“AN ORDINARY MEMBER”

JUST AN ORDINARY MEMBER
OF THE CHURCH, I HEARD HIM SAY,
BUT YOU’D ALWAYS FIND HIM PRESENT
EVEN ON A RAINY DAY.
HE HAD A HEARTY HANDCLAPS
FOR THE STRANGER IN THE AISLE,
AND A FRIEND WHO WAS IN TROUBLE
FOUND SUNSHINE IN HIS SMILE.
WHEN THE SERMON HELPED HIM,
HE TOLD THE PREACHER SO,
AND WHEN HE NEEDED COMPORT,
HE LET THE PASTOR KNOW.
HE ALWAYS CONTRIBUTED PROMPTLY
AND TRIED TO DO HIS SHARE
IN ALL ORDINARY TASKS
FOR WHICH SOME HAVE NO CARE.
AN ORDINARY MEMBER?
I THINK I WOULD SAY
HE WAS EXTRAORDINARY
IN AN HUMBLE SORT OF WAY.—

LILLIAN WEEKS