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The Home Circle

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jan 30, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 5.

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“Into all lives some rain must fall,” Into all eyes some tear-drops start, Whether they fall as a gentle shower, Or drop, like fire, from an aching heart. Into all hearts some sorrow must creep, Into all souls some doubtings come, Lashing the waves of Life’s great deep From dimpling waters to seething foam.
Over all pathways some clouds must lower, Under all feet some sharp thorns spring, Tearing the flesh to bleeding wounds, Or entering the heart with their bitter sting. Upon all brows rough winds must blow, Over all shoulders a cross must be lain, Bowing the form, in its lofty hight, Down to the dust in bitter pain.
Into all hands is some duty thrust, Unto all arms some burden given; Crushing the heart with its dreary weight, Or lifting the soul from earth to heaven. Into all hearts and homes and lives God’s dear sunshine comes streaming down, Gilding the ruins of life’s great plain— Weaving for all a golden crown. -Sel.