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It is easy to stand in the pulpit, or in the closet to kneel, / And say: ‘God do this; God do that! - / Make the world better; relieve the sorrows of man; for the sake of Thy / Son, / Oh, forgive all sin! ' Then, having planned out God's work, to feel / Our duty is done. / It is easy to be religious this way- / Easy to pray.
It is harder to stand on the highway, or walk in the crowded mart; / And say: ‘I am He. I am He. / ‘Mine the world-burden; mine the sorrows of men; mine the Christ-work / ‘To forgive my brother's sin,' and then to live the Christ-part and / never to shirk. / It is hard for you and me / To be religious this way, / Day after day.