God's Measure
God measures souls by their capacity For entertaining his best Angel, Love. Who loveth most is nearest kin to God, Who is all Love, or Nothing. He who sits And looks out on the palpitating world, And feels his heart swell in him large enough To hold all men within it, he is near His great Creator's standard, though he dwells Outside the pale of churches, and knows not A feast-day from a fast-day, or a line Of Scripture even. What God wants of us Is that outreaching bigness that ignores All littleness of aims, or loves, or creeds, And clasps all Earth and Heaven in its embrace.
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"God measures souls by their capacity..."
Exploring the themes of classic, Ella Wheeler Wilcox delivers a powerful performance in "God's Measure"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...