p. 13 | Serving and Waiting by Molly W. Anderson

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 16, 1914

Serving and Waiting

By Molly W. Anderson

MOLLY W. ANDERSON

Is it hard, child, to wait by the side of the road, You who yearn to be out in the throng On the highway of life, where the busy ones are, The fearless, the brave, and the strong?

Is it hard to rejoice, when the others at- tain, And the laurels on them are bestowed, While, too feeble to run, and aweary with pain, You must wait by the side of the road?

Do you fancy the battle of life could be fought, And its victories won by the throng,— That its splendid achievements could ever be wrought If it were not for you and your song?

Is it hard, then, to wait by the side of the road While the busy ones press toward the goal? To bid them good cheer, and to lighten each load By that sympathy sweet to the soul?

Is it hard, then, this being a blessing to man, And pointing his pathway above; When you know you're a part of God's infinite plan, A link in the chain of his love?

Be glad in your heart for your humble abode, And your mission of peace in the strife. Be glad, then, to wait by the side of the road, As a spring, on the highway of life.