![]() If any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the otherĪlso and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a toothįor a tooth." But I say to you, Do not resist one who is evil.Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.Same? You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is More are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the Those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the taxĬollectors do the same? And if you salute only your brethren, what Good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Who is in heaven for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighborĪnd hate your enemy." But I say to you, Love your enemies and prayįor those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father.The God of the Whole gave a spark of soulĬomparative Anthology of Sacred Texts has some real gems, It reels down to die, and he lets it lie Then he haunts a wood, till he orphans a brood, ![]() Of the sorrow that lies in dear, dumb eyes,īut wonderful man, the crown of the Plan, He has missed the trail, and his quest will fail: Till the deaf world's ear be made to hearĪnd all that is wrought, where love is not, Voice of the Voiceless by Ella Wheeler Wilcox First heard on the Novemepisode of Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac, an excerpt of which has been archived here. Jenkins, from Sea Smoke (c) Holy Cow! Press, 2004. Sipping their tea underneath the willow, sitting quietly, saying Neon and fluorescent calmly sipping our coffee, like the sages We will all meet again on this earth, to sit together beneath the ![]() Not a fond embrace, but perhaps a hearty handshake. Lunch is over, the cheese-burger and fries, the Denver Ketchup, the salt and pepper, no man could ask for betterĬompanions. With a ponytail, and you, Lefty, there on my right, though weīarely spoke I feel our kinship. Comrades, you on my left, balding, middle-aged guy The time has come to say goodbye, our plates empty except for our If one person smiles at me on the way, I will not It said, 'I'm going to walk to theīridge. He'd written a noteĪnd left it on his bureau. Thirties, lived alone, pretty bare apartment. "I went to this guy's apartment afterward with theĪssistant medical examiner," he told me. In 1963, but the jump that affected him most occurred in the Motto had a patient who committed suicide from the Golden Gate.I'd thought was unfixable was totally fixable - except for having Recalls, "I instantly realized that everything in my life that As he crossed the chord in flight, Baldwin The bridge, Baldwin counted to ten and stayed frozen. I'd heard that the water just sweeps you under." On Baldwin was twenty-eight and severely depressed on theĪugust day in 1985 when he told his wife not to expect him home ![]() Ken Baldwin and Kevin Hines both say they hurdled over the railing,Īfraid that if they stood on the chord they might lose theirĬourage.
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