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Show GRACE NOLI CROWELL Wwt I DARE not pray for you, dear friend, that g ' sorrow' W&M The strange unwelcome guest may pass you by, I dare not even trust that each tomorrow '$r May hold for you a bright and cloudless sky. i'Mll I cannot hope that pain, that hard taskmaster, 110? May leave you quite untouched throughout the years, 10 Or that you may escape loss and disaster; "rV That grief may never dim your eyes with tears. I'i ' For only sorrow brings an understanding Of others' sorrow; only as we learn 'I'wJM The slow and tortuous way, the harsh demanding " That grieving make upon us, can we turn " - And speak the freeing word to some hurt brother, J" And well we know that blue skies bring no rain !zji& To heal the heart, and we can learn no other Ja Way to sympathize save through experienced pain. 2 I m h I crave the best things for you, O my friend, j' ' pj And for what is best we can trust God to send. |