Blessing Of Humility

O ! learn that it is only by the lowly The paths of peace are trod; If thou would'st keep thy garments white and holy, Walk humbly with thy God. The man with earthly wisdom high uplifted, Is in God's sight a fool; But he in heavenly truth most deeply gifted, Sits lowest in Christ's school. The lowly spirit God hath consecrated As His abiding rest; An angle by some patriarch's tent hath waited, When kings had no such guest. The dew that never wets the flinty mountain, Falls in the...