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LEARN TO WAIT

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 28, 1888

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 14, No. 50.

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LEARN TO WAIT.

LEARN to wait—life's hardest lesson, Conned, perchance, through blinding tears, While the heart-throbs sadly echo To the tread of passing years.
Learn to wait—hope's slow fruition; Faint not, though the way seem long; There is joy in each condition— Hearts through suffering may grow strong.
Constant sunshine, howe'er welcome, Ne'er will ripen fruit or flower; Giant oaks owe half their greatness To the scathing tempest's power.
Thus a soul untouched by sorrow Aims not at a higher state; Joy seeks not a brighter morrow, Only sad hearts learn to wait.
Human strength and human greatness Spring not from life's sunny side; Heroes must be more than driftwood Floating on a waveless tide. —Selected.