Poems (Stephens)/Believing

by Eliza Jane Stephens

BELIEVING.

Be sure there's some believe in good,
 That faithfully perform their part,
And would rejoice if all were blest,
 And peace enthroned in every heart.

That steadfast hold the ancient faith
 That each will meet their just reward,
And reverence still the sacred word
 As revelation from the Lord.

And strive to keep alive the hope
 The world grows better day by day,
That all grow wise with wisdom learned
 Each in their own peculiar way.

And some there are with souls so great
 They live all selfishness above,
And laboring for the good of all
 They triumph by the power of love.