Monday, the first day of July, 2020

   _Psalm 119:147_______________________________

Early in the morning I cry outto you,

              for in your word is my trust.

Today on the liturgical calendar we commemorate 

abolitionist and author, perhaps best known for her book UncleTom’s Cabin, published in the Spring of 1852 which “provoked widespread anti-slavery senti-

ment  in the North and widespread anger in the South.” 

Rememberthe Civil War lastedfrom 1861-1865. 

The last flag flying which contained an emblem of 

that rebellion (which was not added to teh flag until

 a Generation after the end of the war) was just taken 

down in Mississippi just last week, 155 years after the

the end of the Ciil war (186-1865) and 55 years after 

the Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed by President 

Johnson shorltly after the assassintation of Presdient 

John F Kennedy in november of 1963.

  

Seeds sometimes take along time to come to fruition
and hatred and prejudice are among the most
 pernicious weeds which infect the 

human heart. 

“When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean,

And billows wild contend with angry roar,

'Tis said, far down beneath the wild commotion,

That peaceful stillness reigneth evermore.

Far, far beneath, the noise of tempest dieth,

And silver waves chime ever peacefully,

And no rude storm, how fierce soe'er it flieth,

Disturbs the Sabbath of that deeper sea.

So to the heart that knows Thy love, O Purest,

There is a temple sacred evermore,

And all the babble of life's angry voices

Dies in hushed silence at its peaceful door.

Far, far away, the roar of passion dieth,

And loving thoughts rise calm and peacefully,

And no rude storm, how fierce soe'er it flieth,

Disturbs the soul that dwells, O Lord, in Thee.” 
                                    - Harriet Beecher Stowe