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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 10, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 54, No. 3.

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Dead and Alive.

By Alice Cary

Till I learned to love thy name, Lord, thy grace denying, I was lost in sin and shame, Dying, dying, dying!
Nothing could the world impart, Darkness held no morrow; In my soul and in my heart Sorrow, sorrow, sorrow!
All the blossoms came to blight; Noon was dull and dreary; Night and day, and day and night, Weary, weary, weary!
When I learned to love thy name, Peace beyond all measure Came, and in the stead of shame, Pleasure, pleasure, pleasure!
Winds may beat and storms may fall; Thou, the meek and lowly, Reignest, and I sing through all, Holy, holy, holy!
Life may henceforth never be Like a dismal story, For beyond its bound I see Glory, glory, glory! —Alice Cary.