"You are sick," they said. "But that isn't the truth"
And the woman shook her head.
"The Bible declares, he that dwelleth in God
Shall not say, I am sick," she said.
And she held to the truth thro' a starless night,
'Till the morning proved that her words were right.
"You are tired," they said. But she smiled at that.
"How can I be tired," said she,
"When the only work is work for God,
And He is my Life, you see?"
And she quietly went her busy way.
With a happy song in her heart all day.
"You are poor," they said. But she only thought,
How little they know! God speed
' The day when the world awakes to find
That Love is its only need.
And she still maintained, as her fortune grew,
Not money, but Love—if they only knew!
