One way to win success in work and war is to subordinate self to the
service, as the following lines suggest:
He held the lamp of truth that day
So low that none could miss the way;
And yet so high to bring in sight
That picture fair--the world’s great Light;
That, gazing up--the lamp between--
The hand that held it scarce was seen.
He held the pitcher, stooping low
To lips of little ones below;
Then raised it to the weary saint,
And bade him drink, when sick and faint!
They drank--the pitcher thus between--
The hand that held it scarce was seen.
He blew the trumpet soft and clear,
That trembling sinners need not fear;
And then with louder note and bold,
To raze the walls of Satan’s hold!
The trumpet coming thus between,
The hand that held it scarce was seen.
But when the Captain says, “Well done,
Thou good and faithful servant--come!
Lay down the pitcher and the lamp
Lay down the trumpet--leave the camp,”
The weary hands will then be seen,
Clasped in those pierced ones--naught between.(Text.)
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=Self-improvement=--See MUTUALISM.
=Self-injury=--See SUICIDE PREVENTED.