tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post116564525580944285..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: MLK and the apple treebyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1165766016519591432006-12-10T15:53:00.000+00:002006-12-10T15:53:00.000+00:00Nope - no reference - it was my memory originally,...Nope - no reference - it was my memory originally, and I relied on that commentator (see my post) who gave me the original. Perhaps we should send him an e-mail to get the source!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1165754961419801452006-12-10T12:49:00.000+00:002006-12-10T12:49:00.000+00:00byron,i feel quite useless in the face of such dee...byron,<BR/>i feel quite useless in the face of such deep and heavy things. this poem/hymn cuts to my quick at such times, and i'd like to pass it on [were that any words of mine could ever be this beautiful].<BR/>many, many prayers,<BR/>nic<BR/><BR/><BR/>My goal is God Himself - not joy, nor peace<BR/>Nor even blessing, but Himself, My God.<BR/>'Tis His to lead me there, not mine, but His - <BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1165717069063407802006-12-10T02:17:00.000+00:002006-12-10T02:17:00.000+00:00Rev Sam - I too had thought it was Luther, but do ...Rev Sam - I too had thought it was Luther, but do you have a reference? I did a little web-scouring and most places seemed to indicate that it has been widely attributed to Luther, but first appears in 1944 attributed to a priest named Karl Lotz (see e.g. <A HREF="http://www.hewletts.org/archives/thoughts/000255.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>) and that it was MLK who popularised it. I wonder byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1165686740274200462006-12-09T17:52:00.000+00:002006-12-09T17:52:00.000+00:00Thanks to Rev. Sam. I am something of a King scho...Thanks to Rev. Sam. I am something of a King scholar and wasn't familiar with this quote. However, it has his spirit so perhaps he quoted his namesake at some point.Michael Westmoreland-White, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06343135380354344847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1165669915152525642006-12-09T13:11:00.000+00:002006-12-09T13:11:00.000+00:00It's a quote that means a lot to me, but it's the ...It's a quote that <A HREF="http://elizaphanian.blogspot.com/2006/06/words-of-genius.html" REL="nofollow">means a lot to me</A>, but it's the original Luther, not MLK. A kind commenter on my blog posted the original: "Und wenn ich wüsste, dass morgen die Welt in tausend Stücke zerbräche, ich würde heute noch einen Baum pflanzen.":<I>When I would know, that tomorrow the world will break up in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com