WITHOUT PREJUDICE
Without pre-judgment, what a world t’would be, t Freed from so much iniquity; If all could be charitably Absolved from that, may be Done accidently, or unintentionally; So many arrows leave the string Beyond recall, destined to wing, And strike (wide of the mark— Of the archer, aiming in the dark), With due results the bowman ne’er intended; Justice with mercy -e’er should be blended. Methinks that e’en the Devil himself, May often ponder with regret, His vain ambitious pride, That so swiftly and so justly met, With such a devastating check, That caused Heaven’s privileged to fall, Hopelessly, and unredeemably beyond recall; “Judge not, lest ye be judged”, Was cautiously and wisely said By Him, who for the hopeless bled, To blaze the long-time trodden trail, To where Divine Mercy, with the scale Of justice, patiently awaits Repentant Pilgrims, who along life’s road, ' Have turned. expectant faces* Toward home, and their heavenly Father, God. N FI. SERGANT.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 49, 13 November 1946, Page 2
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160WITHOUT PREJUDICE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 49, 13 November 1946, Page 2
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