AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?
Genesis 4 verse 9 (By G. A. Edmonds, J.P.. Nelson) Am 1 my brother’s keeper, And wherefore should 1 be ? This is a question that oft-times W orries and troubles me. W by should 1 care about him. Or think of him at all, When 1 desire to do some mug That pleasures me withai? You say I have a duty My passions to restrain. Because by my indulgence I May cause my brother pain. But he’s no need to copy And do the things 1 do. He has tlu j>ower and mind to choose, A will to guide him too. But what if HIS will is not Strong to resist the wrong He may see in any act of mine, Then copying it fall headloiiß ? M> conscience gives the answer, It tells me, clear and plain, I AM my brother’s keeper, and From wrong I must refrain Then: I’ll neither drink nor gamble, Or sinful ways pursue; But by my good example be My broM er’s keeper true.
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White Ribbon, Volume 20, Issue 4, 1 May 1948, Page 9
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174AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER? White Ribbon, Volume 20, Issue 4, 1 May 1948, Page 9
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