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Forgive and Forget

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 18, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 42.

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Forgive and Forget

FORGIVE and forget; the world would be lonely, The garden a wilderness left to deform, If the flowers remembered their chilling winds only, The fields gave no verdure for fear of the storm.
Still in thy sojourn, emblem the flower, Give fragrance of feeling to sweeten life's way; Prolong not again the brief cloud of an hour, With unkindness that darkens the rest of the day.
Forgive and forget; no heart so unfeeling But some gentle thoughts of affection there live. The best of us all require some concealing; A heart that with love can forget and forgive.
Then away with the cloud from those stern-looking eyes; That brow was no home for such frowns to have met. How could you hope for a home in the skies, Should Jesus refuse to forgive and forget?
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