We can go into the world with this certainty: There is much worthwhile work waiting for every one of us. But we must go to it. And when we take it up, we should remember these words from Ecclesiastes: "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might".
If you cannot on the ocean, Sail among the swiftest fleet, rocking on the highest billows, laughing at the storms you meet, you can stand among the sailors, Anchored yet within the bay; you can lend a hand to heldp them, as they launch the boats away.
If you are too weak to journey Up the mountain, steep and high, you can stand within the valley, while the multititude go by. You can chant in happy measure, as they slowly pass a long; though they may forget the singer, they will not forget the song.
If you have not gold and silver ever ready to command, if you cannot toward the needy reach and an ever-open hand, you can visit the afflicted, O'er the erring you can weep; you can be a true disciple sitting at the Saviour's feet.
If you cannot in a conflict prove yourself a soldier true, If where the fire and smoke are thickest there is no work for you to do, when the battlefield is silent, you can go with careful tread; you can bear away the wounded, you can cover up the dead.
If you cannot on the ocean, Sail among the swiftest fleet, rocking on the highest billows, laughing at the storms you meet, you can stand among the sailors, Anchored yet within the bay; you can lend a hand to heldp them, as they launch the boats away.
If you are too weak to journey Up the mountain, steep and high, you can stand within the valley, while the multititude go by. You can chant in happy measure, as they slowly pass a long; though they may forget the singer, they will not forget the song.
If you have not gold and silver ever ready to command, if you cannot toward the needy reach and an ever-open hand, you can visit the afflicted, O'er the erring you can weep; you can be a true disciple sitting at the Saviour's feet.
If you cannot in a conflict prove yourself a soldier true, If where the fire and smoke are thickest there is no work for you to do, when the battlefield is silent, you can go with careful tread; you can bear away the wounded, you can cover up the dead.
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