Alas, poor Bible reading, pressure valve of my projects. I have become involved in two other writing projects, which means that yet again my progress here grinds to a halt for the time being.
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"Do you say your prayers night and morning?" continued my interrogator.
"Yes, sir."
"Do you read your Bible?"
"Sometimes."
"With pleasure? Are you fond of it?"
"I like Revelations, and the book of Daniel, and Genesis and Samuel, and a little bit of Exodus, and some parts of Kings and Chronicles, and Job and Jonah."
"And the Psalms? I hope you like them?"
"No, sir."
"No? oh, shocking! I have a little boy, younger than you, who knows six Psalms by heart: and when you ask him which he would rather have, a ginger-bread nut to eat, or a verse of a Psalm to learn, he says: 'Oh! the verse of a Psalm! angels sing Psalms;' says he, "I wish to be a little angel here below;' he then gets two nuts in recompense for his infant piety."
"Psalms are not interesting," I remarked.
"That proves you have a wicked heart; and you must pray to God to change it: to give you a new and clean one: to take away your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."
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Proverbs of the Year!
20:09 -- Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin”?
20:10 -- Differing weights and differing measures – the Lord detests them both.
20:11 -- Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right.
20:12 -- Ears that hear and eyes that see – the Lord has made them both.
20:13 -- Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.
20:14 -- "It's no good, it's no good!" says the buyer; and then off he goes to boast about his purchase.
20:15 -- Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.
20:16 -- Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger, hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
20:17 -- Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel.
20:18 -- Make plans by seeking advice; if you wage war, obtain guidance.
20:19 -- A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much.
20:20 -- If a man curses his father or mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
20:21 -- An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.
20:22 -- Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!" Wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
And the Psalms?
"Do you say your prayers night and morning?" continued my interrogator.
"Yes, sir."
"Do you read your Bible?"
"Sometimes."
"With pleasure? Are you fond of it?"
"I like Revelations, and the book of Daniel, and Genesis and Samuel, and a little bit of Exodus, and some parts of Kings and Chronicles, and Job and Jonah."
"And the Psalms? I hope you like them?"
"No, sir."
"No? oh, shocking! I have a little boy, younger than you, who knows six Psalms by heart: and when you ask him which he would rather have, a ginger-bread nut to eat, or a verse of a Psalm to learn, he says: 'Oh! the verse of a Psalm! angels sing Psalms;' says he, "I wish to be a little angel here below;' he then gets two nuts in recompense for his infant piety."
"Psalms are not interesting," I remarked.
"That proves you have a wicked heart; and you must pray to God to change it: to give you a new and clean one: to take away your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."
--Jane Eyre, Chapter 4
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"Are you quite sure he's right in the head? I have noticed again and again, since I have been in the Church, that lay interest in ecclesiastical matters is often a prelude to insanity."
Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall
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