If God preserves created things by continually recreating them they are not substances at all; if they are substances, preservation becomes an empty word, which we repeat after the theologians without giving it any real meaning.

Conrad Lagrange, with the smile and the voice of a man miraculously recreated, said quietly, "This is the place where we stop for the night.

" Nay, but a little sleep, A little folding Of petals to the lull Of quiet rainfalls Here in my garden, In angle sheltered From north and east wind Softly shall recreate The courage of charity, Henceforth not to me only Breathing the message.