STRENGTH FOR TO DAY.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 238, 21 January 1888, Page 2

STRENGTH FOR TO DAY.

Strength for to-day is all that .we need, As there never will bo a to-morrow ; For to-morrow will prove but another to-day, • With its measure of joy and sorrow. Then why forecast tha trials of life, With such sad- and grave persistence-; And watch and wait for a crowd of ill 3 That as yet have no existence. , Y Strength for to-day— what a precioua boon- . For the earne t souls who labor ! For the willing hands that minister To the needy friend or neighbour. " " Strength for to-day — that the weary heir ts In the battle for right may quail nob ; And the eves bediinmed with bit tor- tears In their search for light may fail pot. Strength for to-day, on the dowa hill track, .For the travellers near (lie valley;; That np, far up on thu oth-r sjde, i 'Ere long they may safely ralfy. Strength for to-day, that our precious youth, May happily shun temptation, And build from the rise to the set of the sun ' On a strong and sure foundation. . i * ' Strength for to-day, in hou>e and home, To practice forbearanoe sweetly ; < To scatter kind words and loving deeds, Still trusting in God completely. Strength for to-day is all that wo need, As there never will be a to-morrow. For to-morrow will prove but another to-day, With its measure of jo« and sorrow.