Staying Up

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Aug 22, 1912

We often hear the words, "Plenty of room at the top." The following lines are very inspiring when we remember the words of the scripture which says, "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord."

You can always take credit and cash and all that. You can make a man's chances seem utterly flat; With your gossip and malice his character flay; But the man isn't down till he's willing to stay.

There are thousands of feet always ready to kick, And more thousands of tongues fairly itching to prick; All the faces once friendly turn coldly away; But the man isn't down till he's willing to stay.

It is human to whine and complain of bad luck, Deep to sink in the mire in which you are stuck; But it's better and wiser to rise up and say: "Here! A man isn't down till he's willing to stay." —Selected.