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The Teacher

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 3, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 36.

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The Teacher

A Moment in the Morning

A MOMENT in the morning, ere the cares of day begin, Ere the heart’s wide door is open for the world to enter in; Ah, then alone with Jesus in the silence of the morn, In heavenly sweet communion let your duty day be born, In the quietude that blesses, in the prelude of repose, Let your soul be soothed and softened, as the dew revives the rose.
A moment in the morning, take your Bible in your hand, And catch a glimpse of glory from the peaceful promised land; It will linger still before you when you seek the busy mart, And like flowers of hope will blossom into beauty in your heart; The precious words like jewels will glisten all the day, With a rare, effulgent beauty that will brighten all the way.
When comes a sore temptation, and your feet are near a snare, You may count them like a rosary, and make each one a prayer.
A moment in the morning, a moment if no more, Is better than an hour when the trying day is o’er; ’Tis the gentle dew of heaven, the manna for the day, If you fail to gather early, alas, it fades away; So in the blush of morning take the proffered hand of love, And walk in heaven’s pathway and the peacefulness thereof.
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