Life Lessons A Boy's Prayer God who created me Nimble and light of limb, To run, to ride, to swim: But now from the heart of joy, I would remember Him: Take the thanks of a boy. HENRY CHARLES BEECHING. Chartless I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; Yet know I how the heather looks, And what a wave must be. I never spoke with God, Yet certain am I of the spot EMILY DICKINSON. Peace My soul, there is a country, Afar beyond the stars, Where stands a wingèd sentry, There, above noise and danger, Sweet Peace sits crowned with smiles, And One born in a manger Commands the beauteous files. He is thy gracious friend, If thou canst get but thither, There grows The rose that cannot wither, HENRY VAUGHAN. Life Lessons Life Lessons Consider Consider The lilies of the field, whose bloom is brief We are as they; Like them we fade away, As doth a leaf. Consider The sparrows of the air, of small account: Our God doth view Whether they fall or mount- Consider The lilies, that do neither spin nor toil, Yet are most fair What profits all this care, Consider The birds, that have no barn nor harvest-weeks; Much more our Father seeks To do us good. CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI. The Elixir Teach me, my God and King, To do it as for Thee. All may of Thee partake: Which with this tincture (for Thy sake) A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine: Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws, This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold; For that which God doth touch and own Cannot for less be told. GEORGE HERBERT. Life Lessons One by One One by one the sands are flowing, Life Lessons One by one thy duties wait thee— Learn thou first what these can teach. One by one (bright gifts from heaven) One by one thy griefs shall meet thee; Do not look at life's long sorrow; See how small each moment's pain; Every hour that fleets so slowly Do not linger with regretting, |