Oh! Christian Love is a thing divine,
And Charity saveth ten fold;
But a Christian HATE is a thing as sublime-
The hatred of sin and the idol’s shrine,
Where Mammon is worshipped in gold.
The hatred of murder, and craft, and deceit,-
The upholdeth the money-lord’s sway:
Oh! if British hearts had a manful beat,
Tho’ the tyrants stood thick as the stones in
the street,
I’d trample them down like the dust at my feet,
In the light of a single day!
Oh! War, they say, is a sinful thing,
And a blessing is peace, they say-
And obedience and patience their guerdon shall
bring:
But well they may preach to the suffering-
When none are the gainers but they!
They may shrink in horror from bloodshed and
fight,
And the words that they speak may be true:
But there is such a thing as the Wrong and the Right,
And there is such a thing as tyrannical might;
And the tears of the many are worse in my
sight,
Aye! e’en than the blood o f the few.
(Ernest Jones)
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