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"Not as I will," the sound grows sweet
Each time my lips the words repeat
"Not as I will", the darkness feels
More safe than light, when this thot steals
Like whispered voice, to calm and bless
All unrest, and all lonliness.
"Not as I will" because the one
Who loved us first & best has gone
Before us on the road, and still
For us, must all His love fulfill
"Not as we will".

Fact and Fancy.

It is easy enough to be prudent
When nothing tempts you to stray -
When without or within, no voice of sin
Is luring our soul away;
But its only a negative virtue
Until it is tried by fire
And the life that is worth the honor of earth
Is the one that resists desire.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox.