Classic Poem

Do justice! while the slender thread
Above thine own unsheltered head
Restrains the wrath thy breath might free.
" Do justice! " Justice asks of thee!

Love mercy! while no heavenward prayer
Unblessed by blessing enters there,
That mercy may unmeasured be.
" Love mercy! " Mercy asks of thee!

Walk humbly! let the desert dusk
O'er buried pride and broken trust
Bear foot-prints of humility.
" Walk humbly, " God requires of thee!

" Do justice, " by thy sins forgiven,
" Love mercy, " by thy hopes of heaven,
" Walk humbly with thy God, " for He
Requires no other task of thee!