DIVINE IMAGE

To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love

All pray in their distress;

And to these virtues of delight

Return their thankfulness.

For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love

Is God, our father dear,

And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love

Is Man, his child and care.

For Mercy has a human heart,

Pity a human face,

And Love, the human form divine,

And Peace, the human dress.

Then every man, of every clime

That prays in his distress,

Prays to the human form divine,

Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace. -

And all must love the human form,

In heathen, turk, or jew;

Where Mercy, Love & Pity dwell

There God is dwelling too.

I Believe

Mahalia Jackson
I believe for every drop of rain that falls
A flower grows

I believe that somewhere in the darkest night

A candle glows

I believe for everyone who goes astray someone will come

To show the way

I believe, I believe

I believe above a storm the smallest prayer

Can still be heard

I believe that someone in the great somewhere

Hears every word

Every time I hear a newborn baby cry

Or touch a leaf

Or see the sky

Then I know why

I believe

Cred,

pentru fiecare picătură de ploaie care cade

O floare crește

Cred

că undeva în cea mai întunecată noapte

O lumânare strălucește

Cred

că pentru toți cei care rătăcesc va veni cineva

Pentru a arăta calea

Cred, cred

Cred deasupra unei furtuni cea mai mică rugăciune

Se mai poate auzi

Cred

că cineva în marele undeva

Aude fiecare cuvânt

De fiecare dată când aud un copil nou-născut plângând

Sau atingeți o frunză

Sau vezi cerul

Atunci știu de ce

Eu cred