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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 4, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 23.

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True Worth

By Abraham Harper

Some love the glow of outward show, Some love mere wealth, and try to win it; The house to me may lowly be, If I but like the people in it. What's all the gold, that glitters cold, When linked to hard and haughty feeling? Whate'er we're told, the nobler gold Is truth of heart and manly dealing. Then let them seek, whose minds are weak, Mere Fashion's smile and try to win it; The house to me may lowly be, If I but like the people in it.
A lowly roof may give us proof That lowly flowers are often fairest; And trees whose bark is hard and dark May yield us fruit and bloom the rarest. There's worth as sure ’neath garments poor As e'er adorned a loftier station, And minds as just as those we trust, Whose claim is but of wealth's creation. Then let them seek, whose minds are weak, Mere Fashion's smile and try to win it; The house to me may lowly be, If I but like the people in it.
— Abraham Harper.