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HEAVENLY INFLUENCES
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Oh, when shall the night be gone, the shadows flee away, and the morning of that long, long day, without cloud or night, dawn?


Rejoice, oh! grieving heart,
     The hours fly past;
With each some sorrow dies,
With each some shadow flies,
          Until at last
The red dawn in the east
Bids weary night depart,
          And pain is past.


When the day of toil is done,
When the race of life is run,
Father, grant Thy wearied one
     Rest for evermore!
When the heart by sorrow tried
Feels at length its throbs subside,
Bring us, where all tears are dried,
     Joy for evermore!


HEAVENLY INFLUENCES.

Millions of spiritual beings walk the earth unseen,
Both when we wake, and when we sleep.

Milton.

Hands of invisible spirits touch the strings
Of that mysterious instrument, the soul,
And play the prelude of our fate.