Day follows day, and on each day we are, by the silent energy of our example, either loosening or strengthening the faith of our children, our servants, and our friends.

Precept and Practice – NOVEMBER 2 – The Secret Place of the Almighty And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy  Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime  Of something far more deeply interfused,  Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, And the round ocean and the living air,  And the blue… Continue reading Precept and Practice – NOVEMBER 2 – The Secret Place of the Almighty

Amid the clamour of dissonant theologies, let us sit then, with a composed love, at the feet of him who pointed to the way

Precept and Practice – OCTOBER 30 – Religion – A Temper God is not far from each one of those who seek God, if haply they may feel after Him.   Let theologians pile up volume upon volume of what they call theology, religion is a very simple matter, and that which is so simple and yet so… Continue reading Precept and Practice – OCTOBER 30 – Religion – A Temper

The broad-minded see the truth in different religions;  the narrow-minded see only the differences.

Religion is oneness with God:  the harmony of man’s nature with God’s nature, the attuning of all the notes in man with the perfect music in heaven.

In order to teach men how to be satisfied, it is necessary fully to understand the art and joy of humble life,