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JUST FOR THE SAKE OF RHYMlNc

Those people who think all they hear in a rhyme
Is uth without mixture-is truth unalloyed,
VIII please give attention Que moment of time,
And see If some rhymers for the sake of a jingle
Will fling giant faisehoods double or single
just for the sake of rhyming,
Remember, each line may need some inspection
Look you for faults they will doubtless appear
Perhaps you may make some needed correction.
Perhaps some error is lurking so near
You could see it if you had but the eyes ola mole,
For the love of your kindred, don't swallow is
whole a~.. ..- .-..-..
just for the sake ofrhyming.
Some rhymers would make of town Oh the bank,
OF brook on its noiseess way TO the ocean
noisy city with towers on each flank
By great river III ceaseless commotion,
And on every occasion to suit their convenience,
They will do the same thing without any lcnience
Just for the sake of rhyming.
Great truths they will state in so feeble way
That you cannot perceive one half of their force,
Great actions will sing in such meaningless lays,
That you'd receive them as q matter 9fcOuSe,
In poetry well as in everything else,
You must go it alone on your own good sense,
Not on the hayward rhyming.
All ; well, but you tell me it came through the
press,
The press of the nation so powerful and true,
And take it to yourself my rhymes 10 redress
Now, hold, my good friend, let say it to you,
Although my prory idea you may fout
Sure the press can't press all the errors out,
just tor the sake ofrhyming.
WIN, II, PRICE.
LEIGHTON. Iowa, May 9th, 1870.
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Everybody likes tomatoes, but ev-
erybody does not know how to raise
them successfully. The following
method is recommended very high
ly: The French way of raising to-
matoes consists in cutting down the
stem to the first cluster of flowers as
soon as the latter becomes Visidle.--
This causes the sap to be forced in
to the two buds Immediately below
the lcluster, which soon push out
strongly and form another cluster Of
flowers each. These branches are
then cut down to the flowers, and
this is done excessively. BY this
means the plants become stocky
dwarf bushes about Is inches high.
Sticks or strings are stretched horir
zontally along the plants to keep them
off the ground. All laterals that have
no flowers are cut off Fruit of large
size and excellent quality is obtained
in this way.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1870-06-30
Iowa Soldiers Reunion,


The following letter from General
Baker will answer the inquiries of
correspondents as to who are invited
to participate in the Reunion:
In order to save the trouble of
numerous inquiries, | will repeat
what has already been stated, and
add thereto some other statements.
The reunion of Iowa soldiers will
take place Aug. 3lst and Sept. lst,
1870. -.
The Iowa soldiers will be convey
ed free over the railroads to Des
Moines, "aRd return"
The Iowa officers will be convey
ed at one-half fare.
The tickets will be good from
Aug. goth to Sept. 5tb, 1870.
The tribute to the character of
the Iowa soldiery is voluntary
Offering of the railroads, and will
amount to between 100000 and
100000.
We have no power to compel the
railroads to carry any one free.
The soldiers of 1912, soldiers of
the Mexican war, and soldiers of
other States now in this State. will
be most cordially received and
cared for while here during the Re-
union, and will be assigned to po-
sitions In the proceedings with the
Iowa soldiers but we have no pow
er to give them free transportation,
or to compel the railroads to give it
to them, or take out of the SIS, 900
appropriated by the last General
Assembly, any portion of the same
for their transportation.
We have no power to expend any
portion of the SIS, 200 in the trans
portatioh of Iowa soldiers now in
other States to the border of this
State.
We cannot give transportation to
militia companies, no matter how Or
ganized.
We cannot give transportation to
bands of music or musicians, unless
they were musicians in the Iowa
regiments.
The railroads require that all tick
cts for soldiers shall be signed by
the proper official of the railroad,
then countersigned by the Adjutant
General of the State, aud carefully
distributed to those entitled to the
same.
Officers to obtain half fare, will be
compelled to show their commission,
or certificate from the Adjutant
General that they were commission
ed as officers.
In the arrangement and the pro-
gramme, the Executive Committee
will have much labor, and all SOL
diery will remember that in the en-
campment of from ten to twenty
thousand men, the arrangement of
quarters, the preparation of rations,
and all other matters connected with
the Reunion" there must be much
care, labor and patience.
The programme will be published
so soon as all the arrangements are
completed.
General Belknap, Secretary CT
War, will deliver the Grafton, and
Gen. Sherman will be here.
n. B. BAKER.
Sec. Iowa Soldiers Reunion Elk. Com.
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A w ashington dispatch saws

