An Uplifting Word

I found this poem and it fits this blog. Kind of reminds me of a drill sergeant. Right now I don't like drill sergeants very much but, hey, they must have the hardest job in the world. Anybody that can take a group of mostly men and bring them under complete control in a matter of weeks deserves my praise. Here's to them.

I'D RATHER SEE A SERMON

by Edgar A. Guest

I'd rather see a sermon

Than hear one any day.

I'd rather one should walk with me

Than merely show the way.

The eye's a better pupil

And more willing than the ear.

Fine counsel is confusing

But example's always clear.

And best of all the preachers

Are the men who live their creeds

For to see good put in action

Is what everybody needs.

I soon can learn to do it

If you'll let me see it done.

I can see your hands in action

But your tongue too fast may run.

And the lecture you deliver

May be very fine and true

But I'd rather get my lesson

By observing what you do.

For I may misunderstand you

And the high advice you give

But there's no misunderstanding

How you act and how you live.