ENDURANCE

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="0440eb82ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <div> "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS"</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-528/The_old_rugged_cross.mid" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> <B>SOUND CONTROL</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="food for thought 3 homepage"><B>BACK TO HOMEPAGE</B></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GUESTBOOK"><B>VISIT GUESTBOOK</B></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="043b85f1ermwup.jpg"> <div> <B>FOOD FOR THOUGHT INSPIRATIONS</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>ENDURANCE</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="220" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 769 WIDTH="216"><div> <B>"ENDURANCE"</B></div> <div> <B>A vision that my mind has seen,</B> </div> <div> <B>The cross where Jesus died;</B> </div> <div> <B>He, stretched upon its hefty beam</B> </div> <div> <B>So painfully crucified!</B></div> <div> <B>I vow myself to view Him there,</B> </div> <div> <B>His body limp and pale-</B> </div> <div> <B>From all the pain He came to bear</B> </div> <div> <B>With every driven nail!</B></div> <div> <B>I set my sight on Calvary</B> </div> <div> <B>Where once my Lord was slain,</B> </div> <div> <B>If He suffered in this deed for me,</B> </div> <div> <B>Can't I endure my pain?</B></div> <div> <B>So when I feel my misery,</B> </div> <div> <B>My thoughts go back to bear</B> </div> <div> <B>The scene I see at Calvary,</B> </div> <div> <B>And my Savior clinging there!</B></div> <div> <B>And all my troubles seem to fade</B> </div> <div> <B>While peace fills up my heart;</B> </div> <div> <B>For all the promises that He made-</B> </div> <div> <B>From my bosom never part.</B></div> <div> <B>William E. Hardison</B> </div> <div> <B>copyrights recorded</B></div> <div>   <div align="center"> <div style="padding:0px; border:1px solid #999999; width:235px; margin: 0px;background-color:#F2F4FA;"> <form action="http://pub2.bravenet.com/elist/add.php" method="post" style="margin:0px;"> <div style="background-color:#DBE0F5;padding:3px;font:12px arial;color:black;"><b>Join the Mailing List</b></div> <div style="margin:10px; font: 11px arial; color: black; text-align:right;"> <div style="margin-bottom:5px;">Enter your name and email address below:</div> Name: <input type="text" name="ename" size="25" maxlength="60" /><br> Email: <input type="text" name="emailaddress" size="25" maxlength="100" /><br> <input type="radio" name="action" value="join" checked style="border: 0px;"/>Subscribe  <input type="radio" name="action" value="leave" style="border: 0px;" />Unsubscribe  <input type="hidden" name="usernum" style="border: 0px solid black; height: 0px; width: 0px;" value="126720699" /><input type="hidden" name="cpv" style="border: 0px solid black; height: 0px; width: 0px;" value="1" /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="GO" /></div> <div align="center" style="margin-bottom:5px;"><a title="Free Mailing Lists from Bravenet.com" href="http://www.bravenet.com"><img src="http://assets.bravenet.com/cp/bn-elist.gif" alt="Free Mailing Lists from Bravenet.com" border="0"></a></div></form> </div></div>   </div> <div> <A HREF="my_pilot.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="my pilot"><B><U>NEXT POEM</U></B></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>