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Show I Whatever Is Best W El GRACE NOLL CROW ELL "vkWfyV i j DARE not pray for you, dear friend, that r J I sorrow, s The strange unwelcome guest may pass you by, I dare not even trust that each tomorrow May hold for you a bright and cloudless sky. I cannot hope that pain, that hard taskmaster, V 1 May leave you quite untouched throughout the v years' ikm ; Or that you may escape loss and disaster; -f'ii1' That grief may never dim your eyes with tears. rSzmowf, Jli Mm For only sorrow brings an understanding S ' ' l) Of others' sorrow; only as we learn 'uAm The slow and tortuous way, the harsh demanding That grieving make upon us, can we turn i And speak the freeing word to some hurt brother, jjt And well we know that blue skies bring no rain SslSp w To heal the heart, and we can learn no other StCNsI 3 Way to sympathize save through experienced pain. d I crave the best things for you, O my friend, wPZ ' And for what is best we can trust God to send. Ifs |