<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/margaret-elizabeth-sangster/the-old-church/" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 1.125rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 82, 165);"><b>The Old Church</b></a><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="excerpttext" style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">by Margaret Sangster</span></p><p class="excerpttext" style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">It</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word1">lifteth</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word2">its</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word3">gray</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word4">old</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word5">spire</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word6">from</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word7">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word8">heart</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word9">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word10">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word11">busy</span><span id="word12">town,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word13">Pointing</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word14">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word15">thoughts</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word16">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word17">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word18">people</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word19">from</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word20">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word21">things that</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word23">bind</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word24">men</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word25">down—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="excerpttext" style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word26"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">Up</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word27">from</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word28">toil</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word29">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word30">temptation,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word31">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word32">struggle</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word33">for</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word34">daily</span><span id="word35">bread,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word36">To</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word37">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word38">blessed</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word39">Father</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word40">in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word41">heaven,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word42">to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word43">whom</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word44">our</span><span id="word45">prayers</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word46">are</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word47">said,—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="excerpttext" style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word48"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">Who</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word49">knoweth</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word50">what</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word51">we</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word52">have</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word53">need</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word54">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word55">before</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word56">it</span><span id="word57">passeth</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word58">our</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word59">lips,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word60">Who</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word61">pitieth</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word62">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word63">forgiveth</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word64">our</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word65">frailty</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word66">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word67">our</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word68">slips!</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word69"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">A</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word70">century</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word71">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word72">a</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word73">quarter</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word74">dream-like</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word75">has</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word76">flitted</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word77">away</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word78">Since</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word79">they</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word80">laid</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word81">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word82">stone</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word83">in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word84">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word85">corner,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word86">one</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word87">sunny</span><span id="word88">summer</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word89">day.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word90"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">Grave</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word91">men</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word92">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word93">stately</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word94">matrons</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word95">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word96">rosy</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word97">children</span><span id="word98">stood,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word99">While</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word100">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word101">minister</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word102">sought</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word103">a</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word104">blessing</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word105">for</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word106">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word107">church</span><span id="word108">they</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word109">built</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word110">in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word111">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word112">wood—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word113"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">That</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word114">thither,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word115">for</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word116">peace</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word117">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word118">comfort,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word119">might</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word120">throng</span><span id="word121">from</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word122">many</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word123">lands</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word124">Those</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word125">who</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word126">should</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word127">after</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word128">worship</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word129">in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word130">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word131">house</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word132">not</span><span id="word133">made</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word134">with</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word135">hands.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word136"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">As</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word137">it</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word138">rose</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word139">in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word140">its</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word141">fair</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word142">proportions,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word143">higher</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word144">from</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word145">day</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word146">to</span><span id="word147">day,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word148">In</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word149">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word150">shade</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word151">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word152">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word153">forest</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word154">round</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word155">it,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word156">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word157">children</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word158">came</span><span id="word159">to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word160">play!</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word161"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">To-day</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word162">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word163">birds</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word164">are</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word165">singing</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word166">from</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word167">their</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word168">nests</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word169">in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word170">the</span><span id="word171">dusky</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word172">eaves;</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word173">Then</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word174">shook</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word175">their</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word176">matins</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word177">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word178">vespers</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word179">out</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word180">from</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word181">the</span><span id="word182">rustling</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word183">leaves.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word184"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">Vanished</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word185">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word186">quiet</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word187">forest!</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word188">In</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word189">its</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word190">place</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word191">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word192">restless</span><span id="word193">town,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word194">With</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word195">its</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word196">hive-like</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word197">hum</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word198">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word199">bustle,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word200">its</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word201">houses</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word202">smoky</span><span id="word203">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word204">brown!</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word205"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">The</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word206">church</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word207">in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word208">its</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word209">green</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word210">enclosure</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word211">has</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word212">only</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word213">room</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word214">for</span><span id="word215">graves,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word216">And</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word217">over</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word218">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word219">mossy</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word220">tombstones</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word221">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word222">graceful</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word223">willow</span><span id="word224">waves!