Go Ye Into All the World
By Oscar B. Smith
In this brief charge the Lord proclaimed,
In tones the world should understand,
That every mortal is ordained
For some great mission, nobly planned.
Where it may be may not appear,
Or what, no soul can truly know;
Suffice it if we're ready here
When duty calls to quickly Go! No two shall have the same career,
Nor one another's labor do;
Each his appointed way with fear
Shall in appointed time pursue.
Man wins or loses in this life
By neither friend nor bitter foe;
The prize, at last in this great strife,
Depends on his own strength to Go! We use the means the Master gives
For good or ill we can but try,
A stricken, burdened mortal lives,
One highly favored can but die.
It follows, one should ne'er despise,
Nor think his life-work mean or low;
If he is willing, just, and wise,
He'll do his best, trust God, and Go! — Oscar B. Smith, in New York Observer.