--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Shafer, Francis M. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 24 number: 12 published: 1921-10 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Francis M. Shafer, "Don’t Give Up," *Improvement Era* 24, no. 12 (October 1921): 1088.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera24012unse 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: improvementera24012unse start_page: 1088 end_page: 1088 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1921-10) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera24012unse publication_year: 1921 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 1921, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Don’t Give Up Don't Give Up When the trail ahead looks gloomy, and the sun seems mighty dim, When the sky is overshadowed, and you feel that you won't win, Just keep yourself a move'n, don't give up the game, The chap with sand is sure to land, he'll get there just the same. When the snow is still a snow'n, or the rain is pour'n down, When the cold North wind's a blow'n, 'til you can't stick to the ground, Just set yer teeth and bear it, don't make the slightest wail, The lad with pluck, is never stuck, there's no such thing as fail. When your mighty tired and hungry, and your almost down and out, When your friends begin to shun-ye, and your mind, seems full of doubt Don't ever think of failure, lad, it's the worse thing you can do; Make up your mind that you're the kind that's go-na stick, — LIKE GLUE. Moab, Utah Francis M. Shafer