1985
The Returned Missionary
August 1985


“The Returned Missionary,” New Era, Aug. 1985, 25

The Returned Missionary

Like water from stone

Hot tears run down a young face

Embarrassed by a beating heart

And a choking voice

His heart shows.

He looks out on our ward

And remembers a branch a world away

Where they praised His name

In the language

That He hears best—

The language of the heart.

Joanne D. Wade