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I may just wind up permanently speechless.
"There are some things the president can do; there are some things the government can do," Smith told about 300 worshippers during a rollicking two-hour service. "But God can do all things. I want you to know he's never late. He's always on time."
Rice later echoed the call for patience.
"The Lord is going to come on time — if we just wait," she said.
Dr. Rice, and Rev. Smith for that matter, should be assigned remedial reading: MLK's "Letter from Birmingham Jail," in which he discusses "the myth of time."
"There are some things the president can do; there are some things the government can do," Smith told about 300 worshippers during a rollicking two-hour service. "But God can do all things. I want you to know he's never late. He's always on time."
Rice later echoed the call for patience.
"The Lord is going to come on time — if we just wait," she said.
Dr. Rice, and Rev. Smith for that matter, should be assigned remedial reading: MLK's "Letter from Birmingham Jail," in which he discusses "the myth of time."
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The relevant passage is this:
"Such an attitude stems from a tragic misconception of time, from the strangely rational notion that there is something in the very flow of time that will inevitably cure all ills. Actually, time itself is neutral; it can be used either destructively or constructively. More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will."