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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 17, 1903

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 80, No. 11.

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— J. F. Robson

By J. F. Robson

Affliction

The purest gold is wrought by fiercest flame, And best of all and greatest men are those Who nobly fight and strive, and overcome The greatest sorrows and most powerful foes.
The grandest skies are cloud adorned, and so The noblest lives have times of grief and care, Of tragic heart break, and of aching woe, Of silent suffering, and unuttered prayer.
These do not mar the beauty of the life; But must endue it with a sacred power; Sorrow ennobles, not degrades the strife, And makes the sickly bud a glorious flower.
Our joys and sorrows lead to one great end, Unseen, but certain through the dazing strife, Endue the faltering steps with upward trend,— All are but stepping stones from death to life.

— J. F. Robson