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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 24, 1902

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 25.

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Be Glad

By Marianne Farningham

Be glad when the flowers have faded? Be glad when the trees are bare; When the fog lies thick on the fields and moors, And the frost is in the air; When all around is a desert, And the clouds obscure the light; When there are no songs for the darkest day, No stars for the longest night?
Be glad when the world is lonely, And the heart has been bereft; When of all the loves of the young springtime Scarcely a friend is left? Be glad in the desolate valley After the sunny hills, When the joy of the morning is far behind, And the gloom its task fulfills?
Be glad when the heart is failing, And the brain is losing power, And the cunning skill of the strong right hand Wearies in one short hour? We are glad in the merry morning, And glad at the noon again, But the wintry night is a tired time — Do we look for gladness then?
Ah, yes, for the truest gladness Is not in ease and mirth; It has its home in the heart of God, Not in the loves of earth! God’s love is the same forever, If the skies are bright or dim, And the joy of the morning lasts all day When the heart is glad in him. — Marianne Farningham.