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SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR.
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RALEIGH, N. C. SEPTEMBER 26, 1918
Christ the Builder
J could hold within my hand
The hammer Jesus swung,
Not all the gold in all the land,
Nor jewels countless as the sand,
All in the balance flung'
Could weigh the value of that thing
Round which His fingers once did cling.
If I could have the table He
Once made in Nazareth,
Not all the pearls in all the seas
Nor crowns of kings or kings to be
As long as men have breath
Could buy that thing of wood He made
The Lord of lords who learned a trade.
Yea, but His hammer still is shown
By honest hands that toil,
And 'round His table men sit down,
And all are equals, with a crown
Nor Gold nor pearls can soil;
The shop of Nazareth Was bare
But brotherhood was builded there.
Dr. Charles M. Sheldon, in "Speeches of the
Flying Squadron."
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