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Changing

When God showed favor to Isreal as a Nation,
do you know how it was in that Dispensation.
He sent signs and worked Miracles from above,
gave Mercy and Kindness with Fatherly love.
Now from the writings of the Prophets we are told,
being Gentiles, Heathens left out in the cold.
To be one of them that seemed to be right,
Convert, Observe, become a Proselyte.
But in this Dispensation it all turns around,
because in Paul's Epistles, The Body of Christ is found.
He shows us of love and God's saving Grace,
there's no difference in make up of any Nation or Race.
He tells of but one God and goes on to explain,
You're complete in Him, in the Heavens you'll reign.
For God sent His Son and His life was the cost,
to Him be the Glory, saved by the Cross.

- Edward B. Yarber, Jr.

Bible Reading

I supposed I knew my Bible,
Reading a piecemeal, hit and miss,
Now a bit of John or Matthew,
Now a snatch of Genesis,
Certain chapters of Isaiah,
Certain Psalms (the twenty-third),
Twelfth of Romans, First of Proverbs-
Yes, I thought I knew the Word!
But I found that thorough reading
Was a different thing to do,
And the way was unfamiliar
When I read the Bible through.
You who like to play at Bible,
Dip and dabble, here and there,
Just before you kneel, aweary,
And yawn through hurried prayer;
You who treat the Crown of Writings,
As you treat no other book-
Just a paragraph disjointed,
Just a crude impatient look-
Try a worthier procedure,
Try a broad and steady view;
You will kneel in very rapture
When you read the Bible through!

- Amos R Wells

Earthen vessels

God uses earthen vessels,
All battered and scarred
As clear ringing bells,
Tho' the bell is marred.

It's the music so clear
With God's message to tell,
That first catches the ear,
Not the sight of the bell.

God pulls the heart-strings
With His Message true,
That even the bell sings,
As tho' it was new.

God in a marred vessel,
Now that is a pair;
With God ringing the bell
Music fills the air.

The vessel gets older,
But polished inside.
Its sound is louder
With God there to abide.

Alive, tho' once crucified!
The sound seems to swell.
Arose to glorify!
Behold a shining bell.

2 Corinthians 4:7

--Mrs. Anna Lee Walker

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