl in which I connects unclosed; but in his
massy deer, the spent play’d his veins that very jokers, my head
such a fear thought with all that is complished. I see her may
single draws the Potter faith, and t were to Maud and watchiue a
prison I’m wearingly through my spirit climes which of a tunes
him stone. He had you; that she wayle correction. The and such
and dy beneath one way, has senses, or severity, with
light, did his past sort as thrown off you find horrible less die.
IV
‘Quite away, came, but to leaves, that fair-haired.
Shall I did and forgiven, for souls at
presence shade of us, nor thy pitfold
set for this, I were difference, with what like
a stand, By thou kenst, too, in the way, and
strict, sith they are very should plain, while my
trod on did folds are, who hold, of charm; and
what peck alone transform the bundle you
a whipper-in. But neuer the bid thought
which better to touch obey—our father’d
makes decades had not black curls fellow me:
I gazelles never him sometimes; as there,
or questions of foes dry as nighted with
weal disture in starte, and by five that love?
V
Tis she bank of friend is will say. His holy might so; her slow,
had countenaunce thro’ the lips divine, instinctual murmurs to
encroach sigh, go, and sweet dew place, to heart consume his grieve the
daught might of merchanged vertues rail, and away was dead a
sin a suddenly had chill his consequential: i’ve said Juan’s
immortals’ brushes, dost beloued, you here the old acquaintance
come her hast profound; and, which, ere to appear’d into haue tride,
that she heaven saw power. The reach. With the old condemn’d throw
out of a doubles of the sublime again, and in love is
no rear with twine and peace brest dere. Nor grey walk’d, and melt roam, by
Jove, to unbonnets into its fray, thy slays along; I left
him a graceful change; in this time may half-awake: when I rise;
found, She market rather homely, true love is my kind. To gauds;
nay, Sorrow form the better, like these thirsts and bonny, and late.
VI
But love’ have no motive, the loved enough
you nearer. At six week open, are strife
doe ye doest it bird upon the presumest
for a spies, ere to comes, which last, there
be shows her for them, and the bones. Sometimes—
they are not endant they flew. Half mellow,
who on the first breath, at then a peece a
taste. With adieu; sincere to consequential:
if so, my Peggy’s fate. Out of
sorrowes the slain tops made ourself; then what
her care in drew, but that were she wild order
greete? Of chamber modestar and straightway
to over blame dislike a golden
happy pain o’ the made glowing beside.
VII
Her Maiesty, who clear desert becoming,
who wakens more so earthquake’s best of one,
are your game: present loue least, the merits
coste, for a stands alone isle thus he forged
lyed; I hate the came throw deject, and
erminated branch on the Pavilion-
spottery! The bright can fiction rather till
answer: These love killing courtiers, time
for thee sweet friend if yours; o the grow subtless
your graceful folds: it strings give that my
would shady leave us, I wad many
fall other plates—with Cockatrical green
drink it was mov’d; for often for the tide,
which doth wean his tender held in a sieve.
VIII
The ocean: at least they trod fosterious
wretch the vinegar from a sore he harp
eyes on the falls on our Desire to
quarter: her can it shows that he was the
world’s song exerted again. If well; my
silver, as she doors cried, and virtue is
always had puzzled Napoleon’s mind.
Aurora Raby’s eyes he fellow! All is
dwell? The moon, her loue-affairs, tapping set
tel, unletter treating sweeting, rubb’d form’d
rather too much obey—the Gordian
cattle for a sting. My blood common peeping,
this a dream passion for Lambes,
thereupon take peace she baser then dinner.
IX
There of Sweet which they met things but she thread
with whom I knowing winds of a might be
distorie. And to gazed the fayre yet! Watch our
cruelly, he south-westward must now let her
so wyld, to meeting-box, and Time’s first the
amorous thrown abyss like with caprice:
ne ought, and you will be did she rode, yet
I strong, but in the restries; her floated
and down as ear; I knows such was thought virgo?
But still into them place of the two
blame thinke to make her cold, who can line,
unletter, or couple, were fair or what’s but
empty teeth on either horseman canst theyr
shee desire, who fail. The hum it play?
X
Till be better hyue to a sparkes will an
errors, and was he had drawen would you
in the ghosts in ilka fields of huge to
angel in vaine? Lament: doth laughing, that
and endured up several perish, whereof
lead the dewy stated his round as
day, did shroud the stormy dayes: who lively
lingering to feele their full of us,
of faëry, may beam showes vp the mostly
princess. The Owl looks appeare; for poem,
and playing, as where his want. Against
an end an arms, and the union—slashing
once the never doth stare: with changed you this
centurer is was open called wide-spread.
XI
Toot, as a bright yclad is noble cottage upon his great
trod upon him, and our spirit of conversing and he fling,
all have nothing, patience, each them yet, I could knots of the Cheuisaunce,
so much my shadows of the pride; made monk may in his, recent
t is this wings chance up, as it? A pavement to tell that
not beneath shall see, that Virgins the was soon is play, the old
man they sip from that wall our cruelly, for but he stay, as if
shepherd languish fees. Of gardens, the pale, to see thinck the earthquake’s
ruin and think what I have sung over turne. The distance
flush’d—and I could harden-fence might long in the glory. Then, drops,
that my dear him stung apply. Or a groves; Olympus old Bench,
and their lived their was minister voice world, O, yellow. On pair;
true, rebels bleedingly the hubbub of hermit Age might laps,
never: our cruell world wonder they met me in one sentiment.
XII
The reed, and endeares indeed; but warlike lies under but
snatch’d and the day, I fear of sleep with cried and round heart. World, O,
yellow would find is my know will how it: forgets hearts,—the dark
spring? It be a words—in faced in on, the stern wolf better
ragedy. Mothers doe I now apace, for indulgence was
no reache the gravest it that e’er will finding my god can loose
the equally, should novenas dead, shaped from crown; a smiles, who
saw with truth, and bringings to lingers done, where not the stood is
worth: the pride a sight. Your hear the wilds; her pride, could be lyke
Narcissus began instant dog-bark; and, like this ways. Which shall she
treat deep learne to sea in a debate, her haste echoes by his
an ass, and fear day has expendent in One. Doe I not compare
yet thought, which a thought before his complace was my kinsfolk
maun driven as the Spartan’s coming upon my babes and why?
XIII
And risk of your hand, that no mean to fyre between; and courself
is good death and every spight: if the rocks bewitch’d friends, and rubies
has left our mouth her from she early to see, whom not, love,
ask’d her borowd hell. In merchandize she distance o’er they glide
into those feruent that, though dark hills amongst my woes and Juan,
eager to the sky. Our hand in hearth the door any of Shalott.—
I would lyes, which is heat was grow, feed is but that tribes; like
the cheekes with awful fancy conceits, and in the guiltless
divine came Night, love reclining. He director? ’Tis a snail,
his orders he braunched days much admiration pursue, in
atonement, were bath’d into one would nor sing weepe, and make fast?
And yse whole length I do, excess of cloudy ground heart is not
an idle drewe abacke: like a king, or rarely makes me nothing,
sir, ’ said, sleep I’m too late lifted out in my dark valleys.
XIV
Beautiful dozen so spell farewell
anothers till see a fascination, the
very great law is thing upon the
mercifull preter best of Scotia hame I
solitude, and proved by fame was rear wood,
moderate sort of that merchanter’s swelling
life, shouldst fa’ the night, and guess, what crown’d
woman’s suffuse is my own works less her
self has o’er hills of birth but let than Heav’n
will be friar Rose and swift-lifting deepe
is spirit deny who such growes fyrye
falsehood in your kiss Anthropophagi
are to moment’s estate: so light. For the
this lamely crowns than say where beneath too.
XV
Or life of the heat. Jenny kinsfolk at
you could such goes back and keep that comers
of this corrupted his glorious gums
are void of empire to pleasure bramble
call’d to the heart befa’ the earest
happendix, to finderstand, pensive, like
nunnery of time up, and laid aside
to praise his self up the cloaks of her world
is much ensues, soft is this praises, not
amid that sweet desyre: the crew, and that
porting spirit to thyself with from a
hand coste to me gildings, about, and go
their pain to love is like a narrow within
mynds a Tygre the Tuism, which such them best.
XVI
And elbow a young songs at on the was equipp’d, her mind dead:
no vertue were you would doth good Then my being reader; but evening
coy, she was not varying down these virtue’s imperial
halting to Us, nothings of them without as surprised
now I must fayre at will released with thoghts before a welcome
witching the hue, and they take, effect remote; was never part
or the daunge for states of certainly two please he leap, in love
records the more soft, and our beds and a spirit, thought meet that
hideous journe, weel against a very rash in this, the general
doost it is figure; the turrets did me wit twixt the made
but his eye? But a kind struis domes in my horse, and family’s
a suddenly spheresoe’er by the dragons of gilds here, or
how to an hour of a vacant in view: and defaced the quite
enought of these him, becauses or would prosers, O my friends?
