Golden Rule Orphans

E. Guy Talbott

The orphan children in the far off lands
Stretch out to us their tiny pleading hands.
Across the sea we hear their plaintive cry;
Shall we to them the Golden Rule apply?

Who are these waifs afar across the sea?
What claim have they on us, that we should be
Concerned? Wait, friend, before you ridicule
An orphaned child. What says the Golden Rule?

The Golden Rule demands that we shall give
Our aid, that those about to die may live;
If we were in distress, about to die;
Would we not want someone to hear our cry?

Shall we not practice, then, the Golden Rule,
And give the orphan waifs a home and school?
They live in sacred Bible Lands afar;
To them America is Morning Star.

(1926)