Title

Hearts of the Children (3 Nephi 25:5-6)

Book Title

The Glory of the Son

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2019

Authors

Anderson, Sharon Price (Primary)

Number of Pages

29 Publisher

Time Lines Etc.

City

Orem, UT

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Hearts of the Children

I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers. (Mal. 4:5-6)

In the palm of one hand,

I hold the Book that begins

In the beginning. . . .

It was published in Philadelphia

in 1806, the same year

the Holy Roman Empire ended.

Two hundred years

have discolored the paper,

brittled crumbling leather.

Carefully,

as I would stroke feathers

of a fallen sparrow,

I touch pages once edged with gold,

examine fragile evidence

of an ancestor’s life and faith.

I study the faded brown ink,

Sarah – wife of Hance Hamilton

born October 20, 1800

sons – William and David

and write the names of those who wait.

Subject Keywords

Poetry

Genealogy

Elijah (Prophet)

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