The Jesus Poise

Tuesday. Mark 12: 35-44.

The heart should join with the mind in holding the reins of the life. They ought to drive abreast, not tandem. Then lips and purse and life will ring true, and ring together. Not the heart without the head; not the head without the heart; each balancing the other: all the powers working in unison. This reveals the Jesus touch, and gives the Jesus poise. But it’s possible really, practically, only as Jesus is in control.

Open in the reader The Bent-Knee Time

Restored from a scan of the 1918 edition, with page headers and numbers removed and words rejoined across line breaks. Scan-derived text, still being proofread; compare the original scan before quoting.