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    Re: Sermon – 23 Jan 05
    Many thanks to a member of the congregation who sent me this poem today…

    But at the end of all, He did not say
    “Come to a solitary place apart”
    [Such as we’d chose, for silence and to pray]
    He thrust us back into life’s busy heart,
    Into the stress and strain, the rush and roar;
    Into the market place; the busy shop;
    Into the haste of commerce, stink of war;
    Into the wail of sirens; blare of ‘pop’;
    Back into the drop-out’s pad; the addict’s den;
    Back to the shanty-town; the B & B.
    He did not say, “I will equip you then
    To overcome all evil” rather He
    Said, “I am with you till the world shall end
    And everywhere you go, men shall find Me.”

    Sister Madeline

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