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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 17, 1863

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 21, No. 16.

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Daily Duties.

By Principia

Do the duties of to-day, The duties plainest, nearest; Duties done shall smoothe thy way, And chase the clouds thou fearest.
Do the duties of to-day, Nor faint with brooding sorrow; Duties drive distrust away, And gild with hope the morrow.
Do the duties of to-day, To heaven's high throne they bind thee, Bear them upward on thy way, Nor let them lag behind thee.
Do the duties of to-day, In God for strength confiding; Make his promises thy stay, Beneath his wing abiding.
Do the duties of to-day, Whoe'er may frown or chide thee; Duties done are garlands won, Whatever griefs betide thee.
Do the duties of to-day, Though thanklessness requite them; Patient duties win the day, 'Gainst grievous wrongs, to right them.
Do the duties of to-day, Though plaudits fail to greet thee; Toilsome tasks shall pass away, And rich rewards shall meet thee. —Principia.