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F.G. THEARLE, Manager Chicago,-------------188-----

          Poor in Spirit

Oh, blessed poor, who more than Earth Shall at Earth's close inherit! Not squalid state, or abject birth, Infolds this priceless merit. Not weary wanderers of the street, With haggard eyes & halting feet, This heirship's strange conditions meet! It reads: "The poor in Spirit." ________________ Yet Earthly rank, or low or high, Sets to this class no limit, Not boundless wealth can glorify - Nor poverty can dim it! It is the temper of the soul, Strength in Humility's Control, A life grace-moulded to its whole - For angels to esteem it.