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Life’s Lessons

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 25, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 4.

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Life’s Lessons

By Lutheran Witness

I LEARN, as the years roll onward And I leave the past behind, That much I had counted sorrow But proves that God is kind; That many a flower that I’d longed for Had hidden a thorn of pain, And many a rugged by-path Led to fields of ripened grain.
The clouds that cover the sunshine, They can not banish the sun; And the earth shines out the brighter When the weary rain is done.
We must stand in the deepest shadow To see the clearest light; And often through wrong’s own darkness Comes the welcome strength of light.
The sweetest rest is at even, After a wearisome day, When the heavy burden of labor Has been borne from our hearts away; And those who have never known sorrow Can not know the infinite peace That falls on the troubled spirit When it sees at last release.
We must live through the dreary winter If we would value the spring; And the woods must be cold and silent Before the robins sing. The flowers must be buried in darkness Before they can bud and bloom, And the sweetest, warmest sunshine Comes after the storm and gloom.
—Lutheran Witness.