SAY LITTLE: winds the peaceful sea disturb,
And forests rend.
Give answer soft: venomed invective curb,
And discord end.
With grace, like sweet upon the bitter sprent,
Let the unpalatable truth be blent.
SERVE ALL: the Master’s plaudit to obtain,
Who Son Divine
A Slave became, and shall a Slave remain—
This mind be thine.
From this example let not empty pride
Thy pure appreciative soul divide.
PASS ON: A pilgrim on thy heavenward way,
Nor seek a name
Where others headlong rush into the fray
For worldly fame:
Await thy Lord’s “well done” in quietness,
And not by words but actions love express.