Quietly onward my life's stream flows,-
Quietly, slowly, so life goes '
Quietly onward to its close.
One day in sunshine, another in rain,
But still my heart sings the sweet refrain,-
The God of light is the God of love,
And bright days and dark days
Come from above.

Then when the tempests around me rage,
When the striving elements hot war wage,
And my heart and brain in the strife engage,
Feeling the sense of pain and wrong,
My weary heart sings the same sweet song,-
The God of light is the God of love,
And bright days and dark clays
Come from above.

When life is filled with a sweet content,
And I see that the pain was in mercy sent,
And all in infinite love was meant,
My loss down here is eternal gain,
The days go by to the old refrain,-
The God of light is the God of love.
And bright days and dark days
Come from above.

C. A. D.