I have not compassion on my fellow-servant,
even as my Lord had pity on me,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If
I belittle those whome I am called to serve,
talk of their weak points
in contrast perhaps with what I
think of as my strong points'
if I adopt a superior attitude,
forgetting "who made thee to
differ? and what hast thou that
thou hast not received?"
then I know nothing of calvary love.
If
I can easily discuss the shortcomings
and the sins of any;
if i can speak in casual way even
of a child's misdoings,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If
I find myself half-carelessly taking
lapses for granted,
"Oh, that's what they always do,"
"Oh, of course she talks like that,
he acts like that,"
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If
I can enjoy a joke at the expense of
another;
if I can in anyway slight another in
conversation,
or even in thought,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If
I can write an unkind letter,
speak an unkind word,
think an unkind thought without
grief or shame,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If
I do not feel far more for the grieved
Savior than for my worried self
when troublesome things occur,
then i know nothing of Calvary love.
If
I know little of His pitifulness
(the Lord turned and looked upon Peter),
if I know little of His courage of
hopefulness for the truly humble
and penitent
(He said unto him, "Feed My lambs"),
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If
I deal with wrong for any other
reason than that implied in the
words,
"From His right hand went a fiery
law for them Yea, He loved
the people";
if I can rebuke without a pang,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If
my attitude be one of fear, not faith,
about one who has disappointed
me;
if I say, "Just what I expected," if a
fall occurs,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If
I do not look with eyes of hope on
all in whom there is even a faith
beginning,
as our Lord did, when,
just after His disciples had
wrangled about which of them
should be accounted the greatest,
He softened His rebuke with those
heart-melting words, "Ye are
they which continued with Me in My temptations,"
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If
I have not the patience of my
Savior with souls who grow
slowly;
if I know little of travail (a sharp
and painful thing) till Christ be fully formed in them,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If
I am afraid to speak the truth, lest I
lost affection,
or lest the one concerned should
say, "You do not understand,"
or because I fear to lose my
reputation for kindness;
if I put my own good name before
the other's highest good,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If
my attitude be one of fear, not faith,
about one who has disappointed
me;
if I say, "Just what I expected," if a
fall occurs,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If
I do not look with eyes of hope on
all in whom there is even a faith
beginning,
as our Lord did, when,
just after His disciples had
wrangled about which of them
should be accounted the greatest,
He softened His rebuke with those
heart-melting words, "Ye are
they which continued with Me in My temptations,"
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If
I have not the patience of my
Savior with souls who grow
slowly;
if I know little of travail (a sharp
and painful thing) till Christ be fully formed in them,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
If
I am afraid to speak the truth, lest I
lost affection,
or lest the one concerned should
say, "You do not understand,"
or because I fear to lose my
reputation for kindness;
if I put my own good name before
the other's highest good,
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
