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Every Day a Day of Freedom
A day of Freedom is each dawning day,And day of Grace to sinful erring men;
While shines its sun they all may find their way
Back to the path of virtue truth again.
Its beauty all may love, its light all see,
Its noon-day glory fills the heaven and earth;
From night's dark bondage it the soul would free,
And make it heir of an immortal birth.
In it the Psalmist saw God's law made clear,
The law of freedom, purity, and right;
But Christ taught unto God all men were dear,
And called to be the children of the light;
In its warm beams, and rains that plenteous fall,
He saw a Father's love, that cares for all.
Poem No. 6; c. 25 November 1876
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