The Eternal Will.
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Thero s ia no thing we cannot overcome. Say not thy evil Instinct is inherited. Or that some trait in-torn makes thy whole life forlorn, And calls down punishment that is not merited. Back of thy parents and grandparents lies The great Eternal Will! That, too, is thine Inheritance strong, beautiful, divine; Sure lever of success for one who tries. Pry up thy fault with this great lever—Wi'l. However deeply bedded in propensity, However firmly set, I tell thee, firmer yet Is that vast power that comes from Truth’s immen« sity Thou art a part of that strange world, I say; Its forces lie within thee, stronger far Than all thy mortal sins and frailties are. Believe thyself divine, and watch and pray. There is no noble height thoucan’st not climb ; All triumphs may be thine in Time’s futurity, If, whatso’er thy fault, thou dost not faint or halt, But lean upon the staff of God’s security. Earth has no claim the soul cannot contest. Kuow thyself part of the Supernal source. And naught can stand before thy spirit’s force. The soul’s divine inheritance is best.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 957, 4 July 1890, Page 4
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