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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Dec 25, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 52.

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Infinite Harmonies

By Worthie Harris Holden

WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN
Harmonious strains of heavenly music blend In life's complete engagement to its end. We oft have won a chord, now here, now there, But well the Master knows we could not bear Full knowledge of his will and work, and so He kindly dulls his harmonies below. Sometimes with the last cadence of the day He opes the portal, dense and somber-gray, That for a moment we may catch the thought The Infinite through all our hours has wrought; Then mortal lists to no distinctive sound, For sense submerges 'neath one jubilant bound Of gratitude. Too complex for our ear The wonderful infinities we hear. Could we discover a recurring strain Of melody 'twere this, God bids thy pain, Thy sorrow, and thy joy fulfil his care; He modulates sweet measures from thy prayer Of trust and full obedience to his love. His wonder-music is the theme above; And soon in paradise thy soul shall hear Transcendent rhapsodies, replete and clear.
Portland, Oregon.