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God maketh no new thing, though new It seem to us. We think we see The act of birth, but what is born Is birthless in eternity.
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Who sits above the mountain-tops And high above the clouds doth ride, Cares little when the lightnings flame And the loud-crashing thunders chide.
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None can escape the throat of Hell. The path thereto once must thou tread, And if alive thou go not in, Then surely shalt thou go in dead.
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Heaven is too little for me, Earth a narrow cell: Where shall I find a space wherein my Soul can dwell?
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There, in Eternity, events Together strike a single chime: There is no After, no Before, As here, as in the realm of Time.
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The true-born Son of God is Christ and Christ alone, Yet must each Christian be this Christ, this selfsame Son.
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God still creates the World. Strange doth this thing appear? God knoweth neither Then nor Now, as men know here.
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The Spiritual Birth within my soul is one With that whereby the Father doth beget the Son.
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If thou dost sail thy little ship Upon the Sea of Deity, It were indeed a happy chance Shouldst thou be drowned in that great Sea.
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I am a blessed Thing if I Can but unthing myself, forgo All my community with things, My cognizance of things unknow.
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Heaven is within thee. Stay! Why runn'st thou here and there? Thou seekest God in vain seekest thou Him elsewhere.
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God's need of me, my need of God, Are equal in degree. He helps to bear my being up And I help Him to be.
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All Heaven is within thee, Man, And all of Hell within thy heart: What thou dost choose and will to have, That hast thou wheresoe'er thou art.
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Into this little drop, this I, how can it be That there should flow the whole Sea of the Deity?
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God is my final end; If then I am His origin, From mine His Being floweth out, To Him my Being floweth in.
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I must be Mary and myself Give birth to God, would I possess —Nor can I otherwise—God's gift Of everlasting Happiness.
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I will be Phoenix, burn myself in God, and then Nothing shall sunder me from Him ever again.
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Man, be not ever man! the summit must be gained! In God's house Gods and Gods alone are entertained.
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That is the noblest prayer a man can pray when he Becometh one with Him to Whom he bends his knee.
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The more the I in me doth fail, Diminish and sink lower, So much the more the I of God Aggrandizeth its power.
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Five ladder-rungs there are in God— Slave, Friend, Son, Bride and Spouse. Who climbeth higher unselfs himself, Drops count of I's and Thou's.
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Body must into Spirit pass, And Spirit into Deity, If thou wouldst have thy dearest wish And know the perfect ecstasy.
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If thou art one with God, truly it may be said Thou eat'st and drinkest God in every piece of bread.
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No Way there is by which to go Unto the Light wherein God dwells: Thou must thyself become the Light Or God is hidden from thee else.
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Willing and seeking naught, God is eternal peace: Willest thou likewise naught, thy peace is even as His.
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Willing and seeking naught, God is eternal peace: Willest thou likewise naught, thy peace is even as His.
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Naught more divine than this—whatever the event, In this world or the next, to be indifferent.
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Doing is good; far better prayer; But best of all if thou dost come Into the presence of the Lord With quiet footfall, still and dumb.
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Be silent, silent, dearest one, Only be silent utterly. Then far beyond thy farthest wish God will show goodness unto thee.
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So high above all things that be Is God uplifted, man can dare No utterance: he prayeth best When Silence is his sum of prayer.
