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Walter Chalmers Smith
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“Yes! I could find some comfort in the thought Of being scourged, Were there but hope that this defiling sin Which mars my life, and taints my heart within Could so be purged, And I might live, in virtue of the rod, The life in God.”
Walter Chalmers Smith (1824–1908) first seen 1883 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lost and Won". North Country Folk: Poems (Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, 1883) p. 79. Compare: Ezekiel, xx, 37: "And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
“O to be like my Lord! Yet must I be Mine own self too, And to the nature He bestowed on me Be frankly true.The olive fruits not as the clustering vine; Nor may we get Scent of the rose or lily from woodbine, Or violet.”
Walter Chalmers Smith (1824–1908) first seen 1887 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Thoughts and Fancies for Sunday Evenings (Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, 1887) p. 18. Compare: 1 Corinthians, xii, 4: "There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit." · xii, 6: "There are diversities of workings…