STEADFASTNESS by Samuel Stone

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 7, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 23.

STEADFASTNESS.

By Samuel Stone

BY SAMUEL STONE.

O THOU who in the ways Of this rough world art faint and weary grown, Thy drooping head upraise, And let thy heart be strong for better days, Still trust that future time will unto thee make known.

In darkness, danger, pain, In poverty, misfortune, sorrow, all The woes which we sustain, Still be thou strong, from idle tears refrain, And yet upon thy brow, in time, success shall fall.

Banish that viewless fiend, Whose harried presence men have named despair, Let all thy efforts end Through life unto some great, some noble end, And life itself will soon a nobler aspect wear.

As the soft breath of spring Robes in bright hues the dark old earth again, So would such purpose bring Thee back to buoyancy of youth, and fling Joy on thy aching heart unfelt through years of pain.

Killisnoo, Alaska.