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Yours Is the Right

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Yours Is the Right

By Bertha A. Kleinman

You are not the wrong you committed,
You are not the evil you spoke.
And loathing the sin, God has pitied,
And yours is the power to revoke.

You are not the fall that defamed you,
You are not the hurt and disgrace,
You are not the failure that shamed you,
And yours are the steps to retrace.

You are not the ills that assail you,
The blight of disease and distress,
And he, who abhors, will not fail you,
To pity and pardon and bless.

You are not the chances you wasted,
You are not the losses you rue,
For yours is the courage to face it,
And yours is the day to make new.

(1922)

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2 thoughts on “Yours Is the Right”

  1. I know a lot of people who ought to print this and tape it to their mirror so they can read it every day . . . I am running for the tape as I speak . . . Thank you for posting it.

  2. Wow, this one is extraordinary. It’s funny how I can hear the same basic idea over and over, but when expressed in a different way it actually penetrates. Thank you

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