Poems

GUESTS

Carol Earle Chapin

Called to the marriage feast!What joy is ours to stepto Soul's immortal music!Have you put on your wedding garment?

Preoccupied disciples cityward;the scene—beyond the walls at dusty wellcatching the golden light of noonday sun—the Master's thoughtful innocence, alone,at rest, in quiet obedience to his God,uplifting thought above all hungering flesh.

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Freedom Song

ELEANOR YOUNG CLAPP

God showed Moses how to be free.

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THE TRUE BREAD

B. Lois McKay

"Be ready always to give an answerto every man," I Pet.

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FACING "IMPOSSIBLE" TASKS

Vera Sohr Kelly

Father,

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THE DAMASCUS ROAD

Barbara L. Kelly

To visit Damascusand walk the road Paul walkedthe tourist in me yearned,but the Christian knewI have traveled that roadwhich leads to binding neighborswith strands of misconception,and seen that lightwhich, making blindness felt,advances the new birth.

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YOU ARE ON WATCH

William B. Lynch

In a silent moment listening,patient tears embracing,His steady, voiceless answercameto years of quiet asking,

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TRY TO SEE

Alfredonia Thomas Lambert

You have walked away from a lot of things,but you never can walk away from Truth,that's a sure thing;

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PRACTITIONER'S PHONE

Beulah M. Roegge

The central corethat axis,focal point and cementof every day,whose ring calls thoughtfrom where it may have strayedor elicits a message already on the lips.