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: I would have to say that Henry Vaughan does an excellent of putting into words that which so many Christians think about but have a hard time describing. I particularly like this one page from "The Timber" : : "And is there any murderer worse than sin? : Or any storms more foul than a lewd life? : Or what resentient can work more within : Than true remorse, when with past sins at strife? : He that hath left life's vain joys and vain care, : And truly hates to be detained on earth, : Hath got an house where many mansions are, : And keeps his soul unto eternal mirth. : But though thus dead unto the world, and ceased : From sin, he walks a narrow, private way; : Yet grief and old wounds make him sore displeased, : And all his life a rainy, weeping day. : For though he would forsake the world, and live : As mere a stranger, as men long since dead; : Yet joy itself will make a right soul grieve : To think he should be so long vainly led." : That this world, this body, this material, is all there is to life - what a despairing situation. Henry Vaughan contemplates life from the perspective of one who is certain that there is a God and that there are higher ideals and Virtues that exist outside of humanity. : To believe this - and then to see a world devoid of those higher standards and Virtues, even to see oneself devoid of it is saddening indeed. Yet the other Reality of the ultimate victory of God, keeps one from falling into complete and utter despair. I highly recommend Vaughan - though centuries later his voice speaks the mind of many Christians today.

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