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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · May 23, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 21.

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Jack-in-the-Pulpit

By Frank Dempster Sherman

In the grove's green temple he Preaches to us pleasantly, Happily interpreting The sweet gospels of the Spring. For his choir he has the birds, And their hymns of wonder-words; And the wise musician, Breeze, On the leaf and blossom keys Plays his preludes, deftly spun Out of dreams of dew and sun.
In his pulpit there he stands, With a sermon in his hands; It is from the Book of May He selects his text to-day. What a fragrant verse it is! What convincing truths are his! Joy, quoth he, is everywhere,— Sea and earth and sky and air, Forest great and wild flower small,— God with gladness touches all!
— Frank Dempster Sherman.