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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 4, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 18.

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Live Only One Day at a Time

By Adelbert Clark

O, why do you strive to bring your whole life To the space of one little day, And shut out the sunshine, laughter, and song? Don’t you know that life must have play? ’Tis true there are many battles to fight, And wills to subdue as we climb; But there are, also, both brightness and bloom— So live but one day at a time.
The clouds in the sky are darkened with storm, And awful for us to behold, While yet around us the morning is sweet, And flooded with sunbeams of gold; So wait till the storm in its fury shall break, Ere you worry and fret all the day, Despoiling the sunshine, the gladness, and song That brighten the flowers by the way.
The tempest of trials that each day brings Is only to strengthen our power, Just as the storm-clouds of darkness and rain Strengthen the shrub and the flower. So look not for the days of clouds and of storm— But listen to nature’s sweet chime; Fret not for the things that are far from your reach— Live only one day at a time.
— Adelbert Clark.