 | William Barclay - Bible - 2003 - 294 pages
...of Evil prosper, yet 'tis truth alone is strong . . . Truth for ever on the scaffold. Wrong for ever on the throne Yet that scaffold sways the future,...God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own. The Christian hope is that God's way is the best way and that the only real peace, the only real joy,... | |
 | F. Washington Jarvis - Education - 2010 - 372 pages
...'tis truth alone is strong; Though [truth 's] portion be the scaffold, And upon the throne be wrong, Yet that scaffold sways the future And, behind the...God within the shadow Keeping watch above his own. Those electronic evangelists who preach that Christianity brings prosperity and success are criminal... | |
 | Marcus D. Pohlmann - Political Science - 2003 - 464 pages
...prosper Yet 'tis truth alone is strong Though her portion be the scaffold And upon the throne be wrong Yet that scaffold sways the future And behind the...God within the shadow Keeping watch above his own. Freedomways 7 (Spring 1967): 103-17. For an incisive analysis of the criticism of King for "meddling"... | |
 | Christopher Howse - Religion - 2003 - 228 pages
...struggle with evil. There is something in this universe which justifies James Russell Lowell in saying: Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the...scaffold sways the future, And behind the dim unknown Stands God within the shadow, Keeping watch above His own. Notice how we have seen the truth of this... | |
 | Josh Gottheimer - History - 2003 - 576 pages
.... . / can see around her throne, troops of beautiful tall angels to shield her from no wrong . . . Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the...that scaffold sways the future, And behind the dim unknoum, Standeth God wthin the shadows, Keeping a watch above his oum. It you are like the young and... | |
 | John Phillips - Religion - 2003 - 250 pages
...'twixt old systems and the Word. Truth for ever on the scaffold; wrong for ever on the throne: But that scaffold sways the future; and behind the dim...God, within the shadow, keeping watch above His own. But that is just a mere poet's word for it. We have something better — we have the Lord's own word... | |
 | Rick Shrader - Religion - 2003 - 114 pages
...John, "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth." Your Loving Grandfather "Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the...throne; Yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind that dim unknown, standeth God within the shadow keeping watch above His own." lames Russell Lowell... | |
 | Vern E. Spencer - Religion - 2003 - 234 pages
...genocide. The sovereign will of God triumphed, and the words of the poet were never more appropriate: "Behind the dim unknown standeth God, within the shadow, keeping watch above His own." (James Russell Lowel The Present Crises). God is longsuffering and has "no pleasure in the death of... | |
 | Charles E. Jenkins - 2004 - 122 pages
...them and deliver them. The poet, James Russell Lowell, in his poem "The Present Crisis" was right: "Truth forever on the scaffold Wrong forever on the...God within the shadow keeping watch above his own," Every life has its fiery furnace and in every instance God can alter the situation. A Mountain Climber... | |
 | Elbert Ransom - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 154 pages
...and interposition, I am reminded of the poignant words of the 19* century poet James Russell Lowell: Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the...God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own. CHAPTER III IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY In the Mississippi Valley, in the crescent bend stands our loved... | |
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Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne, — Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own. 
