Christian Action League
The tugging ship is unmoored; her sails are filling with the breeze;
She sniffs the spray with her nostrils; her rigging grows
taut like giant muscles; the course is set; the pilot is at the helm –
the New Year is outward bound!
We, too, are a ship.
Each New Year we sail forth upon a sea heretofore unraveled
by our humankind.
The winds of ambition fill our sail, and the waves of adversity
dash upon our decks.
We touch at ports of call – the old familiar duties; but, O, the
New ports with wealth of experiences and
color and adventure!
Sail out, O soul of mine!
That which alone matters is that the pilot has enough faith
to trust the unknown! [1]
A New Year’s Prayer: God of our fathers, we pray for a restoration of belief in old-fashioned morality. Make us to know that some things are eternally right and others everlastingly wrong. Thus may we make a beginning toward righting the wrongs of our sin-sick world. [2]
– We pray in Christ’s name, Amen
Acknowledgements
[1] Fifty Devotional Services, Paul N. Elbin, PH.D., Fleming H. Revell Company, MCML.
[2] Tomorrow Magazine, (magazine of the Allied Church League, precursor organization to the Christian Action League), Greensboro, NC, January, 1952