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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Nov 16, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 46.

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God’s Great Plan

“What can be the use,” said a fleecy cloud, “Of these few drops that I hold? They will hardly bend the lily proud If caught in her chalice of gold; But I, too, am part of God’s great plan, So my treasures I’ll give as well as I can.”
A child went merrily out to play, But a thought like a silver thread, Kept winding in and out all day Through the happy, golden head— “Mother said, ‘Darling, do all that you can, For you are a part of God’s great plan.’”
She knew no more than the twinkling star, Or the cloud with its rain cup full, How, why, or for what all strange things are; She was only a child at school. But she thought, “‘Tis a part of God’s great plan That even I should do all that I can.”
So she helped another child along, When the way was rough to his feet, And she sang from her heart a little song That we all thought wondrous sweet; And her father—a weary, toil-worn man— Said, “I, too, will do the best I can.”
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