“As we ponder through life’s pathway
There’s many a trial to bear
Yet we are always brought to pray
If we a crown would wear
Tis not the tree of smoothest bark
That has the finest grain
Nor tis not the one with lightest heart
That has the slightest pain.
Yet we are taught to bare a lot
And be guided by His will
We will never come to nought
For He our cup will fill.
The honor that we seek to know
And trails to endure,
Tis seeds of kindness we would sow
An eternal life ensure.
We should not live for self alone
And think no one’s needs
Upon the cross the Savior moons
For all man kind He pleads.
Then let us from this one brave deed
Prove heroes in the strife
Always remember those in need
And try and live a better life.”
Life’s Journey by Clement L. Heddleson (1900)
(My Great Grandfather)