O white and midnight sky, O starry bath, Wash me in thy pur… - Richard Watson Gilder

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O white and midnight sky, O starry bath,
Wash me in thy pure, heavenly crystal flood:
Cleanse me, ye stars, from earthly soil and scath—
Let not one taint remain in spirit or blood!

Richard Watson Gilder

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Richard Watson Gilder (February 8, 1844 – November 19, 1909) was an American poet and editor.

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Alternative Names: R. W. Gilder

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Faith is seated in the understanding as well as in the will. It has an eye to see Christ as well as a wing to fly to Christ.

Not from the whole wide world I chose thee—
Sweetheart, light of the land and the sea!
The wide, wide world could not inclose thee, For thou art the whole wide world to me.

Faith is the vital artery of the soul. When we begin to believe, we begin to love. Faith grafts the soul into Christ, as the scion into the stock, and fetches all its nutriment from the blessed Vine.

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