Do your Best and Leave the Rest.

As through life you journey onward     Many a hill you'll have to climb;     Many a rough and dang'rous pathway,     You'll encounter time and time.     Now and then a gleam of sunshine,     Will bring hope to cheer your breast;     Then press onward, - ever trusting, -     Do your best and leave the rest.     Though your progress may be hindered,     By false friends or bitter foes;     And the goal for which you're striving,     Seems so far away, - who knows?     You may yet have strength to reach it,     E'er the sun sinks in the west;     Ever striving, - still undaunted; -     Do your best and leave the rest.     If you fail, as thousands must do,     You will still have cause for pride;     You will have advanced much further,     Than if you had never tried.     Never falter, but remember,     Life is not a foolish jest;     You all are in the fight to win it; -     Do your best and leave the rest.     If at last your strength shall fail you,     And your struggles have proved vain;     There is One who will sustain you; -     Soothe your sorrow, - ease your pain,     He has seen your earnest striving,     And your efforts shall be blest;     For He knows, that you, though failing,     Did your best, - He'll do the rest.