The resolution offered by Bingham
which passed the House on Wednes-
day last, relating to Cuba, and rec
ommending the interposition of the
President to prevent cruelties in that
island hereafter, has gone to the Com.
mittee on Foreign Relations, and
there is the best authority for saying
it will not be heard of again. The
Senate has too much business to at.
tend to during the remaining three
weeks OF the session to enter in any
long discussion of the Cuban compli-
cations, and it is not likely the reso-
luton will be considered by the Com
mittee, and it certainly will not be
reported to the Senate unless demand
ed by vote.
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The Garden Grove Enterprise re-
ports crops in Decatur county as fol-
lows "The sold inhabitant,' the old
est man you have heard Of, can't re-
member when the prospects tor all
kinds of crops were so fattering as
they are at this time, with the excep-
ton of fruits, of which We may ex-
pect quite sprinkling. Corn, onr
m ain crop, is a good stand, forward
for the season, free from weeds, and
alarger amount planted than ever be-
fore. Oats and wheat are looking
well, and we think sufficient guam
THY has been sown for the wants OF
the country, with some to expor! If
they prove as good crop as present
appearance indicates. Grass is look
ing we'll. Potatoes and garden
truck generally, is doing finely"
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He'll,

The following graphic picture
hell, as gotten up by the japanese,
III order, we suppose, to brighten the
people into goodness, is given in a
recent correspondence from Jeddo :
Seated in the center, with the APP
pearance of repose and no suffering,
yet looking down sternly upon the
prisoners, was King Ben. Before
his majesty were men kneeling and
praying for pardon. At one end OF
The long room a man was being trans
formed into a donkey. The sprite
who performed the job had got the
man horizontalized. and standing up
OH what had formerly been hands and
feet, but were now hoots, and was
then at work on the name. (ltev.
Edward Beecher should have taken a
trip to China, where he would have
found the doctrine Of transmigration
of souls, already worked out. He
might have been saved much dis
tressful logic.) Al the other end Of
the building Il man was climbing up
an almost perpendicular ice noun
tam, and another was descending,
head downwards. In the center OF
the building, and little to the lett,
stood sprite saving man through
the middle from head to foot, and
looking around at him with a horrid
grin. A little to the right man was
climbing a red-hot post-fre-post.-
Near this last figure was a bridge,
with some persons upon it whose sins
had been RENTED, and they were
going-my informant didn't exactly
know where. Some were thrust un.
der the bridge and were lying there.
One man ! saw whose body was near
ly gone, being crushed within the
folds Of a serpent. Everything was
nude, and every! hing was dreadful,
though not so dreadful as the living,
moving panoramic hell | saw the
night before at the inn."
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TO TRANSPORT Zoos

Now eggs can be transported to al
most any distance by rail. if, instead
of being carried on the floor of the
car, as they generally are, they are
suspended in a box or basket so that
they are not subject to the jar of the
rail. Ii hung up from the top OF the
car, or on the hat rack, if taken in the
passenger car, they will escape inju-
ry and hatch about as we'll as ever.
-Massachatsetts PaougAmaa.
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George Stanly who was arrested
for the murder of William Patterson
at Ames, has been fully committed
for trial. The preliminary inves-
tigation devoted very strong circum-
stantial evidence. He has been sent
to Marion under custody of sheriff
Goodin. The difficulty between Pat
terson is said to have grown out OF too
great intimacy of the former with
Patterson's wife, who had or
derd him from his premises and
hence the murder. After her hus-
bands death Stanly's portrait was
found in Mrs. Patterson's posses
sion.
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-
CnRES ON HORSES,

A Kansas correspondent of the
Rura1 World writes: ] will give you
an infallible remedy for gals and
sores of all kinds on horses, includ-
ing what is generally called scratch
es: Two ounces extract of lead, two
ounces spirit of wine, one ounce of
sal ammonia, half ounce white Wit
riol, four ounces soft water mix,
dissolve, aud wash three or four times
a day.
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The monthly report of the c

The monthly report of the Com
missioner of Agriculture shows that
the average of winter wheat is nearly
FIVE per cent. behind last year, while
the quality of the grain is superior.
Winter barley is about as last year,
and spring sowing has been inoreas-
ed. The average of oats has been
increased. Grasses generally are
fiourishing. Fruits promise an abua-
dance. The cotton average is ma.
terially increased in every state, and
the crop generally is growing we'll.
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A composrtor named Austin was
shot at Council Bluffs by another
compositor named Bell, at $40 Mon
day afternoon. Both were employ
ees 10 the Times Office. They had
been quarreling in the office when
Bell went outside the door. Austin
then called Bell liar. He retorted
by calling Austin a son Of a b.,
whereupon Austin ran out to fight,
when Bell drew oat pistol and shot
Austin through the head.
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Thaddeus Stevens preferred burial
in an obscure burying ground, rather
than in either of the two beautiful
cemeteries in Lancaster, in both of
which he owned lots, because color
ed people could not be buried there ;
and over his grave in his obscure
resting place is plain marble with
his own inscription: 81 lie here be-
cause the world is free to all. Thad-
deps Stevens"
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DENVER, June 22.-The last rail
on the Denver 81 Pacific railroad was
laid at three p. M, to-day, and the
first train arrived. Through trains
will run regularly from and after to-
morrow.
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II OMEPATHIST. Having permanently located
IL in OskaloOsa, teudeFs mis- professional servi-
nre 20 the public Calls from the city or country
promptly attended to- once, upi stairs over J. NJ.
HOOrchcad's store Residence second doot east
Of First Presbyterian church.
lice hours from III to 81 a. m, and from l25s to
2 +. II. PARTICULAR attention given TO Chronic dis
:9gcs Gld diseases of women and children. mi
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3OHN =. LACEY. W. E SHEPHERD
lacey 4, SHEptsERn

I IIVitNE Els AT LAW, AND GOV ERNME NT
y CLAIM AGENTS. Prompt attention given
10 collections, We also have the necessary forms
81, l.9E ~ UNDER the bankrupt Law. Office over
First National Bank, OSkalQosg iowa. nal
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GK0nAHAM a. RHINEHART.

