Then if these "old ways" won't do,
Keep in step.
Be assured, good Master Standstill,
All-wise Providence designed
Aspiration and progression
For the yearning human mind.
Generations left their blessings,
In the relies of their skill,
Generations yet are longing
For a greater glory still;
And the shades of our forefathers
Are not jealous of our deed--
We but follow where they beckon,
We but go where they do lead!
Keep in step.
One detachment of our army
May encamp upon the hill,
While another in the valley
May enjoy its own sweet will;
This, may answer to one watchword,
That, may echo to another;
But in unity and concord,
They discern that each is brother!
Breast to breast they're marching onward,
In a good now peaceful way;
You'll be jostled if you hinder,
So don't offer let or stay--
Keep in step.
JOHNNY COLE.
"I GUESS we will have to put out our Johnny," said Mrs. Cole, with a
sigh, as she drew closer to the fire, one cold day in autumn. This
remark was addressed to her husband, a sleepy, lazy-looking man, who
was stretched on a bench, with his eyes half closed. The wife, with
two little girls of eight and ten, were knitting as fast as their
fingers could fly; the baby was sound asleep in the cradle; while
Johnny, a boy of thirteen, and a brother of four, were seated on the
wide hearth making a snare for rabbits.
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