He Walked with God (Poem)

"Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him" (Gen. 5:24).

He "walked with God"! Could grander words be written?
Not much of what he thought or said is told;
Not where or what he wrought is even mentioned;
He "walked with God"_brief words of fadeless gold!

How many souls were succored on his journey_
Helped by his words, or prayers_we may not know;
Still, this we read_words of excelling grandeur_
He "walked with God," while yet he walked below.

And, after years, long years, of such blest walking,
One day he walked, then was not. God said, "Come!
Come from the scene of weary, sin-stained sadness!
Come to the fuller fellowship of Home!"

Such be the tribute of thy pilgrim journey;
When life’s last mile thy feet have bravely trod;
When thou hast gone to all that there awaits thee:
This simple epitaph_He "walked with God"!