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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 13, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 11.

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ASPIRATION.

By M. N. Babb

When earliest dawn the earth awakes, And nature from sweet slumber breaks, Her voice in joyful tune doth rise To meet the chorus of the skies, Then pray; love, pray.
That we may be with grace possessed, With fortitude and strength e'er blest, To meet the duties yet unknown, With which our path is thickly strown, Oh, pray, love, pray.
With faith in man, and God o'erhead, That we with eager feet may tread The devious ways our lives may run, From opening day to setting sun, Oh, pray, love, pray.
Though dismal shade our sky o'erspread, Or mercies manifold be shed; If joy or sorrow come, that we Our hearts attune for worship free, Oh, pray, love, pray.
When dawns for us life's closing day, And from earth's scenes we pass away, That faith may triumph o'er our fears, And joys immortal banish tears, Oh, pray, love, pray.
— M. N. Babb, in Universalist Leader.