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POEM No. 4: Mental Slavery

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By: Sis. Edna Twara (Kenya Division)

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I think therefore I am,
In principles I’ve proved not to be firm,
The brain is the battle field,
Time is far much spent
But still in doing evil I’m bent,
What am I to do with this carnal mind!!?
Hard has it proved for the right path to find,
I’m really lagging behind,
What am I thinking!!?
The ship am sailing on is sinking,
There ain’t nothing worse than mental slavery,
This is when one looses his bravery,
And even control over self,
I believe it’s only Christ who can set me free,
Like a flying bird from a tree,
Each passing day I feel weaker and weaker,
It seems like I’ve taken liquor,
It seems like there’s no one for my rescue,
By myself I’m not secure,
It is said that colonisation is the state of mind,
True indeed for strong are the chains that me they bind,
I am poor, wretched and blind,
All this is because its not by mighty nor by power,
That’s why I’ve decided to surrender it to the Holy Ghost from this hour,
Just as I am,
O Lamb of God I come,
I plunge beneath the fountain drawn from Prince Emmanuel’s veins,
Therein to rid off my guilty stains,
Create within me pure thoughts,
That at long last I may dwell in Your courts.

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The Lord has “reserved to Himself the education and instruction of Israel,” and His care is “not restricted to their religious interests.” Whatever affects “their mental or physical well-being,” becomes “also an object of divine solicitude,” and comes “within the province of divine law.” (“Fundamentals of Christian Education,” p. 95.) True education “has to do with the whole being….It is the harmonious development of the physical, the mental, and the spiritual powers.”–“Education,” p. 13. Therefore, in order to effect and maintain physical, mental, and spiritual balance, we have wedded the study of the Scriptures and of academic subjects to physical labor, equalizing “the taxation of the mental and physical powers,” thus giving the student four hours a day of mental labor, and four hours of manual labor which consists in taking an active part in the different manual departments at Mt. Carmel. In this way, he not only gains for himself physical benefit and useful knowledge, but also aids in the advancing of the work here on Mt. Carmel.

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