Saturday, November 27, 2004

Lord, I am glad for the great gift of living,

Glad for Thy days of sun and of rain;

Grateful for joy, with an endless thanksgiving,

Grateful for laughter—and grateful for pain.

 

Lord, I am glad for the young April’s wonder,

Glad for the fulness of long summer days;

And now when the spring and my heart are asunder,

Lord, I give thanks for the dark autumn ways.

 

Sun, bloom, and blossom, O Lord, I remember,

The dream of the spring and its joy I recall;

But now in the silence and pain of November,

Lord, I give thanks to Thee, Giver of all!

... Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949), The Speaker: a quarterly magazine v. IV, n. 13-16, Pearson Brothers, 1910, p. 200 (see the book; see also Eph. 5:19-20; Ps. 19:1; Isa. 34:1; 63:7; Phil. 4:6; Col. 1:11-12; 3:17; more at Giving, Gladness, God, Gratitude, Joy, Prayers, Thanksgiving)

 
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