SLEEPING OUT OF DOORS 



cheer, to prepare the soul of man for the labors before 

 him, to uplift his heart and give him courage in the 

 face of possible trials, to symbolize that heavenly- 

 chorus which awaits him at the Great Awakening. 

 The air is hushed; each jeweled blade of grass, each 

 bending flower turns slowly toward the coming light; 

 and as "the trailing garments of the night" sweep noise- 

 lessly away, the first long rays of the ascending sun 

 appear above the clear horizon, and a new day is born. 



It seems impossible to understand 

 How joy and sorrow may go hand in hand, 

 But God created when the world was born 

 The endless paradox of night and morn. 



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