What Have we Done To-day

NIXON WATERMAN with contributions from ERNEST RENAN

We shall do so much in the years to come,
But what have we done to-day?
We shall give our gold in a princely sum,
But what did we give to-day?
We shall lift the heart and dry the tear,
We plant a hope in the place of fear,
We shall speak the words of love and cheer,
But what did we speak to-day?

We shall be so kind in the after-while,
But what have we been to-day?
We shall bring to each lonely life a smile,
But what have we brought to-day?
We shall give to truth a grander birth,
And to steadfast faith a deeper worth,
We shall feed the hungering souls of earth;
But whom have we fed to-day?

We shall reap such joys in the by-and-by,
But what have we sown to-day?
We shall build us mansions in the sky,
But what have we built to-day?
'Tis sweet in idle dreams to bask,
But here and now do we do our task?
Yes, this is the thing our souls must ask,
"What have we done to-day?"

NIXON WATERMAN.

If Jesus were to return among us, he would recognize as disciples, not those who claim to embody his teachings in a few catechismal phrases, but those who labored as he labored. . . . The Sermon on the Mount will never be surpassed.

ERNEST RENAN.
In "Life of Jesus."

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