GOODNESS.
Dream not that anything more strong- can be Than simple goodness, but consider well The nature of the thing, how in a hell Of blazing wickedness and misery It shines more fierce than fierce iniquity. Oh, heed you 'not those lying mouths which tell God's burning zeal of love most terrible To lie in pools of passive piety. For goodness is a passion in the soul More fierce than earthly passion, and its peace Is pinnacled on violence. Desire Burns there in blossom of white ecstasies. Mighty as thunder hear God's message roll: "Whoso is near to Me is near the fire." F. W. Harvey, in the Literary Digest.
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New Zealand Tablet, 17 June 1920, Page 33
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