Sunday, March 26, 2017

Samuel Zwemer's poem

Here is a poem Zwemer quoted in his book Childhood in the Moslem World
The great world's heart is aching, aching fiercely in the night, 
And God alone can heal it, and God alone give light;
And the men to bear that message and to  speak the living word,
Are you and I , my brothers , and the millions that have heard.

Can we close our eyes to duty?  Can we fold our hands at ease,
While the gates of night stand open to the pathways of the seas?
Can we shut up our Compassions?  Can we leave our prayers unsaid
Til the lands which sin has blasted have been quickened from the dead? 

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    1. You are right, it wasn't Zwemer. He was quoting one of my fellow Canadians: Frederick George Scott. I'll put up the complete poem next post.

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  2. And here is the link to the book:https://archive.org/details/childhoodinmusli00zwemuoft

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