BIDE ON.
When the heart 'neath its troubles sinks down, And the joys that misled it are gone ; When the hopes that inspired it are flown, And it gropes through thick darkness ulone ; Be Faith, then, thy cheer ; Scorn the whispers of Fear ; Look trustfully up, and bide on. When Fancy's wild meteor-ray Allures thee from duty to roam, Beware its bewildering way, AbHe with the soul in its home, And hearken its voice : Let the stream of the joys From the Fountain of Purity come. When by failures and follies borne down, The future looks hopelessly drear ; And each day, as it flies, with a frown Tells how hopeless, how abject are we ; j Let nothing dismay j Thy brave effort to-day ; Be patient, and still peraevere. Be steady in Joy and in Sorrow ; | Be truthful in great and in small ; Fear nothing but Sin, and each morrow Heaven's blessings upon thee ehall fall ; In worst tribulation Shun low consolation, And trust in the God that sees all.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 277, 30 June 1888, Page 2
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169BIDE ON. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 277, 30 June 1888, Page 2
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