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Did not that thought from heaven proceed,

According God’s mercy to every creed,

Which however pagan, howe’er untrue,

Is meant to give our Creator his due?

May not devotion to God be shown,

Whether through Christ or Mohammed known?

Whether men die in holy war,

Or kneel to be crushed by Juggernaut’s car?

Mankind would God in error leave,

Yet penally for that error aggrieve.

Did God a special creed require,

Each soul would he not with that creed inspire?

Can a glaring evil endure

Despite of the power and will to cure?

Must not any event arrive

For which both will and power strive?

Will not any result obtain

Which power unites with will to gain?

If God can creatures make to suit his will,

Foresee, if they can, his design fulfil;

Wherefore to trial, those creatures expose,

Traits to discover, which he thus foreknows?

M. B. Gourlay