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“Minute of Meditation: Let’s meet each other on that beautiful shore!”
Joseph Webster walked wearily into the little drugstore in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. It was a lovely day in the late fall of 1867, but Webster looked as though he had lost his best friend. His problems had gotten the best of him, and his mood was heavy.
The owner of the little shop was Samuel Bennett, thirty-one, who not only filled prescriptions—he sometimes wrote them. On this day, he had just filled the prescription for his discouraged friend.
After listening carefully to Webster’s accumulated burdens, he picked up his pen and began writing on a 5 x 7 piece of paper. In a few minutes he handed his friend a poem, one he had composed on the spot.
There’s a land that is fairer than day, And by faith we can see it afar
For the Father waits over the way, To prepare us a dwelling place there.
In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
Let’s make it part of our life’s goal to meet each other on that beautiful shore!
I am Mark T. Tonkery with a minute of meditation from the Camden Ave. church of Christ where you are always welcome.
