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I know as my life grows older, / And mine eyes have clearer sight -- / That under each rank Wrong, somewhere / There lies the root of Right; / That each sorrow has its purpose -- / By the sorrowing oft unguessed, / But as sure as the Sun brings morning, / Whatever is -- is best.
I know that each sinful action, / As sure as the night brings shade, / Is sometime, somewhere punished, / Tho' the hour be long delayed. / I know that the soul is aided / Sometimes by the heart's unrest, / And to grow means often to suffer -- / But whatever is -- is best.
I know there are no errors, / In the great Eternal plan, / And all things work together / For the final good of man. / And I know when my soul speeds onward / In its grand Eternal quest, / I shall say, as I look back earthward, / Whatever is -- is best.