The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-08
NO Scots In HEAVEN.
FROM AN ENGLISH POEM.

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NO Scots In HEAVEN. 7oE ili1
FROM AN ENGLISH POEM. ss.f-,
Talking OF sects till late one eve,
If the various doctrines the saints believe,
That night stood IN a troubled dream -
3y the side of a darkly flowing stream. =
And o fsChurchman, - down to the river came,
When heard strange voice call his name,
Good father 11sop! when you cross this tlde,
You mus scave your robes on the other SIDE.
But the aged father did not mind, ~,
And his long gown floated out behind,
As down the stream his way he took,
His pale hands clasping gilt-edged book.
''I'm bound for heaven, and when Pm there,
shall want my book of Common Prayer;
And though put on starry crown.
should feel quite lost without my gown"
Then he fixed his eyes on the shining track,
But his gown was heavy and held him back, g
And the poor old father tried in vain
A single step in the flood to gain.
I saw him again on the other side,
But his silk gown floated on the tide;
And no one asked him, in that blissful spot,
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Then down to the river Quaker strayed,
His dress Of sober hue " IS made,
my coat and hat must be all of gray,
can not 60 any other way" s.,.ll =
Then he bnttoned his coat straight up to his
chin, # @aJ O. 53lj8
And staidly, solemnly, waded in a
And lis broad brimmed hat he pulled down
tight
Over bis forehead SO cold and white.
Buta strong wind carried away his hat;
Atmomont he slightly sighed over that,
And then as he gazed on the farther shore,
The coat slipped off, and was seen no more.
AS he entered heaven, his suit of gray p
Went quietly sailing-away-away,
And none of the angels questioned him
About the breadth of his beavers brim.
Nevt came DIR. Watts, with bundle of Psalms,
Tied nicely up in his aged arms,
And hymns as many, a very wise thing,
That the people in heaven s'all round might
sing.
But I thought he heayed an anxious sigh,
AS he saw the river ran broad and high,
And looked rather surprised as, one by one,
The Psalms and Hymns in the waves went
down. ~ hi ssc .
And after him, with his MSS,
Came Wesley, the pattern of goodness,
But he cried, "Dear rae, what shall do? ~
The water has soaked them through and
through ?" 81
And there on the river far and wide, 81
Away they went down the swollen tide,
And the saint, astonished, passed through
alone, . s'
Without his manuscripts up to the throne.
Then gravely walking, two saints by name
Down. to the stream together came,
But as they stopped at the rivers brink,
saw one saint from the other shrink.
4Sprinkled or plunged, may I ask you, friend,
How you attained to life's great end ?" vG
Thus, with few drops on my brow"
'Eut ] have been dipped, as you'll see me
now. 90 EaB
And really think it will hardly do,
As Pm close communion, to cross with YOU :
You're bound, know, to the realms of Bliss,
But you must go that way, and I'll go this"
Then straightway plunging with oil his might
Away to the left, his friend at the right, Std
Apart they went from this world of sin,
But at last together they enteredin 100
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Md now, when the river was rolling on.
4 Presbyterian church went down
If women there seemed an innumerable
thrOng, IT'S faJ
But the men I could count as they passed
along. 5L9 or g- 49,
And concerning the road, they could never
The Old or the New way, which could it be.
Nor ever for moment paused to think
That both would lead to the rivers brink.
1nd sound of murmuring long and loud
came ever mp from the moving crowd. a8s
sYou,re in the old way, and I'm in the new
rhat is the false, and this is the true''- -
81. "I'm in the old way and you're in the new.
That is the false, and this is the true.
Rut the brethren only seemed to speak.
Modest, the sisters walked, and meek.
a nd IF ever one of them CHANGED to saw
what troubles she met with on the way.
How she longed to pass to the other side 9
Nor feared to cross over the swelling tide.
a voice arose from the brethren then ;. r.
ssLet no one speak but the holy men;
For have youInot heard the words Of Panl
aOh. let the women keep silence all ?''
I watched them long in my 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, till the heaving tide
Carried them over, side by side;
Side by side, for the way was one, 3a
The toifsome journey of life was done, ~
And ell who in Christ the Savior died,
Came out alike on the other side. ..ss4
No forms, or crosses, or books lad they,
No gowns of silk, or suits of gray, E
No creeds to guide them, or MSS,
For ell had put on Christ's righteousness.
Honb,1rv Conn nnvUSuaner saws