"The gospel is the bread of life," I heard a preacher mutter; "The gospel is the bread of life, And bread is served with -- butter. "Yet some men preach the living word With hem and haw and stutter; And grace have they sans graciousness, The bread without the butter. "And others, while they preach the truth, That truth half-hearted utter; Their faith is lacking confidence, Their bread is lacking butter. "The truth that saves a sinful man From brothel, bar, and gutter, Is truth that loves and truth that dares; The bread -- and also butter." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE BEING by HAYDEN CARRUTH THEY HAVEN'T HEARD THE WEST IS OVER by JAMES GALVIN THE EXECUTIVE by DAVID IGNATOW A REPUBLIC! by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THEY PRAISE THE SUN by JOHN CROWE RANSOM PRELUDE; FOR GEOFFREY GORER by EDITH SITWELL |