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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 1, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 13.

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“IN PERFECT PEACE.”

By Emma C. Dowd

“In perfect peace? Ah, yes; the happy daytime through, When airs are warm, and skies are blue; But when the chilling night-winds blight The morning hopes we thought so bright, Oh! tell me, tell me, can there be Aught but unrest for thee and me?” The promise stands for day, for night— “In perfect peace.”
“In perfect peace? Yes; when our rosary of love Misses no beads, below, above; But when it parts to lose the chief, The treasured gem of our belief, Oh! tell me, tell me, can there be Aught but unrest for thee and me?” The promise stands for joy, for grief— “In perfect peace.”
“In perfect peace? Yes; when we roam life's gladsome fields, Among the flowers that springtime yields; But when we near the vale of death, Heavy with amaranthine breath, Oh! tell me, tell me, can there be Aught but unrest for thee and me?” The promise stands for life, for death— “In perfect peace.” —Emma C. Dowd.