Is the World Any Better?

Is the world any bet­ter

my bro­ther

Because you are pass­ing this way?

Are you try­ing to win

From the thrall­dom of sin

Some wan­d’ring one now gone as­tray?

Is the world any bright­er

Men’s cares any light­er

Because you are pass­ing this way?

Is your God-giv­en light

Shining stea­dy and bright

To make the world bet­ter to­day?

Is the world any bright­er

my bro­ther

More cheer­ful be­cause of your song?

As you tra­vel life’s road

Did you light­en the load

Of bur­dened ones pass­ing along?

’Tis the time of seed-sow­ing

my bro­ther;

Tomorrow the reap­er may come.

Sow the seeds here and there

Scatter truth ev­ery­where

For the day of the great Har­vest Home.