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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 21, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 41.

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IT IS BEST.

By Lillie Binkley

BY LILLIE BINKLEY.
The hearts that are fondest and truest Are those that have burdens to bear; The soul that is noblest and purest Has been tried in the furnace of care.
The face that is lit with the sunlight, That shines through the soul from God’s throne, Is the face that will lead your steps upward To the heights that its own soul hath won.
If the road that you tread has grown dreary, If the hopes of your heart have gone down, Remember ’twas done for a purpose; God giveth the cross and the crown.
No burden will ever be given Unless we have strength to endure. If always our hearts could be merry, ’Twould be hard for our souls to be pure.
Oh! how could we feel for our neighbor If we never had sorrow at home? God knew how ’twas best to create us, That his work and his will might be done.
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