Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-02-16
MEMPHIS APPEAL
NO SECT IN HEAYRN.

Talking Of sects till hate one eve,
or the various doctrines the saints bsltsYe,
That night / stood in a troubled dream,
By the side ola darkly flowing stream.
And a q Churchman " down to the river came,
When 1 heard a strange voice call his name;
Good fatLer, stop when You cross thls tue,
You must leave your robes on the other eide"
But the aged father did not mind.
And hts long gown foated out behind,
Aud down the stream his way he took,
His pale hands elasplng a gtt-edged book
I'm bound for Heaven. aud when I'm there,
/ shall want my book OF Common Prayer
And though ! put ON a starry crown
l should feel quite lost without my gown"
Then he fixed his eye on the shining track,
But his silk gown hoated down the tidei
And The poor old father trsed in vain
A single step in the Hood to gain.
saw him sgain on the other side,
Bus mis- silk goa foated down the tide;
And no one asked in that blissfdi Spot,
Whether he belou ged to ne Church" or not
Then down the river n Quaker stTayed,
His dress OF n sober hue was made
q MY coat and hal must all be OF gray
l cannot go any other way"
Then he buttoned his coat straight up to thu
chin,
| And steadily, solemnly waded ia,
And bis broad-brimned nat ne Pulie0 eONA
| over lis forehead so cold and white.
Rut a strong wind carried away his hat
A moment ne silently sighed over mat
And tnen, as he gazed - the farther shore,
HIS coat slipped or and was seen no more.
As he entered Heaven his suit Of gray
Went quietly sailing away-away,,
And none of the angels qrestionei MN
About the width OF his beavers brim.
Next came Or. Watts, with a bundle OF psalms
- - .raHa nEgnE
And hvmns as many-a very wise thing,
That the people in Heaven all around" nigh
sing.
But I thought he heaved an anxious sigh
| As he saw that the river ran broad ana Llgo'
AID looked rather sui prised as, one BY one
The Psalms and Hymns in the wave went down
| After him with his MSS,
Came Wesley, the pattern OF godliness,
Blu he cried, " Dear me, what shslt doT
The water has soaked them through ant
through"
| And there on the river, far and wide,
Awav they went down the swollen TIDE,
And the saint, astonished, pressed through
Without his manuscrirt-, up 10 the throne.
Then, gravely walking, two saints by name,
Down to the Atream together came:
But as they stopped al the rivers brink,
l saw one saint from the other shrink.
aSrriaklsd or pIu- ged, may I ask you, friend,
How you attend 10 lfe's great ends"
/" Thus, with a few drops ON my brow,
:" Bat. Ihave been dipped, as you'll see me no"
" And really think it will harJIy DO,
As In close communion. to cross with YOU
You're bound, know, TO tue realms OF bliss
Bat you must go that way, and III go TINS
Then straightwsy pluuging with all his might
Away 10 the Ieft-his friend to toe right;
Apsit they went rom this world Il s.n,
But at last together they entered in.
And now. when the river was rolling on,
A PRESBYTERIAN church went down;
or women they scented an nnunerable THONG
Bat the men l could count as they passed along
And concerning the road they could never
agree,
The ola or b new way, which it could be,
Nor ever Ior a moment pausei TO THINK
Thgt bot would lead to the rivers brink.
And a sound OF murmuring, lOag and loud,
came ever up lrOm the moving @ Owd,
" You're in the old way, and I'm in the new,
That is the Ease, and this is the tru=,"-
Or. I'm 10 the old way, and you're in the new
That IA the false, and This is the trus.-
But the brythTen only seemed TO speak
Modest the sisters walked, and meek.
Aud II ever one or them CHANGED TO ssy
What troubles she met with on the way
How she ICnged to pass on the other side
Nor feared to cross over the swelling ud-
A voice arose from the brethren then,
o Lst no one speak bat the holy men;
For have We not heard the words Of Paul.
.Oh, let the women keep silence ALL
I watched them long in my curious dream,
Til they 5, God by ths borders OF the strcami
Tlsn. lost as 1 thought, the Two ways met,
But all the brethren were talking yet
And would talk Cd, till The hesviug tide
Carried then over Size by side;
Side by 5 de, FOR the way was one,
The t0isome journey Of life was done.
Aud priest and Quaker, all who died,
Came out altke on the other side
No forms. or crosses, or books had they,
No COWS OF silk, or salts OF gray,
No creeds to guide them, or Mss,
FOR all had put on Chrlsts righteousness.