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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 18, 1873

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 42, No. 23.

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Humility.

The bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest; And she that doth most sweetly sing, Sings in the shade, when all things rest; In lark and nightingale we see What honor hath humility.
When Mary chose the “better part,” She meekly sat at Jesus’ feet; And Lydia’s gently-opened heart Was made for God’s own temple meet. Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.
The one that wears Heaven’s brightest crown, In deepest adoration bends; The weight of glory bows him down, Then most, when most his soul ascends. Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility.