Or for passing hours despond;
Nor, thy daily toil forgetting,
Look too eagerly beyond.
Hours are golden links, God’s token,
Reaching heaven; but, one by one,
Take them, lest the chain be broken
Ere the pilgrimage be done.
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DAY-BY-DAY VIRTUES
The prayer contained in these verses, by Ethelwyn Wetherald, is a good one for everybody to offer: