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of
the tall cedars
As from an invisible, celestial choir.

Nor can I forget the ages-old wisteria
Clambering over gray palace
walls,
Nor the gamut of color in the azaleas there--
Pink, orange,
cerise, yellow--
In pale green foliage.
_Joy_
When your heavens are as brass
And joy has fled, and
Every door is
shut,
Do not forget the one
That opens inward--
The door of your
heart,
Whose handle is on the inside
And which only you can open.

Go out through that door
And find one whose skies
Are darker
than yours,
Whose burden is heavier;
Bring him back with you

Into your heart.
There can you cleanse him with love,
And clothe him with garments
of truth,
And put the ring of his unity
With God upon his hand;

There feed him with the word,
And let him go.
Then will your
heavens be
As radiant light,
And your happiness and joy
Such as
never were
On land or sea.
_Twilight Song Service_
(_"B.A." Chestnut Hill, Mass._)
In the deepening twilight there floats
From the chapel above, the
loved hymns of healing--
Hymns of comfort, of courage, welling up
from grateful hearts And bringing reassurance of God's power
To one
who listens below in silent prayer and praise.
Great peace of God, be
with us all!
Great peace of God encompass us!
Speak to the waves
tonight, Father, that they stand.
Stretch forth Thy hand and stay their
power,
Calm them, that they overwhelm not.
For Thy voice is
"mightier than the noise of many waters, Yea, than the mighty waves of
the sea."
This Thou canst do, O my God.
_Triumph_

These are they, O God,
Who came out of great tribulation
And have
washed their robes white.
Oh, holy triumph of those
Who have
endured the fire
And the tempest's rage and, delivered,
Stand
exalted in this very hour,
Purged, sanctified, and satisfied.
These
are they who have surrendered
All the vanities of mortal selfhood,

And serve Thee
Day and night in Thy temple,
Lifting others to
behold
The tearless, ageless, deathless reality
Of Thy glory.
Transcriber's Note
Minor typographic errors have been corrected without note.
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