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[bodytext] =>  Afflicted with scoliosis, a disease That bends and curves the sufferer’s body low- She suffered silently and without cease And sorrow marked her pale and wrinkled brow. Bent over, crooked and curved the woman went Avoiding crowds on her laborious way Remembering not when she could upright stand When Jesus called her on a Sabbath Day. In pity He did call her unto Him To lay His hands upon the woman’s head As she reached out to touch His garment’s seam Contorted as she was, grotesque and sad. His hands upon her now the Savior laid While scribes stood watching full of craft and guile As suddenly the women stood up straight Erect, and with a beatific smile. But lo! The squabblers started to revile The Savior for the wondrous healing deed They murmured, nettled and began to rile: “Its wrong on Sabbath day the sick to treat” “To heal on Sabbath is against the Law”! They murmured angrily and in dismay “Let the authorities conclusions draw And punish him that heals on Sabbath Day”. “She‘s Abraham’s daughter too“ the Savior spoke “Your hardened hearts wish not that she be healed Though cruel was her burden and her yoke-- But I tell you that -Yes, - the Father willed”! They slinked away with jaundiced spleen and bile: “He broke the Sabbath yet again“! they nagged- The women with a grateful radiant smile Would henceforth go her way, her frame erect. The Savior‘s eyes digressed as He foresaw In far-off days poor women lowly bent By arbitrary institutional Law And seeing it - His tender heart was rent. [comments] => 2 [counter] => 191 [topic] => 11 [informant] => Elizabeth_Dandy [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 4 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => ChristianPoetry )
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