Appeals Unheeded by Roy Temple House

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 22, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 16.

Appeals Unheeded

By Roy Temple House

(By Roy Temple House, in “S. S. Times”)

“And Lot went out, ... and said, Up, get you out of this place; for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he seemed ... as one that mocked.” Gen. 19:14.

His God had blessed him with abundant store Of this world's pleasant gifts, with friends and gold, Had lingered near him, speaking in his ear Low, precious words that might have led the way To gold more golden and to dearer friends. But when he called his sons, and named the Name That might have left his lips a thousand times In proud confession of his conscious debt, The name came strangely from his skilless lips, And speaking it, he seemed as one that mocked.

O Father, we have told our joys and woes,— Our loves and hates that touch this present day And fade before another dawn,—in words That glowed with earnestness, in words that burned. But when we spoke to other men of Thee— Ah, 'tis no wonder that we left them cold!

How could they know we loved Thee, loving One?