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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Sep 8, 1904

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 36.

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The Grace of Cheerfulness

By Emma A. Lente

I SAID: I will be glad to-day! The rain-clouds drift along the hills, The grass is drowned in lakes and rills, The birds of song are chilled and mute, The dreariness seems absolute: And yet I will be glad to-day!
I will be glad, be glad to-day, Though many tiresome tasks are set My patient hands, I will forget The frets that trouble and depress, And think on things of pleasantness: And so I will be glad to-day.
I will be glad, to-day, to-day; For summer suns again will shine, The air will thrill like tonic wine, The birds will sing as ne'er before, And with these blisses yet in store, Why should I not be glad to-day?
—Emma A. Lente, in Chris. End. World.