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THE VALLEY OF SILENCE

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 18, 1883

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 9, No. 3.

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THE VALLEY OF SILENCE

But far on the deep there are billows That never shall break on the beach; And I have heard songs in the silence That never shall float into speech; And I have had dreams in the valley Too lofty for language to reach.
And I have seen thoughts in the valley— Ah, me ! how my spirit was stirred!— They wear holy vails on their faces, Their footsteps can scarcely be heard; They pass down the valley like virgins Too pure for the touch of a word.
Do you ask me the place of this valley, To hearts that are harrowed with care? It lieth afar between mountains, And God and his angels are there; And one is the dark mount of sorrow, And one the bright mountain of prayer. —Selected.