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The Door

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Jul 11, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 28.

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The Door

By Caroline Hazard

I AM the door, our blessed Saviour said When he became the shepherd of the sheep, And told them that the fold he'd safely keep, And in and out they should be surely led; Within, without, their table should be spread— A life for waking and for hours of sleep, Of joy, and solace for all souls who weep To come and go, with blessings on each head. Alas! how oft we make a door of Christ To enter when we seek for things divine, And shut again when, easily sufficed, We turn back to the world which has no share In aught of aspiration or of prayer, There to lament, to worry, to repine.