Poetry for the Soul: 700 Best Loved Christian Poems

This beautiful volume brings together the most treasured of the Christian church's poetry. Its seven hundred poems span more than one thousand years and cover themes and situations relevant to every life. In addition to beloved classics, Poetry for the Soul includes contemporary favorites.To make this treasury of great poetry especially accessible, Poetry for the Soul organizes the poems into nine main sections: In Touch with God; The World We Live In; The Pilgrim's Way; Jesus the Christ; The Holy Spirit and the Church; Daily Life; Person to Person; Time and Eternity; and Pen Portraits.For even more ease of use, these sections are further divided into seventy subsections (such as God's Mercy and Forgiveness, Sickness and Suffering, Parents and Children, and Heaven) .Full indexes and brief biographies of the poets make this a reference work as well as a treasure store of the best of English poetry from the seventh century to the present day.