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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 13, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 3.

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LIFE

By Margaret E. Sangster

Life is too brief Between the budding and the falling leaf, Between the seedtime and the golden sheaf, For hate and spite. We have no time for malice and for greed; Therefore, with love make beautiful the deed; Fast speeds the night.
Life is too swift Between the blossom and the white snow’s drift, Between the silence and the lark’s uplift, For bitter words. In kindness and in gentleness our speech Must carry messages of hope, and reach The sweetest chords.
Life is too great Between the infant’s and the man’s estate, Between the clashing of earth’s strife and fate, For petty things. Lo! we shall yet who creep with cumbered feet, Walk glorious over heaven’s golden street, Or soar on wings!
— Margaret E. Sangster.