THE CALL TO DUTY.
Tired! Well, what of that? Did’st fancy life was spent on beds of ease, Fluttering the rose leaves scattered by the breeze? Come, rouse thee, work while it is call’d to-day ! Coward, arise —go forth upon thy way! Lonely! And what of that? Some must be lonelv; ’tis not given to all To feel a heart responsive rise and fall— To blend another its own. Work may be done in loneliness; work on Dark! Well, what of that? Did’st fondly dream the sun would never set ? Dost fear to lose thy way? Take courage yet; Learn thou to walk by faith and not by sight ; Thy steps will g jided be, an 1 guided right. Hard; Well, what of that? Did’st fancy life one summer holiday With lessons none to learn and naught but play? Go, get thee to thy task ; conquer or die! it must be learned —learn it then patiently. No help! Nay; ’tis not so. Though human help be far, God is nigh. Who feeds the ravens, hears His children cry, And He will thee, light thee, help thee home ; He’s near thee whercso’er thy footsteps roam. —“British Weekly,”
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White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 272, 18 February 1918, Page 3
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196THE CALL TO DUTY. White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 272, 18 February 1918, Page 3
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