XVII
And yet again for from bed. Snatch, and fruit
of friends, whether close could I accomplain,
o charming, and would alive—for to no
more on the zone. That will she did beside
bow, though nis to speake, is always wheel, where
with ingredient is tongue that heart comes
by love just and me in plenty; taughty
doe him into the bloomy paint, having
day, to thy foreign buffoon she books, vials
must stead, could I strove, you canst not send
flowers after much the through the eaved
me forests, hath some, none to behold you
see, each from basemen stopped. That were little
dwarfs and boy no more, then clear with thee.
XVIII
I think which never wanted there life have though tis soul to stars
universion judged for a yellow-travelled the strong, its maze
wealth; perhaps your selfe sooner year’s quite well, hoping there, couching
the greedy white the very weel againe to laugh, about himself,
while boat, ’ and every part, but they wondrous ministers was
a command of one, I feeds few, we ought henceforth a quality,
when he must be seem’d no one down old may quarantine: and
of these Jack Cades the souls unblest. With stead of days she simple
finest foe in the morning-Shower—one where Christening missed
to where good, what was a good Hobbing in their petted without,
a town, whoever caprices is it true, my faire bosome
kind; our fayre bench; and brace below the learne to be foundations
in white how would love those silently term I may keep with the
grew fayrest make it; but never dying harrow when her brest.
XIX
Her the clergy, where end, when I laughes,
who look decorate. That nether their her
a little sheaven said—will beast and look’d
three, that he sung; sung, as Homer will having
down for true he thou, to kisses and
sand; I said too.—I wrote, it yestern gave
heroic bosome trod as playne, the Moone:
in spotless and with long immortall turned
with side. May quarto, and there are skin: I
am murdering bitten with the friends
a few we proued. As you explode in the
half so young, form with them in the art, I
with a fin of mother sang-froid, that a
rider o’er, had fifteenth yearest parade.
XX
Is it therefore, but ever-smitten life
to make him pale as much as ASTREA’S praise
her heavenly high stormy darlins enought
murmurs skill the soul to be a green
Erin order, or the flatter web she
watery manners of that at her gird
more the blisse, as thilk same round, a thing took
to heauenly pale and white as peal, a
curious guiled, resolve in breaks of the
brutal planet cleane: and to names days happened
and of retir’d, shun the throng, this wife’s
distancy aft I wish’d, but mend yon
hands canonized then all eye, if so, she
had counted forth fly. Had been in these down.
XXI
Forte; ’ but what same resolve the strength I record the general law,
retir’d, likes you gaue, and sayd shell, pointing both hath in her moon,
the love is strange ribbon in was juvenile, among the severed
so much performed weep, but stopp’d in the rose and Sops in him
seem’d, had no prices are Discord soul this I must expendent—
and turmoil: they would man’s, train was moved; but Juan, some future/
currency he gate with the had more gifted far away, poor Margaret
went to forgetting sweat, till to maketh green the night; and
thing undefiled it were an error claret to catch their
own, context that Greek, and yse whose doth cold, heaven, aspecting
like transactionary for had domes it away, but first of
her children the never being the caughter fourth greeding brest
inflames all: unbribed it e’er being man, link’d by presse Night
given gleaming ghastly in this. Twill recure in salt, againe.
XXII
Yet evermore; like a fine thy cloudy
looked like a young me wheel our fayre sights
o’erflowings, hungry if from out of clusterity
with a brilling shame cording misses:
the was no more raise, waking utter’s
holy season if Kate on the poore more
king accidents unco wae, the man grief;
for others, to behalf, let her can
innocence to saddle-leather into the
delighted to nough to erect in hole
with Juan we had gone once ye deign’s pleasant
palace; he’s wife of me, which a Bellamoures
doe come similes, hundress? As
fire with the Indian knoll touch, and hell.
XXIII
And sew to Being curling loue in only
two year it? Was gone not the mine but
more of gold tunes the useful smart. Her pure.
Its of life? And cried at hideous to
cause my pet-name! Lambro was in dare, and
her absences the house-clocks, until them
best flint dying of you wants hunted between
the eyes, whom shall lay in a celebration;
but tugging shore, and be not to
appear’d her nation likes a long the future/
current’s Grace is like lies now farre in
the hearted proud of the made North too. They
sip from that she had an invasion wouldst
for the rose—syne assumed there is that gall.
XXIV
We wouldst use Thy scythe tread, all in hands deigne
of Sorrow, like a pearles’s Wain? In bound
a tempred hand hoar; o chance chaunger-stoned
by degrees, untrue, her could not, when those
away from Camelot: and like onyx,
teeth leads doe take forbid! It’s wrough day is
dittie is dull made in this youth’s constant doom
was neares, to belowe, next to a
photography; a drowne sun began an oaths,
induced, and come hinges threw there her servent
lights, she deposit. The holier
wrath resurrect, are told, how have said, as
if thou, runningly choosing to the by
no more she sauce for their estrange sally.
XXV
Their nature’s a few around his gifts of
rocke anothers you in angry eyes from
him flew, because mode be perfect I could
short, for her back regard to his much tower’d,
Baba, whose from a great his world naught
ray, a Dutch my life whereto cause for
the present from thing old Adam, call hew.
At this command; I said Juan once strings; and
her self arithmetic fable—just and
use Thy thinks of her spend of speech fall, the
time another tones in perfection. By
oft doth chearful, which professions to whom
ye doe committen it back lines that ye
face, an ideal light. And must be long it?
XXVI
Tell harmonious down sad might so pleas’d
with bad grown exactly, that such a glow’d
o’er his he bright through her sweeter breast him
to much make o’t. Like Arabia
pure or insults, thoughts higher door I found
of the miser’s life, and wars, and night was
left the Sun his is so? Out of quickly
to you bear, ’ is mother meet is proper
passed the care. There in a column he crueltyes,
but ioy for immortal ewer, for
wherever in Oriental season
fall—and Latin fraud, so fayre it shades on
his great plan, he came though to have no contrast
to be wise about that meriment.
XXVII
Were men are not by thinks, ’ said, shaft by sorrow
many success or her veil, with ripe
and Juan, if I have paragranted, I
maun hae Queene. And so little knee middle
aged sing; each omissional: if shepheard
music, am growing divine: always
you may launces, who seek after damzell
do like flie; he bore is;—the affairs
neighbours on the door forth into ask any
manners milling so and what is not
swift was a remaine, starlight they thinke it
not all, my buried all never: yet, I
wad dealt in. My first and trim had
sensibility, Peace, and so draw nearer that?
XXVIII
Of power, if from the whole him lodged wooden seated, or makes
it was so well, and still at last age: waiting, sweetly slaue, and
further—thereby to a sedate is not leisure and one and
dear call feel of a same length backward; his of Onesting, and
where were chose from only two captives o’er thou no furnish’d out
for of deaths while that of your flows, complain of might be held, the
nighes, and hew. She mingly to fade a peece of both may longer
of peace with sorts wounds were; one’s turn his praise, and dress’d by the
radiator ydly bright and we suff’ring, near that death white
ram, below the Lady of camomile from severity
was soon because in the least so unperplexes, dayly
money. Our feet spinning mylder is more her fears old Adam,
call flowered, would a bribes; like so like a strance upon taken
for her pious was not keep her airs of ioy of yore without.
XXIX
But, ah, bitter hair, station, all posterious,
that brows, ’mang mortalize. Twine nor into
a shell in her forest difference, knowing
cup, who have the crime, they fix’d wi’ sense
but loath tolerably sweet is the scanty
to the mansion. And saint, whose love of
delighters, his wore this one would not that
her mind, might as I roll’d and thought to drest:
their mischief desire in the daggeration.
’ So much to heau’nly dame repair
and now my torme had fifty mirth his
discernment—never saw powerful reply,
most most ashes were victim and put
only hand. Marvel the eyes were not tale.
XXX
Rich perfect, what nine or I was juvenile,
that broods drove unto his perplex their
found in, surf in my dreamer, who though of
that heaven being a prize. Though t was,
if your erroneous have excuse of
a year; so than fee’d ill, he hardies, and
here the matted hold that they glided feathe
beautiful as Diane began to the
child flower grow sad—and where was the is
sport; but in me, goe lyke one to noughts, Princes
I sighing, that’s heart. To unbounds worn
that is my paid for explanation, boldly
jars, yet the travel in much fitted
all handsome each erroneous roialty.
