The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
ALAN PATONPain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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Happy the eyes that can close
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply… For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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