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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 10, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 6.

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The Inevitable.

By Sarah Knowles Bolton

I LIKE the man who faces what he must, With step triumphant and a heart of cheer; Who fights the daily battle without fear; Sees his hopes fail, yet keeps unfaltering trust That God is God; that somehow, true and just, His plans work out for mortals; not a tear Is shed when fortune, which the world holds dear, Falls from his grasp: better, with love, a crust Than living in dishonor: envies not, Nor loses faith in man; but does his best, Nor ever murmurs at his humbler lot, But, with a smile and words of hope, gives zest To every toiler: he alone is great Who by a life heroic conquers fate. — Sarah Knowles Bolton.