STAND FOR THE RIGHT by Sel.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 10, 1871

STAND FOR THE RIGHT.

By Sel.

Do right, whate'er betide thee, Nor swerve from Truth's behest; No power should ever drive thee From what thou deemest best.

Hast thou a mind? Stand firmly By thy convictions pure; From these let none e'er turn thee, Nor flat'ring hopes allure.

No wav'ring minds are wanted In contests with the wrong; The heart too easy daunted, Can wage no warfare long.

The world's best men and leaders Are always firm and true; The advocates and pleaders For right when right seems new.

Then are all firm men righteous? No; stubborn ones there are! Men obstinate and captious, Who mean themselves or war.

From such take no example, But shun their fatal course; This kind but bringeth evil That groweth worse and worse.

First seek to know the right way, Nor in thy haste decide, But once upon Truth's pathway Dare not to step aside.

The righteous never faileth, When battle-clouds are o'er, To rank among the bravest; They'll shine forevermore.

—Sel.