{"id":14687,"date":"2011-01-22T20:29:11","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T02:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/?p=14687"},"modified":"2021-06-03T09:56:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T14:56:26","slug":"manvotional-the-bridge-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manly-lessons\/manvotional-the-bridge-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"Manvotional: The Bridge Builder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14688 size-full\" title=\"bridge\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/\/2011\/01\/bridge.jpg\" alt=\"An illustration of lennox bridge.\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/bridge.jpg 500w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/bridge-372x230.jpg 372w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2011\/01\/bridge-320x198.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>The Bridge Builder<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>An old man, going a lone highway,<br \/>\nCame, at the evening, cold and gray,<br \/>\nTo a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide,<br \/>\nThrough which was flowing a sullen tide.<\/p>\n<p>The old man crossed in the twilight dim;<br \/>\nThe sullen stream had no fear for him;<br \/>\nBut he turned, when safe on the other side,<br \/>\nAnd built a bridge to span the tide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Old man,&#8221; said a fellow pilgrim, near,<br \/>\n&#8220;You are wasting strength with building here;<br \/>\nYour journey will end with the ending day;<br \/>\nYou never again will pass this way;<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve crossed the chasm, deep and wide-<br \/>\nWhy build you this bridge at the evening tide?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The builder lifted his old gray head:<br \/>\n&#8220;Good friend, in the path I have come,&#8221; he said,<br \/>\n&#8220;There followeth after me today,<br \/>\nA youth, whose feet must pass this way.<\/p>\n<p>This chasm, that has been naught to me,<br \/>\nTo that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.<br \/>\nHe, too, must cross in the twilight dim;<br \/>\nGood friend, I am building this bridge for him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By Will Allen Dromgoole<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>What will your legacy be?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bridge Builder An old man, going a lone highway, Came, at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide, Through which was flowing a sullen tide. 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