Tell all the Truth but tell it slant—
Success in Cirrcuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth’s superb surprise
As Lightening to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind—

 

Only One Life

Two little lines I heard one day
As I plodded on in my usual way;
And they rang in my ears again and again,
Repeating in solemn, sweet refrain:
“Only one life, ’twill soon be past;
Only what’s done for God will last”

 ”Only one life?” yes, only one;
Soon will its fleeting hours be done;
Am I living this life for self alone?
At the Judgment Seat shall the truth be known.
“Only one life, ’twill soon be past;
Only what’s done for God will last”

“Only one life”…a few brief years,
Each with its burden of hopes and fears;
Each with its record of good and ill,
As I please myself, or obey His will.
“Only one life, ’twill soon be past;
Only what’s done for God will last”.

Give me, Father, a purpose deep
In joy or sorrow Thy trust to keep;
And so, through trouble, and care, and strife,
To glorify Thee in my daily life.
“Only one life, ’twill soon be past;
Only what’s done for God will last”.