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How Shall We Give?

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 23, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 58.

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How Shall We Give?

GIVE as the morning that flows out of heaven, Give as the waves when their channel is riven, Give as the free air and sunshine are given, Lavishly, joyously, utterly give!
Not the waste drops from thy cup overflowing, Not a faint spark from thy hearth ever glowing, Not a pale bud from thy June roses blowing,— Give as He gave thee who gave thee to live.
Pour out thy love like the rush of a river Wasting its waters, forever and ever, Through the burnt sands that reward not the giver; Silent or songful, thou nearest the sea.
Scatter thy life as the summer showers pouring! What if no bird through the pearled rain is soaring? What if no blossom looks upward adoring? Look to the life that was lavished for thee!
Give as the heart gives whose fetters are breaking,— Life, love, and hope, all thy dreams and thy waking; Soon at life's river thy soul-fever slaking, Thou shalt know God and the gifts that he gave!
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