Sunday, August 04, 2013

Today's Sermon

HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE

How doth the little busy bee 

Improve each shining hour, 
And gather honey all the day 
From every opening flower! 

How skilfully she builds her cell! 

How neat she spreads the wax! 
And labors hard to store it well 
With the sweet food she makes. 

In works of labor or of skill, 

I would be busy too; 
For Satan finds some mischief still 
For idle hands to do. 

In books, or work, or healthful play, 

Let my first years be passed, 
That I may give for every day 
Some good account at last.

~ Sir Isaac Watts, 1674 - 1748

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