Poem September 15, 1945 Issue

Opportunity

EMILY PATTERSON SPEAR

Life is so full of opportunity,
So rich in time and place to bless another,
That none may say, "I have nothing to give
To him who sits beside the way—my brother."

Why not hold out to him the golden scepter?
A word, a smile, and he will know you heed.
One may be led by that small act to other,
To greater, nobler, farther-reaching deed.

Each one is envoy in the world's redemption,
His ministry is here to do God's will;
The man who sits in nations' wide tribunal
Has not a place more definite to fill.

Your work may lie where multitudes are waiting.
And mine where one lone soul feels hope is gone,
But each may keep his filled lamp trimmed and burning
To light the way from earth to heaven's dawn.

Life is so full of opportunity,
We need not search the shadows of today
To find it waiting here and now before us;
Then let us watch and wait, and waiting pray.

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