Hands Across The Sea

If we can clasp another's hand
Across the land and sea;
If we can lift some troubled soul
To God and set him free...

If we can rise above all creed
And know that God is Love,
If we can know that He is all
In Earth and Heaven above...

If we can dare confess our wrong,
Admit that he is right,
If we can walk the path of faith,
And radiate God's light...

If we cand do all this, my friend,
To bring His kingdom in,
Then let us clasp each other's hand
Right now, this day, begin!

Eleanor Flock

The Buzzard, The Bat, And The Bumblebee

If you put a buzzard in a pen six or eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird in spite of his ability to fly will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run as is its habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top. The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkably nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is huffle about helplessly until it comes to a slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash. A bumblebee, if droppeed into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will see a way where none exists, until it destroys itself. In many ways there are alot of people like that buzzard, the bat, and the bumblebee. they are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations, not realizing that the anwer is right the "above" them.

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