Shut Windows (John Oxenham Poems)
When the outer eye grows dim,Turns the inner eye to Him, Who makes darkness light.Fairer visions you may see,Live in nobler ...
John Oxenham Poems (88 Poems)
Paul (John Oxenham Poems)
Bond-slave to Christ, and in my bonds rejoicing, Earmarked to Him I counted less than nought;His man henceforward, eager to be ...
The Pilgrim Way (John Oxenham Poems)
But once I pass this way,And then--no more.But once--and then, the Silent DoorSwings on its hinges,--Opens ... closes,--And no moreI ...
Your Place (John Oxenham Poems)
Is your place a small place? Tend it with care!-- He set you there.Is your place a large place? Guard it with care!-- He ...
Treasure-Trove (John Oxenham Poems)
Lord Christ, let me but hold Thy handAnd all the rest may go.For nothing is, but only seems,And life is ...
The Little Poem Of Life (John Oxenham Poems)
I;-- Thou;-- We;-- They;--Small words, but mighty.In their spanAre bound the life and hopes of man.For, first, his thoughts of his own self ...
Burden-Bearers (John Oxenham Poems)
Burden-bearers are we all,Great and small.Burden-sharers be ye all,Great and small!Where another shares the load,Two draw nearer God.Yet there are ...
We Thank Thee, Lord (John Oxenham Poems)
We thank Thee, Lord,That of Thy tender grace,In our distressThou hast not left us wholly comfortless.We thank Thee, Lord,That of ...
The Vail (John Oxenham Poems)
He only sees both sides of that dark vailThat hangs before men's eyes--He only. It is well!Hope ever stands unseenBehind ...
The Ways (John Oxenham Poems)
To every man there openethA Way, and Ways, and a Way.And the High Soul climbs the High way,And the Low ...
God’s Handwriting (John Oxenham Poems)
He writes in characters too grandFor our short sight to understand;We catch but broken strokes, and tryTo fathom all the ...
In Narrow Ways (John Oxenham Poems)
Some lives are set in narrow ways,By Love's wise tenderness.They seem to suffer all their daysLife's direst storm and stress.But ...
The Clearer Vision (John Oxenham Poems)
When, with bowed head,And silent-streaming tears,With mingled hopes and fears,To earth we yield our dead;The Saints, with clearer sight,Do cry ...
After Work (John Oxenham Poems)
Lord, when Thou seest that my work is done,Let me not linger on,With failing powers,Adown the weary hours,--A workless worker ...
Whirring Wheels (John Oxenham Poems)
Lord, when on my bed I lie,Sleepless, unto Thee I'll cry;When my brain works overmuch,Stay the wheels with Thy soft ...
Wakening (John Oxenham Poems)
This mortal dies,--But, in the moment when the light fails here,The darkness opens, and the vision clearBreaks on his eyes.The ...
Props (John Oxenham Poems)
Earthly props are useless, On Thy grace I fall;Earthly strength is weakness, Father, on Thee I call,-- For comfort, strength, and guidance, O, give ...
The Day–The Way (John Oxenham Poems)
Not for one single dayCan I discern my way, But this I surely know,-- Who gives the day, Will show the way, So I ...
Some–And Some (John Oxenham Poems)
Some have much, and some have more,Some are rich, and some are poor,Some have little, some have less,Some have not ...
“I Will!” (John Oxenham Poems)
Say once again Thy sweet "I will!" In answer to my prayers."Lord, if Thou wilt!"-- --"I will! Rise up above thy cares!" (John ...
Bolt That Door! (John Oxenham Poems)
Each sin has its door of entrance.Keep--that--door--closed!Bolt it tight!Just outside, the wild beast crouchesIn the night.Pin the bolt with a ...
The Christ (John Oxenham Poems)
The good intent of God became the Christ.And lived on earth--the Living Love of God,That men might draw to closer ...
Cup Of Mixture (John Oxenham Poems)
For every Guest who comes with him to sup,The Host compounds a strangely mingled cup;--Red Wine of Life and Dregs ...
The Iron Flail (John Oxenham Poems)
Time beats out all things with his iron flail,Things great, things small.With steady strokes that never fail,With slow, sure strokes ...
Bide A Wee! (John Oxenham Poems)
Though the times be dark and dreary,Though the way be long,Keep your spirits bright and cheery,----"Bide a wee, and dinna ...
Cross-Roads (John Oxenham Poems)
Oft, as he jogs along the Winding-Way,Occasion comes for Every Man to say,--"This Road?--or That?" and as he chooses them,So ...
Judgment Day (John Oxenham Poems)
Every day is Judgment Day,Count on no to-morrow.He who will not, when he may,Act to-day, to-day, to-day,Doth but borrowSorrow. (John ...
The Pruner (John Oxenham Poems)
God is a zealous pruner,For He knows--Who, falsely tender, spares the knifeBut spoils the rose. (John Oxenham)