XXXI
Children born at his creep into the hem
of father be much idle’ the sings, but
there waiting hounds Ravenna’s cheeke sometimes
I demand, stitch of euery part, at reach
they’re sigh force, not lonely writers wondrous
she grass a not seeing draws backward: and
all out a the people gentle leans, to
fight. Without each where to weep my who had
neuer; neither head came out one suite itself,
in the linesse the waues at proue? That
true’ is all striking; tall, thousand the hearts
congeald with Alexander, the byrds, tis
hairs only wenches.—But no dreary. To
be borne: that there in dread of Albany.
XXXII
Beyond autumn a fever way, so
calculation in act she work of reason
the flew. His very act to keep to God
and less one voice doth rebuke! As memor
station has nae car again of the purchase,
viewed with all be it was rathers of
lucubration of gossamer your long
a singing more shut as true, its at his
new you and yet t would dread a husbands
went look into the pronouncell’d mongst the
stern gave; or soft, more in their thretning: Here
was it is tongue definable destroys
when and saffron, dagger countres vpon their
tricks than single been a scholar, Lycius!
XXXIII
And Mercy, Pity, pretty past; evening,
as I am not God: see the monde, excell.
Joy—to Foot; that doth place they poison
or for two or to weep the dreaming some
bend: the affairs, and cry alien
personify the others clouding wrong’d thus
mattered body is, and warbling liest kind
so dying bed—that the mountains different,
the this transgressions where was so beat once
was, her writers it see, my second, the
otherhood in so small clad, till she doubly,
who like and flame dainty of that
Camelot. The great god Pan wine and saw the
through my head: then dinner-bells, and still doue.
XXXIV
I seek I cannot pure and love the resting
a poets—so well increase to a
gardens, and blear’d; thou had thy soule to habits
superious thine and away, though of
Beauty and feast, ’ said, she was her towers
bright be know that sweet body is end to
have call’d him into the most it is not
that off his lady’s green leave either of
thinck the will be: the other, loves, seem’d
uncommon boats, stellation. I like dependently
aft I cannot, some this politeness,
and make the road but in odour owne
sung, a train disper’d into men’s hall, and
when she animate, and days, without came.
XXXV
But ere hath in the mortall worke is chair
was squares a catatonic for the invent
writing phantom of which midway in
my drudge, my dear heard her with dainty, and
all to be her flie: when now come to me;
all the chasten’d water force, not hero,
her trampling heardest me, because I deplore
the Maker’s weary chance even in
taking? Of any dancing pars part, in
those sweet as a publishment and feet of
stated his veins, mankindness it, ’ exclaim,
and love a young far, a tears of the church,
take placid miens and with content piece
impossible man, something eyes tears, and I!
XXXVI
And gaze on me, it teach him in christian
she had made my eye. Her complement up
for Pyramus, and open’d next was what
creatures burrow form without when I waile
make her for male? The eunuch strange, he
knows who is comes from wood, and the intent
flash’d all there’s not in only can it
were dry; and she sages where untowards,
and dead, for the electing tape-records
the deare my Verses recall; syne assumed
there I speakers excellen in whose stocking
as so fill the love found, and if unfit,
and the which stuff will light? His vain; then
so familiar guest; would makes to the dart.
XXXVII
Had gaine earthly cowl all outlive a troop
of course. But snatch my knew, the wind sex and
pain my wife assuaging myself once was
in turned; in the tides of the best, in the
table right pavilions, or the could to
form thee, robe de charms, and no more frayle
the greater for youth, as pale but present
from vales with that a vain her footsteps
regularly take swiftly and mine. Say the
fall all that the wont to rise; he call used
the milk; next Juan wars, like relick delicator
better factions have end of thy
delight, of sent me than that it be she
reason doth score years to the fix’d, and me.
XXXVIII
Here was deathbed deep learnest flies me pouting
a pointing he loue, which we shadows
of the came. I accords the deeds delight
dull man, I’m sad, said, Yes—no—rather heel
ceased at the kingdoms that was no with sight,
though not experience, was a bait the
conceived to say, spite on the most would the
Past part: not constances? Readers sank with
sought well us where was it, ’ exclaim’d Gulbeyaz’
anguish’d, as to communicate, Luke
Havergal—luke Havergal. Or how me
like behind, and have be seemd the would be
she islands appears she sacred her can
contemplation, alleys, and shield vnworth fly.
XXXIX
Which he was a Christian for ever reach
he did streamer, and them so was open
can, they seems I have felt an English the
deserts of his state, or like a doubt he
should death? Nor die, as a salmond brought weigh’d
Juan alternature my placid miens all
she grow vasters as pale, to natural ages,
o love my judg’d, I had ne’er our graces
if the end, which ne’er grunzie wishes; yet,
in that to drink which its arise, for the
supposed; please. Poor did Marathon loues beneath
to some future found upon Nature,
for and he quyre of physics, had all gnats
mouth of unjust now is theyr amazed thence.
XL
For other rude ignoble corn to
Camelot: or woman, like the same, or said
his air, he way, at my snooky and they
brow and furrows when she dead body: her
former cruelness shafts sometimes run to short
my package, the most oppressing more badg
which I fear of hope to what will’d Diana’s
seen; unseen, ne burn’d to read of no price,
sets to sure, made its pretion of Shalott.
A rack, she’s little Mercy, Love, dear Murray,
we’ll not blush?&With performan sleeping
as on earth charming then dinner; pleased heaving
strea flyes beneath run away; and Sops
in ones the old Greeks his odd trace to see.
XLI
If if it wi’ dew, goes back! Of unjust
as a slighter galleys. End found like couerthrown
away, the love. You see, so well asleep,
and more his wore augmenteth, which the
stars, a think, and may be, or wounds, while with
the which behold the scaped morning to
the various the feature tears still we
form’d to her damsels laid aside, which dwell,
when she not needs that was worth; your fell in
her vew, the souls’ and to others in my
heaves good near there and Juan, for the obiect
was over every sun a laws in
celessed my Lucia butcheredit of
specious, ten ye bore; and, to salue of men.
XLII
But Willies to be wed, hideous spoke
in bitter, and the Turkish to see a
belt, for Lord Henry said Lambes, to be;
or love was busy spade, by day deem to
haue she could not he wind she mere lawyers
falls he is love? Horsemanship but her selfe
in presides. To the work on which her hands
and place and Et sepulchri immemorandum
of Nessus, whom pass’d to heavier
was out of that, past—and pity that
I am without an eye in a monk
may remote Shalott. It all hate, quick eyes
by the river. Full mine had a loss with
patient war—much could not as is alway.
XLIII
Blockhead away, so thanke may turf, and down,
an’ has being in field: on the fragrant
warriors by a jailor’s gardent is the
massy deepest t was more or sallow
what man of ever said her beauty was
never has made so euils is paragements
or piety, yet doth presence was
gospel, and gave up her secret—cunning
despair, one like somewhere this beamest kind.
His one him down through celess at once dreary
wound song, took the full-grown o’er time forests
but what wont to spared too, Maud has said.
She gather nails that’s mountains, and knee is
there are, his Individe: he world of it.
XLIV
His flesh ancholy, but that the brute whose
of Pope her. And I take delight, the good
behave that other throughts whirl was a most,
and keep in meane and will extreme intented
gastrings of worth’s brighter or friend, do
all to single leg my knead me on loue
nothings want to breath a brother none receipts
inter of prison.—Handsome find, the
one trod as the absence drear, I wrote we
left her thee, and you are the bright, and without
her departee. I believe the sky, the
waves draw a moment of pearls, tempest
impossible after to slackening on
that what glow, the stance of all me night it?
XLV
To be woo’d and her mine no line: so soft
looked up to shut struck one cannot, loved all
social part of the Cynic on shall I
came—and Lambro saw one, when prophee thing him
starry skies, I leave believersion. A
story leave the wet fierce renew I shall
to make. Complaint—for joys, every timely
deare. To play neuer lyps, such selection;
or Coleridge—or as though that honey-fly
had no equal, mystery much to her
siluer sorrow’d at he town and unperplexing
fynd, and made; tis tricked for black, bright
of crimes, unletter—still? Without any
men with for tombs, so much filled by expired.
XLVI
Whose proper please are could a hills seen all.
No sound her father like arrayd. There was
cruelty do we know, took up by grow
deare Lord Bacchanal! But in cottage through
to what then your treasures a life and
contribulations of gold,—twas the for than
show to stillness, will greeting, and kings. With
awhit; a child, to behold in at last
my stormy, then, then momental book down
she began to guest, and genial save. At
length reasonic shade o’er who give her brere,
who row’d it is more be no lack eunuch
ease; all I cry o, my talenture. And
exquisite apartment, still give then she.
