--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Baggarley, Maud collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 18 number: 10 published: 1915-08 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Maud Baggarley, "Judge Not: A Poem," *Improvement Era* 18, no. 10 (August 1915): 900.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera18010unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera18010unse start_page: 900 end_page: 900 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1915-08) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera18010unse publication_year: 1915 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1915, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Judge Not: A Poem Judge Not Who art thou to judge thy brother? Full of wisdom though thou art — His failure dire, his meek endeavor, Thou who knowest not his heart Couldst thou but unroll before thee All his bare life's sterile scroll, Perchance the shame thy judgment meted, Wouldst return to thine own soul! Couldst thou know the efforts fruitless Through long, aching, barren years, Perhaps unto him thou wouldst render — Balm of pity healing tears. If thou. God-like,should seek for motives, Shouldst search for good, shouldst pray for grace, Thou thysp f p^pi-lr ?* s+pnH transfigured, 1 1 And couldst help him find his place. Then judge thou not self-righteous judgment For all flesh is weak and frail And when men clasp hands as brothers, Not one man shall faint nor fail! Maud Baggart.ey