Her goodness touches their vileness!
A lovely and godly woman learned
of a poor district in a great city, whose
people are ruled by the basest passions.
They live in wretchedness and degradation.
Moved by a loving pity--
she leaves her own happy home,
and goes to live in the midst of
these debased men and women.
She moves in and out among them.
She teaches their children. She visits
their miserable abodes when they
are sick, and ministers to their needs.
It is costly serving for her.
She suffers terribly in her sensitive
soul, from their abject wickedness.
But she makes no complaint, and
continues to live out her sweet,
pure life among them. Her
goodness touches their vileness--
and begins to dispel it. Her love
blesses their soiled lives.
There she stays--
a loving, patient, ministering
angel, giving out her life--
until that spot of wretchedness
has begun to change.
The degradation yields to purity.
Into the squalor of their homes--
come bits of beauty, and hints
of moral refinement. On Sundays
you may see this lovely angel-woman,
with a company of restored lives around
her, which she has lifted up out of sin
and debasement, by the mighty power
of her pure, unselfish love.
That is true Christlike serving!
to those on HIS right: Come, you
who are blessed of MY FATHER,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world!
For I was hungry--and you gave ME something to eat;
I was thirsty--and you gave ME something to drink;
I was a stranger--and you invited ME in;
I was naked--and you clothed ME;
I was sick--and you visited ME;
I was in prison--and you came to visit ME!"
Matthew 25:34-36
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