OUR PURPOSE
We are not storerooms but channels;
We are not cisterns but springs,
Passing our benefits onward,
Fitting our blessings with wings,
Letting the water flow outward
To spread o’er the desert forlorn;
Sharing our bread with our brothers,
Our comforts with those who mourn.
From 1200 Notes, Quotes and Anecdotes, by A. Naismith, published by Marshall Pickering, London, pg. 25
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