Who gleaned in Bethlehem’s golden field
Among the waving corn:
Whose father as a “stranger” lived,
In days where he was born?
Whose little son was raised to life,
And welcomed by his mother?
Who’s written to as “my own son,”
And also called “our brother?”
Initial letters of each name
A gift of Christ will tell;
In all its fullness known in heaven,
In all its lack in hell.
ML-12/19/1976