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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 4, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 5.

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THE HIDDEN MEANING.

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

WHATEVER evil falls across my path, I straightway look, with optimistic eyes, To see what purpose underneath it lies. For I believe always God's seeming wrath Is but the veil to some intended good, By men not understood.
But if we will take time amidst our grief To search for it, I think we cannot fail To find the hidden meaning 'neath the veil, And, having found it, lo! we find relief; And what has seemed a cruel, chastening rod, Proves the kind touch of God. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox.