A scripture favorite (set as a poem)

WATER

a medley by Steve Marsh

 

a man is supple and weak when living
hard and stiff when dead
 

No power or influence can be maintained, except

 

the hard and the strong are the signs of death
the supple and changing the signs of life
 

by persuasion, by long suffering, by meekness and by gentleness

 

that which is forceful will not vanquish
that which is strong will fall to the axe
 

by kindness and pure knowledge

 

the strong fails
the supple succeeds
 

without hypocrisy and without guile

 

nothing is more submissive and weak than water
yet for breaking mountains, nothing can surpass it
 

Charity and virtue

 

that the weak overcome the strong, the
submissive the hard, all know
Yet none can put it into practice
 

Then the priesthood shall distill upon thy soul

as the dew from heaven and without

compulsory means dominion

shall flow unto thee

Forever and ever

 

Lao Tze
Tao Te Ching

Joseph Smith
Doctrine and Covenants 121