The Burdens of All + 

We may sigh o’er the heavy burdens + 

Of the black, the brown and white; + 

But if we all clasped hands together + 

The burdens would be more light. + 

How to solve life’s saddest problems, + 

Its weariness, want and woe, + 

Was answered by One who suffered + 

In Palestine long ago. + 

He gave from his heart this precept, + 

To ease the burdens of men, + 

“As ye would that others do to you + 

Do ye even so to them.” + 

Life’s heavy, wearisome burdens + 

Will change to a gracious trust + 

When men shall learn in the light of God + 

To be merciful and just. + 

Where war has sharpened his weapons, + 

And slavery masterful had, + 

Let white and black and brown unite + 

To build the kingdom of God. + 

And never attempt in madness + 

To build a kingdom or state, + 

Through greed of gold or lust of power, + 

On the crumbling stones of hate. + 

The burdens will always be heavy, + 

The sunshine fade into night, + 

Till mercy and justice shall cement + 

The black, the brown and the white. + 

And earth shall answer with gladness, + 

The herald angel’s refrain, + 

When “Peace on earth, good will to men” + 

Was the burden of their strain. + 