OLD SHOES | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 9, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 23.

OLD SHOES.

How much a man is like old shoes! For instance, both a soul may lose, Both have been tanned, both are made tight By cobblers, both get left and right; Both need a mate to be complete, And both are made to go on feet; They both need heeling, oft are sold, And both in time turn all to mold. With shoes the last is first; with men The first shall be the last; and when The shoes wear out, they are mended new. When men wear out, they're men-dead, too. They both are trod upon, and both Will tread on others, nothing loath; Both have their ties, and both incline, When polished, in the world to shine, And both peg out—and would you choose To be a man or be his shoes?

—Anon.