THE SERMON WE LIVE
Not the sermon you preach, but the sermon you live, The strongest and deepest impression will gi\c. The words that you utter are lost in the flow, Of the life-sermon preached by actions below, And the mightiest story man ever can tell, Is found in the voice of the life lived well. What matters the tinsel of mitre or gown, The glory of fame or worldly renown? Fame’s loveliest winding sheet cast o’er the dead, Can never give life when the spirit has fled. And he tells in vain, whose life would deny, The message he offers to men who pass by. Go then, preach on, by living the Word; Be sure your example will tell for the Lord; Go then, and sing, but see that no wrong Conies into life’s picture, to mar its sweet song. The LIFE sermon still is the mightiest 'mown, This side of tlifc light of the Heavenly Throne. ROBERT HARE, (In “Drawing Nigh to God.”)
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White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 5, 1 July 1951, Page 2
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