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The Spirit of God

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My Favorite Religious Poems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light Shining Out of Darkness

God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.

Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never-failing skill,
He treasures up his bright designs,
And works his sov'reign will.

Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take,
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust him for his grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.

His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding ev'ry hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flow'r.

Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain;
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make it plain.

 William  Cowper

  

 

 

In This short Life

That only lasts an hour

How much-how little-is

Within our Power

 

~Emily Dickenson~

 

 

 

 

Abou Ben Adhem.


Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw, within the moonlight of his room,
An angel writing in a book of gold:-
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And to the presence in the room he said,
  "What writest thou?" - The vision rais'd it's head,
And with a look made of all sweet accord,
Answer'd "The names of those who love the Lord"
  "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,"
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerily still; and said, "I pray thee then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow men."
  The angel wrote. and vanish'd, the next night
It came again with a great wakening light,
And show'd the names whom love of God had blest,
And Lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.


            Leigh Hunt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love is Patient, Love is Kind

Love is patient, love is kind.

 It does not envy, it does not boast,

 it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,

it is not easily angered,

it keeps no record of wrongs.

 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trusts,

 always hopes, always preserves.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

 

 

 

 

 

Footprints

One night a man had a dream.

He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD. 

Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. 

For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand;

one belonged to him, and the other to the LORD.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,

he looked back at the footprints in the sand. 

He noticed that many times along the path

of his life there was only one set of footprints. 

He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest

and saddest times in his life.

This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it.

  "LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you,

you'd walk with me all the way. 

But I have noticed that during the most troublesome

 times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. 

I don't understand why when I needed you most

you would leave me.

The LORD replied, "My precious, precious child,

I love you and I would never leave you. 

During your times of trial and suffering,

when you see only one set of footprints,

it was then that I carried you."

       ~Mary Stevenson Parker~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Psalm 23

 

The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. 

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:

He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul:

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his names sake.

Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil:

For thou are with me:

Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me

In the presence of mine enemies:

Though anointest my head with oil;

My cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall

follow me all the days of my life;

And I will dwell in the house of the lord for ever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Am

I am: yet what I am none cares or knows

My friends forsake me like a memory lost,

I am the self-consumer of my woes-

They rise and vanish in oblivious host,

Like shadows in love's frenzied stifled throes

And yet I am, and live-like vapors tossed

 

Into the nothingness of scorn and noise,

Into the living sea of waking dreams,

Where there's is neither sense of life or joys,

But the vast shipwreck of my life's esteems;

Even the dearest, that I love the best,

And strange-nay, rather strange than the rest.

 

I long for scenes where man has never trod,

A place where woman never smile or wept-

There to abide with my creator, God,

And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept,

Un-troubling and untroubled where I like,

The grass below-above the vaulted sky.

 

John Clare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prayer of an unknown confederate soldier

I asked God for strength, That I might achieve,

I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey...

I asked for health, that I might do greater things,

I was given infirmity, that I might do better things...

I asked for riches, that I might e happy,

I was given poverty that I might be wise...

I asked for power that I might have the praise of men,

I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God...

I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life,

I was given life, that I might enjoy all things...

I got nothing that I asked for 

-but everything that I had hoped for.

Almost despite myself, y unspoiled prayers were answered.

I am among all men, most richly blessed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Spirit of God

 

 

 

The Spirit of God like a fire is burning,

The latter-day glory begins to come forth;
The visions and blessings of old are returning,

And angels are coming to visit the earth.
We'll sing and we'll shout with the armies of heaven,

Hosanna, hosanna to God and the Lamb!
Let glory to them in the highest be given,

Henceforth and forever, Amen and amen!

 

 

 

 

The Lord is extending the Saints' understanding,

Restoring their judges and all as at first.
The knowledge and power of God are expanding;

The veil o'er the earth is beginning to burst.
We'll sing and we'll shout with the armies of heaven,

Hosanna, hosanna to God and the Lamb!
Let glory to them in the highest be given,

Henceforth and forever, Amen and amen!

 

 

 

 

We'll call in our solemn assemblies in spirit,

To spread forth the kingdom of heaven abroad,
That we through our faith may begin to inherit

The visions and blessings and glories of God.
We'll sing and we'll shout with the armies of heaven,

Hosanna, hosanna to God and the Lamb!
Let glory to them in the highest be given,

Henceforth and forever, Amen and amen!

 

 

 

 

How blessed the day when the lamb and the lion

Shall lie down together without any ire,
And Ephraim be crowned with his blessings in Zion,

As Jesus descends with his chariot of fire!
We'll sing and we'll shout with the armies of heaven,

Hosanna, hosanna to God and the Lamb!
Let glory to them in the highest be given,

Henceforth and forever, Amen and amen!

 

 

 

 

 

Push Play to hear the beautiful song "The Spirit of God".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William W. Phelps.   Included in the first LDS hymnbook, 1835

Performed by the LDS Youth Chorus

 

 

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