In a day when small statistics
Urge the church to higher goals,
Shall we, in quest of numbers,
Counting heads, neglect men’s souls?
Without multiplied committees
Minus consecrated hearts,
And every means and method
This modern age imparts,
Shall we offer entertainment
To dry a nation’s tears
When crime and wars and weariness
Becloud the air with fears?
What can a social program
Which crowds each night and day
Accomplish, if our churches
Are too occupied to pray?
Does not our Babel-busyness-
The Spirit’s name profane?
Can we employ the tools of time
And reap eternal gain?
Let us pause, discern the needs of men-
Heart-hunger, spirit’s thirst-
And, by the grace of God, declare
We shall place first things first.
--Kay L. Halliwell
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