Keep

by Esther Thornburg
(Cantril, Iowa)

There was a garden Adam was to keep,
But the tree beyond, they did seek.
From their maker they even hid.
They did what God forbid.

God's word tells what we must keep,
Not the ways of the world, to seek.
In your heart, His word should be hid.
Not the ways the maker forbid.

It is one true God we must seek.
His spirit can dwell within to keep.
Praying always, His will to seek
A way to love one another, we must keep.