Keep Them Alive.
Keep Hope alive! Though failure comes
Adown life's varied stream,
Behold, joy beats her mighty drums
And brave men toil and dream!
Keep Faith alive! Though evil strays
Across the paths you tread,
Yet Goodness blesses all your ways,—
The living and the dead!
Keep Love alive! Though burdens press
And crush with anguish sore,
Sweet Love shall crown with happiness
The sad heart evermore!
Little Sermons.
Nothing takes a man down so much as to contrast what he is with what he meant to be.
Some people are so sure they are going to miss hell in the hereafter that they proceed to make as much as possible while in this world.