Ye Say and Do Not by Eliza H. Morton

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 3, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 34, No. 23.

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Ye Say and Do Not

By Eliza H. Morton

Ye say ye love the Lord, and yet Not words but deeds Are what will tell on other lives Far more than creeds.

The son that said “I go,” when called, Yet never went, Found out too late his life a blank, His days misspent.

O Pharisees, in Christian lands, Ye know the way; And yet ye walk not in the path To endless day.

Ye can not enter in, and why? No fruits appear, Ye claim to do and yet do not; Ye're not sincere.

Self-righteousness will close the doors Of mansions bright, The careless indolence of drones Will dim the light.

“Thy will, O God,” must be our song, “Thy law within,” And then the heart will have the power To conquer sin.

The Lord will prove and test and try; Who will obey? Give evidence of faith and love, And when you pray, Ask for the strength to do just right, Tho all alone; Not living day by day a lie Before God’s throne.