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Excerpt from Heart Messages From the Psalms

The Psalms have not been at fault. Folks have not communed with them as they are wont to do with later poets. Accustomed to the poetical forms of the last three hundred years, men have often failed to catch the appeal of these lays of antiquity, sung by Hebrews long since dead.

Yet in the upheaval of thought and social structure now going on men are turning in every direction for some mes sage for life. Where better seek it than in the great songs of Israel? In an hour like ours it may be that fellowship can be established between those who have lived and have sung of God, and ourselves who need him so sorely.

The message of the poet knows neither time, place, nor age. It is marked by a universal characteristic which sets vibrating heart-chords the world over. Translate it from language to language, and it finds a response, if it really is poetry and not merely verse. For poetry sings of the universal experiences of the race, its griefs and joys, its disappointments and aspirations, its loves, its hates, its hopes. It is a soul singing itself out into other souls.

The psalmists were poets. So well did they sing that we listen back through the ages, that we may not lose a note. They did not write in rime, but with vigorous terseness and a remarkable power of condensation they put their poetry into rhythm with a balanced symmetry of form and sense. Poetasters and the erudite rejoice in the details of form and structure of these songs of Israel.

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Excerpt from Heart Messages From the Psalms

It was one of the fine sayings of the mystic Arndt that "what the heart is in man, that is the Psalter in the Bible," and he who sought for every encouragement of the inner life of God's kingdom among men went not astray in seeking in the incomparable book a rich treasure. What Arndt sought and found in the sixteenth century shone no less clearly in the centuries that have since passed, as succeeding generations opened the treasure and garnered each for himself out of the store that never grew less. But every generation must seek anew; naught that others have garnered avails to satisfy the renewing needs of men. So it happens that a new heart and hand and a fresh and vigorous mind have gone a-searching, and lo, dear Header, here's the treasure trove set out fair and beautiful for you. Take it and be wise; own it as your own and be happy. But before you read would you hear another's witness? Here it is, for I have read and am the wiser, have possessed as though never before the secret of the Book of Psalms and am happy. For I have read in this little book many a wise saying in modern words, full of life, fresh, real, true and good, and you shall read them now. I congratulate you 011 this opportunity, and count my friend, the author, very happy indeed so to serve this present age. Robert W. Rogers.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.