Folk need a lot of loving in the morning;
The day is all before, with cares beset –
The cares we know, and they that give no warning;
For love is God’s own antidote for fret.

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It is easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows by like a song,
But the man worth while is one who will smile,
When everything goes dead wrong.
For the test of the heart is trouble,
And it always comes with the years,
And the smile that is worth the praises of earth
Is the smile that shines through tears.

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A home is more than just a house
It’s more than sturdy walls,
Or doors and windows shining bright
The stairways and the halls,
It’s more than rooms we love so dear
A door thrown open wide,
For home is peace and gentle love
That lives and dwells inside.

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In the common round of duty
Lift thy heart in praise;
For the Lord hath surely promised
Strength for all thy days.

by Herbert G. Tovey

Lord, thou hast given me a clean, new year.
Help me to keep its pages pure, unspoiled;
To write upon its scroll but kindly thoughts,
With no unsightly blots to have it soiled.

Let me not mar, in thought or word or deed,
This page, so white, so pure, unsullied, fair.
Help me to know that when I stand in need
Of help from Thee, Thou’rt always standing there.

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