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The Foot That Gets Tired

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 31, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 44.

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The Foot That Gets Tired

THE potter stood at his daily work. One patient foot on the ground; The other with never-slackening speed, Turning his swift wheel round. Silent we stood beside him there, Watching the restless knee, Till my friend said low, in pitying tones, “How tired his foot must ‘be.”
The potter never paused in his work, Shaping the wondrous thing; ’Twas only a common flower pot, But perfect in fashioning. Then slowly raising his patient eyes With homely truth inspired, “No, ma’am, it isn’t the foot that works, But the one that stands gets tired.”
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