Here are a few of Robert E. Hume's selections:
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Week 31 of Year 4
Chapter 2—The Divine Power and Wisdom—p.7
O God, Thou hast made the sun, eternal star,
To mount the sky, bestowing light on living men.
Thou, God, are the people's light—
Best, dearest, seated in Thy shrine. (Hinduism)
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
And His greatness is unsearchable. (Judaism)
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Week 30 of Year 4
Chapter 9—Faith and Faithfulness—p.37
He it is Who sendeth down a spirit of secure repose
into the hearts of the faithful,
that they might add faith to their faith. (Islam)
Be not faithless, but believing. (Christianity)
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Week 29 of Year 4
Chapter 31—Happiness and Joy—p.160
Weeping may endure for a night;
But joy cometh in the morning. (Judaism)
He knows the boundless joy
Which is beyond the senses,
Which the mind apprehends; and, fixed therein,
Never wavers from the truth. (Hinduism)
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Week 28 of Year 4
Chapter 11—Confession and Repentance—p.47
Those who, when they do a crime or wrong themselves,
remember God and ask forgiveness for their sins,
and do not persevere in what they did, the while they know,—
these have their reward, pardon from their Lord. (Islam)
The religion of the Wise One takes away the bonds of sin
from him who makes confession of it. (Zoroastrianism)
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Week 27 of Year 4
Chapter 32—Righteousness and Virtue—p.168
The will of the Lord is the law of righteousness. (Zoroastrianism)
The word of the Lord is right;
And all His works are done in truth.
He loveth righteousness and judgment:
The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. (Judaism)
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Week 26 of Year 4
Chapter 29—Truth and Truthfulness—p.148
God guideth into the truth. (Islam)
A fully enlightened one doth proclaim the truth
Both in its letter and in its spirit,
Lovely in its origin, lovely in its progress,
Lovely in its consummation;
The higher life doth he make known
In all its purity and in all its perfectness. (Buddhism)
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Week 25 of Year 4
Chapter 10—Sin and Evil—p.42
He did evil, because he prepared not his heart
to seek the Lord. (Judaism)
Abhor that which is evil.
Cleave to that which is good. (Christianity)
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Week 24 of Year 4
Chapter 44—Love—p.234
I feel real love for God. My doubts are dispelled. (Sikhism)
He, who loveth not, knoweth not God; for, God is love.
Beloved! If God so loved us,
We also ought to love one another. (Christianity)
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Week 23 of Year 4
Chapter 7—Adoration and Praise—p.27
Praise be to God, Lord of the heavens,
and Lord of the earth, the Lord of the worlds ! (Islam)
O Thou Adorable Righteous Friend,
O Thou Wisest of all beings for both worlds,
Be Thou to us our life and our bodily vigor! (Zoroastrianism)
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Week 22 of Year 4
Chapter 13—Salvation—p.34
O Wise Lord! O Thou Most Beneficent of beings!
In Thy grace and through Thy will may we be powerful!
Mayest Thou lay hold on us, to help with salvation! (Zoroastrianism)
[Saith the Lord:]
"Come to me as your sole refuge.
Be not grieved. I will release you from all sins." (Hinduism)
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Week 21 of Year 4
Chapter 3—The Divine Goodness and Wonder—p.11
[Saith the Lord:]
Verily, on account of compassion for them
I, Who dwell within their own souls
Destroy the darkness born of their unwisdom
By the shining lamp of wisdom." (Hinduism)
The perfect compassionate God filleth every place.
He is merciful to all, And cherisheth creatures in divers ways. (Sikhism)
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