Review and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 27. (7/7/1910)

Review and Herald

Jul 7, 1910

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 7, 1910

The Way of Life

By Eugene P. Mickel

LET others pass the portal wide! Go thou, repenting, through the narrow gate; For life, believe on Christ who died, And for thy happiness, trust God and wait.

Let others for vain pleasure live! Choose thou a nobler object for thy quest; To God, thy King, thy service give, The most denying are most richly blest.

Let others walk in boasting pride! Seek thou, in truth, the earnest, helpful way; The only fame that shall abide Is for those proving faithful day by day.

Let others of to-morrow dream! Do thou the simple task to-day hath brought; To-morrow, life's swift flowing stream Bears thee to scenes of which thou knowest naught.

Let others strive this world to woo! Win thou a smile on thy dear Father's face; Find out what God would have thee do, Then do that well, as he shall give thee grace.

— Eugene P. Mickel, D. D.

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Camp-Meetings for 1910

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE Northern New England, Burlington . . . . . . Aug. 25 to Sept. 4 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 1-10 Western New York, Rochester . . . . . . . . Sept. 9-

CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE Maritime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 18-28 Quebec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 1-12 Ontario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 15-25

CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE North Missouri, Hamilton . . . . . . . . . July 28 to Aug. 8 Southern Missouri, Springfield . . . . . . Aug. 1-14 Kansas, Ottawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 18-28 Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 18-28 Nebraska, York . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 25 to Sept. 4 Western Colorado, Grand Junction . . . . . Sept. 15-25

COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE Virginia, New Market . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 4-14 Ohio, Marion . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 11-21 West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 18-28

LAKE UNION CONFERENCE East Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 11-21 West Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 18-29 North Michigan, Traverse City . . . . . . Aug. 25 to Sept. 4 Indiana, Indianapolis . . . . . . . . . Aug. 25 to Sept. 4 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 1-11 Southern Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 8-18

NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE North Dakota, Dickinson (local) . . . . . July 13-18

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE California, Humboldt County (local) . . . July 21-31 Southern California, San Diego (general) . Aug. 4-14 California, About the Bay (general) . . . Aug. 18-28 California, Visalia (local) . . . . . . . Sept. 29 to Oct. 9 Utah, Salt Lake City (conference only) . Oct. 4-9 Arizona, Phoenix (conference only) . . . Nov.

SOUTHEASTERN UNION CONFERENCE Georgia, Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . . July 21-31 South Carolina, Union . . . . . . . . . Aug. 4-14 North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 18-28 Cumberland, Chattanooga . . . . . . . . Aug. 25 to Sept. 4 Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 13-23

SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Louisiana, Alexandria . . . . . . . . . July 21-31 Alabama, Calera . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 4-14 Tennessee River . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 18-28 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 25 to Sept. 3 Mississippi, Enterprise . . . . . . . . Sept. 1-10

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE South Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 7-17 Arkansas (local), Ravenden . . . . . . . July 20-24 Texas, Fort Worth . . . . . . . . . . . July 21-31 West Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 4-14 New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 18-28 Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 25 to Sept. 4 Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 1-11

WESTERN CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE Saskatchewan (South) . . . . . . . . . July 6-12 Alberta, Lacombe . . . . . . . . . . . July 15-24 Saskatchewan (North) . . . . . . . . . July 26 to Aug. 1 British Columbia (Western) . . . . . . . Aug. 12-21 British Columbia (Eastern), Vernon . . . Aug. 24-31

European Division

BRITISH UNION CONFERENCE British Union, Watford . . . . . . . . . July 28 to Aug. 2 Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 North England . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 6-9

EAST GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE East German Union Committee, Friedensau . July 25, 26

WEST GERMAN UNION CONFERENCE German-Swiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 5-10 West German Union, Friedensau . . . . . July 15-24 Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 4-7

LATIN UNION CONFERENCE French-Swiss Conference, Gland . . . . . Aug. 10-15 Southern France . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 17-21

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Be Watchful

By Ellen G. White

MRS. E. G. WHITE

We are pilgrims and strangers in this world, traveling a path beset with dangers from those who have rejected the only One who could save them. Ingenious subterfuges and scientific problems will be held out before us, to tempt us to swerve from our allegiance; but we are not to heed them.

