The Church must take right ground in regard to politics. Do not suppose that I am going to preach a political sermon, or that I wish to have you join in getting up a Christian party in politics. No, you must not believe that.
But the time has come that Christians must vote for honest men, and take consistent ground in politics…. All parties will be compelled to put up honest men as candidates. Christians have been exceedingly guilty in this matter. But the time has come when they must act differently…. God cannot sustain this free and blessed country, which we love and pray for, unless the Church will take right ground.
Politics are a part of a religion in such a country as this, and Christians must do their duty to the country as a part of their duty to God. It seems sometimes as if the foundations of the nation are becoming rotten, and Christians seem to act as if they think God does not see what they do in politics.
But I tell you He does see it, and He will bless or curse this nation, according to the course they take.
— from Lecture XV of Revival Lectures, by Charles Grandison Finney
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Links
Poems
Posting and analysing some important poems.
Rudyard Kipling
The Gods of the Copybook Headings
The Benefactors
The Female of the Species
The Benefactors
The Glory of the Garden // Podcast Version
Edgar Guest
Keep Going
One More Turn // Podcast Version
The Glory of the Garden
It Takes a Heap O’Livin // Podcast Version
Sue’s Got a Baby
Only a Dad
Is Anybody Happier?
Can’t
On Quitting
Hard Luck
Courage // Podcast Version
Thomas J. Williams
Once to Every Man or Nation
JRR Tolkien
I Sit Beside the Fire and Think
Lewis Carrol
Twas Brillig // Podcast Version
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Doug Wilson
The Vineyard of En Gedi
Hillaire Belloc
Matilda, who told lies and was burned to death
Ernest Thayer
Casey at the Bat // Podcast Version
Ogden Nash
Custard the Dragon // Podcast Version
Quotes
A bunch of fun and significant quotes:
This is why I'm having a hard time bringing myself to even think of who to vote for this year.
I want an honest man to run for office and do great things.
The problem is that we only have selfish, vain, arrogant, vindictive morons running for every office.