O to be like my Lord! Yet must I be
Mine own self too,
And to the nature He bestowed on me
Be frankly true.
The olive fruits not as the clustering vine;
Nor may we get
Scent of the rose or lily from woodbine,
Or violet.

Thoughts and Fancies for Sunday Evenings (Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, 1887) p. 18. Compare: 1 Corinthians, xii, 4: "There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit." · xii, 6: "There are diversities of workings, but the same God, who worketh all things in all."