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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 26, 1880

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 6, No. 32.

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The Home Circle.

By Christian Secretary

INQUIRY AND ANSWER.

I.

WHY am I so discontented, Wearied with so many cares? Why should life oft seem a burden And my pathway full of snares? Why my lot so very lowly, And my hands so closely tied? That which seems to me so noble Must I always be denied? Must I be contented ever With this ceaseless, tiresome care? And each day's routine of labor Must I always patient bear? Is it true my Heavenly Father In His wisdom placed me here? Learner in this school of trial, Christ my Lord to love and fear?

II.

Child! 'tis thy Father that speaks, From the glorious mansions above, "O faint not when thou art rebuked, Or chastened; 'tis only in love." Thy Father can make no mistakes, But knows what is fitted for thee, And that which to thee seems so dark, Thy Father in Heaven can see. The Saviour has bid thee come, When wearied with labor and care, And although you are "heavy laden" Has promised thy burden to bear; Then patiently, faithfully wait, Till thy Saviour shall make it plain; Trusting with patient submission, And you shall the victory gain. —Christian Secretary.