Arizona miner., 1868-05-02
No Sect in Heaven.

Ab DLAL AA 4A-tt NAA' Talking of -rct- 'i'l la'c one e,c. Ot thc ,lrjuu. doctrines tha -ay,- believe, That night stood iu a tgouit dream, By the side uf iarAly flowing stream. And a " "Clur,lman down t5 thc river came When heard 20 -tr1u-. voice caII his name; Good father, stop. when you cross this tid', You must icayg your robes uu thc other -idc.' But ,hc aged father did mol mind, And hi- long gown holt,d oat behind, And down thc stream bis vIy b" took, His pale hand. cia.png sit-cd-cd book "Tm bound for Heaven. aud when I'm tbcrc, shall want my book ei Common prayer, And though Uut on starry crown, l should feel quite lost without my gown Then he fixed his eve on thc shining track But hi- ,ilk gown foatcd down thc tide; And thc poor old father tried iu vain A single step in the flood to gain I saw him agnin on thc other side But Ii. silk gown fuai,d down thc tide, And DO one asked in that blissiul spot, Whether be belonged Co {" Me Church or not. Then down .hc river Quaker -trayed, lli- drc,. ofa sober huc was made, My coat and hat must all be oi gray, l cannot go any other way Then he ,ittoned hi, coat straight up Co thc chiu And steadily. suleruniv. wadpd iu. And bis broad rimiacd hat ile puiicd down tight Over his forehead 20 cold and wAle. But strong wind carried away his hlt; X moment hu silently sighed aiter that; And then. a- he gazrd Go the farther shore, li, coat slipped 0t and was seen no more. As be entered Heaven bis suit of gray Went quietly sailing away--away. And none Ot thc angels questioned him About the width of his beavers brim. Next came Dr. Watts, with a bundle ofrsams, Tied nicely up in his aged arms, And hymns as many, a very wise thing, That tlc people lh Heaven, "al around might
 sing.
 But thought that lac hcavcd au anxious sigh, A be saw ;Lat The river ran broad and high, And looked rather surprised as, one by one, The Psalms and Hymns in the wave went down. Aner him. with his Mss,
 Came Wesley, the pattern Of godlmcss, But Joe cried Dear me, what shall do: The water has soaked them through and through And there on the river, far and wide, Away they went down the swollen tide, And the saint astouishcd, passed through alone, Without his manuscripts up Co the throne. Then. crayely walking two saints by name, Down to the stream together came; But as they stopped al the rivers brink, l saw one saint from the other shrink. "sprinkled or plunged, may ask you, friend, ' - Thus, with a few drops on my brow" But have been, as you'll see me now. "And really think it will hardly do, As I'm close communion 10 cross with you; YOu're bound, know, 10 the realms of bliss, But you must go that way and I'll go this" Then straightway plunging with all his might, Arsy i0 ihJ i5ft-his friend t5 ;hc right, Apart they went from this world Of sin, But at last together they entered in. And now, when the river was rolling on, A Presbyterian church went down. Of women they seemed an nnumcrable throng, But the men l could count as they passed along. And concerning the road they could never agree, The old or the new way, which it could be, Nor ever for moment paused tO think That both would lead to the rivers brink. And a sound of mumuring. long and loud, Came ever up from the moving crowd, "You're in the old way and I'm in the new, That is the false, and this is the truel' Or, "I'm in the old way, and you're in the new, That s the false, and this is the truc." But the brethren only seemed Co speak Modest the sisters walked, and meek.
 And if ever one Of them chanccd to say What troubles she met with on ihe way How she longed to lass 10 the other side, Nor feared 10 cross over the swelling tide A voice arose from the brethren then,
 " Let no one speak but the holy men;
 For have ye not heard the words of Paul.
 oh, let the women keep silence alln"
 watched q cm long iH ny curious dream, Till they stood by the borders of the stream; Then. just as thought the two ways met, But all the brethren were. talking yet.
 And would talk on, til inc heaving tide
 Carried them over side by side;
 Side by sidc for the way was Oue,
 The toi!some journey Of life was done.
 And priest and Quaker, all who died,
 Came out alike on the other side
 No forms, or crosses, or books had they,
 No gowns of silks, or suits of gray,
 No crecds to guide them, or Mss,
 For all had put on Christs righteousness.