A New Testament Word

 
Where one who served the Church abode, (Rom. 16)
Who for his pride was smote by God? (Acts 12)
Whose words did Absalom disdain? (2 Sam. 17)
Who watched her sons in Gibeah slain? (2 Samuel)
Who mocked his younger brother’s claim? (Genesis 27)
Who from the dead was raised again? (Acts 9)
What did King Saul in pieces rend,
And round the coasts of Israel send? (1 Samuel 21)
Initial letters all combined produce what suffers and is “kind.”
ML-11/17/1974