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For now the field is not far off
Where we must give the world a proof
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For now the field is not far off
Where we must give the world a proof
Of deeds, not words.
His deeds do not agree with his words.
[Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]
His deeds do not agree with his words.
[Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]
"I worked for men," my Lord will say,
When we meet at the end of the King's highway;
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"I worked for men," my Lord will say,
When we meet at the end of the King's highway;
"I walked with the beggar along the road,
I kissed the bondsman stung by the goad,
I bore my half of the porter's load.
And what did you do," my Lord will say,
"As you traveled along the King's highway?"
Men pass away, but their deeds abide.
Men pass away, but their deeds abide.
Things of today?
Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!
Things of today?
Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!
All your better deeds
Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.
All your better deeds
Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.
Go put your creed into your deed,
Not speak with double tongue.
Go put your creed into your deed,
Not speak with double tongue.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden like the heaven above.
Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden like the heaven above.