Poem April 14, 1986 ISSUE

Modern Nehemiahs

See Nehemiah, chapters 3–6.

KERRY M. KNOBELSDORFF

We've been building our wall.Rock-strong.It will stand.A barrier to foes, a monument to love.Error's lies and silly plots(trying to lure us away from the work only we can do)—failed!

Undismayed most of the time ("O God, strengthen my hands"),we continue to build. ("Why should the work cease,whilst I leave it, and come down to you?")

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