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The Magdalene

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 27, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 17.

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The Magdalene

By George E. Tack

GEORGE E. TACK
BEHOLD her seated at the Master's feet, Her face upturned to his pure, godlike face, Wherein dwell tenderest yearning, truth, and grace, Love's genial rays that glad her soul does greet. She smiles; the power in his calm voice sweet, That seven times drove the demon from her soul, She inly feels,—the power that made her whole,— And, lost in love, thinks not of drink or meat.
Gone the gray centuries; the ghostly years, Enrobed with history's vestment, brightly gleam With deeds of faith and love and holy tears; Yet o'er them soft I hear, as in a dream, The Master's voice: “O burdened, troubled heart! Like Magdalene, choose thou that better part.”
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