THE NARROW BLESSED PATH

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 7, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 19.

THE NARROW BLESSED PATH.

THERE'S a certain narrow, quiet path Of daily thinking and living, Of little deeds of sacrifice, Of loving and forgiving,—

Of patience and obedience, Of gentle speech and action, Of choosing the right and leaving the wrong With a sunny satisfaction.

And if we never leave this path For the thing the world calls pleasure, There will come to meet us a heavenly joy Beyond all power to measure.

For on this narrow, quiet way, God's angels move forever, Waiting to crown with peace divine Our every high endeavor.

Yes, this is what sheds on the lowliest life The glow of the sweetest beauty, Not the thought of the duty of happiness, But the happiness of our duty! —Anon.