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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Aug 3, 1882

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 8, No. 29.

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The Home Circle.

LITTLE AND MUCH.

It matters little where I was born, If my parents were rich or poor; Whether they shrank at the cold world’s scorn, Or walked in the pride of wealth secure. But whether I live an honest man, And hold my integrity firm in my clutch, I tell you, my brother, plain as I am, It matters much!
It matters little how long I stay In a world of sorrow, sin, and care; Whether in youth I am called away, Or live till my bones and pate are bare. But whether I do the best that I can, To soften the weight of adversity’s touch On the faded cheek of my fellow-man, It matters much!
It matters little where be my grave, On the land or in the sea; By purling brook or 'neath stormy wave, It matters little or naught to me. But whether the angel Death comes down, And marks my brow with his loving touch, As one that shall wear the victor’s crown, It matters much!
—From the Swedish.