Am I My Brother's Keeper

Am I My Brother’s Keeper

Am I my brothers keeper?

Asked the troubled voice of Cain

And sometimes it makes us wonder

If we ask it still in vain.

What do we owe to others

As we travel on through life?

Do we owe them love and friendship

And pay it off in hate and strife?

Do we thank God for His blessings

And proclaim ourselves as saints

Then sit around in comfort

While our neighbor toils and faints?

Do we comfort one another

In every way we can,

Or just say we love the Master

While we hate our fellow man?

Yes, we are our brothers’ keeper

God has always willed it thus.

We must love and help each other

Because the good Lord still loves us.

If we would be our Maker’s image,

Let’s heed the sage of Galilee,

“As you have done it unto others

You have done it unto Me.”

John Moore