Article February 28, 1901 Issue

Earnest Striving

BY KATE N. HOGE.

There is no success in any condition that does not represent work, sacrifice of personal ease or pleasure. Just so, it seems to me, we must earnestly strive in Science, letting no argument of discouragement influence us, but persevering faithfully, always adhering to the Truth, turning away from error as a reality, strong in our understanding of the knowledge of God as all.

"Work out your own salvation" is an imperative command, a demand unchanging. To be sure at times we shift the duty, and perhaps enjoy for a season the fruit of another's work, feeling a little comfort that some trouble has been overcome without effort on our part. Suddenly a greater trial appears, and if the previous demonstration has not been ours, we suffer. We must be alive to the needs of to-day, always conscious that it is "God working with us," if we would not have the necessities of to-morrow press hard.

What respect or position has a tramp in this world—one whom from choice prefers to eat the bread of idleness and poverty?

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