◊◊◊◊◊ I'M NOT EXTREME! ◊◊◊◊◊◊


I REALLY WANT TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT,
And walk according to my light;
But Oh! I do not care to be
At all extreme.

I'm saved but still I'll court the world,
A little fund in life's short whirl;
I'll just enjoy it in my teens,
I'm not extreme.

Those people who would hew a line,
And seek to walk in paths divine;
According to the former days,
Are TOO extreme.

Have they not heard that times have changed,
And "separation's" not much named
Amongst us in our gatherings, lest
We get extreme.

No! No! Two great extremes I see,
When gazing on the accursed tree;
Extreme of love for sinful men -
That's GOD'S EXTREME.

And look, I see the other here,
The world in all its varied sphere;
The hatred shown for God's own Son -
That's MAN'S EXTREME.

On which extreme then would I be?
As here He dies, who died for me?
I'd rather share my Saviour's fame -
Golgotha's shame.
W.H.F.

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