King George VI
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At the gate of the year
In the dark, uncertain days of late 1939, shortly after the outbreak of World War II, England’s King George VI wanted to encourage his nation, so in his Christmas message he read a poem, “God Knows” (also known as “The Gate of the Year”), by Minnie Louise Haskins, an almost unknown teacher at the London Continue reading
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At the gate of the year
Since I was a child, hardly a new year has begun when I don’t think of my grandfather Howard Fullerton and a little poem we discovered after his death. Let me tell you the story of that poem. In the dark, uncertain days of late 1939, shortly after the outbreak of World War II, England’s Continue reading
The Sauntering Pilgrim 