He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy 10:18
Tis easy loving those we know,
who then will love us back.
But when a stranger's at the gate,
do we care that they lack?
We feed them at a distance,
give them castoffs with disdain;
never want to shake their hands
afraid that they might stain.
If kindness to the stranger
is not bred into our bone,
I think someday before the Lord
we'll have to stand . . . alone.
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