Oak Grove Coburn High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Vassalboro, ME)

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OAK LEAVES The tree tops brushed the clouded sky, I heard them as I ran- They brushed the raindrops from the sky, The tears of God for man. And nowhere was there any light, And all the world was still Until I saw your little light Shining on the hill. JANET PATTERSON. 20 l PETER'S WIFE WATCHES UNTIL THE COCK CROWSg-THRICE

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OAK LILAVEQ AN FASTER MEDITATION lhe1c was a 1ex 61 ent and qu1et hush IH ou1 l1ttle chapel undel thc h1ll It was the 9V6Il1llg of Easte1 and the chapel llghted only by candles IH each W1!ldOVS cleated an atmosphe1e of worshlp as ou1 guests llstened to the soft tones of a slngle x1ol1n and gazed upon the glo11ous s1mpl1c1ty of the settlng befo1e them M016 than fifty py1am1dal cedars x 31 y1ng f1om very low ones to xe1y tall banked the ent11e f1ont of the chapel that had been t1ans fo1mcd IDIO a lox ely garden 1n whlch Easte1 l1l16S glxstened IH profuslon and a ca1 ved stone ga1den bench was the only suggestlon of fu1n1sh1ngs bLSldGS the ent1ances that suggested dlstant ustas As the hou1 fCl the S61 VICQ 2:1pp103.C'l'19d the p1 elude changed to a bc 1ut1ful Easte1 hymn sung w1thout accompanlment by the ent11e Oak G1 oxe Glee Club An Easter Med1tat1on tells the sto1y 1n seven d1amat1c cplsodes of the last week of our I ord po1t1ay1ng some of the noble women xx ho lox ed Jesus and had a place 1n h1S l1fe du11ng Passlon Week The l1nes uc of CXl1Ll191tC beauty and 1are feellng that only such a woman as the lLlthOl M1 s GQOIQG Ot1s Smlth could cleate Then depth and beauty VVLIQ s1ncc1cly fclt by the Oak Grove gl1lS xx ho D01t13y6d the scenes so lTllp1LSSlVCly Afte1 thc D1 olcgue MHIV and Ma1tha appea1 ed vxatchlng tl'1l0L1gl'l the Hosannas In the next 9p1S0d9 John wI31kS I'11Otl191 xx as talk1ng mth a Ili-31ghbO1 about he1 busy week p1 Spallllg the Maste1 s last suppe1 Pete1 s xxlfe AHXIOUQ f01 he1 husband who IS late adds a p1ophet1c tone as she lcals thc CICWIIIQ' of a cock ln the dlstance A sha1p cont1ast f1om the P3.l6St11l13.l1 settlng IS shown when Pllate s xxlfe deeplx mox ed by her d1eam pleads befo1e the Ruler fo1 th1s s1nless xoung p11sone1 As the tD1'i0Cl9S p1 oceed 1183161 the culm1nat1on of PRSSIOH Week Ma1y appears lll a touchlng scene as she 1elates the storv of he1 chlld vxho 1S about to be c1uc1fled VQTOIIICH comes 1n despa11 because she IS unable to do anyth1ng fO1 the Master and as she sees the DIOCQSSIOH pass by IH the dlstance steps f01Wd1ll to g1V6 her handke1ch1ef to Hlm The closlng ep1sode comes as Ma1y Magdalene vxho has 1un all the way f1 om the c1ty appea1s IH bewll de1ment havmg found the tomb empty As she speaks to the gardener who 1S among the l1l1es yust beyond the ceda1s of Lebanon she suddenly 1CLOgl1179S her Maste1 s Vo1ce and kneels 1n worsh1pful awe 1n a tr1umphant Hnal tableau Between each 8p1S0d6 and somet1mes durmg them there were beaut1ful solos and hymns some sung very softly as f10m a dlstance that added gl eat beauty and feellng to the SCFVICC Each 8p1SOd6 seemed mo1e real1st1c because of the beaut1ful I0b9S that we1e f1 om the Holy Land and may haxe been the same patte1 ns that some of the women WO16 two thousand yea1s ago The1e we1e heavy llnens w1th 22 J rw QQ Q Q Q Q . . Q . Q Q ,J , 11 . I , ' Q f ' r ' - ' 1 ' 9 1 I 1 . ' 7 , ' , ! 7 ' Q 1 1 . - ' x ' V ' l ' 1 n 1 1 1 1 , U ' ' 77 , ' A - I . c J , ' ' 1 Q Q Q . . . Q. . . 2 my uk' 11- . , , Q . - 1 Ja Q1' . x 1 A Q, Q ' 1 y 1 1 y 1 7 1 , ..11 y ' 1 c 9 archway as Jesus rode away on Palm Sunday while the crowds sang 1 ' Q, 1 7 1 1 ' v' I Q 1 1 1. Q, u 4,1 L n 1 1' - , . ' L 1 1 , ' Y L 1 ' 1 3 1 3 1 I -' ' ' I K 1 1 1 S . . . . . , Q QQ Q Q Q Q Q Q 1, . . Q Q. Q ,, , U . . . Q .Q Q Q Q . . . Q Q Q Q Q . . . . . , Q , . . . Q . , fu , I . ' L 1 1 1 ' A 1, ' - . . . 1 , ' . H Q Q v 1 ' 4