Life and light for woman . Oh ! when will it come, and the dark shad-ows cease,And the weary earth smile in the sunshine o/ peace ?We grope in our darkness, we falter, we die,And light—if there be light—comes not to om sky,Or, coming, has faded so soon ! Oh ! what hast thou seen,Watchman,—what hast thou seenIn lands where this life-giving sunlight hasbeen ? Seco?id have seen, as the years have rolled by,Brave workers and strongSowing seed for the Master midst trouble,and tears,And suffring, and peril, and have seen them unmurmuring die,—Cut down at their toil,—-and their bloodW
Life and light for woman . Oh ! when will it come, and the dark shad-ows cease,And the weary earth smile in the sunshine o/ peace ?We grope in our darkness, we falter, we die,And light—if there be light—comes not to om sky,Or, coming, has faded so soon ! Oh ! what hast thou seen,Watchman,—what hast thou seenIn lands where this life-giving sunlight hasbeen ? Seco?id have seen, as the years have rolled by,Brave workers and strongSowing seed for the Master midst trouble,and tears,And suffring, and peril, and have seen them unmurmuring die,—Cut down at their toil,—-and their bloodWatring freely the sodWhere their patient feet trod ;—Yet the seed grew apace neath the direful rain,And angels, at harvest-time, gathered thegrain,And bore it with singing to God !I have seen, looking down through theyears,With leaves from Lifes tree in their hands—Leaves freighted with health for the millions that liePalsied, and stricken, and ready to die— (208) WHAT OF THE NIGHT, AND WHAT OF THE DAY? 209
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