Unimportant Differences

If he is honest, kindly, true,

And glad to work from day to day;

If when his bit of toil is through

With children he will stoop to play;

If he does always what he can

To serve another's time of need,

Then I shall hail him as a man

And never ask him what's his creed.

If he respects a woman's name

And guards her from all thoughtless jeers;

If he is glad to play life's game

And not risk all to get the cheers;

If he disdains to win by bluff

And scorns to gain by shady tricks,

I hold that he is good enough

Regardless of his politics.

If he is glad his much to share

With them who little here possess,

If he will stand by what is fair

And not desert to claim success,

If he will leave a smile behind

As he proceeds from place to place,

He has the proper frame of mind,

And I wo n't stop to ask his race.

For when at last life's battle ends

And all the troops are called on high

We shall discover many friends

That thoughtlessly we journeyed by.

And we shall learn that God above

Has judged His creatures by their deeds,

That millions there have won His love

Who spoke in different tongues and creeds.