Let every soul be on the alert. The adversary is on your track. Be vigilant, watching carefully lest some masterly snare shall take you unaware. Let the careless and the indifferent beware lest the day of the Lord come upon them as a thief in the night. Many will wander from the path of humility, and, casting aside the yoke of Christ, will walk in strange paths. Blinded and bewildered, they will leave the narrow path that leads to the city of God.

A man can not be a happy Christian unless he is a watchful Christian. He who overcomes must watch; for with worldly entanglements, error, and superstition, Satan strives to win Christ’s followers from him, and to keep their minds employed with his devices. It is not enough that we avoid glaring dangers and perilous, inconsistent moves. We are to keep close by the side of Christ, walking in the path of self-denial and self-sacrifice. We are not to allow our spiritual perceptions to be blinded, as they often are, by a strong, determined will. And in order to detect the artifices of Satan and to withstand his unexpected attacks, we must have the grace of Christ and the impartation of his Spirit. We are in an enemy’s country. He who was cast out of heaven has come down with great power. With every conceivable artifice and device he is seeking to take souls captive. Unless we are constantly on guard, we shall fall an easy prey to his unnumbered deceptions.

We are stewards, entrusted by our absent Lord with the care of his household and his interests, which he came to this world to serve. He has returned to heaven, leaving us in charge, and he expects us to watch and wait, and prepare for his coming. Let us be faithful to our trust, lest coming suddenly, he find us sleeping.

God’s Word warns us that we have manifold enemies, not open and avowed, but enemies who come with smooth words and fair speeches, and who would deceive if possible the very elect. Thus Satan comes. And again, when it suits his purpose, he goes about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Man’s will, unless kept in subjection to the will of God, is as often on the enemy’s side as on the Lord’s side. Therefore watch unto prayer; watch and pray always.

The experience of the disciples in the garden of Gethsemane contains a lesson for the Lord’s people to-day. Taking with him Peter, James, and John, Christ went to Gethsemane to pray. He said to the disciples: “My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.”

He went a little distance from them,—not so far but that they could both see and hear him,—and fell prostrate upon the ground. He felt that by sin he was being separated from his Father. The gulf was so broad, so black, so deep, that his spirit shuddered before it. In this agony he must not exert his divine power to escape. As One who had taken upon himself the nature of man, he must suffer the consequences of man’s sin; he must endure the wrath of God against transgression.

The human heart longs for sympathy in suffering. This longing Christ felt to the very depths of his being. In the supreme agony of his soul, he came to his disciples with a yearning desire to hear some words of comfort from those whom he had so often blessed and comforted, and shielded in sorrow and distress. The One who had always had words of comfort for them was now suffering superhuman agony, and he longed to know that they were praying for him and for themselves. How dark seemed the malignity of sin! Terrible was the temptation to let the human race bear the consequences of its own guilt, while he stood innocent before God. If he could only know that his disciples understood and appreciated the intensity of his agony, he would be strengthened.

Rising with painful effort, he staggered to the place where he had left his disciples; but he “findeth them sleeping.” Had he found them praying, he would have been comforted. Had they been seeking refuge in God, in order that satanic agencies might not prevail over them, he would have been strengthened by their steadfast faith. But they had not heeded the repeated warning, “Watch and pray.” At first they had been much troubled to see their Master, usually so calm and dignified, wrestling with a sorrow that was beyond comprehension. They had prayed as they heard the strong cries of the divine-human Sufferer. They did not intend to forsake their Lord, but they seemed paralyzed by a stupor which they might have shaken off if they had continued pleading with God. They did not realize the necessity of watchfulness and earnest prayer in order to withstand temptation.

