HUMBLE PHILOSOPHY by Edith Perry Estes

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 14, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 40.

HUMBLE PHILOSOPHY.

By Edith Perry Estes

Two laborers talked on their homeward way / Of the evils that poverty bore; / One cried—as some haughty millionaire / Drove by with his coach and four— / “See, the dust from the rich man’s carriage wheels / Falls on the toiling poor!”

But his mate replied, with a cheery laugh, / As they trudged on that dusty road: / “’Twould be just the same if our carts went by, / And you’d get more dust from the load.”

And they passed—nor dreamed of the helpful words / On a listening heart bestowed. / —Edith Perry Estes