WOR
To the Man or Woman Who Is Just Going' On
By Samuel Gardiner Ayres
Illustrated by R. Tandler ,
v. --?
. .- tTt. !
Whatever the motive which impels, it leads us forever on.
iOMEWHERE the other day the sentence
was written beginning, "The glory ongo
ing on." That is all we saw of it, but im
mediately We had a vision of the many,
manv npnnlp who are iust ffoihe on.
lWhat a great group of folks they are! They come
from all walks of life.
' Here is a tired mother. Her hands and arms
and feet are tired; but she keeps going on. Love
drives. Here is a weary teacher, burdened with the
building of a good character in her pupils. They
seem to disregard her advice, but she keeps going on,
her vision is of the future, and it compels her to keep
on or be a coward. '
Here isL a man with a large family. His pay is
not large and the demands are many. He and the
good wife sacrifice that the children may have and
je like other: children. They will keep going tn to
tfe end. ! . N
All the delights of friendship are just because!
we keep going on. . All the joys of a truly happy
home are based on just going on in service and sac
rifice for the common good. 1 f;;;
The man in the bank just keeps going on day
after day. The man in the store, in the factory, the;
- T
teacher, the professor, the Christian worker, are al
forever just going on. ;;
There is a glory in going on. It ha,s in it the
rins- of the commander's voice, be it love, dutv. Sell
er -: - v
interest or some other motive' which impels. It al-f
ways orders jthe charge. Forward, march 1 On we;
go up the hill to the heights awaiting our' conquest.!
There is a joy in just going on, and "By Thy grace:
we willV Never a moment will we falter, never shirk
or shrink, never be called a coward or quitter.
Though it takes us over a long, weary road, at last it
will bring us to-the end of the day, and then we shall
find the "glory of going on."