There were children on the floor,
Conning Bible verses o’er.
“Which word, all the Bible through,
Do you love the best?” asked Sue.
“I like ‘faith’ the best,” said one.
“‘Jesus’ is my word alone.”
“I like ‘hope,’” “I like ‘love.’”
“I like ‘heaven,’ our home above.”
One, more small than all the rest,
“I like ‘whosoever’ best.
“‘Whosoever,’ that means all—
Even I, who am so small.”
“‘Whosoever!’ Ah! I see;
That’s the word for you and me.”
“Whosoever will” may come;
Find a pardon and a home.