form
As we walk with the crowd in the road.

"So I say let me walk with the men in the road,
Let me seek out the burdens that crush;
Let me speak a kind word of good cheer to the weak
Who are falling behind in the rush.
There are wounds to be healed, there are breaks we must mend,
There are cups of cold water to give,
And the man in the road by the side of his friend,
Is the man who has learned how to give.

"Then tell me no more of the house by the road,
There is only one place I can live.
It is there where the men are toiling along,
Who are needing the help I can give.
'Tis pleasant to dwell in the house by the road,
And be a friend, as the poet has said,
But the Master is bidding us, Bear ye their load,
Your rest waiteth yonder ahead.

"So I can not remain in the house by the road,
And watch as the toilers pass on,
Their faces beclouded with pain and with shame,
So burdened, their strength nearly gone.
I will go to their side, I will speak in good cheer,
I will help them to carry their load.
And I'll smile at the man in the house by the way,
While I walk with the crowd in the road.

"Out there in the road that runs by the house
Where the poet is singing his song,
I'll walk and I'll work midst the heat of the day,
And I'll help falling brothers along.
Too busy to dwell in the house by the way,
Too happy for such an abode,
And my glad heart will sing to the Master of all,
Who is helping me serve in the road."

And the beauty and glory of this lovely visit that Prince Jonathan made
to David, the outcast, was that he walked with him in the road. He did
not dwell in his princely palace and send him some money. He did not
allow him, as Dives allowed Lazarus, to gather up the crumbs. He went
to him. And because he went to him he helped him. Oh, heart, that is
the secret of the salvation wrought by our Lord. He came to us. Had
He merely come for the day and gone back to Heaven at night, He would
never have saved us. He came into personal contact with us. That is
how He lifts us.

This visit was beautiful, in the third place, because of its high and
holy purpose. I see Jonathan as he is turning his face toward the
forest where David is hiding. I say to him, "Prince Jonathan, you are
going down to see David, I understand. Why are you going?" This is
his answer: "I am going down to strengthen his hand in God. You know
David has h