“O singers, resinous and soft your songsAbove the sacred whisper of the pines,Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,Bring dreams of Christ to dusky cane-lipped throngs.” GivingDreamChristSacredLipsSingersVirginsConcubines Book:The Collected Poems of Jean Toomer Source: The Collected Poems of Jean Toomer
“The only way to seek God is to seek God first. Deny the nayward, affirm the yeaward, be true to those stirrings and motions which He starts in us, refuse priority to all else, and be faithful to the sacred.” WayFirstsSacredRefuseDenyPrioritiesBeing TrueFaithfulStirringBeing FaithfulQuakerGod First Author:Jean Toomer
