<h2><SPAN name="poem28"></SPAN>BEGIN THE DAY</h2>
<p class="poetry">Begin each morning with a talk to God,<br/>
And ask for your divine inheritance<br/>
Of usefulness, contentment, and success.<br/>
Resign all fear, all doubt, and all despair.<br/>
The stars doubt not, and they are undismayed,<br/>
Though whirled through space for countless centuries,<br/>
And told not why or wherefore: and the sea<br/>
With everlasting ebb and flow obeys,<br/>
And leaves the purpose with the unseen Cause.<br/>
The star sheds radiance on a million worlds,<br/>
The sea is prodigal with waves, and yet<br/>
No lustre from the star is lost, and not<br/>
One drop is missing from the ocean tides.<br/>
Oh! brother to the star and sea, know all<br/>
God’s opulence is held in trust for those<br/>
Who wait serenely and who work in faith.</p>
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