Sunshine in the Soul Author:Mary Wilder Tileston Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: And God, who made these things to bt, — The damsel and the sun, Color and sound, and you and me, — Was pleased to see it done. And all the angels would... more » be glad If, in the world He built, Although there must be some things sad, No drop of joy were spilt ; But all the beauty in the earth, And skies, and hearts of men, Were gently gathered at its birth, And loved, and born again. William Dhightv Rand FROM "INSPIRATION." r WILL not doubt the love untold, Which not my worth nor want hath bought, Which wooed me young and woos me old, And to this evening hath me brought. Henky D. Thokkad. "Constoet tifje ILiltca." 45 CONSIDER THE LILIES, HOW THEY GROW." TIE hides within the lily A strong and tender care, That wins the earth-born atoms To glory of the air; He weaves the shining garments Unceasingly and still, Along the quiet waters, In niches of the hill. We linger at the vigil With him who bent the knee To watch the old-time lilies In distant Galilee; And still the worship deepens And quickens into new, As brightening down the ages God's secret thrilleth through. O Toiler of the lily, Thy touch is in the man ! No leaf that dawns to petal But hints the angel-plan. The flower-horizons open ! The blossom vaster shows ! We hear Thy wide worlds echo, — See how the lily grows ! Shy yearnings of the savage, Unfolding thought by thought, To holy lives are lifted, To visions fair are wrought; The races rise and cluster, And evils fade and fall, Till chaos blooms to beauty, Thy purpose crowning all! William C. Gannh SUNDAY ON LAKE WINNIPISEOGEE /"OD'S smile is on the waters, -" His spirit in the air, My glad heart owns His presence, And swells with thankful praye...« less