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The Better Part.
THE BETTER PART .
BY BEO . F . G . FISDA 1 L , 33 ° . Addressed to Bro . R . M . C . Graham , 33 ° . I men cared less for Avealth and fame ,
-And less for trickery ancl glory ; If Avrit in human hearts a name Seemed better than in song or story ; If men , instead of nursing pride , Would learn to hate it ancl abhor it ; If men relied
On LOA' 6 to guide , We all Avould be the better for it . If men dealt less in stocks and lands , And more in bonds ancl deeds paternal ; If Love ' s AA'ork had more wHling hands ,
To link this Avorld to tlie supernal ; If men stored up LOAD ' oh and AA'ine , And on bruised human hearts Avould pour it ; If "yours" and " mine " Would once combine , AVe all Avoidd be the better for it .
If men woidd act the play of life , And feAA'er spell it in rehearsal ; If bigotry Avould sheath the knife , Till good becomes more universal ; If priest-craft , grey Avith ages groAvn , Had feAver blind men to adore it ;
If talent shone In truth alone , We all AA-oidd be the better for it . If men AA'ere wise in little things , Affecting less in all their dealings
, If hearts had feAA'er rusted strings To isolate their kindly feelings ; If men , AA'hen Wrong beats CIOAVU the Ei ght , Would strike together and restore it ; If Ei ght made Mi ght Li ei'ery fight ,
'We all AA'ould be the better for it .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Better Part.
THE BETTER PART .
BY BEO . F . G . FISDA 1 L , 33 ° . Addressed to Bro . R . M . C . Graham , 33 ° . I men cared less for Avealth and fame ,
-And less for trickery ancl glory ; If Avrit in human hearts a name Seemed better than in song or story ; If men , instead of nursing pride , Would learn to hate it ancl abhor it ; If men relied
On LOA' 6 to guide , We all Avould be the better for it . If men dealt less in stocks and lands , And more in bonds ancl deeds paternal ; If Love ' s AA'ork had more wHling hands ,
To link this Avorld to tlie supernal ; If men stored up LOAD ' oh and AA'ine , And on bruised human hearts Avould pour it ; If "yours" and " mine " Would once combine , AVe all Avoidd be the better for it .
If men woidd act the play of life , And feAA'er spell it in rehearsal ; If bigotry Avould sheath the knife , Till good becomes more universal ; If priest-craft , grey Avith ages groAvn , Had feAver blind men to adore it ;
If talent shone In truth alone , We all AA-oidd be the better for it . If men AA'ere wise in little things , Affecting less in all their dealings
, If hearts had feAA'er rusted strings To isolate their kindly feelings ; If men , AA'hen Wrong beats CIOAVU the Ei ght , Would strike together and restore it ; If Ei ght made Mi ght Li ei'ery fight ,
'We all AA'ould be the better for it .