Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JESUS THE CARPENTER, by CHARLES M. SHELDON


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JESUS THE CARPENTER, by                    
First Line: If I could hold within my hand
Last Line: But brotherhood was builded there.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology


If I could hold within my hand The hammer Jesus swung,
Not all the gold in all the land,
Nor jewels countless as the sand,
All in the balance flung,
Could weigh the value of that thing
Round which his fingers once did cling.

If I could have the table Christ
Once made in Nazareth,
Not all the pearls in all the sea,
Nor crowns of kings or kings to be
As long as men have breath,
Could buy that thing of wood he made—
The Lord of Lords who learned a trade.

Yea, but his hammer still is shown
By honest hands that toil,
And round his table men sit down;
And all are equals, with a crown
Nor gold nor pearls can soil;
The shop of Nazareth was bare—
But brotherhood was builded there.





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