--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - I. R. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 11 number: 7 published: 1908-05 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'I. R., "Work’s Worth," *Improvement Era* 11, no. 7 (May 1908): 502.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1107unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera1107unse start_page: 502 end_page: 502 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1908-05) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1107unse publication_year: 1908 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1908, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Work’s Worth WORK'S WORTH, By that divine unrest that spurs thee on, And fills thy soul with deepest discontent, By that despair ambition feeds upon, 'Tis not for thee to judge thy work's intent. There is a battle that we all must fight, Against the proud, deep fear we stand in lest Our work shall seem unworthy in the sight Of those great gods, whose creeds we have confessed; At whose high altar-fires we kneel to pray For light to guide us on to realms yet higher, For knowledge of the secret of their sway O'er kingdoms unto which our souls aspire. Yet we should not forget to cease sometimes Our worship, and our hopelessness give o'er To hours of toil with chisel, brush, or rhymes; And dare to own our work, nor brand it poor. I. R. @9S3@0®fgO@@(^^O®