"Seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom;
yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom;
seek learning, even by study and also by faith."
Doctrine and Covenants 88:118

"And the gatherer sought to find pleasing words, worthy writings, words of Truth."
Ecclesiastes 12:10



Sunday, September 30, 2018

The Refiner's Fire

Dare you see a Soul at the "White Heat"?
Then crouch within the door -
Red - is the Fire's common tint -
But when the vivid ore

Has vanquished Flame's conditions -
It quivers from the Forge
Without a color, but the Light
Of unannointed Blaze -

Least Village, boasts it's Blacksmith -
Whose Anvil's even ring
Stands symbol for the finer Forge
That soundless tugs - within -

Refining these impatient Ores
With Hammer and with Blaze
Until the designated Light
Repudiate the Forge -

Emily Dickinson
The Poems of Emily Dickinson (Franklin), 401

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