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Saturday, October 18, 2025

Vaughan: When night comes, list thy deeds

Feast of Luke the Evangelist
Meditation:
In your anger do not sin;
when you are on your beds,
search your hearts and be silent.
—Psalm 4:4 (NIV)

Quotation:
When night comes, list thy deeds; make plain the way
’Twixt heaven and thee; block it not with delays;
But perfect all before thou sleep’st: then say:
There’s one sun more strung on my bead of days.
What’s good, score up for joy; the bad, well scann’d.
Wash off with tears, and get thy Master’s hand.
... Henry Vaughan (1622-1695), The Poetical Works of Henry Vaughan, Boston: Osgood, 1871, p. 114 (see the book)
See also Ps. 4; 26:2-3; 139:23-24; Hag. 1:5-6; 1 Cor. 11:28; 2 Cor. 13:5; 1 John 3:19-22

Quiet time reflection:
Lord, You have preserved me this day.
 
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