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Show SOMETIME Sometime, when "all life's lessons hnve 'u0ejj ienrned, Alu suif and stars forevermoro Uavo I I 8et' , I I The thln- . our wenk jUtigments hero have spurned, Tho things o'er which wo grieved with lashes wot, Will flash beforo us out of life's dark night As stars shine most In deeper tints of blue; And wo shall see how all God's plans were right, And how what seemed reproof was love most truo. And we shall see hojv, while we frown and sigh, God's plans go on as best for you and me; How, when we called, He heeded not our cry, Because His wisdom to the end could see. And e'en as prudent parents disallow disal-low Too much sweet to craving baby- hooB, So God, perhaps, Is keeping from us now Mfe's sweetest things because It scemeth good. And, If sometimes, commingled with life's wine, We find tho wormwood, and rebel nnd shrink, IJo sure a wiser hand than yours or mine ' Pours out tho portion for our lips. to drink. " ml If somo friend wo love Is lying low, 'S'hero human kisses ennnot reach his face, Oh,' do not blamo the loving Father so, ' Hut bear your sorrow with obedient grace! , And you shall shortly know that lengthened breath Is not the sweetest gift God sends his friends, And, that, sometimes, the sable pall of death Concea's tho fairest boon Ills lovo can send. If wo could push ajar tho gates of Hfo. ' SfBfl And stand within, and all God'a working work-ing sec, We could Interpret nil thla doubt and strife, Ami for each mystery could find a key. Hut not today; then bo content, poor hearts, God's plans like lilies pure and white unfold; Wo must not tear tho close shut leave apart; Time will reveal tho calyxes of gold, And If, through pitlent oil, we reach the land Whero tired feet, with sandals loose's may rest. When wo shall know and clearly understand, un-derstand, I think that wo shall say that God knows best." Mrs. Mary Riley Smith. |