<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=371125" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet: Advice to brethren</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">God knows our foibles and our strengths all well; <br>He knows our hearts and minds and bodies, needs of life; <br>We can’t pretend for He knows how we fell; <br>To love Him better, He allows us strife. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The modern world has much evils/vices; <br>So, man can slip with ease on any ground; <br>Engrossed we live about soaring prices, <br>By misery and woes, devils us hound. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let mind not fill with vanity and pride; <br>Our earthly stay can still be made worthy; <br>Life’s journey should not be a wild horse-ride; <br>Righteous and God-fearing much, let us be.<br> <br>The God who made us has a plan for each; <br>Let’s do our duty ’fore to next we preach.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> 9-26-2002</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=371125" data-title="Sonnet: Advice to brethren de John Celes" data-description="God knows our foibles and our strengths all well; He knows our hearts and minds and bodies, needs of life; We can’t pretend for He knows how we fell; To love Him better, He allows us strife. The modern world has much evils/vices; So, man c..."></div> </div> </div>

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