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GOD KNOWS

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 13, 1872

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 40, No. 9.

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GOD KNOWS.

The secrets of the guilty heart, Far-hidden from the sight of those Who, knowing them, would shrink and start, God knows!
However hid by saint-like face, The current of the life that flows Away from Heaven, away from grace, God knows!
The ills of life—its sad distress, Its many secret, unknown woes, Its wrongs that seem without redress— God knows!
The acts which banish peace and rest, Though hidden both from friends and foes, Though buried in a silent breast, God knows!
The dark deceit, the subtle guile, The slander, dealing hidden blows, The malice cloaked beneath a smile, God knows!
God knows! And in His own good time Will strip from men their whitened clothes, And crush in shame the sons of crime; The masks will fall, the truth be known, And honest men stand forth alone! God knows!
—N. Y. Independent.