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In desert wilds, in midnight gloom,
In grateful joy, in trying pain,
In laughing youth, or night the tomb-
O when is prayer unheard or vain ?
The Infinite, the King of kings,

Will never heed the when and where ;
He 'll ne'er reject the heart that brings
The offering of fervent prayer.

ULTIMATE TRUTH.

In the bitter waves of woe,
Beaten and tossed about

By the sullen winds that blow

From the desolate shores of doubt;

When the anchors that faith had cast

Are dragging in the gale,

I am quietly holding fast

To the things that cannot fail ;

I know that right is right;
That it is not good to lie ;
That love is better than spite,
And a neighbor than a spy;

I know that passion needs
The leash of a sober mind;
I know that generous deeds
Some sure reward will find;

That the rulers must obey;
That the givers shall increase;
That duty lights the way

For the beautiful feet of Peace;

In the darkest night of the year,
When the stars have all gone out,
That courage is better than fear,
That faith is truer than doubt;

And fierce though the fiends may fight,
And long though the angels hide,
I know that truth and right
Have the universe on their side;

And that somewhere beyond the stars
Is a love that is better than fate;
When the night unlocks her bars
I shall see Him, and I will wait.

ANTHEMS.

ANTHEMS.

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Psalm cxxi.

I lift mine eyes unto the mountains; whence com

eth my help?

My help cometh from God who made heaven and

earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to stumble; thy Guardian does not slumber.

Behold the Guardian of Israel doth neither slumber

nor sleep.

The Lord will preserve thee when thou goest out and when thou comest in, from this time and forever.

I was glad when they said unto me: We will go up unto the house of the Lord;

For thither the tribes go up to give thanks unto the

Lord.

Peace be within thy walls and prosperity within thy

palaces.