Many to-day are fast asleep, as were the disciples. They are not watching and praying lest they enter into temptation. Let us often read and give careful study to those portions of God’s Word that have special reference to these last days, pointing out the dangers that will threaten God’s people. We need keen, sanctified perception. This perception is not to be used in criticizing and condemning one another, but in discerning the signs of the times. We are to keep our hearts with all diligence, that we may not make shipwreck of faith. Those who neglect to watch and pray, in these days of peril; those who neglect to unite with their brethren in seeking the Lord, but who stand aloof from God’s appointed agencies in the church, are in grave danger of strengthening themselves in their own way, following the impulses of their own minds, and refusing to heed the admonitions of the Lord. There are those who once were firm believers in the truth, but who have become careless in regard to their spiritual welfare, and are yielding, without the slightest opposition, to Satan’s well-laid plots.

Let every believer closely examine himself, to ascertain what are his weak points. Let him cherish a spirit of humility,

and plead with the Lord for grace and wisdom, and for the faith that works by love and purifies the soul. Let him cast away all self-confidence. God has no place for it in his work. Many have so high an opinion of their own abilities and attainments, and so firm a reliance on their own judgment, that they believe themselves capable of bearing responsibilities in any emergency. But too often they leave their appointed work, forget the precautions that God has enjoined upon them, and entangle themselves in difficulty. They turn aside from wise counselors, and incur the displeasure of God.

To all, and especially to those in positions of trust, is given the warning, “Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” Self-confidence leads to a lack of watchfulness, to perplexity, and to the doing of a work that the Lord never requires of those connected with his cause in the earth.

The dangers thickening around us demand from those who have had an experience in the things of God, a watchful supervision. Those who walk humbly before God, distrustful of their own wisdom, will realize their danger, and will know the power of God’s keeping care. Those who do not realize their danger because they do not watch, will pay, with the loss of their souls, the penalty of their presumption and their wilful ignorance of Satan’s devices.

Let us trust in God. We are his little children, and thus he deals with us. When we draw near to him, he mercifully preserves us from the assaults of the enemy. Never will he betray one who trusts in him as a child trusts in its parents. He sees the humble, trusting souls drawing near to him, and in pity and love he draws near to them, and lifts up for them a standard against the enemy. Touch them not, he says, for they are mine. I have graven them upon the palms of my hands. He teaches them to exercise unquestioning faith in his power to work in their behalf. With assurance they say, “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”

The Call of Our Large Cities

By DAVID PAULSON, M. D.

DAVID PAULSON, M. D.

OUR large cities are to-day the modern wilderness in which we must search diligently for the lost sheep. A considerable portion of New York City contains nearly a thousand persons to the acre; and it is a sad fact that where the population is most concentrated, the churches are moving away, the vacated buildings often being used for livery stables, storerooms, and even for saloons and gambling dens.

The concentration of sin in the large cities is almost beyond comprehension. Chicago’s seven thousand saloons, if placed side by side, would make a solid wall of sin nearly sixty miles in length. In addition there are nearly three thousand questionable resorts in this great city; and during the last two years there has sprung up an almost incredible number of nickel theaters, which are accustoming the eyes of tens of thousands of young people, and even of mere children, to scenes of sin and iniquity.

A former assistant United States attorney, Clifford Roe, who has been employed by Chicago’s business men to put down the white-slave traffic, told me recently that as a result of this crusade eight hundred men who had made a business of procuring young women under all sorts of laudable pretenses, and then selling them at varying prices in that city’s market of sin, had been driven out of Chicago.

Can any one question for a moment that our large cities have about reached the condition of Sodom, and hence must soon have meted out upon them the doom of Sodom? But just as certainly as this is true, there must be Abrahams who will plead with God to spare these cities for the sake of the Lord’s children who are still in them. We have reached the time when there must be men and women who are inspired with such a love for human souls that they will search out the modern Lots, and seek to arouse them from the lethargy of sin, even if they have to lay hold of their hands, as angels did of the hands of Lot and his family, to bring them forth.

