[StBernard] Sermon

[Westley Annis]

	Just thought you might enjoy this. rwt
	 
	 
	I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day,
	I’d rather one should walk with me than merely show the way.
	The eye’s a better pupil and more willing than the ear;
	Fine counsel is confusing, but example’s always clear;
	And the best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds,
	For to see the good in action is what everybody needs.
	I can soon learn how to do it if you’ll let me see it done.
	I can watch your hands in action, but your tongue too fast may run.
	And the lectures you deliver may be very wise and true;
	But I’d rather get my lesson by observing what you do.
	For I may misunderstand you and the high advice you give,
	But there’s no misunderstanding how you act and how you live.