</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word225"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">Here</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word226">sleep</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word227">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word228">men</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word229">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word230">women</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word231">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word232">a</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word233">hundred</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word234">years</span><span id="word235">ago,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word236">Folded</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word237">in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word238">silent</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word239">slumber,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word240">neath</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word241">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word242">sunlight</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word243">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word244">the</span><span id="word245">snow.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word246"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">Out</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word247">from</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word248">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word249">grand</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word250">old</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word251">spire</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word252">still</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word253">tolls</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word254">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word255">bell</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word256">for</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word257">the</span><span id="word258">dead;</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word259">Still</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word260">merrily</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word261">peals</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word262">its</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word263">music</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word264">for</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word265">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word266">happy</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word267">hearts</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word268">of</span><span id="word269">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word270">wed.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word271"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">From</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word272">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word273">ancient</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word274">oaken</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word275">pulpit</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word276">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word277">message</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word278">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word279">God</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word280">is</span><span id="word281">given,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word282">And</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word283">from</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word284">Sabbath</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word285">to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word286">Sabbath</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word287">are</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word288">sinners</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word289">pointed</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word290">to</span><span id="word291">hope</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word292">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word293">heaven.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word294"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">The</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word295">mourner</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word296">findeth</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word297">comfort,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word298">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word299">weary</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word300">findeth</span><span id="word301">calm;</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word302">And</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word303">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word304">sorely</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word305">wounded</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word306">spirit</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word307">is</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word308">soothed</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word309">with</span><span id="word310">Gilead's</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word311">balm.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word312"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">Here</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word313">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word314">stranger's</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word315">eye</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word316">may</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word317">brighten</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word318">as</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word319">he</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word320">sees</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word321">the</span><span id="word322">greeting</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word323">word:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word324">"Ever</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word325">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word326">stranger</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word327">is</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word328">welcome</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word329">in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word330">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word331">dwelling</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word332">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word333">the</span><span id="word334">Lord!"</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word335"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">And</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word336">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word337">rich</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word338">and</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word339">poor</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word340">together</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word341">to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word342">mingle</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word343">worship</span><span id="word344">come</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word345">As</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word346">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word347">children</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word348">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word349">One</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word350">Father—all</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word351">bound</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word352">for</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word353">one</span><span id="word354">sweet</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word355">home.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word356"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">Long</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word357">may</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word358">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word359">dear</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word360">old</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word361">spire,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word362">from</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word363">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word364">heart</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word365">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word366">the</span><span id="word367">busy</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word368">town,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word369">Lift</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word370">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word371">thought</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word372">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word373">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word374">people</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word375">from</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word376">all</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word377">that</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word378">binds</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word379">it</span><span id="word380">down,—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word381"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">From</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word382">wealth</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word383">they</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word384">must</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word385">leave</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word386">behind</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word387">them,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word388">when</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word389">low</span><span id="word390">they</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word391">lie</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word392">in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word393">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word394">mold,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word395">To</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word396">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word397">city</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word398">whose</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word399">walls</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word400">are</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word401">jasper,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word402">whose</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word403">streets</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word404">are</span><span id="word405">paved</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word406">with</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word407">gold;</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word408"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">Where</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word409">we</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word410">hope</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word411">at</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word412">last</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word413">to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word414">gather,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word415">lifting</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word416">our</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word417">songs</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word418">of</span><span id="word419">praise,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word420">Where</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word421">never</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word422">a</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word423">shade</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word424">shall</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word425">darken</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word426">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word427">sunlight</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word428">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word429">our</span><span id="word430">days;</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span id="word431"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;">And</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word432">no</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word433">voices</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word434">with</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word435">tears</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word436">along</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word437">them</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word438">shall</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word439">tremble</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word440">in</span><span id="word441">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word442">chord</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br><span id="word443">Of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word444">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word445">hallelujahs</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word446">rising</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word447">in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word448">that</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word449">temple</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word450">of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word451">the</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="word452">Lord.</span></span></p></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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