When you think, when you speak, when you read, when you write,

When you sing, when you walk, when you seek for delight—

To be kept from all evil at home and abroad,

Live always as under the “eye of the Lord.”

Whatever you think, both in joy and woe,

Think nothing you would not like Jesus to know. 

 

Whatever you say, in a whisper or clear,

Say nothing you would not like Jesus to hear.

Whatever you read, though the page may allure,

Read nothing of which you are not perfectly sure 

Guilt at once would be seen in your look

If God should say, solemnly, “Show Me that book!”

 

Whatever you write, in haste or with heed,

Write nothing you would not like Jesus to read.

Whatever you sing, in the midst of your glees,

Sing nothing that God’s listening ear could displease.

Wherever you go, never go where you fear

God’s question being asked you— “What doest thou here?”

 

Whatever pastime in which you engage,

For the cheering of youth or the solace of age,

Turn away from each pleasure you’d shrink from pursuing,

Were God to look down and say, “What are you doing?”

 

Sarah. C. Benibo is a Christian Musician.