In this short but beautiful collection of poetry, Herbert devised 116 new poetic forms to capture his experiences of awe, sorrow, glory, turmoil, repentance, and heart-rending joy, all of it dedicated to God, not man. And here the beauty of the subject is wedded to the beauty of his craft." ~ John Piper, Introduction Look Inside the BookĪlthough George Herbert was a pastor of a small remote church in Elizabethan England, he came to fame because of a small collection of poems called The Temple. We don’t have a single sermon that he ever preached. The central theme of his poetry was the redeeming love of Christ, and he labored with all his literary might to see it clearly, feel it deeply, and show it strikingly. It was for him a way of seeing and savoring and showing the wonders of Christ. "Herbert loved crafting language in new and powerful ways.
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