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God's Love For All Man's Unthankfulness
Poet: J. J. Thorne
Knowledge is power, conscience is truth,
It was given us the way to live by;
He that takes advantage of a weaker knowledge,
Where does his honor lie?
He that is able to give a penny,
To the poor and needy, the orphans that cry;
And will not share a penny to the lot of his Savior,
Where does his honor lie?
Duty on earth makes rich blessings,
It rewards us when we die;
He that ignores and shrinks from duty.
Where does his honor lie?
God made all races and colors,
A fact we cannot deny;
He that disdains owing to color;
Where does his honor lie?
The man that possesses so much esteem.
And feels so grand and high;
Is vain, scornful and extreme,
Where does his honor lie?
The man that pretends to love a lady,
To learn her affection and seeks to try.
And wins her love with no admiration,
Where does his honor lie?
The man that oppresses, cheats and steals,
And harks to satan's plea in reply;
When conscience condemns, pleads and appeal-,
Where does his honor lie?
Honesty, love, justice and charity,
We might call piety's pie;
He that defiles with sour fruit,
Where does his honor lie?
God gives all blessings on earth,
He joins our hearts with a tender tie,
He that tattles and breaks friendship,
Where does his honor lie?
God's love for humanity created the world,
His mercy is vision before our eye;
He that oppresses his brotherly flesh,
Where does his honor lie? -
Caution, Labor, Honor and Security
Poet: J. J. Thorne
Caution is the parent of safety,
It gives a lesson to obey;
While you are out of trouble.
Work to keep it away.
Ask your conscience for security,
Of pleasure in the future day;
While you are out of trouble,
Work to keep it away.
Bad society often wins.
And leads the mind astray;
While you are out of trouble,
Work to keep it away.
Execution of evil measures,
Causes pleasure to decay;
While you are out of trouble,
Work to keep it away.
Imprudent words, revenge and grudge,
Often ends in a fray,
While you are out of trouble,
Work to keep it away.
Virtue is a wreath of honor.
It's beauty, brilliant and gay;
While you are out of trouble.
Work to keep it away.
When you see necessity and duty.
Execute, do not delay;
While you are out of trouble.
Work to keep it away.
Reason and think the best you can.
The surest plans to lay;
While you are out of trouble.
Work to keep it away.
All wrongs at some period,
Will bring on sorrow and dismay;
While you are out of trouble.
Work to keep it away.
If you take that you can not give.
Grief and sorrow cannot pay;
While you are out of trouble,
Work to keep it away.
The happiness of life is here explained.
In a short sentence to say:
While you are out of trouble,
Work to keep it away. -
Conscience The True Pilot
Poet: J. J. Thorne
When we have wandered vile and corrupt.
And have violated the laws;
Ask of conscience the reason why,
It will give the cause.
If we decline from truth and honor,
When duty commands a clause;
Ask of conscience the reason why,
It will give the cause.
Life and some duties seem hard and short,
Through weakness we often pause;
Ask of conscience the reason why,
It will give the cause. -
Do Not Scorn The Poor
Poet: J. J. Thorne
Do not scorn the poor, dear friends,
Why should this ever be done;
After toiling all their life.
And their task they have won.
What does the poor class inherit.
Toil and trouble all their days;
And strive manfully onward,
Until their weary life decays.
I to-day know poor people,
Whose best days are past and gone;
And are striving in worn out garments,
That are scarcely hanging on.
Why not sympathize with them,
If they have done thir part,
For beneath their tattered garments
There may be an honest heart.
Strive manfully, old friends,
Surely you will be blessed,
For accumulations in this world
Have never sent a soul to rest.
The rich may dream of their treasures,
And through bondage may not see;
But halt a moment and think that industry,
Is the thing for you and me.
And do not forget my friends,
That we all are as one with God.
And all will occupy.
The same space of sod.
And remember that in heaven.
There is no division there;
And the poor as well as the rich,
Shall take an equal share. -
Love And Harmony
Poet: J. J. Thorne
We should live in morality,
And diabolical pursuits abstain;
When on earth our lives are over,
That we may go and leave no stain.
If we rightly consider the blessing of wisdom.
Revenge and malice we will disdain:
And place our thought in search of safety,
That we may go and leave no stain.
Let our days be of honor,
And our deeds will not be pain,
When our time expires on earth,
That we may go and leave no stain.
Benevolence is a fountain of love,
Good will and hope it will gain;
Let's live with a filial heart.
That we may go and leave no stain.
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