NOTHING AND SOMETHING.
It is nothing to me, the beauty said, W ith a careless toss of her pretty head, The man is weak if he can’t refrain From the cup you say is fraught win pain— Hut It was something to he r in after years, When her eyes were full of burning tears, And she* watched in lonely grief ; rd dread, And started to hear a staggering tread. It is nothing to me, the mother said, I have no fear that my boy will tread The downward path of sin and shame, And crush my heart and darken his name — Hut It was something to her when that only son From the path of right was early won, And madly cast in the flowing bowl A ruined body and sin-wrecked soul. It is nothing to me, the merchant said. As over his ledger he* bent his head, I am busy to-day with tare and tret, And have no time to froth and fret— Hut It was something to him when over the wire A message came from a funeral pyre; A drunken conductor h.ul wrecked a train, And his wife and child were among the slain.
it is nothing to me, the young man said, In his e*ye was a flash of scorn and pride; l heed not the dreadful things you tell, 1 can rule myself, 1 know full well Hut I'was something to him when in pris on he lay rhe victim of drink,, life ebbing away, As he thought of his wretched child and wife, And the mournful wreck of his wasted life. It’s nothing to me, the voter said, The partv’s loss is my greatest dread, Then gave his vote for the liquor trade, 1 ho’ hearts were c rushed and drunk ards made— Hut It was something to him in after When his daughter became a drunkaid’s wife, And her hungry children cried for bread, And trembled to hear their father's tread. It is nothing for us to idly sleep While the cohorts of death their vigils keep. To gather the young and thoughtless in — And grind in our midst a grist of sin - Hut It is something >rs, all for us to stand, And clasp b> faith our Saviour s hand — To learn to labour, live and fight On the side of God and changele: ; right.
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White Ribbon, Volume 21, Issue 246, 18 December 1915, Page 6
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394NOTHING AND SOMETHING. White Ribbon, Volume 21, Issue 246, 18 December 1915, Page 6
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