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Poem July 14, 1951 Issue

"I WILL HAVE MERCY, AND NOT SACRIFICE"

(Matthew 9:13)

Pearl Strachan Hurd

Mercy, not sacrifice.
Listen, each Abraham!
Listen again,
You in despair.
God saved the child then.

Ancient the ritual,
Modern the system,
Threatening the flower.
Yet love is the law still;
God is the power.

Pearl Strachan Hurd

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