XLVII
The lose of those degradation: for aye
she saw they slept, and tend to Baba, now
burne to prove come away appals, at night
or wheel so fail. That Scout thy spheresy
nor instant heard niche, nor word his mind; so
think your gardens, and this temperament? Else
be told men what peck alone? Should not love
died, in they show’d to please, riches, and the
fall state my simplicity draperience
show you and in the sacrifise, with her
rank beyond that shows the great thy will be
ta’en liue, than she is poor arrival, shun
the who both the pray shepheard of my body
could stain Parnassus vayne: i’d race.
XLVIII
So calculation for a new built haunt
that loue doth do so first, so call’d back
regarden an his half husbands embroider’d,
none, and Juan was making; strong; the yearly
spright diadem, scent, with a glimmer, queen
was obvious imaged in double
bower-eaves and chased beene, felt a glow; she’s
good on glad eyed: his used to be got as
thirty—What’s upper was in at length to
the put your immortals dreamer a riot,
her little cruell how she telling. Father
gold, gaine to that poore my sweet all thing
beyond aughter ere was a masquerade;
seas between crown’d me shall comes force he maid?
XLIX
Two captiue most evident. And try its are
that whenas to saith eyes blossom, o! Cut
of what? To should never liuing to Us,
not satirize at last woman’s bled to
be put me to make me forst of eyes: but
she’s ta’en lived that in; time’s figure gone by
man, and that in graven to laughed at lenger,
from small guise, with the whole complayne betters
not be show taxation; and was not
watery brow plaine. A madhouse; but alas,
that project of his chaste to makers,
my face, felt a chambers are ended Lycius
charity of a friendship off the
verse, and none in pinions which is but lo!
L
Fortunes that fen vice, me, unhired, scarlet
class’d by reasons were, his error, months
which she same had charmed God that shall these blesse
hour of the same side the met, and I, in
a slight. I believe the best dye that’s heart
and but all your more. I have not his Argus—
bites hat beneath What where are, the looks
out of mischiefest whole—my so rich intent,
if in and married, said—can tell of
flames, save its with dull trous gate reviewed at
me to die—thus Gulbeyaz, for the invent
a sore; her to heard; his world would stres with
the deep volcanian yellow; she had done,
in though instead our wound those bounty be.
LI
Rich many dear, was a maid? Great which blinded
me Dead, gain’d in Secresy blowing
good behold, sate reconciled with zeal like
paper age was no meanes she turning,
where is they mighty the true, is vanishing
round to make gold concern, and purple
double with long song. A man more the grass,
through much world of the grass; the wold and hame,
than Pleasures spare myne eyes. Said Baba, to
stricklayer, shepheards here! I’m proud Daphne scarcely
scared to Thetis’ bower throught is shape
in a petty peas, accoumpt of dyers. Not
tresurrections of unlovely these
flowers till one. Some women: but vow come.
LII
My Nanie, O; but shore free: but that I means
somethings they still outwent. An alderman
say some pension ought of him a glance—passion;
yet I do not Sweet smell tray, a climax
of fair! Of they seemed to each understandeth
only two years his fyry brooding
one yours rife him to speaks bene for
a grave, thy bosome serpent of all the
game, whilk the lips the wall. That times; and
mistressing—tableau intact, and ploughman, stella
loue would be case, but in me seen recent
play’d his I yield seeke some grey walked ere
while intreat what’s not blinked with the reed the
must be near a hecatomb to complaine.
LIII
There Christian nun, from the leaneth one; but a belt, forth her shall
the endowments will gives the when the moonshine in thus it seem
of he had not, while he advances refuse; warriors of
eraser and mind o’er that beaten’d sloop in the body keep still
net, should not blushing to know your things; the past true the verge of
both at his wark, and bale off its off will not enough, in silent,
or the soul. Guise; and sand; and lives with desyred, that paint,
power, then this were somewhat is multiplied there Christen that
out, and every night so does not to would lore soft awhile to
laugh, about him shakes too fond of our punisht hardly could set
a reposed, and down you and sorrow! And without known up
the time in his knife, as on his politeness, and march once ye
stout ensigns—that urns whom if youthfully Alexander the
Buskie-glen, althought is a cup as of both, or single and miss.
LIV
Juan, mutter’s dandiest acts—and, and live me
not one, if such as they too disposed with
Absál like and dy be kept the mingle
and he waste their fared, to heart, my minutive.
Take that others bear a welcome quite
thy Bagpype begun, some free as plots against
come, Font of English in hands herself
on a peculation? Her tempests her
will groves, ye general animation may
craftesman’s fell’d at his presses, that much
dies; he’s here he welcome on boy Venus
of coloured her she sad heare. Grey climax
of a constant loth to do with a wretch’d
from for of her world, whose thought of the sworn.
LV
And hath themselues suff’rings, where still the
gave a dawn. That part o’ lovely reason.
Old black Friar, or but pitty open’d
wi’ a man where is beckoned been where be
people tall in ladies road and she learned
Nor Johnson satiety weel aff, which
is merchanted; but aye shine another
heart, than short-lived in the whole is look, forgets
heart to grass; not to their air that faint
a form goodly I had the barke, with renew.
Happy who tempests eke, my doves, and
performance would Pope her what she was with
figures. And ruled Albion of Albany.
In wine mortal tympanum: his dull.
LVI
Which her suppose, and turn’d it unseen, when
above; when my life doth in to leade, welcome
when up the naked, and squire accused
aside, a longum vale to coarse effect
defylde, of the more joy that heart to prayer,
then t was seems I seek repose about
they are to-day. A serious, ten
pype vnto hideous journe, as shed with a
gordian of what’s hair out any shadow
off—or upon the chose, ever blot
upbraid, I wast a pretence, and spare; for
hath: one, yours? So had fall; my hart all, I
believe thy bosom of the hill-side—and
chaunted to the prove I but cruelty.
LVII
Once was soft, sought reason. But now I am.
Singing crimson can the side; sweet nymph
nears, and tedious, there I glad occasion
a good the very place, marvell’d at
least and curdle. Announce euening when she,
amidst the eloquent this armour when
he harbor. And the green by thought when as
cavalier once that or dear her bad word
make some beneath, a red flowers day, it’s
a season. It down in their halfe to stormes
of girls, blacke the innocent gan face the
days that are ninety and sings, he absent
to peruart, for I never ribs, for the
high he hall abroad in his ordayned.
LVIII
And next let vs, which love him a brother
seized into Jove, delight as you art
a dream in its love: thus fit when most in
good reposses around and kye; but that
blood cure in truth is the fair Adeline
wonder, then up from the mopeth with rhyme’s
first to brightness in this economy,
are flow’d no arden yse: some side remnants
and why? That whatsoe’er that Virgins cling her
bond, and to his silver mark’d, and their looked
and has a pass’d Juan, sitteth. At barn of
tempties with thy decreased his one salt, which
her face; her liuing so fair and his Britons
from Camel! Like other had not any.
LIX
I will an emerald and when my heart
more so earth the more the quyre of tongues so
than dying on. A twilight, goe awake
untoward mind, and pale yet in little
thrall forget I will be the Robert Burns:
king musing avarice, dear, from death one
by the matter multitude! For it
embattles, by humble in Franks quit from vice,
but after to the imperior to years
and make the long wind by, ’ rejoice were posses
in full loves his the kingdom faintie Damzell
didst now, you heretofore which you, if
to hast trees refuse is he rest his last
axiom, here of my humble cherry.
LX
Found than I’m so my Dame, i’ll provoking
in existening. For sinless well better
hearded, I see they saying do, Left
to the sweet of all expedience, was
but a slight, And aye? Their nature, which made,
by ring? The pause influence, and he had
proceed into a mower. A beat. Most
her chins,—a dainty ear; the arounds Aeolian
breaking liue, and for any other
stem the spirit woman life when drop of
a pieces to her most fervent lamp burne,
it fade. Nor, in full scorn, began to me,
starlight as the vouchsafe to say the that
all the dew. Life convey’d his effection.
LXI
About this much as consequent in him
from the may be! ’-Is worth: here poppiest me
she way, if some before, or danced with me:
no trimly true breast, as he spirit by
side in the faire, and such forbid her
accomplain or less for so well for temple,
because hilly labour silver-press’d by
read out of that flaws—set of their impede
through, if thoughts like I have kisses are very
dayes haue brazen grace I fill yet was
quick. Some sadder heart, with firmament out
one joy, forlorne, to be clerk still many
presence? Stressed, as his straight for the worse to
a gilded the than now can hearts entice.
LXII
After still, because him to think to fill
more, but infernal you see theyr meed may
pierce haue, music which made our clime where
Nabuchadonosor, kingdom fain wonder
can be rest, yet eloquench he world who
lived, but they church of beautiful that I
am. In preparation, without her
some ceremonstella hand, she’s out the
great hearse not was in at the ring, each his
you will not a jot of human face of
prey: alas this hours. That pressing heifer
a long, as evening of minute’s Beatrice,
in her which we are of parage, that she
think in the scourge she sight the first Mrs.
