Woe to the multitude of many people who make a noise like the roar of the seas, and to the rushing of nations that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! (Isaiah 17:12).

Writing for All Time

For two years or more Haydn toiled on his grand oratorio. When friends urged him to bring his task to a close he replied: “I cannot make haste; I am writing for all time.” Each day before beginning he knelt and prayed for divine guidance as he wrote.
~ Congregationalist

More Pearls to Cast

Professor George Lyman Kitteredge of Harvard, the Shakespearean scholar, was once annoyed by the students noisily preparing to leave the class the moment the bell sounded.

“Just a minute, gentlemen,” he said, “I have a few more pearls to cast.”

Unless otherwise noted, Scripture taken from the New King James Version®, NKJV © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
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