Every Noble Deed by Sarah K. Bolton

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Michigan · Apr 15, 1902

Every Noble Deed

By Sarah K. Bolton

He built a house, time laid it in the dust; He wrote a book—its title now forgot: He ruled a city, but his name is not On any tablet graven, or where rust Can gather from disuse, or marble bust. He took a child from out a wretched cot, Who on the state dishonor might have brought, And reared him to the Christian’s hope and trust. The boy, to manhood grown, became a light To many souls, preaching for human need The wondrous love of the Omnipotent. The work has multiplied like stars at night, When darkness deepens. Every noble deed Lasts longer than a granite monument. —Sarah K. Bolton.