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THE SECRET

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 2, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 31, No. 24.

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THE SECRET.

What selfishness asked for Was vain; What came from that asking Brought pain.
Heaven’s manna in keeping Was spoiled; All beauty self-seeking Hath soiled.
Complacency blazoned Dull dross. No gain came of hoarding, But loss.
Gain! none save the giver Receives. Yet who that old Gospel Believes?
No pauper, nor beggar Then be; Nor niggard of bounty Most free.
But one way is Godlike— To give. Then pour out thy heart’s blood, And live!