When the Daylight long expected
Dawns upon the human view,
Then will Life in all its splendor
Be revealed to us anew.
The great hereafter has no future,
The past no memory house in store,
The ever-present sense of goodness
Fulfills the memory law of lore.
Then will Love in all its radiance
Fill the past, the future, now
With the sweetness of its presence,
Then His greatness we shall know.
Love divine, oh! Love excelling,
Love Supreme in all around,
Love abounding —Love uniting
Man with God in perfect song.
Confide ye aye in Providence, for Providence is kind,
And bear ye a' life's changes, wi' a calm and tranquil mind,
Though pressed and hemmed on every side, ha'e faith and ye'll
win through,
For ilka blade o' grass keps its ain drap o' dew.
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