...behind the shimmering veil That hides the glories of the distant land from view. SATURDAY. Sorrow. Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...hast; allow No cloud of passion to usurp thy brow t )r mar thy hospitality ; no wave Of mortal tumult to obliterate Thy soul's marmoreal calmness. Grief...

...the petty troubles and help us to bear the greater sorrows of life. CHAPTER IX THE TROUBLES OF LIFE " Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's messenger sent down to thee ; .• Grief should be Like joy, majestic, equable, sedate ; Confirming, cleansing, raising, making...

...Messenger sent doivn to thee : do thou With courtesy receive him : rise and tow, And, ere his shadow cross thy threshold, crave Permission first his heavenly feet to lave ; Then lay before him all thou hast; allou 1 No cloud of passion to usurp thy brow, Or mar thy hospitality,—no wave Of mortal tumult to...

...them. SORROW God's messenger sent down to thee ; do thou COUNT each affliction, whether light 01 grave, With courtesy receive him ; rise and bow ; And, ere his shadow pass thy threshold, crave Then lay before him all thou hast. Allow Permission first his heavenly feet to lave ; No cloud of passion...

...things, when we learn to prize them Not for their sake, but His who grants them or denies them. SORROW COUNT each affliction, whether light or grave, God's messenger sent down to thee ; do thon With courtesy receive him ; rise and bow ; And, ere his shadow pass thy threshold, crave Permission...

...; For then, and not till then, he felt himself And found the blessedness of being little. GG AMOUNT each affliction, whether light or grave, ^^ God's...threshold, crave Permission first his heavenly feet to lave ; 330 Then lay before him all them hast, allow No cloud of passion to usurp thy brow, Or mar thy hospitality...

...expressed in this sonnet by Mr. Aubrey de Vere, though the moral reaches almost unattainable heights: Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...With courtesy receive him; rise and bow And, ere his footsteps cross thy threshold, crave Permission first his heavenly feet to lave. Then lay before him...

...expressed in this sonnet by Mr. Aubrey deVere, though the moral reaches almost unattainable heights : Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...With courtesy receive him ; rise and bow And, ere his footsteps cross thy threshold, crave Permission first his heavenly feet to lave. Then lay before him...

...the glory of God, are of mighty value in this age of eagerness and excitement. As the poet says : " Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...down to thee. Do thou with courtesy receive him." And thus the helpless, incurable invalid, the dumb or paralyzed sister or brother, may in their solitude...

...hath built a winter shed : And all night in rainy weather I hear his gentle breathings by me. SORROW COUNT each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...hast: allow No cloud of passion to usurp thy brow Of mortal tumult to obliterate The soul's marmoreal calmness ; grief should be— Like joy—majestic,...