The Home Circle | AdventAI

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jul 3, 1879

The Home Circle.

ONWARD AND UPWARD.

Fellow struggler on life's pathway Though misfortune's lot you know, Though your path be rough and dreary, Sink not 'neath your load of woe. Boldly up and face the future, One of vast creation's heirs, What though others be before you, You've a right as great as theirs. Right—by labor and exertion Forward still to work your way; Right to view through gloomy present Promise in the future day. Right to call the golden harvests From the ever-willing land, Right to wage the war with fortune, Stout of heart and strong of hand. Let no doubt delay your pathway, Let not error dim your sight, Let not sneers at your endeavor Turn you from the path of right. What though others tower above you With the wealth your father's made, Spreading out like forest monarchs, Will you perish in their shade? No—continue your exertions, Do not linger to despond, Rather burst into the sunlight Waiting for you far beyond. "Onward! Upward" be your motto— Let your gaze be fixed on high— And on honor's brightening pathway Hope will bloom and doubt shall die.