An Inspirational Poem About Faith

In reality, it is an active motion, one where you positively keep striving for achievement, even when things don't look so good.

Faith

Faith is not merely praying
Upon your knees at night;
Faith is not merely straying
Through darkness to the light.

Faith is not merely waiting
For glory that may be,
Faith is not merely hating
The sinful ecstasy.

Faith is the brave endeavor
The splendid enterprise,
The strength to serve, whatever
Conditions may arise.

~S.E. Kiser (1862 - 1942)

Samuel Ellsworth Kiser was born in Shippenville, Pa. He began newspaper work in Cleveland, and from 1900 until 1914 was editorial and special writer for the Chicago Record-Herald. Kiser was noted for his humorous sketches, which had been widely syndicated. Among his books are "Georgie," "Charles the Chauffeur," "Love Sonnets of an Office Boy," "Ballads of the Busy Days," "Sonnets of a Chorus Girl," "The Whole Glad Year," and "The Land of Little Care."

Amazon.com has a few books available featuring this poet that you may enjoy reading:

The Land Of Little Care (1912)

Budd Wilkins At The Show And Other Verses: A Collection Of Poems For Readers Both Public And Private (1898)

Ballads Of The Busy Days (1903)

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