Elisabeth Elliot
By Adam Robinson
Elisabeth Elliot is another one
She was a missionary with her husband
Whom she married in Ecuador
She studied classical Greek
Her husband was killed by Auca Indians
Run through with spears
Chopped with machetes on purpose
Pushed into the river
This was in the fifties, after graduating from Wheaton College
I think it’s just awful
Jim Elliot was his name
He had deplorable handwriting
All sloped everywhere, mingled cases
He confused “there” and “their”
Later Elisabeth Elliot started a radio program called “Gateway to Joy”
She conveyed a strict obedience to God and the Bible
With a sensible tough love for humanity
Once she discussed Chekhov’s story “Verotchka”
At length, off the cuff
In order to warn against the dangers of holding hands
It actually makes a lot of sense if you don’t want to get laid
No one wants to not get laid
But sometimes you want to stay a virgin a while
That’s important to people and I support it
My advice to these people would be:
Don’t hold hands
Okay I did recently hear about a person who doesn’t want to do it
She’s married
And beautiful and a good dresser
And doesn’t do it ever, not in years
She may hold hands
In fact, I recommend it
Elisabeth Elliot by contrast is like St. Paul
Who said IT’S BETTER TO MARRY
THAN TO BURN
She got married two more times
“Gateway to Joy” closed in 2001
But she still writes daily reflections on the Internet
I think she is okay, a holy person
But not more so than thou
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By Adam Robinson
Elisabeth Elliot is another one
She was a missionary with her husband
Whom she married in Ecuador
She studied classical Greek
Her husband was killed by Auca Indians
Run through with spears
Chopped with machetes on purpose
Pushed into the river
This was in the fifties, after graduating from Wheaton College
I think it’s just awful
Jim Elliot was his name
He had deplorable handwriting
All sloped everywhere, mingled cases
He confused “there” and “their”
Later Elisabeth Elliot started a radio program called “Gateway to Joy”
She conveyed a strict obedience to God and the Bible
With a sensible tough love for humanity
Once she discussed Chekhov’s story “Verotchka”
At length, off the cuff
In order to warn against the dangers of holding hands
It actually makes a lot of sense if you don’t want to get laid
No one wants to not get laid
But sometimes you want to stay a virgin a while
That’s important to people and I support it
My advice to these people would be:
Don’t hold hands
Okay I did recently hear about a person who doesn’t want to do it
She’s married
And beautiful and a good dresser
And doesn’t do it ever, not in years
She may hold hands
In fact, I recommend it
Elisabeth Elliot by contrast is like St. Paul
Who said IT’S BETTER TO MARRY
THAN TO BURN
She got married two more times
“Gateway to Joy” closed in 2001
But she still writes daily reflections on the Internet
I think she is okay, a holy person
But not more so than thou
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