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these poor, frail words. Ours is a keen delight, an intense joy, a transporting ecstasy, as we feel how true, good, merciful, charming and enrapturing Thou art. Thou our own dear God! Thou art seated in our hearts, enshrined in our souls, enthroned in our homes, exalted over and above and beyond all conceivable power and majesty. We are sure that in this magnification, this exaltation, this glorification of our Beloved lies the truth, the strength, the pleasure, the very salvation of our lives. On this happy, holy day, a day rich with the remembrances of the past and the hopes of the future, on this truly auspicious day, we draw close to Thee, we embrace Thee, as our dear God. Our joys are all refined, sweetened, enriched by being thus gifted from Thee, by being thus consecrated unto Thee.
Beloved One! Amidst distractions, despite diversions, notwithstanding cares and anxieties, how often and in how many forms Thou hast visited us this day—the first gleam revealing Thy presence, the first
