Poem February 3, 1968 Issue

THE WRONG AND THE RIGHT

I Samuel 14:43

Max Dunaway

Said Jonathan, "I did but taste
A little honey... and, lo, I must die."
But he was rescued from that sentence
As mercy overruled an unjust lie.

Yes, one wrong thought, one unwatched step,
Would sentence us to suffering or worse;
But there is a converse proposition
By which we prove this mortal law's reverse:

Think one right thought, take one right step.
Do one good deed, by Love's direction given:
And rising from dust of condemnation,
Already we are on our way to heaven.

Max Dunaway

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