WHAT COUNTS.
It’s not what a man possesses That tells in the final test; It’s not what a man professes That ranks him among the best; Nor wealth, nor race, nor learning, Is ever the thing that amounts; The God of us all is discerning— It’s only the heart that counts. Though he have the lore of the sages, Though he know the visions of seers, Though he make us laugh at his pages, " Or draw from our eyes swift tears, Man’s knowledge will not avail him, It’s never the thing that amounts, And wit at the end will fail him It’s only the heart that counts. The Saviour himself has said it, Forever and ever, amen, This virtue is chief to our credit; Love of God and our fellow-men. Or raiment fine, or tatters, Neither it is that amounts, Charity’s all that matters — It’s only the heart that counts. —James G. Keenan.
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New Zealand Tablet, 19 January 1922, Page 45
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153WHAT COUNTS. New Zealand Tablet, 19 January 1922, Page 45
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