Purpose in Suffering

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If none were sick and none were sad,
What service would we render?
I think if we were always glad,
We scarcely could be tender.

Did our beloved never need
Our patient ministration,
Earth would grow cold, and miss, indeed,
Its sweetest consolation.

If sorrow never claimed our heart,
And every wish were granted,
Patience would die, and
Life would be disenchanted.

[ Author unknown ]

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