Arbutus . was ended then should I demandFull compensation from Thine austere handFor t is thy pleasure, all temptation past,To be not just but generous at last. Lord, here I am, my three-score years and tenAll counted to the full; Ive fought Thy Thy dark valleys, scaled Thy rocks harsh height,Bourne all Thy burdens Thou dost lay im menWith hand unsparing, three-score years and tenBefore Thee now I make my claim, 0 Lord!What shall I pray thee as a meet reward? I ask for nothing. Let the balance fall! All that I am or know or may confess But swells the weight of mine indebtedness;
Arbutus . was ended then should I demandFull compensation from Thine austere handFor t is thy pleasure, all temptation past,To be not just but generous at last. Lord, here I am, my three-score years and tenAll counted to the full; Ive fought Thy Thy dark valleys, scaled Thy rocks harsh height,Bourne all Thy burdens Thou dost lay im menWith hand unsparing, three-score years and tenBefore Thee now I make my claim, 0 Lord!What shall I pray thee as a meet reward? I ask for nothing. Let the balance fall! All that I am or know or may confess But swells the weight of mine indebtedness; Burdens and sorrows stand transfigured all; Thy hands rude buffet turns to a caress, For Love, with all the rest. Thou gavest me here, And Love is Heavens very atmosphere. Lo! I have dwelt with thee, Lord. Let me die. 1 could no more through all Eternity. sen liy President Swain, espseially for the Aruittus, frommpublished poems, to Pi-e.^ident Swain by the a DAVID STARR JORDAN. of Dr. .Jordans. lA KIDQE, riR5T AND L/15T This story was awarded a first prize in the Arbutus Literary Contest Written by Mr. Lester Winter, of the Class of Nineteen-Two »r -^\ OOD istudents, as a class, are praised by everybody;r jr but even among good students, there are some un-I ^N worthy ones who fail to pass I j Johnson was a country school teacher who de-y 11 cided that he did not know enough. He wished toincrease his stocli of knowledge, not because heloved knowledge for its own sake, but because it would bringhim more cash. He had taught at the Pea Ridge districtschool for six years. Nothing seemed likely to prevent his^gmjj^ teaching at Pea Ridge for the rest of his ^^Sf^^L days. He had conned over his few text- ^v ^h*^ books so many times that he had them ^ ^ l)y heart, and he could carry on a recita- tion while his thoughts were far awayon the next oyster supper at Mt. Nebochurch. But he had an came to him of a higher posi-tion. He had been at Rube City,
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