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Oh sure, I know church.
I’ve been there before
I’ve been its keeper at the door.
And sat in a pew and listened. Or taught.
Or read, as those before me did.
Sure, I know “Church. The structure
of Truth and Love . . . ” Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures, p. 583.
Is this the church I attend?
And pray for and defend?
And how? By my daily prayers?
My willingness to serve?
Giving of my time and “heart’s rich overflow”?Minny M. Ayers, Christian Science Hymnal, No. 139.
Or am I content to just not go?
Let others pray, and serve, and give,
And in my little world I’ll live.
But “Awake!” I heard, which woke me
From this mortal dream of apathy and lack
From Him I got the call
And heard the “Welcome back!”
No stranger anymore
As I walked humbly, through the open door.
