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 ��TRUTH MOST PRECIOUS.

/**"* REAT truths are dearly bought. 1 "he common truth, \Jf Such as men give and take from day to day, Comes in the common walk of eat>y life,

Blown by the careless wind across our way.

Great truths are dearly wonj not found by chance, Nor wafted on the breath of summer drcum;

But gra&pod in the great struggle of the soul, Hard buffeting with adverse wind and stream.

Sometimes, 'mid confH<5l, turmoil, ftw and grief, "When the strong hand of God, put forth in might,

Ploughs up the subboil of the stagnant heart, It brings some buried truth-seeds to the light*

Not in the general mart, 'mid com and winej Not in the merchandise of gold aivl gems;

3STot in the worWa jjay hall of midnight Nor *mid the blaze of

��Not in the general cln.sh of human creeds,

3SIor in the merchandise 'twixt church and worlc^

Is trutli'a fair tnm.su re found, *mong*l tares and weeds } Nor her fair banner in their midst unfurled.

Truth springs like harvest from the well-ploughed fields* Rewardmjr putu'nt toil, ami faith and /{-al.

To those thus .seeking h<r, slie evrr yicltls Her richeui treasures for their lasting weal,

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