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THE WAYS OF HEAVEN.
Secret are the ways of Heaven,
Yet to some great aim they tend;
Often some affliction given
Proves a blessing in the end;
Let no vain impatient gesture
Question the diviner will,
But in Faith's immortal vesture
Wait thy mission—and be still.
Yet to some great aim they tend;
Often some affliction given
Proves a blessing in the end;
Let no vain impatient gesture
Question the diviner will,
But in Faith's immortal vesture
Wait thy mission—and be still.
That which is the deepest sorrow
Often proves the inmost good;
They who build upon to-morrow
Build on ground not understood:
Lose not then thy trust in Heaven,
Take its counsels like a friend;
Often some affliction given
Proves affection—in the end!
Often proves the inmost good;
They who build upon to-morrow
Build on ground not understood:
Lose not then thy trust in Heaven,
Take its counsels like a friend;
Often some affliction given
Proves affection—in the end!
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