Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-02-07 | Page 11 | Just Folks

l 9 VANITY The more mOle I see it seems t to me the trouble with us uSall all Is that we grow too big in pride in iii triaL shrink too small For when the good Lord prospers us and happiness is ours We take the credit to ourselves and boast about our powers O But Dut when our skies are arc overcast and plans have gone S SWe astray We wonder why the Lord above should punish us that way We Va tan y we were ere born to smile to dance our way along S' S That o our r should be one endless round of song 1 And when delight is ours t to know v and nd were we're victorious vie vic S I We act as though though wed we'd merely gained what ought to come to us But Dut let the storms of trouble rage rage we wince beneath the blow S SAnd And wonder why the Lord above takes vengeance on onus onus onus' us us- so Too big In in pride too little in lifes life's sterner terner tests are re we I We Ve strut the world in arrogance when Ve ae are trouble fr free e And then we whimper in despair and falter in belief Forgetting that to an all o live come pain and loss and grief Although about us s day by day weve we've watched the shadows faB fail S We blame it iton on the Lord when w v must share the fate of all an Lord snake make me bigger In my loss and smaller in my gain Teach me to see from Thee each day come both de delight de' de delight light and nain Teach me to understand my tears to know why they are sent That I may never cry cry against Thy punishment Teach me fo 0 know that thit joy and grief walk ever side sideby sideby by side Let me STOW ow bigger in my mi faith and smaller in my l pride ride Cop Copyright right 1927 1921 Edgar A A. GUest