O Source of Life
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by
the mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
unto God, which is your
reasonable service.
ROMANS 12, verse 1.
Thou hast my flesh, Thy hallowed shrine,
Devoted solely to Thy will;
Here let Thy light forever shine,
This house still let Thy presence fill;
O Source of Life, live, dwell, and move
In me, till all my life be love!
JOACHIM LANCE.
May it not be a comfort to those of us who feel
we have not the mental or spiritual power that others
have, to notice that the living sacrifice mentioned
in Romans 12, verse 1, is our "bodies"?
Of course, that includes the mental power, but does it not
also include the loving, sympathizing glance,
the kind, encouraging word, the ready errand for another,
the work of our hands, opportunities for all of which come
oftener in the day than for the mental power we are
often tempted to envy? May we be enabled to offer
willingly that which we have.
ANONYMOUS
the mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
unto God, which is your
reasonable service.
ROMANS 12, verse 1.
Thou hast my flesh, Thy hallowed shrine,
Devoted solely to Thy will;
Here let Thy light forever shine,
This house still let Thy presence fill;
O Source of Life, live, dwell, and move
In me, till all my life be love!
JOACHIM LANCE.
May it not be a comfort to those of us who feel
we have not the mental or spiritual power that others
have, to notice that the living sacrifice mentioned
in Romans 12, verse 1, is our "bodies"?
Of course, that includes the mental power, but does it not
also include the loving, sympathizing glance,
the kind, encouraging word, the ready errand for another,
the work of our hands, opportunities for all of which come
oftener in the day than for the mental power we are
often tempted to envy? May we be enabled to offer
willingly that which we have.
ANONYMOUS
