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...finding the question too difficult to answer, betakes himself reverently to the prayer of faith and hope. I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my...cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and...

...Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my...cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and...

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...chanting, " Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress trees " ; when I see Tennyson "Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God " ; and listen while he cries, " I stretch lame hands ol faith, and grope, And faintly trust the larger...

...back upon the throne ; but there are others who in pursuing their studies feel themselves treading " Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God f while others, again, believe that for a full conception of the universe, it is necessary to gain...

...passes ; that too was unstable and transitory ; and the broken spirit relapses into despondency : " I falter where I firmly trod ; And falling, with my weight of cares, Upon the world's great altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God," — he feels " the weight of loss...

...passes ; that too was unstable and transitory ; and the broken spirit relapses into despondency : " I falter where I firmly trod ; And falling, with my weight of cares, Upon the world's great altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God," — he feels " the weight of loss...