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Shall I be Crowned?

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 7, 1865

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 25, No. 14.

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Shall I be Crowned?

By L. S.

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Shall I be Crowned?

If I, along the cool, sequestered vale of life, Shall keep the noiseless tenor of my way; If I shall shun the scenes of earthly strife, And only live to meditate and pray; Or if contented with an humble lot, I shun the busy city's tempting round, And seek seclusion in a cave or grot, Shall I be crowned?
If I shall be content to carve a selfish way To golden gates, and hope at last to stand In the full brilliance of eternal day, Not having lent a brother once a helping hand, Not having dried a tear, or caused a smile On the wan faces which on earth abound, Nor felt for any sin the siren's luring wile, Shall I be crowned?
Not so: I must of strife and labor bear an honest part 'Tis not by cowards that the laurel's won; The while I keep a pure and spotless heart, 'Tis sin and not temptation I must shun: I must, while here, maintain the faithful fight— In the front rank of God's array be found: Live in the world a champion of the right, And then be crowned! L. S.