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Spring in the Soul
The bough which long has borne the winter's blast,Enclosed with ice, or heavy with the snow;
Does, when its cold and stormy months are past,
The springing leaves and bursting blossoms show.
So ye, on whom the world's cold breath has blown,
While here you suffer for your Master's name;
The kindness of the Father soon shall own,
And, in the fruit you bear, His love proclaim.
Its storms are sent by the same Father's love,
Who, with the seasons, marks the varied year,
That you may thus your full obedience prove;—
Then courage take, and calm each rising fear;
Endure! For Spring will quickly come again,
Come in your hearts, as now on hill and plain.
Poem No. 469–573; March 1848
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