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Publishing Committee · Rochester, N. Y. · Aug 29, 1854

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 6, No. 3.

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SUBMISSION TO AFFLICTION.

By L. SWAINE.

THERE is a secret in the ways of God With his own children, which none others know, That sweetens all he does; and if such peace, While under his afflicting hand, we find, What will it be to see him as he is, And past the reach of all that now disturbs The tranquil soul's repose? To contemplate, In retrospect unclouded, all the means By which his wisdom has prepared his saints, For the vast weight of glory which remains! Come then Affliction, if my Father bids, And be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns Is better than a smiling enemy. [L. SWAINE.