Obeying and Giving

SAMUEL JOHNSTONE MACDONALD

When first he saw made manifest
That by obedience man is blest,
Yussuf Ben Orem also saw
One more requirement in God's law:
Obedience lights the altar fires,
Yet sacrifice the law requires.
Giving is sacrifice, and they
Must also give who would obey.

In Truth, by giving we obey,
For when aspiring day by day
That through our lives the light divine,
Life, Truth, and Love, may freely shine,
'Tis then completely we fulfil
In grateful love the Father's will,
And know that only thus we live
When we obey and when we give.

But giving not in human sense,
By doling out unneeded pence,—
Such giving is of lack the seed,
Whose harvest is a greater need.
Giving is radiating good,
And proving man's true brotherhood;
Reflecting lucently each day
Love's unobscured, unfailing ray.

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