The Man Who Feels. A Poem

"BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL:* 41

be exhibited in the day of judgment; and when the books are opened, there will be an account rendered; those who have exacted the pound of flesh —who have shown no mercy— will have nothing

standing to their credit, and "he shall have judgment without mercy." Those who pleaded to Shylock shall be exalted high above the heavens, for "As the heaven is high above the earth, so great is God's mercy." I bid you remember that as we all pray for mercy, that same prayer shall teach us to show mercy.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; Bind them about thy neck. Write them upon the tablet of thine heart; So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.

THE MAN WHO FEELS.

The man who feels is happier far, I say it again and again,

Than ever can be, or ever are, The pitiless sons of men; For if he sighs for his own gray woes, He sighs for another's too; If the plant of pain in his bosom grows,

It is covered by sympathy's dew.

And after it all, when all is said. Still pity and love forever are wed; That the heart unfeeling is chill and dead Is true, and forever is true. Success.