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" Spirit of truth" Beautiful and I felt a real moment of connection spiritual.
Spirit of truth Forbids all Truth there is always truth Nothing / none is comparable to it Even the imaginative god/s.....
Spirit of Truth, forbid that we who now God's temple are And keep the faith with minds more free, our father's fabric mar. Better than thoughts the stars that search is self still sacrificed, For only Love can build the church whose corner-stone is Christ. very nice poem. corner stone is Christ. tony
One of the best poems by Katharine Lee Bates........................
In the years grown dim! ! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
Better than thoughts the stars that search is self still sacrificed, For only Love can build the church whose corner-stone is Christ........so touching and impressive. Beautiful poem. Well deserved for the poem of the day.
Spirit of Truth, forbid that we who now God's temple are And keep the faith with minds more free very good poem dear poet. tony
" For only love can build the church whose corner-stone is Christ" , Out standing conceptualization. Well deserved classic poem of the Day.
if you're not aware, bates is also the author of " america the beautiful, " which many of us americans would prefer for our national anthem instead of " the star-spangled banner." a while back realizing i knew nothing about her, i decided to do a little reading and found it interesting. in these lyrics, " the heresy of youth" is a powerful and original phrase embedded in them, embedded in the imagery taken from the book of revelation. -gk
The living pillar of the Truth grown on from morn to morn.........Nice
Spirit of Truth, forbid that we who now God's temple are And keep the faith with minds more free, our father's fabric mar belief makes the God's Temple it's a divine figure's sample! great 10++++++++++++++++++
The concluding line, " only love can build the church whose corner stone is Christ" is superb. A well deserved classic poem of the day'