| The Best Things in Life |
Chapter 20 |
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Then God’s path is always the right path. “He led them forth by the right way.” God never leads any one in the wrong way. The path is steep, but it runs up the mountain of God. It may be rough, but the end will be so blessed, so glorious, that in its joy we shall forget the briers and thorns on the way.
“O pilgrim, as you journey, do you ever gladly say,
In spite of heavy burdens and the roughness of the way,
That it surely does not matter–all the strange and bitter stress;
Heat and cold, and toil and sorrow– ‘twill be healed with blessedness–
For the road leads home?
“Home! The safe and blissful shelter where is glad and full content,
And companionship of kindred; and the treasures early rent
From you holding shall be given back, more precious than before.
Oh! You will not mind the journey with such blessedness in store,
When the road leads home.
“Oh, you will not mind the roughness, nor the steepness of the way,
Nor the chill, unrestd morning, nor the dreariness of the day;
And you will not take a turning to the left or to the right,
But go straight ahead, nor tremble at the coming of the night,
For the road leads home.”
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