Our hearts are touched as we read of Christ weeping over Jerusalem as its day of probation was hastening to its close. So to-day every true follower of Christ, who has really caught his Master’s spirit, and who realizes the importance of the hour in which we live, must again weep with him over the present condition of the large cities.

But Christ did something more than weep. He entered Jerusalem, cleansed its temple, and preached the gospel,—and laid down his life while doing this work. So to-day it is not enough for us to weep over our large cities: some must enter them, and again heal the sick, preach the gospel, and perhaps lay down their lives—and then fail in saving the city, even as Christ himself failed; for the servant is not greater than his Lord.

As we look at these large cities, walled up to heaven with sin and sinful practises, we can understand a little better the feeling of the ten spies when they said, “We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.” “We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.” Num. 13:31, 33. But those whom God will use to do the final and decisive work in our large cities will possess the spirit of Caleb and Joshua, who “wholly followed the Lord,” and knew that he would go before them and fight for them.

Seeking Business Instead of Souls

The Lord said to Jonah: “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.” But Jonah had a greater burden to go to Tarshish than he had to go to Nineveh. To his mind the “gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks” (1 Kings 10:22) for which Tarshish was famous, seemed more attractive to him than did the lost souls of Nineveh. It was not because he lacked courage; for the man who could say, without hesitation, “Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea” (Jonah 1:12), had all the courage that a city missionary needs. What he lacked was a compelling passion for souls.

It is often difficult for the Bible worker to secure entrance into the homes of the city dweller; but when the heavy hand of sickness lays some loved one low in one of these homes, that same Bible worker, if prepared to treat and care for the sufferer, will not only be welcomed into the home, but will have a far better opportunity, after the Lord has used her to heal the sick, to invite the lost soul to Christ. As soon as we adopt literally the Saviour’s original plan, we shall have no lack of opportunities to present the saving gospel for this time.

The expense of securing the ordinary trained nurse is entirely beyond the reach of nine tenths of the sick poor in our large cities. Hence here is an open door for consecrated workers who are prepared to enter with healing for the body in one hand, and healing for the soul in the other; and in most instances they will be able to be more than self-supporting while engaged in this work.

Looked upon from a human view-point, there are few young women who possess the genuine consecration that will be needed to resist the commercial allurements that lie before the trained nurse, and who will dedicate their lives so unreservedly to the saving of souls that God will go out before them, prepare hearts for them, have his holy angels attend them, and thus make their work effective. But God will unquestionably raise up just such genuine missionary workers.

Hinsdale, Ill.

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH

By John Norton Loughborough

The Two Thrones—No. 5

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH

Those who advocate the theory that Christ will reign on earth a thousand years, of course deny that the earth will be desolate and uninhabited after his appearance. They also deny that the saints will go to heaven. In so doing, however, they deny a plainly stated Scriptural doctrine. That the earth will thus be desolated is made plain by the following scriptures: “I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form and void [Dr. Adam Clarke says of this expression, “The Hebrew words are tohu-va-bohu, the same as used in Gen. 1:2, when speaking of the formless state of the earth, before it was brought into form”]; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful

place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.” Jer. 4:23-26.

Again: “Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. . . . The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word. The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.” Isa. 24:1-6. Observe that the text does not say, Few men left on the earth. Those left from that mighty destruction are those who will at that time be reigning with Christ in the New Jerusalem on high.

In the description of the last days, given by Jeremiah, we read: “The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation [once more when he shall speak, and shake the heavens and the earth, as spoken of by Paul, in Heb. 12:26-28]; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind [universal war] shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.” Jer. 25:30-33.

There never has been a battle when there was no one to lament the dead. In past battles, men have often buried the dead of their enemies to avoid pestilence. But when, at Christ’s coming, the saints are taken up to heaven, and all the wicked dwelling upon the earth are destroyed by the brightness of his coming, there will be none left to lament, gather, or bury. So also when Christ comes, and cuts off the ruling powers, the remnant,—not the remnant of God’s people, but the remnant of the wicked,—will be slain with the sword of him that sitteth upon the horse. Rev. 19:21.

