“THE INFINITE AND THE FINITE
Thou Great I
Am,
Fill my mind with elevation and grandeur at the
thought of a Being
with
whom one day is as a thousand years,
and a
thousand years as one day,
A mighty God who, amidst the lapse of worlds,
and the
revolutions of empires,
feels no
variableness,
but is
glorious in immortality.
May I rejoice that, while men die, the Lord
lives;
that, while all creatures are broken reeds,
empty cisterns,
fading flowers,
withering grass,
He is the rock of ages, the fountain of living
waters.
Turn my heart from vanity,
from
dissatisfactions,
from
uncertainties of the present state,
to an
eternal interest in Christ.
Let me remember that life is short and
unforeseen,
and is
only an opportunity for usefulness;
Give me a holy avarice to redeem the time,
to awake
at every call to charity and piety,
so that
I may feed the hungry,
clothe
the naked,
instruct
the ignorant,
reclaim
the vicious,
forgive
the offender,
diffuse
the gospel,
show
neighborly love to all.
Let me live a life of self-distrust,
dependence
on Thyself,
mortification,
crucifixion,
prayer.”
-From, The Valley of Vision, edited by
Arthur Bennett, (The Banner of Truth Trust; 1975); page 104.
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