My Neighbors Bible
I am my neighbor’s Bible
He reads me when we meet
Today he reads me in my home
Tomorrow on the Street
He may be a relative or friend,
Or slight acquaintence be
He may not even know my name
Yet he is reading me
And pray who is this neighbor
Who reads me day by day
to learn if I am living right,
and walking as I pray?
Oh, he is with me always
To critize or to blame;
so worldly wise in his own eyes,
and "sinner" is his Name
Dear Christian friends and brothers,
If we could only know
How faithfully the world records
Just what we say and do;
Oh, if we would write our record plain,
and come in time to see
Our worldly Neighbor won to Christ
While reading you and me:
- The Hearld of Light-