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In the minister's morning sermon	A
He had told of the primal fall	B
And how thenceforth the wrath of God	C
Rested on each and all	B
	-
And how of His will and pleasure	D
All souls save a chosen few	E
Were doomed to the quenchless burning	F
And held in the way thereto	C
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Yet never by faith's unreason	A
A saintlier soul was tried	C
And never the harsh old lesson	A
A tenderer heart belied	C
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And after the painful service	G
On that pleasant Sabbath day	C
He walked with his little daughter	D
Through the apple bloom of May	C
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Sweet in the fresh green meadows	H
Sparrow and blackbird sung	I
Above him their tinted petals	J
The blossoming orchards hung	I
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Around on the wonderful glory	K
The minister looked and smiled	C
'How good is the Lord who gives us	G
These gifts from His hand my child	C
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'Behold in the bloom of apples	J
And the violets in the sward	C
A hint of the old lost beauty	K
Of the Garden of the Lord '	-
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Then up spake the little maiden	A
Treading on snow and pink	L
'O father these pretty blossoms	M
Are very wicked I think	L
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'Had there been no Garden of Eden	A
There never had been a fall	B
And if never a tree had blossomed	C
God would have loved us all '	-
	-
'Hush child ' the father answered	C
'By His decree man fell	N
His ways are in clouds and darkness	G
But He doeth all things well	N
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'And whether by His ordaining	F
To us cometh good or ill	O
Joy or pain or light or shadow	C
We must fear and love Him still '	-
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'Oh I fear Him ' said the daughter	D
'And I try to love Him too	C
But I wish He was good and gentle	P
Kind and loving as you '	-
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The minister groaned in spirit	C
As the tremulous lips of pain	A
And wide wet eyes uplifted	C
Questioned his own in vain	A
	-
Bowing his head he pondered	C
The words of the little one	A
Had he erred in his life long teaching	F
Had he wrong to his Master done	A
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To what grim and dreadful idol	P
Had he lent the holiest name	Q
Did his own heart loving and human	A
The God of his worship shame	Q
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And lo from the bloom and greenness	G
From the tender skies above	R
And the face of his little daughter	D
He read a lesson of love	R
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No more as the cloudy terror	D
Of Sinai's mount of law	S
But as Christ in the Syrian lilies	T
The vision of God he saw	S
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And as when in the clefts of Horeb	U
Of old was His presence known	A
The dread Ineffable Glory	K
Was Infinite Goodness alone	A
	-
Thereafter his hearers noted	C
In his prayers a tenderer strain	A
And never the gospel of hatred	C
Burned on his lips again	A
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And the scoffing tongue was prayerful	P
And the blinded eyes found sight	C
And hearts as flint aforetime	Q
Grew soft in his warmth and light	C

John Greenleaf Whittier

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