(1906-1934) Take a second look at the length of years lived by this woman. Elizabeth and her husband, John, were missionaries to China who were martyred at the hands of the Chinese Communists. Their fascinating, God-honoring story is told in The Triumph of John and Betty Stam by Mrs. Howard Taylor.
A Jingle of Words
Don't you love the common words
in usage all the time; Words that paint a masterpiece,
Words that beat a rhyme,
Words that sing a melody,
Words that leap and run,
Words that sway a multitude,
Or stir the heart of one?
Don't you live the lively words-
Flicker, leap and flash,
Tumble,stumble,pitch and toss,
Dive, and dart and dash,
Scramble, pirouette and prance,
Hurtle, hurdle, fling,
Waddle, toddle, trot and dance,
Soar and snatch and swing?
Don't you love the lengthy words-
Subterranean,
Artificial, propagate,
Neapolitan,
Revelation, elevate,
Ambidextrous
Nondenominational,
Simultaneous?
Don't you love the noisy words-
Clatter, pop and bang,
Scrape and creak and snarl and snort,
Crash and clash and clang,
Crackle, cackle, yowl and yap,
Snicker, snare and sneeze,
Screech and bellow, slash and howl,
whistle, whine and wheeze?
Don't you love the colorful-
Amber, rose and gold,
Orchid, orange and cerise,
Crimson, emerald,
Purple, plum and lavender,
Peach and Prussian blue,
Turquoise matrix, jade and jet,
Hazel, honeydew?
Yes, with just the common words
In usage everywhere,
You can capture incidents
Beautiful and rare.
In words you have a weapon
More mighty than a gun;
You can sway the multitude
Or stir the heart of one.
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