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! 

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. 

Figs, as you see and know, 

Do not 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. 





—Alice Cary.