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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 29, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 39.

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Be Glad

By Orville T. Fletcher

Be glad! The world is full of beauty, love, and light; Thine is the power, the duty, and the right To see it, and find pleasure in the sight.
Be glad! Your lot is not to sigh, to frown, to mope, And court despair where there is room for hope; Joy is the fortune of your horoscope.
Be glad! Think not that happiness is all to be; To-day can truth from sadness set you free. Now is the secret of eternity.
Be glad! Faint not at loss. The world has not gone wrong. Though troubles come, just greet them with a song, And find in faith the secret of the strong.
Be glad! Take cheer and comfort to some soul cast down; Smile through thy tears, and laugh away the frown; Then peace shall be thy joy, and joy thy crown.
— Orville T. Fletcher.