Mary A. Lathbury

O Shepherd of the nameless fold by Mary A. Lathbury

Published April 29, 2018 |

O Shepherd of the nameless fold,
The blessèd Church to be,
Our hearts with love and longing turn
To find… Continue reading →

Published February 7, 2018 |

Day is dying in the west;
Heav’n is touching earth with rest;
Wait and worship while the night
Sets the… Continue reading →

Published January 28, 2018 |

Break Thou the bread of life, dear Lord, to me,
As Thou didst break the loaves beside the sea;
Beyond… Continue reading →

Published January 20, 2018 |

Arise, all souls, arise! The watch is past;
A glory breaks above the cloud at last.
There comes a rushing… Continue reading →

“My soul was filled and overwhelmed with light, and love, and joy in the Holy Ghost, and seemed just ready to go away from the body. I could scarcely refrain from expressing my joy aloud, in the midst of the service. I had in the mean time, an overwhelming sense of the glory of God, as the Great Eternal All, and of the happiness of having my own will entirely subdued to his will. I knew that the foretaste of glory, which I then had in my soul, came from him, that I certainly should go to him, and should, as it were, drop into the Divine Being, and be swallowed up in God.” – Sarah Edwards, wife of Jonathan Edwards