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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 7, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 14.

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Thank God

By C. W. Bronson

THANK God for joy! For glad, sweet thoughts that flood the soul and spring Larklike into the sky to soar and sing; For kindly airs that woo to bud and flower Thy dormant being, and awake new power With each new morn; new purposes that bring To heart and soul their full and just employ. Thank God for joy!
And O, thank God for pain, That shuts thee in in silence! Wait and know The rain that breaks the blossom, and lays low The fair green stalk, doth nourish e'en in grief The being's root, of future bud and leaf The guaranty; so shalt thou surely grow To fairer heights, to nobler powers attain. Thank God for pain!
— C. W. Bronson, in New York Observer.