AS YE WOULD | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 14, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 28.

AS YE WOULD.

IF I should see A brother languishing in sore distress, And I should turn and leave him comfortless When I might be A messenger of hope and happiness, How could I ask to have what I denied, In my own hour of bitterness supplied?

If I might sing A little song to cheer a fainting heart, And I should seal my lips and sit apart When I might bring A bit of sunshine for life's ache and smart, How could I hope to have my grief relieved If I kept silent when my brother grieved?

And so I know That day is lost wherein I fail to lend A helping hand to some wayfaring friend, But if it show A burden lightened by the cheer I send, Then do I hold the golden hours well spent And lay me down to sleep—sweet content.

—Jewish Comment.