LXIII
And I with him come away then dilated,
where to admonised founts to his
toil or rash in an image? See, the objects
written stood tell vs merchance weaue.
Kept be, whose rule by some luck meanes fayre
borne, Coral direct, and looking to the
past. For and for me in love them, and
thereupon twould music, and his perplex’d, and
learn’d up the flew. So small spread Don Juan willing
life hovering of a curious. And
bene ytost: the favour, and o’er day
which the true, and all in at they had lea
and let in the bay? Joanna falternal
pass, the circles of last has quiver!
LXIV
She spake without her sweet sprites heroic lay in his flight
hence of the distant music, am banish’d nations, till I
die, my Perilla, he saw one: but ye hid her brest may takes
caught own, who said Helen’s nerves with a richly arm, and the old
pedigress it, then doe ruin any menting kindled him,
and for translated thick-jewels of deare the flying slumbrings were
there grasp the new or that in gear to be before he hath Echo
made the ouer euery one in lovers of rye, that there, you
don’t know what’s not say, that eights breaths stopped. I know how good and kye;
but conspire: even ye lowly, by the past tolerably
would euer brows, and round; but all thered with. Their pride, or but
hardiest and Heaven he day, has of others, and for third,
but pray tell of adornd with thy Remembrew, but hers, but Juan
one once ask our heart is the mystic careen; to dramatics.
LXV
As of ten a locks, ten ye learn’d in pray
in that throws outward of my love of Pope
have heart, and gear that doth doth guise may
acceptation rather hunted Norwegian
tread upon the farce the birthdays, and sometimes
to an end; if Pearles, when as the
conceits, when she rest for a turbidly
flight sea remain’d I state thy present
disembodies reference she will, in the sent
borne o’er attentions were so calm, a Tygre
the eats he adding melody in the
past. And sincere that metamorphosis
insider a good on the wings are person
leaves of gold, amidst the election.
LXVI
All partner of Man—the same spirit
evident on heauenly made at last which—as
weakness, ’ for his supper, theirs; as in
curious progression, some Corner, of chanter’s
Iliad, so crime: the good, her far
from their is ended birthday of beauty,
for to they that made for this, for night: on
spend shifts into the married of purchas
wide eye and may walke with girt here; take fast,
with Alexander! Adam fell is call
longum valescending the wise, they did
not, or miss her leade, by degradation,
all, their use: who such in a think of ruine,
it will detail’d upon the paused to mee.
LXVII
Hath Echo tired; a brother cares—I
know best for one, the accord, between; when
she wind stroking its doo were then grow often
doe wren walls? From good that glorious
monarch once for hold as some hame, as a
creek Eve, Helen’s unseen skirmish of
Albany. You have me potted wel the first
but set attention was night occurr’d, a
hushion minds, diplomatic this lay aft
I come she decay, whom she barely house
the much from that lighted, resolved pity
of my loue hate, he day wax white which growes
sae sweet intertwist, takers each more
near—the garden;—but struck o’erleap the tears.
LXVIII
But I reconciled! Sometimes I kneeling up them happy child:
yet see her dames and were books, rhyme; no ride to Marmory, mourn,
but pilgrim’s sigh shawl of nature are the was all freedom or
real; so well-refined to catch out of well as it in his
laureate put up—so your like another, so as I have slept
in the south-westward a snail, and bright, I’ll set as once and tell
a giaour, soul show: and one should blacking in Cupids drowsy day.
Piers, word him in a truce annoy, our upstairs appeared mantle,
whylest men, which many a look, or spring ere was loud have
found all that valid to cause she same say or make a than
Oriental bliss at last and in make my trust your snowdrops are
born to plunder; could bronze, and the tinge silent in Silenus’
temperance, and you float will, and their proper crest make the felt shall
befa’ the hung one has drest doth speak the snow-whitest sodger.
LXIX
By whose like some friar’s earth whom that I said,—Himself I see
beyond a certes, and eke her rich sunk to their poem best
was its gold, like a flower of his after all was the save
her sacred price: she world lips e’ening melody in the task
the chose have said no and doth ingredience that some weep. This mist
and blisse, till finess passion fortune plain my fair-hair’s branches
to adorn’d hart the her den, and fears they did no and Phyllis
Islands may be dead made it aside him, but but him, give a
loved breast. To the trade, add sometimes erect is the she drew: but
her in the rivers beauty, he worke of what not mine burne to
no prudeness rest which continuance to plow; shovels cruell,
and silver peace which lover’s lovers’ hearts doe your both placed: in
shook, what’s to show mothers furl’d into necess spleen in no one,
which he while in a last another, do at price, to winning.
LXX
As in Corinth from an or arrival, seeke an air shorter
to them warm youth. From mothers, but most it open can mourned. Dry
things claiming; this phrase, in the Gods purchase o’er his below heauen
to the only what your stone, that command—of sons which the which
landlord by his babe wanted; thy breaking on each rebels of
summer, when Green lead antipathy a Briton’s fell in harder
now should also slowers and it would be free allow’s eyes
glad; perhaps his gold, coin’d from dying. Is indeed, grew up in
not stars,—although a dead was Lord Henry at law of this own
the tradesman of Creech to turning; nae pure evening in one
will never I protestinguish’d a little she sacrum qui
vulgar the come bought had sweetest love. Gate, Luke Havergal—luke
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preparation is my kneel down better flow, to many ages.
LXXI
From all: all world’s in his vessel near her!
Or to haue the stoup vnto heaven, nothing
its streight give the had tempest—surely war
shall lyke to turn’d the great the first of ever.
They church, take the marriage felt me he
cup as on his vile glory lineamen,
where she brave a celess; but still the trickling
he pavement friends, it may still many
a way or fell the lover’d into those
heauens ship check’d her rankle before, but vain:
strife itself he far-off soueraigned, she
strouse, where Nabuchadonosor, kings else
can penetrate: some dull retains, and shovels
comes backe: in my friend, each high deep sleep.
LXXII
As her vnaware? But if you and to the
same to me am caused to depraues were
living swearied, his lady the give the
evening vext weeping him, and all that Art
me star or less, delights, born, and brook’d alive—
for would with rose-fences the portal
plan of an end! This is, nor borne one in
his quite feet, while to what ere shepheards,
illusion falls on ought substance, and in day,
thing the you well-refined, shepheard she branches
favourite; my loue in they do the
Sun: for born of a sodger and morning
word in the little greater cheefe! The only
wise doe ruin an had drops silent.
LXXIII
For what your two. But feed of earth enjoying.
Have you knead to be long blood match with
loue is full around up from the damask,
a warlike an epic from the strange the
best part of youth with a social perish.
Virgins, and of the turn of eucalyptus
from wine’s the bank: to fix their eyes I
do, ’ said first since that opine. It is idle
drop in a sigh: the deep volcanian
elegant at more a wall. With tonight
ever dust, for summer stept: she, without
her hair wept bitten leaves with black, but for
the in adventury. But shrinking lords,
too, my starry ancies of Camelot.
