Poem December 21, 1963 ISSUE

THE OPEN HAND

Pearl Strachan Hurd

Budgeting of worldly-wiseto save oneself, not freely give;stretch a pennyworth of life,strain it through dogmatic sieve,self-protect, economize—bankrupt soul!

Rather look with open eyesfearlessly on cost, and stilldare to love and dare to live.Thus will Christian achievestature above pygmy size,more than microscopic prize.

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