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Why are springs enthroned on high, Where the mountains kiss the sky? ’Tis that thence their streams may flow, Fertilizing all below. Why have clouds such lofty flight, Basking in the golden light? ’T is to send down genial showers On this lower world of ours. Why does God exalt the great? ’T is that they may prop the state; So that toil its sweets may yield, And the sower reap the field. Riches why doth He confer? That the rich may minister To the children of distress, To the poor and fatherless. Does He light a Newton’s mind? ’T is to shine on all mankind. Does He give to Virtue birth? ’T is the salt of this poor earth.
Why are springs enthroned on high, Where the mountains kiss the sky? ’Tis that thence their streams may flow, Fertilizing all below. Why have clouds such lofty flight, Basking in the golden light? ’T is to send down genial showers On this lower world of ours. Why does God exalt the great? ’T is that they may prop the state; So that toil its sweets may yield, And the sower reap the field. Riches why doth He confer? That the rich may minister To the children of distress, To the poor and fatherless. Does He light a Newton’s mind? ’T is to shine on all mankind. Does He give to Virtue birth? ’T is the salt of this poor earth.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Josiah Conder (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 59 · printed citation: Josiah Conder · subject: BENEFIT
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