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Show IF WE ONLY UNDERSTOOD. (Selected.) Could we but draw the curtain That surrounds each other's lives, See the naked heart and spirit, Know what spur the action gives, Often we should find it clearer, Purer than we judge we should We would love each other better, If we only understood. Could wo judge all deeds by motives, Sec the good and bad within, Often wo would lovo the sinner, Even though we scorn the sin. Could we know the powers working To o'er throw integrity, We would judge erich other's errors With more patient charity. , If wo know the cares and trials, Knew the effort all in vain, All tho bitter disappointment, Undcrtood the loss and pain, Would the grim external roughness Seem, I wonder, just the same? Would wo help where now we hinder, Would we pity where we blame? Ah, we judge each other harshly, Knowing not life's hidden force; Knowing not the fount of action Is less turbulant at its source; Seeing not amid the evil All tho golden grains of good Oh, we'd love each other better If we only understood. |