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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 25, 1871

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 37, No. 19.

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Gratitude.

It is:
The music of Heaven in the soul.
One of the fairest and most useful flowers in the garden of the soul.
An assemblage of graces—the gathered honey of the choicest flowers.
A mirror of the soul, reflecting the image of its several benefits.
A bright rainbow in our spiritual atmosphere, displaying the various colors of the rays that call it into being.
Like the orange tree dropping its golden fruit upon the earth whence it derives its nutriment.
Like the verdant willow bending gracefully its boughs to kiss the waters that refresh its roots.
Like a tidal wave returning all its gatherings to the ocean whence it flowed.
Like a sunbeam sparkling on the waters, and then darting by reflection heavenward.
Like an infant with its joyous countenance smiling back its mother's love.
An awakened echo in the heart, responding to the voice of its benefactor.
The vibration of the soul's harpstring under the soft touch of God's realized benevolence.—Standard.