James Weldon Johnson - God Quotes

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Young man—Young man—Your arm's too short to box with God.

James Weldon Johnson

And God smiled again,
And the rainbow appeared,
And curled itself around his shoulder.

James Weldon Johnson

This Great God,
Like a mammy bending over her baby,
Kneeled down in the dust
Toiling over a lump of clay
Till He shaped it in His own image.

James Weldon Johnson

With his head in his hands,
God thought and thought,
Till he thought: I'll make me a man!

James Weldon Johnson

So God stepped over to the edge of the world
And He spat out the seven seas;
He batted His eyes, and the lightnings flashed;
He clapped His hands, and the thunders rolled;
And the waters above the earth came down,
The cooling waters came down.

James Weldon Johnson

And God stepped out on space,
And He looked around and said,
"I'm lonely—
I'll make me a world."

James Weldon Johnson

And far as the eye of God could see
Darkness covered everything,
Blacker than a hundred midnights.

James Weldon Johnson

Without a thought of fear — Man never had The faith in God That he has in an engineer!

James Weldon Johnson