“There was never a song that was sung by thee,
But a sweeter one was meant to be.
“There was never a deed that was grandly done,
But a greater was meant by some earnest one.
“For the sweetest voice can never impart
The song that trembles within the heart.
“And the brain and hand can never quite do
The thing that the soul has fondly in view.
“And hence are the tears and the burden of pain,
For the shining goals are never to gain.
“And the real song is ne’er heard by man,
Nor the work ever done for which we plan.
“But enough that a God can hear and see
The song and the deed that were meant to be.”
In music everything depends on tune. It is so also in living. Many people are like instruments out of tune, sometimes badly out of tune. There is no sweetness in their lives. The chords of their being are jangled. The object of Christian culture is to bring our lives into perfect tune, so that they will give forth sweet music. The standard key to which all lives are to be tuned is the life of God Himself. This attunement is the work of the whole life — it takes all our earthly years to come into perfect accord with the music of heaven.
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