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THERE'S A FOE TO EVERY GOOD

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, Cal. · Jan 22, 1880

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 6, No. 3.

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THERE'S A FOE TO EVERY GOOD.

By Grace H. Hope

THERE'S a foe to every good! There's a foe to Hope and Youth; Foes to noble thoughts and acts; Foes to Beauty and to Truth.
Foes to every lofty cause; Foes to brave, chivalric deeds; When a generous deed is done, There are scattered baneful seeds!
When are spoken loving words, Meant to soothe the ills of life, Then the foe is ever near, Then to sow the seeds of strife!
Honor to the champion brave Who the boldest foe will dare! Who to guide those lacking zeal, Will the brunt of battle bear!
Still more honor to the brave Who the wily foe will seek! Crushing Evil in the germ; Thus to shield the frail and weak!
-Grace H. Hope, in Phrenological Journal.