My Mission

— DATA OF EDUCATION. 149 home, the community, and the school, must work in harmony. Education is the progressive realization of the purpose of life, through the organic interaction of self-activity and the social and physical environment. Salt Lake City, Utah. MY MISSION. BY ALFRED OSMOND, PROF. OF ENGLISH, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY. There is work for me, in this world of toil The sequence of life will tell That the only way to be saved, today, Is to do my duty well. If I would ascend to those lofty realms Where the gods of my fathers dwell, I must love the soil, in the field of toil. And must do my duty well. These hands must be taught to serve our God — I must rise where I stumbling fell; I must learn to fight, in the cause of right, For the truth I love so well. I must cut my way through the ranks of sin Where legions of heroes fell; Where my foes are strong and the conflict long, I must fight life's battle well. I must cast my lot with the meek and poor. And camp where the wicked dwell; I must suffer pain for another's gain. If I fill life's mission well. My dear friends may die, and my foes may live; My griefs may be hard to quell. And my feet may stray from the narrow way That leads where the righteous dwell; But my Father's love is too great to leave The soul of his child in hell. He will call me back to life's shining track. And all will again be well. Bloomington, Idaho.