Believe as I believe -- no more,
    no less;
That I am right, and no one else,
    confess;
Feel as I feel, think only as
    I think;
Eat what I eat, and drink but what
    I drink;
Look as I look, do always as I do;
And, only then, I'll fellowship
    with you.

That I am right, and always right,
    I know,
Because MY OWN CONVICTIONS tell
    me so;
And to be right is simply this:
    to be
Entirely and in all respects
    like me.
To deviate a jot, or to begin
To question, doubt, or hesitate,
    is sin.

Let sink the drowning man, if he'll
    not swim
Upon the plank that I throw out
    to him;
Let starve the famishing, if he'll
    not eat
My KIND and QUANTITY of bread
    and meat;
Let freeze the naked, too, if
    he'll not be
Supplied with garments such as made
    for me.

'Twere better that the sick should
    die than live,
Unless they take the medicine
    I give;
'Twere better sinners perish than
    refuse
To be conformed to my peculiar
    views;
'Twere better that the world stood
    still than move
In ANY way that I DO NOT APPROVE.

    Isn't it a shame that so often people professing "godliness" are characterized by this narrow, self-centered, self-promoting, censuring and bigoted spirit? How many are the lives that have been driven to discouragement, despair and ultimate ruin by one who thought himself too high and holy to stoop down and lend a helping hand to a fallen brother who earnestly desired to walk in uprightness.
    Love does not exalt itself; it does not seek an advantage; and it certainly does not climb upward by trampling on another for whom our Saviour died. Genuine Christian strength will obey the command to: "bear the iniquities of the weak, and not to please ourselves".
    "LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER."