Books!

I think Jeremy Collier is right when he says,

“Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.”

Our Soul

I am reading here that Edgar Allan Poe was one of the great writers of the past. And here are his famous reported last words:

“Lord, help my poor soul.”

Compare those last words with the chorus of the hymn “When peace like a river attends all my way,…” by Horatio G. Spafford:

“It is well (It is well), with my soul (with my soul),

It is well, it is well with my soul!”

He lived from 1828 – 1888.

The music for the hymns “When peace like a river…” is by Philip P. Bliss who lived from 1838-1876