Poem January 16, 1965 ISSUE

"I HAVE CALLED YOU FRIENDS"

John 15:15

Mildred E. Kendall

Thus spoke Jesus to his disciples,who had left all to follow him—tenderly spoke, knowing their yearning,their weary struggles, their honest hearts."I have called you friends."

How instant was his handoutstretched to Peter, essaying to walk on theboisterous sea! To the multitude who came tohear him and be healed: the lame, the halt, the blind,the leper, and the penitent.

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