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Not always those who walk on steadily, / In the straight path, where martyr's feet have trod, / Whose raiments seem of spotless purity, / Not always are they most beloved of God. / Although he sees, and knows their righteousness, / And from his throne, with loving eyes, looks down, / And hovers near, to comfort and to bless, / And holds for each fair brow a starry crown --
Yet there are those, who sometimes wander out / Into forbidden paths of sin, and grief, / Who sometimes hover on the brink of doubt, / Crying, "Oh, God, help thou mine unbelief! " / Whose lives are one long battle with their sins, / Who long for righteousness, yet cling to earth; / And he who battles thus, and battling wins, / God holds, and prizes, as of truer worth.
For greater is he, fighting this good fight, / Falling repeatedly, and prone to wrong, / Than he who walketh calmly in the light, / And never falls, because he is so strong. / Who never sins, because sin tempts him not. / To him who fights temptation one by one, / How sweet God's words when the last fight is fought, / "Beloved servant, well, and nobly done. "