TAKE A MAN
Take a man!
Take any man,
And touch his life
With the redeeming love of Christ,
And something happens.
Something good happens.
He sees more clearly.
He hears more distinctly.
He loves more deeply.
He comes to self-realisation
In proper perspective to others,
His sensitivity to need is sharpened.
Vague human shapes
become people;
Real people who feel, suffer
Rejoice, love.
Suddenly there is kinship
With all of life.
Statistics of suffering
Begin to breathe.
Vision enlarges, interest expands,
The world has meaning,
And he is no longer orphaned
In a cold universe.
Take a man!
Take any man;
It is true.
- Carlton Buck -
