“... I gave as an offering my all to Him Who had won me and saved me, my property, my fame, my health, my very words... In considering all these things, I preferred Christ. And the words of God were made sweet as honeycombs to me, and I cried after knowledge and lifted up my voice for wisdom. There was moreover the moderation of anger, the curbing of the tongue, the restraint of the eyes, the discipline of the belly, and the trampling under foot of the glory which clings to the earth.” MadeEyeEarthVoiceChristFeetSweetDisciplineFameGloryPropertyTongueSavedWord Of GodOfferingCriedConsideringRestraintModerationBellyDiscipleship Author:Gregory of Nazianzus
“But Thee, but Thee, O sovereign Seer of time, But Thee, O poets' Poet, Wisdom's Tongue, But Thee, O man's best Man, O love's best Love, O perfect life in perfect labor writ, O all men's Comrade, Servant, King, or Priest, -- What IF or YET, what mole, what flaw, what lapse, What least defect or shadow of defect, What rumor, tattled by an enemy, Of inference loose, what lack of grace Even in torture's grasp, or sleep's, or death's -- Oh, what amiss may I forgive in Thee, Jesus, good Paragon, Thou Crystal Christ?” IfsMenMayJesusChristSleepPerfectEnemyGracePoetKingsShadowLaborForgivingTongueTheeServantTorturePriestsWhat IfFlawsSovereignDefectsRumorCrystalsBest LoveComradeLapsesInferenceSeersMolesPerfect LifeParagon Book:Poems of Sidney Lanier Source: Poems of Sidney Lanier
“The holy mystery of the day of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost, is to be understood in the following manner: the spirit of man must be completed and perfected by the Holy Spirit, that is, it must be sanctified, illuminated, and divinized by the Holy Spirit. This holy mystery is realized continually in the Church of Christ and because of this the Church is really a continuous Pentecost.... From Holy Pentecost, the day of the Holy Spirit, every God-like soul in the Church of Christ is an incombustible bush which continuously burns and is inflamed with God and has a fiery tongue within it.” MenSoulSpiritChristChurchMysteryHolyUnderstoodFollowingTongueHoly SpiritFieryPentecostChurch Of Christ Author:Justin Popovic