The Valley of Vision

A friend of mine is in the process of moving, and in the process is downsizing his library.
As I grow older I am seeking to gather and invest more and more in my library believing that after my death one day someone will inherit this library and another generation will read the divines particularly the Puritains.

Anyhow one of the books he gave me was The Valley of Vision a collection of prayers and devotions by the Puritains the names contained within are Richard Baxter, David Brainard, Augustus Toplady, CH Spurgeon, Isaac Watts and Phillip Dodderidge. Great divines and Holy men to drink from their devotions is rich..
So for all fellow Christian Hedonists this is good food for your soul...
So Drink Deep !

Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly,

Thou has brought me to the valley of vision,

where I live in the depths but see thee in the heights;

hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold

thy glory.

Let me learn by paradox

that the way down is the way up,

that to be low is to be high,

that the broken heart is the healed heart,

that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit,

that the repenting soul is the victorious soul,

that to have nothing is to possess all,

that to bear the cross is to wear the crown,

that to give is to receive,

that the valley is the place of vision.



Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells,

deepest wells,

and the deeper the wells the brighter

thy stars shine;

Let me find thy light in my darkness,

Thy life in my death,

that every good work or thought found in me

thy joy in my sorrow,

thy grace in my sin,

thy riches in my poverty

thy glory in my valley.