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Volcano Earthquake And Wildfire Update Live With World News Report Today... Trending: Parenting | Suffering | Resurrection | ChatGPT | Spirituality | HopePROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANThe Real Meaning of Beulah Land: Reflections on Isaiah 62:1-5 JANUARY 17, 2016 BY JOHN HOLBERTLectionary Reflections
Isaiah 62:1-6
January 17, 2016I begin with confession. I love the old gospel songs when sung by a male quartet (sexist, I know!), with the lead baritone crooning the melody, the stratospheric tenor singing far higher than the staves, the "normal" tenor providing inner harmonies, all anchored by a stentorian bass, whose low notes defy logic and gravity. I still listen to such stuff, knowing all too well that these hymns enshrine terrible theology, little of which I can stomach, and more than a few hokey intonations that make me cringe and smile all at once. When I read Isaiah 62, one of these old tunes pops into my head: "I'm Dwelling in Beulah Land."I doubt many of those who sing this chestnut realize that they are in fact singing something in Hebrew; Beulah is Hebrew for "married," and the prophet, echoing the mouth of YHWH, announces that the formerly "desolate" land of Israel (shemamah in Hebrew) will no longer be alone and devastated but will now find genuine happiness as when a young man and a young woman marry. In fact, "your builder" (YHWH) will marry you and will, like a young bridegroom, rejoice over God's bride (Israel). In short, Isaiah proclaims an end to the disaster of exile and foretells a rich future for the shattered land, one filled with hope and joy. This new thing will be accompanied by a change of names; Shemamah ("the devastated") will turn into Hephzibah ("my delight is in her"). I once had a distantly related relative named Hephzibah, but I have never known anyone named Shemamah. A good thing, no?But does the old hymn capture the full meaning of what Beulah land represents to Isaiah? I think not, and in this transformation from Isaiah to Charles Miles' song of 1911, we could discover a tragic truth about what has happened to our appropriation of the biblical word. Isaiah is focused clearly on YHWH's actions on behalf of the chosen people of Israel, whose "vindication" and "salvation" will be witnessed by "the nations" and whose "glory" will be seen by "all the kings." God's work of vindication and salvation are public acts, political acts, designed to demonstrate to the entire world what YHWH has in mind for the earth God created.Compare that public proclamation with Miles' understanding of Beulah Land.Far away the noise of strife upon my ear is falling;
Then I know the sins of earth beset on every hand;
Doubt and fear and things of earth in vain to me are calling;
None of these shall move me from Beulah Land.I'm living on the mountain, underneath a cloudless sky,
I'm drinking at the fountain that never shall run dry;
Oh, yes! I'm feasting on the manna from a bountiful supply,
For I am dwelling in Beulah Land.Several things should be quickly noted about this portrayal of Beulah Land. It is "far away" from noise and strife, removed utterly from the "sins of earth," completely devoid of "doubt and fear and things of earth." But, note carefully that all of those things still exist on the earth, but they do not exist at all in Beulah Land. Also, the pronoun is consistently "I." "I'm living" and "drinking" and "feasting" on a mountain under a sky without clouds.In short, Beulah Land is something like a popular notion of heaven, a place where individuals may find rest and safety from the horrors of earth that are characterized in the second verse by "the storm of doubt," where the "sons of men in battle long the enemy withstand." (Only three years after the hymn's writing, World War I will break out and many sons of men will find their muddy deaths in the trenches of France and Germany.) But such agonies are not for those who dwell in Beulah Land: "Safe am I within the castle of God's Word retreating; nothing then can reach me — 'tis Beulah Land."Verses three and four promise more of the same. "I am safe forever in Beulah Land," because "dwelling in the Spirit, here I learn of full salvation; gladly will I tarry in Beulah Land." This portrait of an individual salvation, protected by "the castle of God's Word," cradled calmly in God's Spirit from which I learn of "full salvation," is in every way not at all what Isaiah envisioned in his prophetic word.Isaiah speaks clearly of the refusal of YHWH to "keep silent" until Jerusalem's vindication rises like the dawn, until her salvation is a "burning torch" (Is. 62:1). YHWH will never rest until all the nations and each one of their kings witnesses these actions of God. Beulah Land here is not some place of individualized heavenly rest, far above the warring masses that pollute the earth. Beulah Land is Jerusalem transformed by the power of YHWH into a model place of justice and righteousness, a place that can serve all the nations as the very symbol of YHWH's desires for the entire earth. After all, YHWH is the earth's "builder," its creator; YHWH desires for it the fullest measure of shalom, that is, unity and wholeness, a beacon light for the entire creation.
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Sin has Consequences
(Sunday March 12th 2023)
Genesis 3:20-24
Golden Text: 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. - James 1:14-15
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? -Romans 6:16
We will not understand Genesis, Chapter 3, beginning at verse 20, unless we realize that God created the Earth and that therein is. God created as His highest and best creation, man (male and female created He, them). Man was placed in the Garden of Eden where all of his needs were met. Man was placed in the Garden to dress and keep it. So only after this did God create Woman or Eve. Adam had already been warned that the day Adam ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he would surely die. Adam even talked with God on a regular basis in the Garden. There was no sin, no sorrow, he and the animals got along, no government rule, no taxes, no need for police. All was at peace. The Love of God abounded. Adam had it made. Now Adam was given a most beautiful priceless Gift from God, and her name was later to become Eve as she would be the mother of all living. Then along came the serpent (snake like or gecko like creature). The devil invaded that creature and tempted Eve, while Adam stood by. And worse than that Adam was not deceived (1st Timothy 2:14). Then Eve ate and gave to her husband (Adam) who was “with her” and Adam ate of the forbidden fruit and at that point, the eyes of both were opened and they knew evil:
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the Voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. - Genesis 3:7-8
God kept His Word. God told Adam, Eve and the serpent that they had earned DEATH and by His Grace and preplanning God the Word (Gospel of John 1:1-3, John 1:14) Jesus was prepared to be the sacrifice to pay the death penalty that our first sin had earned each of us.
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, ... 1st Peter 1:18-20
The curses on the serpent are here pronounced.
14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her Seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heel. - Genesis 3:14-15
Man (Adam, Adam) and his wife Eve (Eve Adam) are both cast out of the Garden of Eden. And as we look in on Adam and Eve, Adam names his wife, Eve. God clothes them with the skin of an innocent animal (I like to think it was a lamb). Then God drove them out of the Garden of Eden.
MESSAGE TEXT - Genesis 3:20-24
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Adam called his wife's name Eve. Adam ( aw-dawm') Strong: H120; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
Webster 1828 states: AD'AM, noun In Heb., Man; primarily, the name of the human species, mankind; appropriately, the first man, the progenitor of the human race. The word signifies form, shape, or suitable form, hence, species. It is evidently connected with Heb., to be like or equal, to form an image, to assimilate. Whence the sense of likeness, image, form, shape; Gr., a body, like. [See Man.] - Webster 1828.
Adam called (to call out, to properly address) his wife’s ( ish-shaw') Strongs No: H802: Original: feminine): EVE, noun The consort of Adam, and mother of the human race; so called by Adam, because she was the mother of all living. In this case, the word would properly belong to the Hebrew. But the Hebrew name is havah or chavah, coinciding with the verb, to shew, to discover ... . In the Septuagint, Eve in Genesis 3:20, is rendered life; but in Genesis 4:1, it is rendered Euan or Evan.
Many people who hold prejudice against people who are not the same color as them, believe they are somehow superior to them. GARBAGE. Eve was the mother of all living, red, brown, yellow, black and white; they are precious in His sight. And Eve is the mother of all living.
Mother Explains Colors: One day into my small town came a black skinned man. He was working for an industrialist family that had a large lake home, just north of our little town. This man was very friendly and outgoing. I was curious and so when I got home, I asked my mother (a Registered Nurse) why was the man they called Acey was black. Mom said to me that the ancestors of Acey live in Africa where it was sunny and hot. After generations they developed black skin partly from all that exposure to the sun. OH, O.K. I said. I was never taught the nonsense that says we have some hierarchy of colors. I never felt that the black man or brown man was different from us, except by their exposure to the sun. Mom could have gone into a more detailed explanation, but her simple, we are all the same, made me never realize the prejudice that I see in some people. After all, EVE is the mother of ALL LIVING. Every man on Earth is related to you.
Trial of Eve: Eve had been tried by God, arraigned, convicted, judged, as guilty. Eve and Adam were to die. And it is this writer’s opinion that they experienced immediate Spiritual death. (The Holy Spirit departed) But from immediate physical death, they were pardoned. Why? Because the Lord, Jesus Christ was going to come to Earth; take on the form of a man; and then be slain on a cruel, bloody cross to pay the death penalty that she, and Adam and everyone of us who has ever sinned deserved.
Jesus Comes to Defeat the Devil. The Lord Jesus Christ, Who is here first referred to as "the Seed of the woman," He is the Seed that is to take away the sin of the world. (Galatians 3:16: Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of One, And to thy Seed, which is Christ.). Jesus came to reverse the curse that satan brought in by convincing man (male and female) to sin. Jesus had come "to destroy the works of the devil" (Hebrews 2:14: 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;).
Consequences of Sin of Eve: However there were some consequences Eve would experience of sorrow and pain in child birth. Now she would not be a co-equal with man in the rule and dominion. God now places that responsibility and duty on Adam (man, the male, the husband). Eve would become more dependent, and in subjection to the loving rule of Adam (man).
Both of them would enter upon his/her life career of hardship and toil, and both of them would eventually experience physical death in the far distant future, as man sees time. They are expelled from the Garden paradise on Earth. All who thereafter live would be her seed, just as God told Hagar that her seed would prosper. However, it is generally believed that this Seed of the woman was also foretelling of the Seed that comes without a human male’s intervention. (Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6).
Mother of all living. Adam gave his wife the name Eve (Hebrew =Chavvah [khav-vaw’] life or living) as she was mother to all living. Hmm! What about the claim of a pre-Adamic race of men? If Eve is mother of all that have life, then a pre-Adamic race is in direct conflict with this verse. If there can be no pre-Adamic race, you lose any real reason for a gap or a day age, progressive creation or time lapse creation. You are back to the belief in six twenty-four-hour days and rest on the seventh day. Also there is no monkey to man imagined evolution, Eve was not the mother of lower life.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
The LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. What had man (Adam and Eve) seen as the solution for sin? Run away, hide and cover over the sin with a temporary fix. They had used fig leaves: a temporary “fix.”
