Quote of the Day

The cry of man's anguish went up unto God,

"Lord, take away pain!

The shadow that darkens the world Thou hast made;

The close-coiling chain

That strangles the heart; the burden that weighs

On wings that would soar -

Lord, take away pain from the world Thou hast made,

That it love Thee the more!"

Then answered the Lord to the cry of His world:

"Shall I take away pain,

And with it the power of the soul to endure,

Made strong by the strain?

Shall I take away pity, that knits heart to heart,

And sacrifice high?

Will ye lose all your heroes that lift from the fire

White brows to the sky?

Shall I take away love, that redeems with a price,

And smiles at its loss?

Can ye spare from your lives that would climb unto mine

The Christ on His cross?"

 - Annonymous