That the saints will go to heaven when Christ appears is also a plain Scripture doctrine. Of his second coming the apostle says: “The dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” 1 Thess. 4:16, 17. The future-probation advocate says, “Yes, they are caught up to meet him in the air, but they immediately come down again to reign with him on the earth.” This is their assumption, but it is without proof. That the saints are to go to heaven is made clear by many scriptures. In his view of heavenly things, John said, “Before the throne there was a sea of glass.” Rev. 4:6. And after the deliverance of God’s people from their persecutors, he said of them: “And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.” Rev. 15:2, 3. When they sing their song of triumph, they stand on “the sea of glass,” which is “before the throne” in heaven.

Our Saviour said to Peter, “Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.” John 13:36. That these words refer to Peter’s following Jesus to heaven is clear; for in the preceding verse he had said to all the disciples, “As I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye can not come; so now I say to you.” Verse 33. He had said to the Jews, “I go unto Him that sent me. . . . Where I am, thither ye can not come.” John 7:33, 34. This language addressed to Peter was, then, a promise that the time would come when he should go to the Father. In his talk to all the disciples he said, “As I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye can not come; so now I say to you.” John 13:33. This statement filled their hearts with sorrow. He was to go away from them to his Father, and they could not go. But he immediately gave them a promise to cheer them in their grief. “Let not your heart be troubled,” he said; “ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” John 14:1-3.

Then, the saints are to go with Christ to heaven at his coming, to reign with him in judgment for a thousand years, and as the earth is to be desolated of the wicked inhabitants at Christ’s coming, there is no foundation for the theory of a thousand years’ probation for sinners in a kingdom on earth.

Lodi, Cal.

Changed by Beholding

By H. E. STILLIAMS

H. E. STILLIAMS

“THEN they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.” Mal. 3:16.

Observe that the book of remembrance was written for them that feared the Lord. Now what is the fear of the Lord? “And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.” Job 28:28. So it is for those who seek wisdom and understanding to know good and forget evil, and who think upon the name of the Lord, that the book of remembrance is written.

When Moses prayed for a revelation of the glory of God, he was permitted to see the goodness, and to hear the name, of the Lord. “And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty.” Ex. 34: 5, 6. Those who fear the Lord think upon the attributes of his character—“merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.” By beholding we become changed; and by meditation upon certain things, our acts, our lives themselves, become like that upon which we meditate.

“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.” When the life and acts of a person show that he is becoming more gentle, patient, kind, more thoughtful of others, more meek and long-suffering when wronged by word or deed, is it any wonder that angels hasten to record in the books of heaven the doings of that person? Again, is it any cause for wonder that, when the members of a church think on these things, there should come a change over the influence of that church, that it should be more attractive, and that its power should be as of “an army with banners”?

Imagine going to a church where every member was striving to help some one else; where love for others was the rule, and love for self the exception; where self with all that pertains thereto was forgotten in doing kind acts for others. Would you go again to such a church? Would you care to hear what its people believed and taught? When you watched their daily lives, and found them always in accord with that teaching, but ever growing in grace, would you care to become one of them?

Hear what the Lord says to those who seek by a study of his character to attain to a like character: “And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.” Rev. 22: 4. “We know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” 1 John 3: 2. “And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.” Mal. 3: 17.

Redlands, Cal.

Perseverance and Faith in God

“A SUCCESSFUL life is characterized by perseverance and faith in God.”

Lost Opportunities

By Julie M. Lippman.

We plead for privilege to serve; With outstretched, open arms we wait, Prepared to stand, nor shrink nor swerve From ’neath the load, however great, Love casts upon us in the guise Of martyrdom and sacrifice.

And standing thus, expectant aye Of burdens heavy to uphold, We oft o’erlook from day to day The smaller duties manifold That slip between our upturned palms — Sweet sympathies and blessed alms. — Julie M. Lippman.

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