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Below
the thoughts below read a quote from Rev. Wyrick's applauded 9th book THE
SPIRITUAL ARAHAM LINCOLN
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Our son recently had motor problems on his boat. It was a relatively easy process to heal the
matter. Just replace the ailing part.
The same, however, is not so true with man...and to make a
particular point allow me to relate the following story.
Forain,
a famous French artist had turned the pages of many calendars and now in his
old age he was growing daily more ill.
His
doctors diligently began to probe and ponder what was wrong so they could make
him again prosper with better health.
He
was examined by heart specialist, lung specialist, kidney specialist and indeed
every kind of specialist who at that time was known to man.
They
all reached the same conclusion. They
could find nothing wrong.
Whereupon Forain commented,
"Well then, from what you say, I am dying of perfect health."
And people can do that and do that. Forgetting they are both soul as well as body
they get a clean bill of health at the doctor's office but no diagnosis of a
shriveled soul.
It is an extreme statement but one made by an imminent Psychologist
and Psychiatrist of the early 20th Century; Dr C. J. Jung.
"Each of my
patients past 35 years of age have fallen ill because he has lost a religious
outlook on life. Side by side with the
decline of religious life, the neuroses grow noticeably more frequent."
Though
many if not most of you are younger than me and therefore even further removed
from what happened a century ago...I refer to a great explorer Admiral Byrd (Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., USN was an
American naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a
pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics who died in 1957)
This man of extreme courage and perseverance when he picked men to
go with him on his hazardous journeys had certain parameters that had to be
met.
A
polar expedition would push a man to his limits.
Therefore...
first he required that anyone who went with him have a firm
attitude of hope, faith and a complete trust in God.
For the questions had
to be asked and the answers positive.
Could he stand up
against overwhelming difficulties?
Could he withstand
long hard cold nights and withering arctic storms both night and day?
Could he stand being
coped up in tight spaces with other men for weeks on end?
Could he live with the
possibility that he might not survive?
Admiral Byrd knew that muscle and mind were not in themselves
enough.
He knew that to have
the best men for the task he needed to gather around him those who had the
trinity of completeness.
...which only the soul
could give.
There are those tragic souls who truly believe they are no more
than an intelligent machine, clinging to the epidermis of a minor planet called
earth...and they are thereby handicapped...and not up to handling a gentler
mother earth let alone an arctic clime.
What can be done to
improve the health of any and all upon planet earth?
Worship!
Worship?
Yes...worship...and
what is that?
"It is that which quickens the conscience to the holiness of
God, feeds the mind with the truth of God, purges the imagination by the beauty
of God, opens the heart to the love of God and devotes the will to the purpose
of God." William Temple, Nature,
Man and God
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QUOTES ON GOOD HEALTH
The
greatest wealth is health. ~Virgil
Life expectancy
would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.
~Doug Larson
A sad
soul can kill you quicker than a germ. ~John Steinbeck
Be careful
about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
Diseases
of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
~Cicero
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Below is a quote from Rev. Wyrick's 9th book
THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
It is little wonder that once the war was over,
wretched memories fed anger loud and long.
Neither side could be proud of some things that happened during the war
or at their many prison camps. The
meanness in some men had multiplied.
They felt their uniforms allowed it.
Andersonville, or Camp
Sumter as it was officially known, in
southwest Georgia
is remembered as one of the worst.
By the end of the war, it had held 50,000
prisoners on a piece of land no larger than twenty-six acres.
Some men had called pits in the ground
their home. During its short
fourteen-month existence, 13,000 soldiers who had survived in battle died in
captivity under the most terrible conditions.
When the war was over the superintendent
was hanged.
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BOOK
"Positive,
powerful utterances...skillfully enhancing our understanding and appreciation
of Lincoln
while revealing the Divine source of his strength."
Lt.
Colonel C.A. Olsen (Ret.) Asbury
College (Professor Ret.)
"The Spiritual Abraham Lincoln is
an extremely well written book that investigates what might be
termed the spiritual side of President Lincoln. It's both scholarly and very
readable. I came away impressed at Mr. Wyrick's portrayal of the President and
with an altered and enlarged vision of the man:'
William Hoffman, Award winning fiction writer; author of Blood and Guile, and
Wild Thorn
"Wyrick has authored a wonderful
examination of the spirituality of one of American history's most devoutly
religious leaders...a pleasant and readable book that has a rich depth of
information."
Maynard Pittendreigh Presbyterian
minister
"When it comes to invoking religion in
support of any of their decisions, politicians need to sit at the feet of
Abraham Lincoln. Reinhold Niebuhr once called him 'America's greatest theologian.' Why
so great? Because he invariably distinguished between human works and the works
of the Almighty. As Wyrick says, 'He wore the mantle of humility
easily: because he was more impressed with what God was doing in the world than
with what he, president of the United States in the midst of an awful crisis,
was doing. That is why in his last major speech he distinguished between both
human causes in the Civil War and the Almighty's 'own purposes.' Lincoln would have agreed
that it is better to leave God-talk out of politics than to decorate human
proposals with divinity. This is a book for our American time. Through his
careful study of Lincoln's
career, Wyrick compels us to remember that piety belongs in politics only when
piety transcends politics."
Dr.
Donald W. Shriver
Emeritus professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Author of An
Ethic for Enemies: Forgiveness in Politics
"V. Neil Wyrick's fine work allows the reader to appreciate Abraham
Lincoln's Christian commitment and his prophetic role in American history.
Should have a wide readership."
James
H. Smylie Professor
of Church History (Ret.) Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia
"Neil
Wyrick's The Spiritual Abraham Lincoln should be read by anyone attempting to understand the man who was probably
the most complex person to ever hold the office of president of the United States.
Dr. Wyrick is intent on demonstrating that the spirituality so often expressed
in Lincoln's
writings and speeches was not merely lip service to a Deity, but rather
expressions of a profound faith in a real God. It was this faith that provided
the wisdom, compassion, insight and sometimes steel that Lincoln would need in full measure as he led the United States through the Civil
War. Dr. Wyrick's clear and unpretentious style of presentation is very much in
keeping with the character ofhis subject, and in so doing, Wyrick makes his
point very well that Lincoln,
his beliefs, and the faith that formed them, are as relevant to a troubled America in 2004
as they were in 1863."
Daniel Allen Butler, author
of "Unsinkable"; The Full Story of the RMS Titanic, The Lusitania and The
Age o f Cunard
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Neil also writes for go60.us to check out his writings...
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"Voice" on the home page and then on the list of authors click
on Neil Wyrick
Recent articles Rev. Wyrick has written for this web site are:
REFLECTIONS
·
Here Comes Summer (July 2012)
·
Spring
(May 2012)
·
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow (April 2012)
·
Wayward and Windy (April 2012)
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Some of the sermon titles
posted recently on Wyrick's Writings
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BELOW ARE MORE QUOTES FROM NEIL'S RECENTLY POSTED SERMONS
on Wyrick's Writings
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A QUOTE FROM THOUGHTS POSTED ON MY
OTHER BLOG WYRICK'S WRITINGS ENTITLED
Two stores faced each other across a very
busy street. Their owners were in constant competition
with each other. One day, the owner of
one store put out a sign that read – If
you want it, we have it!
Almost immediately the other owner put out a
sign –If we don’t have it, you don’t
need it!
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HIS WORLD FAMOUS ONE MAN DRAMATIZATIONS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BEN FRANKLIN, CHARLES WESLEY AND MARTIN LUTHER
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SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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