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GRATITUDE
(On seeing photograph of farmer among his crops giving thanks for rain)
Sky cannotroof insuch rushof summer joy:I hear you shoutin the sudden rainwashing your eyes.Heart is healedof all drought.You stand on your ownsoil—drenched,your happy handsspread wide.Days are rinsed clean;roots drink again.
Whether or notthey asked you to—the fact is you did;and we shall recalla man standingout in it allgetting wetfor what he loved.I honor you.Under all skiesgratitude distills:heart needs Soul'ssmall rainto sweeten its intent,to wash it through and through.

August 21, 1965 issue
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"Stand ye still"
JEANNE ROE PRICE
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Perfection: The Basis of True Being
HARRY DE LASAUX
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A Higher Standard of Loving
DOROTHY H. JONES
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GRATITUDE
Godfrey D. C. John
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Error Cannot Talk
DELORES M. COLEMAN
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Dominion over Fear
CORNELIA JOYCE HALEY
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The Value of the Hymnal
ARTHUR ROY BEDIENT
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Opportunity Is Perpetual
Helen Wood Bauman
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Statements That Heal
Carl J. Welz
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"Let the redeemed of the Lord...
Maria Buchliconzett
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About thirty-five years ago I...
Irene M. Bienfang
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It is with a heart filled with gratitude...
Marilyn Kroeger
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I was brought up in Christian Science...
Dorothy C. Rhea
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Truly "man's extremity is God's...
Walter Otis Gaines
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A bible promise reads, "Blessed...
Florrie Williams
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I wish to express my gratitude...
Lottie Anderson
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Signs of the Times
Laton E. Holmgren