Scorn Not the Slightest Word of Deed { Scorn Not the Slightest Word of Deed DOWNS-Lowell Mason ST. GILES, FARNBORO-Edward Woodall Naylor MANOAH-A. Rossini (arr. George Holden) REMSEN-Joseph P. Holbrook Scorn Not the Slightest Word of Deed } Scorn not the slightest word of deed, Nor deem it void of power; There's fruit in each windwafted seed, That waits its natal hour. A whispered word may touch the heart, And call it back to life; A look of love bid sin depart, And still unholy strife. No act falls fruitless; none can tell How vast its power may be, Nor what results infolded dwell Within it silently. Work on, despair not, bring thy mite, Nor care how small it be; God is with all that serve the right, The holy, true, and free.