Driftwood / Esteb, Adlai Albert / (HB/1947-1947/TAN/B+/USED)

*Condition Note: Author has signed and dated.*

Author-signed and dated copy. This is a collection of the best-loved verses and newest poems by Adlai A. Esteb, including translations of Chinese poetry. In his inimitable style the author gives us religious and nature poems, sonnet sermonets, and some of his matchless "casual" rhymes.

You will smile pensively as you read "The Ant's Evangelism." You will reflect thoughtfully as you recall "Mother Love." You will live joyfully with the thought that we are "Nearing Home." Yes, you will thrill to and love every line of Driftwood.

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: RELIGIOUS AND NATURE POEMS
Driftwood
Ambassadors for Christ
A Prayer
Angels of Mercy
A Preacher's Prayer
A Sunrise Inspiration
Barrenness
Motivation
A Lost Coin
Bless the Lord
Christ's "Other Sheep"
The Second Mile
Christ Within
Arousing From Youth's Dreams
Commencement Hour
Find the Master in the Morning
Gethsemane
Forgiveness
Forward
"Give Me Thine Heart"
God in Nature
Do You Care?
Little Gifts
Happy New Year
Hope
Knocking
In the Mount With God
Leaves Only
Let Us Now Go to Bethlehem
Kindness
God's Laymen
I'm Thankful
Love
Greatness
Imagination
More "Signs" More Souls
Mother is Growing Gray
My Morning Supplication
Morning Manna
Mother Love
Nearing Home
Autumn
No Beauty Apart From God
Mary's Box of Alabaster
"No Room for Them"
O Church of Christ, Arise!
Lord, Teach Us to Pray
On the Hills
Our Hour
The Call of Service
Portrait of Sinner or Saint
The Harvest of the Years
The Mind--Man's Empire
The Blessing of Friendship
Planting a Tree
New Life in Death Valley
The Pastoral Watchman
Power
Perseverance
The Raindrop
Words
Windows
The Price We Pay
Youth Dreams
Stir Me
The Star of Hope
Burning Questions
Our Flag
The Song of the Tree
A Lesson From Palestine
My Calvary
Like Him and for Him
The Minister
Vision
Down From the Mount
A Field of Sunflowers
Workers for Christ
The Great Wall of China
Too Blind to See
The Greed for Gold
Loyalty
The Pioneers

SECTION II: SONNET SERMONETS
Darts of Truth
Faith, Hope, and Love
Faith in God
"I Will Come Again"
Life's Choral Hymn
Obedience
Our Heavenly Home
Sin
Spiritual Vision
The Bible, the Word of God
The Challenge of the Hour
The Judgment
The Resurrection
The Sabbath
The Vision of Youth
The Will to Run
"Thy Kingdom Come"
Walking With Christ
Walk in the Light
"Watchman, What of the Night?"

SECTION III: CASUAL RHYMES
Comforting the Sick
Gratitude for Artists
Gypsy Blood
A Burning Message
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Mercurochrome
My Doctor
The Spider Web
The Hidden Church
Father
Life's Journey
When Father Is Ill
When Itinerating's Over
When the Shoe Fits
When the Doctor Took the Count
Books
Some Things to Think About
Faces
Birthdays
The Keystone of Character
Only One Mother
The Afterglow
Missing in Action
To a Friend
Deeper Ploughing
The Ant's Evangelism
Dorcas
Billboard Liquor Ads
The Blessings of Work

SECTION IV: MY TRIBUTE TO CHINA'S GREAT POETS
My Tribute
Midautumn
An Autumn Evening Message to Ch'iu
A Village Scene at Sunset
Lodging Alone in a Bamboo Grove
Emotions in a River Tower
New Year's Day
Evening Prayer
Old Chinese Proverbs
Rich Robes or Red Roses
Moonbeams Bring Memories of Home
The Last Day of Spring
Sleeping in Spring
Sorrowing O'er Spring's Departure
The End of Spring
The Evening of Life
The Snow and the Plum Blossoms
The Rivalry of the Snow and the Plum Blossoms
"Till Death Do Us Part"
Vision
Waiting
"The Kingdom of God Is Within You"
War
A Day in Spring

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