GOSSIP TOWN
"Falsehood Bay," Are fadened with "Don't you Tell!" In the midst of the town is "Telltale Park;" You're never quite safe while there. For its owner is "Madam Suspicious Remark," Who lives on the "Street Don't Care." Just back of the park is "Slanderer's Row;" 'Twas there that "Good Name" died, Pierced by a shaft from jealousy's bow, In the hands of "Envious Pride." From "Gossip Town," peace long since fled But trouble and grief and woe, And sorrow and care, you'll meet instead, If ever you chance to go. But it is not healthy in "Gossip Town," And I will not follow you there, I would rather live on "Thanksgiving Street," In the house that is called "Alt Prayer." loved. Again, in these hours of deep grief we may turn to our God who is able to fill the vacuum which has been left, with His own encompassing and filling love through communion and fellowship with the Lord in prayer. Is not this what the Psalmist meant when he said, “My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him” (Psalm 62:5). And we refer you to Psalm 63:1 for the words, “0 God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.” This same thought is what the Psal mist has in mind in Psalm 42:8 when he sets down “Yet the Lord will com mand his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.” But God not only supplies His own (Continued on next page) 13
Have you ever heard of "Gossip Town." On the shore of "Falsehood Bay," Where old "Dame Rumor," with rustling gown, Is going the livelong day? It isn't far to "Gossip Town" For people who want to go; The "Idleness Train" will take you down In just an hour or so. The "Thoughtless Road" is a popular route. And most folk start that way; But it's steep down grade— if you don't look out— You'll land in "Falsehood Bay." You glide through the valley of "Vicious Talk," Turn into the "Tunnel of Hate." Then, crossing the "Add-to Bridge," you walk Right into the city gate. The principal street is called, "They Say" And "I've Heard" is the public well. And the breezes that blow from The Need to be Loved (continued) drawn thee.” If I understand the truth of this Scripture at all, I am convinced that God’s affection for us can be ex perienced as a reality of sensory percep tion. But there are many married situa tions where partners are unhappy, homes where love is one-sided or where love is gone. There are many wives whose husbands no longer love them, and husbands who no longer feel the love of their wives. If you are a Chris tian and find yourself in such a sit uation, God has an answer for you: your prayer life and your deep com munion with Jesus Christ can be every thing you need for emotional stability and health. Psychologists tell us also that situa tions of extended grief, resulting from bereavement of our loved ones, are bas ically an attack upon our security, cut ting us off, as it were, from feeling
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