Classic Poem

'Tis a great thing to live. Not small the task
Our Heavenly Father gives us here below;
And we have need continually to ask,
That light, and strength may through our being flow.
Not on the trifles of the passing hour,
With those who squander life, fix thou thy mind;
(For these may rob thy spirit of a power
Which was for greater, nobler things designed;)
But on some mighty work, some worthy plan,
Requiring e'en an angel's strength to do;
For scarce below the angel is the man,
And both may, here, one great design pursue;
The same on earth, the same in heaven above,
A holy ministry of peace and love.