"The gospel is the bread of life," I heard a preacher mutter; "The gospel is the bread of life, And bread is served with -- butter. "Yet some men preach the living word With hem and haw and stutter; And grace have they sans graciousness, The bread without the butter. "And others, while they preach the truth, That truth half-hearted utter; Their faith is lacking confidence, Their bread is lacking butter. "The truth that saves a sinful man From brothel, bar, and gutter, Is truth that loves and truth that dares; The bread -- and also butter." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE SONG OF THE CAMP by BAYARD TAYLOR THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 34. TRUE LOVE KNOWS BUT ONE by PHILIP AYRES THE POET'S TEAR by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE SHADOW by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN SONNETS OF SEVEN CITIES: PHILADELPHIA by BERTON BRALEY |