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A SHORT SERMON.
Children, who read my lay,
Thus much I have to say:
Each day, and every day,
Do what is right!
Right things, in great and small;
Then, though the sky should fall,
Sun, moon, and stars, and all,
You shall have light!
Thus much I have to say:
Each day, and every day,
Do what is right!
Right things, in great and small;
Then, though the sky should fall,
Sun, moon, and stars, and all,
You shall have light!
This further I would say:
Be you tempted as you may,
Each day, and every day,
Speak what is true!
True things, in great and small;
Then, though the sky should fall,
Sun, moon, and stars, and all.
Heaven would show through!
Be you tempted as you may,
Each day, and every day,
Speak what is true!
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Then, though the sky should fall,
Sun, moon, and stars, and all.
Heaven would show through!
Figs, as you see and know,
Do not out of thistles grow:
And, though the blossoms blow
White on the tree,
Grapes never, never yet
On the limbs of thorns were set;
So, if you a good would get,
Good you must be!
Do not out of thistles grow:
And, though the blossoms blow
White on the tree,
Grapes never, never yet
On the limbs of thorns were set;
So, if you a good would get,
Good you must be!
Life's journey, through and through,
Speaking what is just and true;
Doing what is right to do
Unto one and all,
When you work and when you play,
Each day, and every day:
Then peace shall gild your way,
Though the sky should fall.
Speaking what is just and true;
Doing what is right to do
Unto one and all,
When you work and when you play,
Each day, and every day:
Then peace shall gild your way,
Though the sky should fall.
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