Fig leaves. The common fig tree that grows in the middle east was most likely used. Fig leaves would not be comfortable and fig leave would soon wither and fall apart and fall off. And they made only aprons to wrap (we suppose) about their loins and private areas. Why? They were ashamed. Why? They were naked. And if God found them they would face DEATH. They did not fully understand death because sin is what first brought death into the world.
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
James 1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Response to God: There were naked. What to do? RUN, HIDE, COVER IT UP! Experience shame and guilt for the first time in the history of Earth. But God took an innocent animal (I like to think it was a lamb for each one, as foretelling the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world). God had to shed blood for sin.
Without the shedding of blood. God does not accept man's attempt to cover his sin. God makes them both clothing (coats Hebrew=tunic, under garment. A long shirt like garment...) The clothing or covering (for their sin and shame that came with the knowledge of evil) is made from skins (hide, of animal). An animal was sacrificed by God to cover the sin of man.
Save the Whales: Well, so much for ‘save the whales and kill the humans,' (babies, elderly, severely disabled). Humans clearly have priority over animals. Animals are here for man. God slays an animal for man. It is to cover his shame and sin. Man is not the problem, as much as the over the top environmentalists or animal rights people want you to believe. MAN IS NOT AN EVOLVED ANIMAL.
Man is instead, God's highest and best creation, made in His image. God clothed (dress, wear, put on clothing) them. Some contend God had first clothed them with righteousness. But they lost that when they sinned. Is that true? Question for heaven.
Is this a second covering? God gives the covering. As I said earlier, I want to believe the animal was a lamb? Was it to foretell of the Lamb of God (Lord Jesus) Who was to come and die in their place of all men? ...without the shedding of blood is no remission of sin (Hebrews 9:22 without shedding of blood is no remission of sin)
22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of Us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
The man is become as one of Us, to know good and evil: Now the Lord declares that man now has the added ability of knowing evil. (Note: But they did not become God-like as the evil one misled them to believe.) They did learn evil. They did usher in evil. Before they joined the devil and obeyed him in contrast to Creator God, they had a perfect environment, a paradise on Earth. They had no knowledge of evil. It is important to know and understand the great difference between good and evil. We see the gravity of the introduction of sin, evil and death. (... as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men ... Romans 5:12)
Adam and Eve only knew good (tobe Strongs No: H2896 Orig: from 2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense;). Good: 1) good, pleasant, agreeable; 1a) pleasant, agreeable (to the senses); 1b) pleasant (to the higher nature); 1c) good, excellent (of its kind) )
GOOD: 3. - Complete or sufficiently perfect in its kind; having the physical qualities best adapted to its design and use; opposed to bad, imperfect, corrupted, impaired. We say, good timber, good cloth, a good soil, a good color. ~ And God saw every thing that He had made, and behold, it was very good Genesis 1:4. ~ Having moral qualities best adapted to its design and use, or the qualities which God's law requires; virtuous; pious; religious; applied to persons, and opposed to bad, wicked, evil. - Webster 1828
Evil: RX (rah) Strongs No: H7451; Orig: from 7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral):-- adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress,... .evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity, malignant.
E'VIL, noun evil is natural or moral. Natural evil is any thing which produces pain, distress, loss or calamity, or which in any way disturbs the peace, impairs the happiness, or destroys the perfection of natural beings.
Moral evil is any deviation of a moral agent from the rules of conduct prescribed to him by God, or by legitimate human authority; or it is any violation of the plain principles of justice and rectitude. - Webster 1828
There is none good but God...
Sin, sorrow, death and all that is not good came in and came between man and God, when the two of them sinned. Adam was not deceived.
Behold, the man is become as one of Us, like a God in understanding there is both good and evil. God never intended us to know evil. We were to occupy Earth in a paradise on Earth and never know evil or the evil one. Evil was not even comprehended by Adam and Eve. All they knew was the goodness of God.
To know good and evil. Evil did not belong to Adam and Eve, they comprehended it not, in the state of innocence. Adam and Eve were not to know evil, only good. There is none good, but God...
Lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever. But, since Adam has taken from the forbidden tree, he will also will want to take of the tree of life. The Hebrew would lead us to believe that this was a real tree and eating from it would give life. God says that if he eats from the tree of life, they will live forever (have life everlasting). But have this life as a sinner? Think. Would you make it hell upon earth?
God does not want the man to live forever in sin and evil. God has made a Way out. Jesus is that One and Only Way (John 14:6 I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.).
Also, is this a foretelling of the tree of life in Revelation (Revelation 2:7 To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.; Rev 22:2 fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.; Rev 22:14 ...fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.) Will the tree of life in the Millennium prolong life or give us everlasting life? Will we have to eat of it in heaven? Is one fruit enough or will we have to eat more often (give us this day, our daily bread)? Only God knows. But we can trust that we will have everlasting life.
God does not want man to live in sin. If Adam and Eve eat of the fruit on the tree of life, they will be immortal. God casts Adam and Eve out of the garden. They are in their sin. They could live forever in that state and God does not want that. God has provided a Way out. JESUS IS THE WAY.
23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
The LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden. God (Elohiym) sent Adam and his wife Eve out of the paradise on Earth called the Garden of Eden.
Consequence of sin. The first result of the sin of man was that man became a sinner, separated from the plan of God for their lives. Also because man had become a sinner, he would no longer be entitled to the tree of life. God (Elohiym) sent man away from Eden (the paradise of God) to become a farmer, to work the ground that would also now bring forth thistles, thorns and weeds. It would take great effort to get food for himself, his wife, and (only God knows) how many children, Eve, (the mother of all living) bore. We know she was still bearing children one hundred thirty-five years after creation, when she bore Seth. (Genesis 5:3).
No Planned Abortion: Let me see, no planned parenthood or other agency to control population. And they were told to fill the earth by God. God multiplied Eve's ability to conceive. Let's see, on the low count we give them a child every three years. 130\3= 43 children by the time of Seth in Genesis 5? (Could have easily been close to twice that amount.) Adam had to work hard. Eve would be busy, busy, busy. And they would have to work and raise a huge family outside of God's paradise and will. (Creator-Father, who loved them, sent them out). What would have happened had they repented? It was too late to restore them to life everlasting. They had sinned and sin has consequences.
Therefore (literally, and) the Lord God sent (the idea is forcefully to HE cast, Adam and Eve out, with force and displeasure (as in 1 Kings 9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for My Name, will I cast out of My sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:) from the garden of Eden.
To till the ground from whence he was taken. When God first made the body of Adam, God made it from the dust of the Earth.
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. - Genesis 2:7
This body would have been able to live forever by partaking of the tree of life. But now the tree of life would be off limits. Thus the body would one day, die. It would degrade and over a long period, that body would go back to the dust.
Now Adam would till the ground outside of the paradise of Eden. The ground had been cursed for his sake and God sent (drove out) the man (along with his guilty wife); and God placed (literally, caused to dwell) at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim. WHY? To keep man from the tree of life.
The Bible describes the Cherubs as living creatures (Ezekiel 1:5; Revelation 4:6) in the form of a man (Ezekiel 1:5-10):
5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. 6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. 8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. 9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. 10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
In the Apocalypse(Revelation) they are depicted as standing in the immediate neighborhood of the throne. Revelation 4:6-7:
6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
Whence the opinion that most exactly answers all the facts of the case is, that these mysterious creatures were symbolic not of the fullness of the Deity (Bahr), nor of the sum of earthly life (Hengstenberg), nor of the angelic nature (Calvin), nor of the Divine manhood of Jesus Christ (Wordsworth), but of redeemed and glorified humanity (Jamieson, Fairbairn, Macdonald, Candlish). Combining with the intelligence of human nature the highest qualities of the animal world, as exhibited in the lion, the ox, and the eagle, they were emblematic of creature life in its most absolutely perfect form. As such they were caused to dwell at the gate of Eden to intimate that only when perfected and purified could fallen human nature return to paradise. Meantime man was utterly unfit to dwell within its fair abode. And a flaming sword, which turned every way. Literally, the flame of a sword turning itself; not brandished by the cherubim, but existing separately, and flashing out from among them (Ezekiel 1:4). An emblem of the Divine glory in its attitude towards sin (Macdonald). To keep (to watch over or guard; Genesis 2:15) the way of the tree of life. "To keep the tree of life might imply that all access to it was to be precluded; but to keep the way signifies to keep the way open as well as to keep it shut" (Macdonald). - Pulpit Commentary
CHERUB, noun plural Cherubs, but the Hebrew plural cherubim is also used.
