For the benefit of any non-Middle-English
speakers, a literal, word-for-word translation
has been provided beneath each line of
the original:
Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote!
When we've already had enough! of April showers
Whan priketh hem Governeur in oure corages
Our prick of a governor locks us down in our garages
Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
Ha, ha! Our goon squads are itching to go on barrages
And smale fowles maken melodye
And assault thine ears with foul-mouthed serenades
That slepen al the night with open ye
'Twill fershloft three far aye with mnemonic charades
~ A special thanks to Middle English translator, Barry Kanter
Holyman
Dedicated, Wolf Smale.
There will always be a God above.
To shower us with Faith and Love.
What we do to repay is pray to Him every day.
He will guide us through our fighting plight.
Watching, over us,
throughout the night.
Have His Angels from above,
protecting all of those whom we love.
And when we tend to go astray,
He will correct us gently to go the right way.
There are times in our life,
with grief and strife.
But He will guide us with His Righteous Light.
To help us become and live our better brothers.
For it is God's words that had scribed.
That we will pray to Him, He will listen.
Revised Edition 12/14/2020/ 1:00AM
DEDICATION TO VICTORY
Valiantly we’ll rise up and we’ll build again
In the Spirit’s power we know we will win.
Christ will be the captain of our efforts here,
Trusting in His guidance we need never fear.
Overcoming evil, leave the past behind,
Reaching out with efforts to the lost mankind.
Yielding to the Lordship of the Savior now,
Bending in His presence, now our heads we bow.
Asking for forgiveness, asking for His grace,
Placing all our bodies in this special place.
Time will heal the struggles of the days gone by,
It will be a lesson as the moments fly.
Satan will be angry, that we can be sure,
Tempting us to give up and to not endure,
Telling us it’s worthless, we just cannot do
Everything God tells us and to Him be true.
May we just keep going, mindful of the task,
Putting trust in Jesus to do what He may ask.
Let us take this moment to dedicate again
Each day in this building to great victories win!
--Dedicated to Victory Baptist Temple and Dr. Jeff Smale
Acrostic of Victory Baptist Temple
AN ADOPTION MADE IN HEAVEN
We wanted to adopt a child who we could train to be
A preacher of the word of God in our Spanish ministry.
And so we made the special trip in search of such a boy,
And when we set our eyes on him, he brought a special joy.
There still were many plans to make with people who were there
Before we could adopt this child and place him in our care.
But God seemed to be in it all, and soon all was in place
For us to go and get this child and see again his face.
Then something we could never plan changed everything so fast:
An accident that injured him, and soon his life was past.
We mourn, we hurt, we may ask why, but we know God above
Made no mistake through all of this, so we trust in His love.
God took this young adopted boy into His family,
And loved him so He wanted Him in heaven there to be.
And so the Lord adopted him and He took him up there;
We know we’ll find another one to put within our care.
Our ministry will still be strong though our Roberto’s gone,
And we will trust Him through our grief, and we’ll continue on.
Dedicated to the Smale family in the tragic loss of their adopted son, Roberto, in Honduras.
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friends no matter how big or smale. The care and alwas will.
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