P Paul Wood Finch has turned the tassel,
“Graduated” today.
A A long time ago he started this school
Called Narrow Way.
U Untold millions have done this course, of free will,
not of force.
L Learning and loving to learn,
growing in Christ every day.
W Would you believe in Jesus also,
have Him as your Friend?
O Our brother’s life imitate?
He’s found a fabulous “end.”
O Or let me say “beginning,”
(only earth-life has ending).
D Dead? Oh, no. Much more alive
than those who condolence send.
F Father of five, yet spiritually,
many more are alive
I In Ireland, Africa, and home,
he has descendants dear.
N No allowance Finch would make,
for old carnality’s sake.
C Clean hands and a pure heart
are available “now and here.”
H Holiness lead Finch to heaven.
Oh, follow in his wake! -eab, 7/8/03
Penned in Phoenix, AZ, the day I heard of his death.