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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 12, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 46.

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Life's Promise

By Phœbe Carey

O, if this living soul, that many a time Above the low things of the earth doth climb Up to the mountain-top of faith sublime—     If she could only stay     In that high place alway,     And hear, in reverence bowed,     God's voice behind the cloud;
Or if, descending to the earth again, Its lesson in the heart might still remain; If we could keep the vision clear and plain,     Nor let one jot escape,     So that we still might shape     Our lives to deeds sublime     By that exalted time;
Ah! what a world were ours to journey     through! What deeds of love and mercy we should do, Making our lives so beautiful and true     That in our face would shine     The light of love divine,     Showing that we had stood     Upon the mount of God.
— Phœbe Carey.