Faith and Works

go thy way day by day
the way heav’n points to thee;
question never, trusting ever—
peace then shalt thou see.

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live aright, day and night,
loving god forever;
bearing crosses, heavy losses,
murmuring—oh, never.

do thy task—never ask
why must it be done?
never borrow from the morrow—
use the present sun.

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then shalt thou, even now,
live in god and light;
and when dying dread not lying
in the cold and night.

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for thou know’st as thou sowest,
so shalt thou e’er reap;
duty done, is vict’ry won and
sweet the victor’s sleep.

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