Humble are we when good in little ways, —
In faithful doing of the common things.
The gentle passing of the nights and days
O'erfilled with storied blessings, outward flings
A simple message, yet befitting kings!
Who sees a duty, and his hand not stays
From its completion, hears a song and sings
To hearts through misery dumb; who softly prays
The noble, silent prayer that, half expressed.
Leaps up to heaven unhindered by man's ear,
Straight from the purified, Love-guarded breast;
Who stands serene amid the world's dense fear,—
This one hath found a ladder to the sky
Whose every rung is brave humility.
Poems
[Written for the Journal.]
HUMILITY
From the December 1909 issue of The Christian Science Journal
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