Being and Doing – 12 September – Hope Beneath the Waters
I CANNOT mount to heaven beneath this ban:
Can Christian hope survive so far below
The level of the happiness of man?
Can angels’ wings in these dark waters grow?
A spirit voice replied, ‘From bearing right
Our sorest burthens, comes fresh strength to bear;
And so we rise again towards the light, And quit the sunless depths for upper air.
Meek patience is as diver’s breath to all the
Who sink in sorrow’s sea, and many a ray
Comes gleaming downward from the source of day,
To guide us re-ascending from our fall.
The rocks have bruised thee sore, but angels’ wings
Grow best from bruises, hope from anguish springs.
CHARLES TURNER
WE need as much the cross we bear
As air we breathe, as light we see;
It draws us to Thy side in prayer,
It binds us to our strength in Thee.
A. L. WARLING
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These quotes are from ‘Being and Doing’ A selection of helpful thoughts from various authors arranged for daily reading.
Collected by Constance M Whishaw and first published in 1908 for members of the Being and Doing Guild whose object is to do all they can for the relief of suffering and misery.
Most of the writers are 19th Century Christians from Britain and Europe who were committed to living their faith through deeds as well as words – Being AND Doing.
For many years these words have kept me company and encouraged me on the journey of faith. I hope they will encourage others also.
Suffolk Vicar 