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\"\"There is a very old man
\nWhom the Lord took by his hand
\nAnd taught him things
\nAbout the churches in the land.
\nExcept for his wife,
\nHe stands all alone.
\nNo one comes by
\nOr calls on the phone.
\nHe and his wife
\nAre at the end of their life.
\nIt won’t be long until they say
\nTootle loo\u2014the song is all gone.
\nThey will be home,
\nWith the Lord in Heaven above,
\nSurrounded by Christ,
\nAnd held in His love.
\nAmen.<\/strong>
\n Tom (August 2017)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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