<h2><SPAN name="page48"></SPAN><span class="pagenum"></span>THE ETERNAL WILL</h2>
<p class="poetry">There is no thing we cannot overcome<br/>
Say not thy evil instinct is inherited,<br/>
Or that some trait inborn makes thy whole life forlorn,<br/>
And calls down punishment that is not merited.</p>
<p class="poetry">Back of thy parents and grandparents lies<br/>
The Great Eternal Will. That, too, is thine<br/>
Inheritance; strong, beautiful, divine,<br/>
Sure lever of success for one who tries.</p>
<p class="poetry">Pry up thy faults with this great lever,
Will.<br/>
However deeply bedded in propensity,<br/>
However firmly set, I tell thee firmer yet<br/>
Is that vast power that comes from Truth’s
immensity.</p>
<p class="poetry">Thou art a part of that strange world, I
say.<br/>
Its forces lie within thee, stronger far<br/>
Than all thy mortal sins and frailties are,<br/>
Believe thyself divine, and watch, and pray.</p>
<p class="poetry"><SPAN name="page49"></SPAN><span class="pagenum">p.
49</span>There is no noble height thou canst not climb.<br/>
All triumphs may be thine in Time’s
futurity,<br/>
If whatso’er thy fault, thou dost not faint or halt,<br/>
But lean upon the staff of God’s security.</p>
<p class="poetry">Earth has no claim the soul can not contest.<br/>
Know thyself part of that Eternal Source,<br/>
And naught can stand before thy spirit’s
force.<br/>
The soul’s divine inheritance is best.</p>
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