But light shone bright e'er the darkness;
And truth, e'er the lie was known;
And the scepter of right stretches out thru the night,
From I Am, on His living throne.
FLORA E. WARREN.
REJOICE in hope! The day and night
Are one with God, and one with them
Who see by faith the cloudy hem
Of Judgment fringed with Mercy's light!
—Whittier.
MEN deal with life as children with their play,
Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
—Cowper.