Tho’ feeble steps are silenced, And the smiles no more I see, Yet there, where Home remaineth, They will wait to welcome me.
Alone! and yet in dreaming I can live and love once more The days of happy childhood, In the sunshine gone before.
And tho’ my light is fading And the night must come I know, Yet the sunbeams will be stealing Thro’ the rifts of long ago.
FAITH.
Faith is needed every day,— Faith to work and faith to pray; Faith to learn and faith to teach, Faith to practice, faith to preach; Faith to love and faith to charm, Faith to quicken, faith to calm; Faith to bless and faith to chide, Faith to follow, faith to guide; Faith to prove and faith to know, Faith to stay and faith to go; Faith to urge and faith to keep, Faith to waken, faith to sleep; Faith to do and faith to dare, Faith to bear and faith to share; Faith to bind and faith to break, Faith to give and faith to take; Faith to stand and faith to yield, Faith to heal, faith to be healed, Faith to pardon, faith to seek, Faith to listen, faith to speak; Faith to wait and faith to try, Faith to live and faith to die.
UNITED EFFORT.
Working unaided, striving alone, Effort is fruitless and triumph unknown; Single endeavor, battling with sin, Loses the laurels union can win.
Working together, trusting in God, Effort united will merit reward; Pledging allegiance triumph is sure, Union is mighty, strength will endure.