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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · May 10, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 19.

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NIGHT.

By Mrs. M. Elisabeth Burns-Howell

BY MRS. 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 refresh- ing 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.