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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 7, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 39.

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BUILDING.

SOULS are built as temples are— Sunken deep, unseen, unknown, Lies the sure foundation stone. Then the courses, framed to bear, Lift the cloisters pillared fair; Last of all the airy spire, Soaring heavenward, higher and higher, Nearest sun and nearest star.
Souls are built as temples are— Inch by inch in gradual rise Mount the layered masonries. Warring questions have their day, Kings arise and pass away, Laborers vanish one by one, Still the temple is not done, Still completion seems afar.
Souls are built as temples are— Here a carving rich and quaint, There the image of a saint; Here a deep-hued pane to tell Sacred truth or miracle; Every little helps the much; Every careful, careless touch Adds a charm or leaves a scar.
Souls are built as temples are— Based on truth's eternal law, Sure and steadfast, without flaw. Through the sunshine, through the snows, Up and on the building goes; Every fair thing finds its place; Every hard thing lends a grace; Every hand may make or mar. —Selected.