Fénelon, the Mystic

Portada
Jennings and Graham, 1906 - 227 páginas
 

Páginas seleccionadas

Otras ediciones - Ver todas

Términos y frases comunes

Pasajes populares

Página 127 - A LITTLE bird I am, Shut from the fields of air ; And in my cage I sit and sing To Him who placed me there ; Well pleased a prisoner to be . Because, my God, it pleases Thee.
Página 101 - And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Página 134 - While place we seek, or place we shun, The soul finds happiness in none : But, with a God to guide our way, Tis equal joy to go or stay. Could I be cast where thou art not, That were indeed a dreadful lot ; But regions none remote I call, Secure of finding God in all.
Página 225 - There are in this loud stunning tide Of human care and crime, With whom the melodies abide Of th' everlasting chime ; Who carry music in their heart Through dusky lane and wrangling mart, Plying their daily task with busier feet, Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat.
Página 101 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Página 134 - To me remains nor place nor time ; My country is in every clime ; I can be calm, and free from care, On any shore, since God is there.
Página 213 - ... of that person, and our heedlessness by the shrewdness and address of another. If we were faultless, we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate. If we were to acknowledge honestly that we have not virtue enough to bear patiently with our neighbor's weaknesses, we should show our own imperfection, and this alarms our vanity. We therefore make our weakness pass for strength, elevate it to a virtue and call it zeal; an imaginary and often a hypocritical zeal.
Página 122 - Two years afier she renewed this consecration and reduced it to writing as follows ; " 1 henceforth take Jesus Christ to be mine, I promise to receive him as a husband to me. And I give myself to him, unworthy though I am, to be his spouse. I ask of him, in this marriage of spirit with spirit, that I may be of the same mind with him — meek, pure, nothing in myself, and united to God's will.
Página 128 - But still he bends to hear me sing. Thou hast an ear to hear, A heart to love and bless ; And though my notes were e'er so rude, Thou wouldst not hear the less ; Because thou knowest, as they fall, That love, sweet love, inspires them all. My cage confines me round, Abroad I cannot fly ; But though my wing is closely bound, My heart's at liberty. My prison walls cannot control The flight, the freedom of the soul.
Página 128 - That love, sweet love, inspires them all. My cage confines me round : Abroad I cannot fly ; But, though my wing is closely bound, My heart's at liberty ; My prison walls cannot control The flight, the freedom of the soul. Oh, it is good to soar These bolts and bars above, To Him whose purpose I adore, Whose providence I love ; And in Thy mighty will to find The joy, the freedom, of the mind ! MADAME GUYON Tr.

Información bibliográfica