By S.E. Gamble
Submitted by Zerch
Date: 2001 Jun 27
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The Greater Thing

Some strive for gold and jewels rare,
Still others strive for power and might,
And plung the world in war's dark night
To smother liberty's living flame
Just to sit in a despot's chair.

Where the footof man has never trod,
Explorers give theeir lives to find --
What lies behind the hidden veil,
Or lurks along the mystery trail
That links the world and all amnkind
With nature, and with nature's God.

Sin always holds a hidden sting,
A poisened flower who's touch is death --
While love is like the morning dew
That kisses the earth and makes it new.
God whispers on the zephyr's breath
"Man's love for man" -- the greater thing.

        Sunday, July 26, 1942