Poems

"Father, I will go," I said; "At Your bidding I will venture out, and will do Your will; Perform all things diligently at Your behest, Relinquish my own desires, reservations, deepest yearnings, To do Your will, Yours only. I will travel to whatever far country You send me, Leaving home and hearth, kith and loving kin, Sheltered garden, worn paths, known ways, Loved landmarks, safe grooves, sure resting places.

Father, if they only knew the dear rewards which come from serving You— if they could only find the blessings You so bountifully give; the peace of mind, the inspiration bright, the inner song, the life unburdened, free from sense of wrong— then would they understand how small the price, how large the good that flows into our lives from sacrifice. Jean Moulton Immerwahr.

Prayer is poetry, the perfect statement Of God's infinity, of His great goodness; Each word forged as Truth's sword, Shaped and sharpened to meet the need. Sure as singing, bright as sunshine, Erasing error, dispelling darkness; Question no longer question, But affirmation complete and whole.

"And a man shall be As an hiding place from the wind, And a covert from the tempest; As rivers of water in a dry place, As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. " Prophecy is fulfilled.

We do not stand alone at the open door To watch the earth unfurl to the sun's plow, But share the prophecy of the harvest's store In the frail petals uncurling on the bough, The countdown of the scents on the warm wind's way; The lilacs, then the Madonna lilies' musk: The mowing and the stacking of the hay. We are not alone in the early autumn dusk.

Gales tore at the ship, lifted waves to heights terrifying to trembling hearts. But Love proved adequate, adequate to still the storm.

Master: Although you called no home on earth your own, we know you found the peace and joys of home with God, the Father, whom you pleased so well. Wherever His wisdom led— by the Sea of Galilee to feed four thousand men; along the highway bordering Jericho to restore Bartimaeus' sight or alone upon the mount to meditate and pray— you found man's true home to be where Love unfolds the healing way.

To read as Ezra read, With words distinct and clear To reach the listening ear And help men understand. This is my task.

"The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. " What order? In tender solicitude God made Melchizedek a priest forever, a prince of peace, without father or mother, burdened with no tedious genealogy of flesh and blood heredity, unfettered by time.

When Jesus came from Galilee To John to be baptized, The Baptist was inspired to see His holy thought and realized His innate grace and purity. The Jordan River gently flowed As Jesus claimed the cleansing rite, The deep humility he showed Forthwith engendered spiritual light To shine upon his earthly road.