Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1914 — ROOM AT THE TOP. [ARTICLE]

ROOM AT THE TOP.

THERE'S ever a crowd In the ‘valley, : For the lower a soul descends ■ , • ' 'The more it finds of the -smaller minds That set k out their selfish ends. , There's companionship in the val- • ley. 1 . .. With others your lot is thrown, But the man who tries for the lair-. ;■ ger prize Must travel the heights alone. He must make for himself a pathway Where no other foot e'er trod Till he grows complete in contentment sweet As he learns to walk with God. There is glory upon the mountain. Though the summit is' cold and bleak. Yet the radians-burst of the dawn falls first. Like a blowing rose on the peak Then dare the paths of the mountain, Oh, spirit with godlike fire. Whose depths are stirred by an lnward word, To struggle and to aspire. Be not content, with the sluggard, In the Valley of life to stop. But with purpose bold heed the adage old; “There's always room at the top." —J. A. Edgerton.