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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 24, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 37.

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Night

By M. Elisabeth Burns-Howell

By M. Elisabeth Burns-Howell
O, the rare enchantment, like the mystery of dreams, When the moon is shining silver, with her pure and placid beams! When the air is heavy freighted with the scent of fragrant blooms! O, 'tis then that rest aboundeth, and a sweet refreshing comes!
It is then that peace surpassing settles down upon the soul, And we feel, beyond our striving and our strife, a higher goal; For the eye with wider vision looks enraptured on the sight, As it sees in faith a future like the holy hush of night.
Cometh now a sense of safety, and a calm serene enthralls, With the joy of trust unfailing, e'en when seeming ill befalls; For the Hand that stills the tumult and bestows the balm of night, Holds the suns and all their systems, and shall shape our course aright.