James Buckham is the author of this poem:
“What hast thou wrought?” is the world’s demand.
Where is thy product of brain or hand?
That presented, the wise world says,
“Take this place!” and the man obeys.
Somewhat otherwise measures God,
Searches the soul with love’s testing-rod;
Gets its innermost depth and plan;
Ignores the product, exalts the man!
Whittier, in a similar vein, wrote:
Not by the page word-painted,
My life is banned or sainted.
Deeper than written scroll,
The colors of the soul,
Nobler than any fact,
My wish that failed of act. (Text.)
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=Work, Unrecompensed=--See ILL-PAID WORK.
=Working Hard=--See ENCOURAGEMENT.
=Working Men and Church=--See CHRIST APPROVED.