4 Love on! love on! and though the evening still Wear the stern clouds that veiled thy noonday sun, With changeless trust, with calm, unwavering will, Work! bravely work! till the last hour be done: Love God! love Man! 299. L. M. Anonymous. Not Faithless, But Believing. 1 O, still trust on, if in the heart A holy inspiration rest,-- Though painful be the chosen part, With doubts, and fears, and cares opprest! O, shrink not, brothers, though Christ's call Demand our youth, our strength, our all! 2 No offering is made in vain; Some human soul shall feel our love; E'en weary hours of toil and pain Shall help to lift our souls above: And may our recompense be given, In leading many souls to heaven! 3 And still trust on! with trembling hand, 'Tis ours a little seed to sow; It springs at the divine command,-- Shall, if God will, to ripeness grow; Beauty and fragrance it shall bring, And breathe an everlasting spring. 300. C. M. Jones Very. As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap. 1 The bud will soon become a flower, The flower become a seed; Then seize, O youth, the present hour,-- Of that thou hast most need. 2 Do thy best always,--do it now,-- For in the present time, As in the furrows of a plough, Fall seeds of good or crime. 3 The sun and rain will ripen fast Each seed that thou hast sown; And every act and word at last By its own fruit be known. 4 And soon the harvest of thy toil Rejoicing thou shalt reap; Or o'er thy wild, neglected soil Go forth in shame to weep. 301. P. M. Whittier. The Purpose of Life. 1 Hast thou, 'midst life's empty noises, Heard the solemn steps of Time, And the low, mysterious voices Of another clime? 2 Early hath life's mighty question Thrilled within thy heart of youth, With a deep and strong beseeching,-- What, and where, is truth? 3 Not to ease and aimless quiet Doth the inward answer tend; But to works of love and duty, As our being's end. 4 Earnest toil and strong endeavor Of a spirit which within Wrestles with familiar evil And besetting sin; 5 And without, with tireless vigor, Steady heart, and purpose strong, In the power of Truth assaileth Every form of wrong. 302. S. M. Chr. Psalmist. All Work Divine. 1 Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see; And what I do in anything, To do it as for Thee!