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The Lord, my Saviour liveth:What though the darkness gather round?Songs in the night he giveth:No storm can shake my inmost calmWhile to that refuge clinging;Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth,How can I keep from singing?I lift my eyes: the cloud grows thin;I see the blue above it;And day by day this pathway shinesSince first I learned to love it:The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,A fountain ever springing,All things are mine since I am his--How can I keep from singing?--F. J. Hartley.====================R710 : page 3THE SIGN OF HIS PRESENCE."What shall be the sign [indication] of thypresence, and of the consummation of the age?"Matt. 24:3.--Diaglott.Perhaps remembering that Jesus' firstadvent had been obscure and unrecognizedby many, so that even Johnwho baptized and announced him sentand inquired, "Art thou he that shouldcome, or look we for another?" thedisciples may have been wonderingwhether the second coming of Jesuswould be likewise obscure and unrecognized,and whether some mightnot at the time of the second presence,as in their day, be ignorant of the Lord'spresence. Or, their query may havebeen suggested by Jesus' answer to thePharisees when questioned about thekingdom to come--"The kingdom ofGod cometh not with observation [outwarddemonstration and show], neithershall they say, Lo here! or there! for lo,

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