Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth
nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor
steal:
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
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Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?
A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a
doorkeeper in the house read more
A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a
doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of
wickedness.
God keeps a niche
In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
He brake them to our read more
God keeps a niche
In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
He brake them to our faces, and denied
That our close kisses should impair their white,--
I know we shall behold them raised, complete,
The dust swept from their beauty, glorified,
New Memnons singing in the great God-light.
Spend in pure converse our eternal day;
Think each in each, immediately wise;
Learn all we lacked read more
Spend in pure converse our eternal day;
Think each in each, immediately wise;
Learn all we lacked before; hear, know, and say
What this tumultuous body now denies;
And feel, who have laid our groping hands away;
And see, no longer blinded by our eyes.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to read more
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.
To appreciate heaven well
'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.
To appreciate heaven well
'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.
And so upon this wise I prayed,--
Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large read more
And so upon this wise I prayed,--
Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large as yours
But large enough for me.
Since Heaven's eternal year is thine.
Since Heaven's eternal year is thine.
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.
