The Holy Bible...

this is a Bible
that my great great grandmother

gave to my great grandmother,

on July 12, 1883...

my granny gave the Bible to me,

about thirty years ago...

it was well used,

passages are underlined,

dated from when a sermon was given

that was meaningful to the listener...

and on a blank page

at the end of the book,

she has written this....

Let not soft slumbers close my eyes,

Before I've recollected, thrice!

The train of action, through the day,

Where have my feet sought out the way?

What have I learnd, where 'er I've been?

From all I've heard - from all I've seen,

What  know I more, that's worth the knowing -

What have I done, that's worth the doing,

What have I sought that I should shun?

What duty have I left undone?

Or into what new follies run?

These self-inquiries are the road-

That lead to virtue and to God.

i wonder where she got this verse from?
did she make it up or does it belong to a well known poet?
or from a friend?

have a blessed sunday...with miracles...why not?

naturally Carol xox