Poem September 12, 1964 Issue

THE HEART MAKES READY

Mildred E. Kendall

Here in this place of communion,
swept clean and made ready,
the heart grows quiet
observing its own Passover,
steady in prayer and hymns of praise,
partaking of the bread of Life,
forsaking sin,
and drinking of the Master's cup—
sign that the rebel will bends low
in humble tithe of sacrifice.

Then every anguished, yearning thought
grows mild. Touched by the Father's love
and taught of Him, how wise and meek
the child! How tenderly His grace enfolds,
how freedom takes the hand,
and leads the heart, baptized,
to higher land!

Mildred E. Kendall

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