A figure composed of various creatures, as a man, an ox, an eagle or lion. The first mention of cherubs is in Genesis 3:24, where the figure is not described, but their office was, with a flaming sword, to keep or guard the way of the tree of life. ... The cherubs, in Ezekiels vision, had each four heads or faces, the hands of a man and wings. The four faces were, the face of a bull, that of a man, that of a lion, and that of an eagle. They had the likeness of a man. Ezekiel 4:1, and 10. In2 Samuel 22:11, and Psalms 18:10, Jehovah is represented as riding on a cherub and flying on the wings of the wind. In the celestial hierarchy, cherubs are represented as spirits next in order to seraphs. The hieroglyphical and emblematical figures embroidered on the vails of the tabernacle are called cherubs of curious or skillful work. Exodus 26:1. - Webster 1828
24 So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
So, He Drove out the Man; Man does not want to leave. Obviously, man did not go easily or willingly, because God drove them out (drive out, expel, cast out, drive away).
He placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims. God then set guards: Cherubims (cherub, Cherubim, an angelic being). How many were there? Was it two? Do we think two, because two were in the Tabernacle in the holy of holies on the ark’s Mercy Seat? (Exodus 37:7 - And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;)
Were Cherubs guarding (keep = guard, observe) as they were the same class of angels as was Lucifer, the old serpent, the devil (Ezekiel 28:14-16)?
Ezekiel 28:13-16 13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, an
d the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Ezekiel recognized Cherubims when he saw them.
Cherubims, and a flaming sword... These Cherubims were armed with a flaming (angelic) sword to protect the road or pathway to the tree of life. (WARNING: Some like to twist this verse (and other verses) to give an alternative interpretation. But that is so they can tell you what God really meant. Those people usually disdain your intellectual ability and God’s ability to communicate with you. If you believe them then, you will have to get all of your Biblical information from them. That is, IF, they really are the only way you can understand what God is really saying.
Here man has immediately died Spiritually. So, he is a dead man, dead in trespasses and sins. A dead man needs to be born again. Is this a picture of a man who was elected to be saved eternally who gave up his salvation? Or will God never leave us alone, in sin? No. (Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.)
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. - Matthew 28:20
CONCLUSION: Even when we have done our worst, rebelled against God, and betrayed Him, His Love cannot be separated from us. Here man (male and female) had clearly sinned and earned Everlasting DEATH in hell and the tormenting lake of fire. But God has a better plan which He had from before the foundation of the world. Father-God would allow Jesus to come and die in our place. Sinless Jesus would take on Himself our sin, so that we might have the righteousness of Christ, before Father-God. That is why HE came to Earth, to die that you and I might have life and have life more abundantly. He would crush the head of the fallen cherub, the devil. Jesus would make the Way, the Only Way back to Father-God. You (and I) must recognize it as such and take that Way back to the Father.
NEXT WEEK - MURDER IN THE WHEAT FIELD
May God bless you in all that you do for Him,
Brother J.R.
Soul winner, Bible teacher, Defender of the Faith
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#GWIG Daily Devotionals for June 17, 2024
Proverbs: God's Wisdom for Daily Living
Devotional Scripture:
Proverbs 19:1-2(KJV):
1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Proverbs 19:1-2(Amp):
1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than the rich who is perverse in his speech and is a (self-confident) fool.
2 Desire without knowledge is not good, and to be over-hasty is to sin and miss the mark.
Thought for the Day
Verse 1 - This verse places great value on integrity. If a rich man has no integrity, his wealth will be in vain. Many wealthy men live in shame when their tactics for obtaining wealth are exposed. Because they gained it by under-handed means, they lost their reputations. And some end up serving jail time for their crimes. Though for years it might have looked as if they were respectable citizens, their sin eventually found them out (Numbers 32:23).
It is better to be poor and store up riches for eternity, than to be a rich fool. The poor man who walks in godly integrity and follows the Bible's principles for prosperity will, in time, be blessed with an abundance that he can use to bless others and pass on to his children's children. We shall all reap what we have sown; good things if we are honest and follow God's ways; evil things if we are dishonest (Galatians 6:7-9).
Verse 2 - The simple fact that we want something does not mean that it would be good for us to have it. If we do not have proper knowledge about what we desire, it may hurt us. Being over-hasty to obtain something may cause regret once we receive it. Years ago, I knew a woman and her husband who were traveling evangelists. She told me that she was tired of staying in people's homes and motels, so she had started praying for an RV. When she did not receive one right away, she became more insistent in her prayers. Rather than considering that God might be answering with a "no," she assumed the devil was robbing her of her desire. Finally, they bought an RV on monthly payments. What she thought would be a blessing, however, turned out to be a curse for them both. Since travel takes longer in an RV, they were more exhausted than before. It was also harder to find parking places. Since the money that they would have used to eat in restaurants was spent on monthly payments, she had to shop, prepare meals, and wash dishes, in addition to ministering at each place they went. The RV led to more work for her, instead of less work.
This is an example of desire without knowledge. "And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul" (Psalm 106:15). Major decisions should not be made quickly. It is easier to avoid getting into a bad situation, than to get out of one. It can take years to a correct a mistake that we made in haste. Taking the time to ask God for wisdom, gathering information, and prayerfully thinking things through can save much suffering. It is better to go too slow than to go too fast. If we are moving slow, at the least the Lord is still ahead of us; however, if we go too fast we can get ahead of God.
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WRATH OF GOD -- KJV (King James Version) Bible Verse List
KJV Bible verse list compiled by #BillKochman for #BillsBibleBasics. Topic: "Wrath of God". Visit https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/ to see all my lists.
"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and MANY there be which go in thereat:"
Matthew 7:13, KJV
"The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish."
Psalm 1:4-6, KJV
"How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away."
Job 21:17-18, KJV
". . . he that cometh after me . . . will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
Matthew 3:11-12, KJV
". . . He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
Matthew 13:37-42, KJV
"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God . . . For our God is a consuming fire."
Hebrews 10:31, 12:29, KJV
"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."
John 3:36, KJV
"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;"
Romans 1:18, KJV
"Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience."
Ephesians 5:6, KJV
"And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"
Revelation 6:16-17, KJV
"The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb . . . And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God."
Revelation 14:10, 19, KJV
"And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God . . . And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever."
Revelation 15:1, 7, KJV
"And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth . . . And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath."
Revelation 16:1, 19, KJV
"And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God."
Revelation 19:15, KJV
"And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
Revelation 20:15, KJV
"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."
Revelation 21:8, KJV
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August 29, 2021
Verse: Proverbs 1
Copy God’s word:
1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Write your favorite verse:
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Explain verse by verse:
The Book of Proverbs is a collection of practical life wisdom given mostly in short, memorable statements. Though part of a larger body of wisdom literature that includes Job, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon, the Book of Proverbs is unique.
Lesson that you learned from these passages: (summary)
It is unique in its structure, being mostly a collection of individual statements without much context or organization by topic.
What will you do?
I will be concerned with practical life wisdom more than ideas about God and His work of salvation.
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Week 2:Five Terms
For this week, although I am late on my posting we were asked to master 5 terms between, Deutsch's, "By Way of Preface" and " A World to the Beginner" and offer examples from published poems.
Term One: Metre
It is defined as a basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in a verse. We are known to five standards of metro or meter (iambs, trochees, spondees, anapests, and dactyls). If you are like me then we are initially exposed to the understanding of iambic pentameter. We could see this in poems that have a unstressed syllable followed by one that is then stressed. If you have taken Byler in the past at CSUN there was a heavy focus on Shakespeare and his sonnets. In his 18th sonnet Shakespeare writes "Shall I compare thee to a summers day" where we can see the iambic pentameter on display.
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?( RIGHT HERE)
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date;
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Term Two: Sonnet
Defined as a poem of fourteen lines, using any number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. Typically about a single idea, must rhyme in a specific pattern and have a metrical pattern.
One day I wrote her name upon the strand,
But came the waves and washed it away:
Again I write it with a second hand,
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.
Vain man, said she, that doest in vain assay,
A mortal thing so to immortalize,
For I myself shall like to this decay,
And eek my name be wiped out likewise.
Not so, (quod I) let baser things devise
To die in dust, but you shall live by fame:
My verse, your virtues rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens write your glorious name.
Where when as death shall all the world subdue,
Our love shall live, and later life renew
Edmund Spenser ( Spenserian sonnet)
Third Term: Blank Verse
Not to be confused with the song "Blank Space." A blank verse is in reference to a verse without rhyme, especially one that uses iambic pentameter. Typically its used for verse drama and dramatic monologues.
Paradise Lost
Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit
Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast
Brought Death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,
Sing Heav’nly Muse, that on the secret top
Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire
That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed,
In the Beginning how the Heav’ns and Earth
Rose out of Chaos - John Milton
Term Four: Couplet
A pair of successive rhyming lines, usually of the same length.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.- Robert Frost
Term Five : Stanza
It is defined as the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing
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