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Preacher! all forbearance ask, for
 All are worthless found,
Man must aye take man to task for
 Faults while earth goes round.
On this dank soil thistles muster,
 Thorns are broadcast sown,
Seek not figs where thistles cluster,
 Grapes where thorns have grown.

Sun and rain and dew from heaven,
 Light and shade and air,
Heat and moisture freely given,
 Thorns and thistles share.
Vegetation rank and rotten
 Feels the cheering ray:
Not uncared for, unforgotten,
 We too have our day.

Unforgotten! though we cumber
 Earth, we work His will.
Shall we sleep through night's long slumber
 Unforgotten still?
Onward! onward! toiling ever,
 Weary steps and slow,
Doubting aft, despairing never,
 To the goal we go!