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The Hour Before the Dawn
The darkest hour that falls upon the earth,Is that before the coming of the dawn;
When light with darkness struggles for its birth,
And help Divine for man seems oft withdrawn!
In vain the eye would penetrate the gloom,
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To see of Wickedness the fated doom,
Of Virtue's Kingdom come with mightier power.
Thus when, amidst convulsive throes of old,
Christ's Kingdom in its glory should appear;
He the dark hour before the day foretold,
In signs and wonders to his followers clear;
And bade them earnest watch, and earnest pray,
Until in splendor rose his peaceful day.
Poem No. 481; February 1861
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