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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Michigan · Apr 22, 1902

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 16.

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Spring Again

By Caroline Tickner

We felt no mighty shaking, And we heard no startling sound; We did not mark its waking, But the Spring is all around. In gentleness and silence Its loving footsteps glide, And we turn with sudden gladness To the crocus at our side.
Now the sunlight groweth stronger, In its warm, life-giving ray; And the daylight lingers longer, Just a little every day; And we find the welcome violets, Though we scarce believe them there, Till they woo us down to seek them, By their sweetness in the air.
Very often comes the saying, From the weary bed of pain, “I shall get a little better When the springtime comes again,” And we say, “It soon is coming,” For of that we have no fear, Since God’s goodness never faileth, And again ’tis surely here.
Oh, how wondrous is the kindness Of the everlasting God! And how great his tender mercies Over all his works abroad! Let us thankfully adore him, For his seasons as they roll; Praying for the greater blessing Of his springtime in the soul. —Caroline Tickner, in the Christian.