Title: High and Holy Beauty
Review: A. W. Tozer has given us quite a gift in this little volume. He has chosen these poems on two criteria: first, beauty, and Tozer is a fine judge of lyrical beauty. Second, he states that those chosen must be those that knew God in a deeply personal (not simply religious or intellectual) way.I am especially thankful that this volume introduced me to the wonderful verse of Gerhard Tersteegen, a German layman of the early 1700's. For some reason, his poems resonate deeply with my soul. An example:Let Him lead thee blindfold onwards,Love needs not to know;Children whom the Father leadethAsk not where they go.Though the path be all unknownOver moors and mountains lone.Give no ear to reason's questions;Let the blind man holdThat the sun is but a fableMen believed of old.At the breast the babe will grow;Whence the milk he need not know.I only wish this volume had included some poems from George Herbert. Perhaps Tozer was not familiar with that great man.
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