For My Sake or Thine by Charles L. Taylor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 21, 1915

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 42, No. 50.

For My Sake or Thine

By Charles L. Taylor

By CHARLES L. TAYLOR

Dost thou love only those who are loving to you? Dost thou fellowship only the saint, who is true? Dost thou give but to those who can give in return? Dost thou teach but the few who are willing to learn, For thy sake?

Dost thou carry thy light where light already shines? Dost thou go with thy solace where no one repines? Dost thou pray for thine own who are walking in love? Dost thou enter the field where ’tis pleasure to rove, For thy sake?

I would teach thee to love those who hate and who sin, I would cause thee to mingle with publicans mean, I would have thee bestow upon those who have naught, I would lead thee to teach those who hate to be taught, For My sake.

I would send thee with light to the dark and unsaved, I would make thee to comfort where comfort is craved, I would give thee a spirit to pray for all men, I would prompt thee to sacrifice pleasure for pain, For My sake.