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The Requirements

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Jul 11, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 28.

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The Requirements

By Youth's Companion

If I am weak, and you are strong, Why then, why then, To you the braver deeds belong. And so, again, If you have gifts and I have none; If I have shade and you have sun, 'Tis yours with freer hand to give, 'Tis yours with truer grace to live, Than I who giftless, sunless, stand, With barren life and hand.
We do not ask the little brook To turn the wheel; Unto the larger stream we look. The strength of steel We do not ask of silken bands, Nor heart of oak in willow wands. We do not ask the wren to go Up to the heights the eagles know, Nor yet expect the lark's clear note From out the dove's dumb throat.
'Tis wisdom's law, the perfect code, By love inspired: Of him on whom much is bestowed, Is much required. The tuneful throat is bid to sing; The oak must reign the forest's king; The rushing stream the wheel must move; The beaten steel its strength must prove; 'Tis given unto the eagle's eyes To face the midday skies. — Youth's Companion.