One Solitary Life

New American Prophet ^ | December 22, 2023 | Dr. Jerry Newcombe

[Rev M. Bresciani]

I once asked my grandchildren, “What were the first Christmas gifts?” And one of them showed she was on the right track….up to a point. The answer she gave was, “The first Christmas gifts were given by the wise men, and they gave to the Baby Jesus, ‘Gold, Frankenstein, and myrrh.’” Out of the mouth of babes.

[Publius]

Robert Goulet: "One Solitary Life"

[Liz]

One Solitary Life
By Rev. James Allan Francis

He was born in an obscure village,
a child of a peasant woman.
He grew up in another obscure village

where he worked in a carpenter shop
until he was thirty.

Then for three years
he was an itinerant preacher.

He never had a family.

Or owned a home.

He never set foot inside a big city.

He never traveled two hundred miles
from the place he was born.

He never wrote a book
or held an office.

He did none of the things
that usually accompany greatness.

While he was still a young man,
the tide of popular opinion
turned against him.

His friends deserted him.

He was turned over to his enemies.

He went through the mockery of a trial.

He was nailed to a cross
between two thieves.

While he was dying
his executioners gambled
for the only piece of property he had,
his coat.

When he was dead,
he was taken down
and laid in a borrowed grave.

Nineteen centuries have come and gone
and today he is still the central figure
for much of the human race.

All the armies that ever marched,

All the navies that ever sailed

And all the parliaments that ever sat

And all the kings that ever reigned

Put together have not affect the life of man

Upon this earth

As powerfully as this

One Solitary Life.

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Authorship goes back to the book entitled “The Real Jesus and Other Sermons” by Rev. James Allan Francis. Published in 1926 by Judson Press in Philadelphia (p. 123-124 “Arise Sir Knight!”).