Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1894 — THE DARKEST HOUR. [ARTICLE]

THE DARKEST HOUR.

Ti* always the darkest boor Before the dewn doth thine. Ever the moment of fear and gloom, . In that troubled heart of thine: Heavy the spirit and tad thy sigh. While brightness and lightness are drawing nigh! Look to the shafts of morning As they play in the moving clones; Their arrows moat cleave the darkne ■ dense Which now like a veil enshrouds; Mountain and valley, village and stream, Shall smile in the glow of the sunrise gleam. But, 0, in the vigil of watting, Before that dawn appears. Worn with the night of watching, Thou art filled with doubts and fears. Doubt not, true non!! Faint not, brave heart! In the joy of the dawn thon shall have thy part! I know thou art weary, §o weary; I know thy hopes seem dead; Bouse! for thy cares and sorrows With the night and the gloom »re fled. They are fled! And thy faith, like the lark to the skies, Bise up with a song in thy glad emprise.