Poems (Coolidge)/Reproof

by Helen Elizabeth Coolidge

For works with similar titles, see Reproof.

REPROOF

Art thou Christ's disciple?
 Patient be;
'Tis perchance what's needed
 Most by thee;
Though thy heart it grieveth sore
Strive more earnest than before.

Through the tones that chide thee
 Hear His voice;
'Twixt the good and evil
 Make thy choice;
Though thy self-love wounded be
Win by meekness victory.