Here are a few of Robert E. Hume's selections:
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Week 10 of Year 5
Chapter 2—The Divine Power and Wisdom—p.7
Saith the Lord:
"As the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are MY ways higher than your ways,
And MY thoughts than your thoughts." (Judaism)
O Lord, Thou art wise. Thou art far-seeing.
It is only Thou Who givest wisdom. (Sikhism)
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Week 9 of Year 5
Chapter 32—Righteousness and Virtue—p.168
As riches adorn a house, so virtue adorns the person. (Confucianism)
Righteousness was declared for the aggrandizement
And growth of all creatures.
Therefore what brings on advancement
And growth is righteousness. (Hinduism)
Week 8 of Year 5
Chapter 45—Serving Others—p.245
Let all your words be good for benefiting others
According to the need of the moment,
So that they may be a means of blessing to the hearers. (Christianity)
He who strives to grasp the Teaching
Lights up the world—
As the moon from a cloud released
Lights up the night. (Buddhism)
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Week 7 of Year 5
Chapter 33—Duty—p.176
Perform all thy duties with thy hands.
But let thy heart be with God. (Sikhism)
Thus you will keep a sound body and a sound mind.
Fulfill your duties,
and work out your alloted span. (Taoism)
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Week 6 of Year 5
Chapter 34—Self-dedication and Divine Benediction—p.179
May the Blessed One receive us
From this day forth while our life lasts,
As His disciples who have taken refuge in Him! (Buddhism)
Serve Him to Whom belong our souls and lives. (Sikhism)
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Week 5 of Year 5
Chapter 8—Trust and Guidance—p.32
In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust.
Deliver me in Thy righteousness. Lead me and guide me.
Thou art my strength. Into Thine hand I commit my spirit.
Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
I trusted in Thee, O Lord. Thou art my God! (Judaism)
O our Lord! In Thee do we trust. To Thee do we turn.
To Thee shall we come back at the last. (Islam)
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Week 4 of Year 5
Chapter 3—The Divine Goodness and Wonder—p.11
The perfect compassionate God filleth every place.
He is merciful to all, And cherisheth creatures in divers ways. (Sikhism)
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.
The Lord is good to all.
And His tender mercies are over all His works. (Judaism)
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Week 3 of Year 5
Chapter 21—Self-examination and Self-control—p.108
A brother who warns another should consider:
"Am I pure in the conduct of my body ?
Am I pure in the conduct of my speech,
Pure therein without a flaw, without a fleck? (Buddhism)
The disease of men is this:
That they neglect their own fields,
And go to weed the fields of others; (Confucianism)
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Week 2 of Year 5
Chapter 14—Rewards and Punishments—p.59
[Saith the Lord:]
"Whosoever, whether male or female, worketh righteousness
and is a true believer—
we will surely raise to a happy life;
and we will give them their reward
according to the utmost merit of their actions." (Islam)
Verily, there is a reward for the righteous.
Verily, there is a God Who judgeth in the earth. (Judaism)
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Week 1 of Year 5
Chapter 34—Self-dedication and Divine Benediction—p.179
O Wise Lord! O Righteousness fair!
This then would we choose:
That we may think and speak and do
The best deeds for this world and the next. (Zoroastrianism)
When man hath love and devotion, and is himself lowly,
It is then he obtaineth salvation. (Sikhism)
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