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The Home Circle

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 4, 1881

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 29.

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The Home Circle.

DECREED.

Into all lives some rain must fall, Into all eyes some teardrops start, Whether they fall as a gentle shower, Or fall like fire from an aching heart. Into all hearts some sorrow must creep, Into all souls some doubting come, Lashing the waves of life's great deep From the dimpling water to seething foam.
Over all paths some clouds must lower, Under all feet some sharp thorns spring, Tearing the flesh to bitter wounds, Or entering the heart with their bitter sting. Upon all sorrows rough winds must blow, Over all shoulders a cross be lain, Bowing the form in its lofty height Down to the dust in its cruel pain.
Into all hands some duty thrust, Unto all arms some burdens given, Crushing the heart with its dreary weight, Or lifting the soul from earth to heaven. Into all hearts and homes and lives, God's dear sunlight comes streaming down, Gilding the ruins of life's great plain, Weaving for all a golden crown.