“Say not, ‘Twas all in vain—
The anguish and the darkness and the strife:
Love thrown upon the waters comes again.’”
“Others shall
Take patience, labor, to their heart and hand
From thy hand and thy heart and thy brave cheer,
And God’s grace fructify through thee to all.”
Our preachers sometimes tell us, in urging us to live a useful life, that it costs but little to do good. In a sense this is true. Without large outlay of money and without great expenditure of strength one may do many helpful things and make one’s life a rich blessing in the word; yet there is a deeper sense in which one cannot be a true blessing in this world save at much cost.
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