Nigh and nigh draws the chase, With unperturbed pace, Deliberate speed, majestic instancy, And past those noised Feet A Voice comes yet more fleet -- "Lo, naught contents thee, who content'st not Me."

-- "The Hound of Heaven."

"I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father." -- John xvi.28.

"I thought His love would weaken As more and more He knew me; But it burneth like a beacon, And its light and heat go through me; And I ever hear Him say, As He goes along His way, Wand'ring souls, O do come near Me; My sheep should never fear Me. I am the Shepherd true."

-- Frederick William Faber.