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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3927, 30 July 1881, Page 1

SOMETIME. Sometime, when all life's lessons have been learned; And Bun and stars for ever shall bare set, The things which our weak judgment here has spurned, The things o'er which we grieved with lushes wet— Will fl.ißh before us, out of life's dark night, As stars shine most in d eper tints of blue ; And we Bhall see bow all God's plans were right, And how what seemed reproof was love most true. And we shall see how, when we frown aud sigh, God's plane go on as best for you and me ; How, when we called, Ho heeded not ourffl^, Because His wisdom to the end could st4. And even as prudent parents disttllow *'■'■'■■ Too much of sweet to craving babyhood, So God, perhaps, is keeping from us i:ow Life's sweetest things becauee it seemeth good. And if, sometimes, commingling with life's wine, We find the wormwood, and rebel and shrink, Be sure a wiser hand than yours or mine, Pours out this portion for our lips to drink. And if some friend we love is lying low, Where human kisses cannot reach his face, Oh, do not blame the loving Father so, But wear your sorrow with obedient grace! And you shall shortly know that lengthened breath Is not tbeg sweetest gift God sends His friend, And that sometimes the sable pall of death Conceals the fairest bloom His lore can ■end. If we could push ajar the g^tes of life, And stand within, and all Q-od's working see, We could interpret all this doubt and strfe, And for each mystery could find a key. But not to-day. Then be content, poor heart! God's plans, like lilies, pure and white, unfold j We must not tear the close shut leaves apart; Time will reveal the calyxes of gold. And if through patient toil we reach the land Where tired feet, with sandals loose, may rest, When we shall clearly know and understand, I think that we will say, " God knew the best." —Danbury News.