Heart Songs

<h2><SPAN name="THE_CREED_OF_LOVE" id="THE_CREED_OF_LOVE"></SPAN>The Creed of Love</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="letra">I</span> HAVE a creed, I’ll tell it you,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Since you have asked me to define<br/></span> <span class="i0">On what I build my hopes of heaven.<br/></span> <span class="i0">My creed&mdash;yes, I can call it mine,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Since it belongs to every soul<br/></span> <span class="i0">That reaches upward toward the light,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And trusts in Christ for guidance sure,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And strength and will to do the right.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">You’ll find it written down, my friend,<br/></span> <span class="i0">In that old Book upon the shelf,<br/></span> <span class="i0">’Tis: <i>Love the Lord with all thine heart</i><br/></span> <span class="i0"><i>And love thy neighbor as thyself</i>.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Not <i>quite</i> enough? ’Twas counted so<br/></span> <span class="i0">By One Who walked by Galilee,<br/></span> <span class="i0">His creed of love to God and man<br/></span> <span class="i0">Is quite enough for you and me.<br/></span></div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_233" id="page_233"></SPAN>{233}</span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />