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THE HEROIC LIFE


 * Without labor there is no arriving at rest, nor without fighting can the victory be reached.
 * Without labor there is no arriving at rest, nor without fighting can the victory be reached.


 * If thou art unwilling to suffer, thou refusest to be crowned,
 * But if thou desire to be crowned, fight manfully, endure pa-tiently.


 * Without a combat thou canst not attain unto the crown of patience.


 * Be thou therefore always prepared for the fight,
 * If thou Wilt have the Victory. Thomas a Kempis


 * Did you tackle the trouble that came your way
 * With a resolute heart and cheerful,
 * Or hide your face from the light of day
 * With a craven heart, and fearful?
 * Or a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
 * Or a trouble is what you make it;
 * And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
 * But only how did you take it.
 * But only how did you take it.


 * You're beaten to earth. Well, well, what's that?
 * Come up with a smiling face.
 * It's nothing against you to fall down flat,
 * But to lie there that's disgrace.
 * The harder you're thrown, why, the higher you bounce;
 * Be proud of your blackened eye.
 * It isn't the fact that you're licked that counts,
 * It's how did you fight and why.


 * And though you be done to death, what then?
 * If you battled the best you could;
 * If you played your part in the world of men,
 * Why, the critic will call it good.
 * Death comes with a crawl or comes with a pounce,
 * And whether he's slow or spry,
 * It isn't the fact that you're dead that counts,
 * But only how did you die.


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 * Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God.

Hymn No. 133 Onward Christian Soldiers (Standing) 27