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Toward the Sunset
--"At evening time it shall be light."
As our pathway slopes to the setting sun,
And we know that our day will soon be done,
A little less zeal we have for strife,
A little more love for a quiet life;
A little less business for hurrying feet,
A little less worry and dust and heat,
A little more time to think and pray,
A little more place for God each day;
A little less hatred, envy and fear,
A little more love, forbearance and cheer;
A little less care about praise or blame,
A little more pride in a spotless name;
A little less sensitiveness to slights,
A little more thought for others' rights;
A little less judgment on others' deeds,
A little more sense of our brothers' needs;
A little less dread of grief and pain,
A little more joy in the spirit's gain;
A little less longing for days long past,
A little less yearning for earth's cheap toys,
A little more thought on eternal joys;
And thus the years, by love and truth,
Shall lead us on to fadeless youth.
--Barstow (as published in Minister's Monthly,
March 1968)
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