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"LET US RISE UP AND BUILD"

The stone we use for building Is the truth we know, Cemented with the love we have to share. Around us lies the rubble Left by ignorance and fear, And tottering walls of modern idols.

FINDING "THE PATH OF LIFE"

Sometimes the city's frantic bustle takes on a poignancy; the people seem to pass and pass untouched by hints of love. Perhaps I feel a listless twinge of saddened sympathy.

THE SHUNAMMITE

Dear Shunammite! Courageously you stood Affirming only all-persuasive good! Repudiating human evidence, Exalted vision, piercing mists of sense, Beholds reality, and down the years Enables others to surmount earth-fears. For those who conquer evil will impart New confidence to every fearful heart.

THE SERVANT

The greatest man that walked this earth Was servant; He knew the highest, deepest worth As servant. Who better knows how work is blest Than servant? To whom belongs the sweetest rest? The servant.

OUR LEADER'S PLACE

Enlarged appreciation of her thought,    Her tireless patience, and her gentle grace, Enable us to grasp the truths she taught,    To comprehend her purpose and her place. Joseph W.

LOCATE!

Where? Here! Friend, look close: beneath your feet is holy ground. Under all questions the heart longs for a people, a place in the morning light Where? Here! Look again: place is community, is one— whatever lies bright in each of us.

ANSWERED PRAYER

Self-will cannot accomplish it, nor wishful supplication, Mortal mind must be deposed through self-renunciation. Affirmation of Truth's power, denial of all other, This is the prayer that heals oneself, The prayer that heals one's brother.

JESUS WEPT

Lazarus slept. Human sense Knew it not Jesus wept.

AT EASTER

Behold, O men, Love's quickening message: Eternal life, through Christ assured By Jesus' triumph in the Spirit— A faithful witness to the Lord. Yea, all the hosts of heaven declare it! And all earth's creatures bow the knee To that unseen dynamic presence Whose truth transfigures you and me.

IMMORTALITY

Reflection of perfection Remains forever pure; Since man is this reflection His being is secure; This fact, through endless ages, Makes the resurrection sure. Edna E.