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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 30, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 18.

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MAY-DAY

By WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN

WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN
The balm of summer fills all hearts with gladness, And snows must melt before the breath of May; A cheerful face, a smile, will banish sadness, As night must vanish at the light of day.
Our words at best lend poor interpretation: Whate’er the soul would utter, it will speak In loving looks, and tender, thoughtful action, Nor e’er for praise or recognition seek.
We gaze upon an artist’s famed conception Of landscape beauty or a face sublime; Ope, Lord, our hearts to nature’s full reception, And grant a vision of thy face divine.
Then may our souls reflect fair nature’s glory, And faces radiant from the mount above. Tell more than words, the grand redemption story Of earth and lives renewed by Jesus’ love.
Hearts chilled by fear will warm to love’s kind wooing; Kind, helpful deeds will burst the bolts of hate; And heaven’s balm will rest on thee in doing As He hath done,—the while we watch and wait.