Heavenly Visions
BE VIGILANT
I HAVE done at length with dreaming!
Henceforth, O thou soul of mine,
Thou must gird on sword and gauntlet,
Waging warfare most divine.
HEVI 38.10
Life is struggle, conflict, victory;
Wherefore hast thou slumbered on,
With thy forces all unmarshaled,
With thy weapon all undrawn?
HEVI 38.11
Oh, how many a glorious record
Had the angels of thee kept,
Hadst thou done instead of doubted,
Hadst thou warred instead of wept.
HEVI 38.12
But, my soul, look not behind thee;
There is strength for thee at last.
Let the brave toil of the present
Overarch the crumbling past.
HEVI 38.13
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