Greatest Thing. Henry Drummond. First Corinthians 13.

 


If even a dog

Holds your attention

Brings you homeward

At sun’s setting.

You are wealthy with 

Love and Belonging.

Purposes outside yourself.


Lusts shoved aside for

Wealth

Fame

Self-advancement

Trophies if thought

Or invention

All balderdash compared to

That greatest thing in the world.



Drummond: bachelor, professor, naturalist, revivalist, Bible teacher. Friend to many young students in difficulty or troubled or unbelieving. Trips to Africa, observing natural behaviour. Died at age 46. Remembered fondly.


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