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AFTERWARD.

��* God's ways are equal ; storm or caiffi,

Seasons of peril and of rest, Ta< hurting dart, the healing balm,

Aie all apportioned as is best In judgments oft misunderstood,

In ways mysterious and obscure, He brings from evil lasting good,

And makes the final gladness sure. "While Justice takes its course with strength,

Love bids our faith and hope increase. He'll give the chastened world at length

His. afterward of peace,

"When the dread forces of the gale

His sterner purposes perform, And human skill can naught avail

Against the fury of the storm, Let loving hearts tiust in him still,

Through all the dark and devious way; For who would thwart his blessed will,

Which leads through night to joyous day? Be still beneath his tender care ;

For he will make the tempest cease, And bring from out the anguish here

An afterward of peace.

"Look up, -Earth ; no storm can last

Beyond the limits God hath set. When its appointed work is past,

In joy thou shalt thy grief forget. Where sorrow's plowshare hath swept throogt,

Thy fairest flowers of life shall spring, For God shall grant thee life anew,

And all thy wastes shall laugh and sing. Hope thou in him; his plan for thee

Shall end in triumph and release. Fear not, for thou shalt surely see

His afterward of ceace."

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