I iTORNElS AT LAW. VIII give prompt at
~ trntiun to all Legal Business intrusted to
their care. Strict attention given to Collections.
U'lcc imm dately over the First Rational Bank,
O-kAIOosa Iowa. n2I
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lfOitSEI AT LAW, OskalOosa, Iowa. Bus
i inoss attended to in the Supreme and inferi-
or courts OF the State. Special attention given TO
he collection Of claims. Office in Streets block
wet Idle of the square. nal
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DR. b. +. THOMAS.

Swedish MovEMENT-CURE PHYsICIkN AMI
SPECIALIST will treat chronic diseases only (weaE
luHgs, Gyspepsia, piles and nervous debility re
ccive special attention. Office and treating room
in Gymnasium Hall, Streets block, third floor
wet eide public square 0skaloosa, iowa. Office
hours from 10 ~ a. m, and from 10 p. m,
except Thursdays p. m.
n2Ju
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OSKALOOSA IOWA
Office in Union Block, North Side of Public
Square.
hG5iDENCE-souFh East corner Of Lafayette
and south Streets.
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ONES NJ. MCCALL,
- Oskaioosa, Iowa

SoNdfOOodi TO W d'
wan a.; n all business entrusted TO his hands
for collection. or in any court in this State
Wa formerly member Ofthe Supreme Court of
y. \: admitted i'll lS5l. Examiners, ID. X. Oh
ucy. Nelson x Davis. Office atresidence.
u$uif
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Mahaska Lodge No. l6, L. u. .. X.
- OCULAR MEETING SATURDAY Evening
n, Of each week. Brethren visiting the city
are invited 10 meet with US.
5. w. LEWIS, N. q.
VIM. DUKg. Secretary. nal
". w. HASKELL,
1 TTOItNEI AT LAW, TUSCALOOSA, IOWA.
n Oflce up stairs in the Old Court House, north
we>; corner of Public Square. motif
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lhe Richest Farming Lands
IN THE WORLD.
100000 ACRES FOR SALE
To Actual Settlers.

NECSHO VALLEY. KA NS4 s.
UNION PACIFIC r. r. Co.. SOUTHERN BRANCH
The lands now of, red by this company are sit
uaIed mainly within tweLty miles On each side o
the road, extending one hundred and seventy
miles along the NEOSHO VALLEY-the richest
finest and most inviting valley for settlement in
the west.
One half of the labor required at the East in the
culture offarms will insure here doublethe amount
OF crops. For orchards, grape culture, and small
fruits in general II is unequaled.
BUILDING MATERIAL AND FENCING of ey.
cry variety and in great abundance.
STOCK RAiSiNG-The rich native grasses OF
the prairies and bottoms, with the large area OF
unoccupied lands. in connection with the dry,
mild and oped wtoters, present unequaled advan-
tages for the raising of cattle, sheep and horses
DAlRIING.-In such country with ranges Tor
stock unrestricted and pasture limitless the pro-
dncton butter and cheese Rust be profitable.
FRUIT GROWING lie one of the SpecidtitieS, as
demonstrated by the Gold Medal awarded to the
State OF Kansas by the Pennsylvania state Horti-
cultural Society, for "a collection of fruits unsur-
passed for size. beauty and favor"
THE CLIMATE AND HEALTH Of Kansas are
unequalled. These, indeed, are among its chief
exceiiences and are recomm endatons for settle
ment,
PRICES OF LAND.-From 81 to SIS per acre ;
credit OF ten (l0) years time.
TERMS OF SALE.-One tenth down at time of
purchase. No payment the second year. One
tenth every year after until completion Of pay
ments, with annual interest.
TIE HEAD LAND OFFICE il located at
JUNCTION CITY. TO all purchasers of lauds
free tickeiS from this point are given the road
For further information, address
ISAAC Il. GO0DNOW,
$50 Land Com m issIoner.
JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS.
n4l-3m pd
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II ". HUNT,
EDgARk PUBLIC.
IN. d. 7. Mo N IIsLT.N.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.

a al aitend to conyeyancing and writing con
tracts with neatness and accuracy, Office with
MA Cook Il HUNT.
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OSkalOOSa, Iowa.

The best security and best Companies in the L.
| 5. Some Of them having been engaged in
business for more than half a century.
ETNA of Hartford Conn !, 449, 5O4.9
HOME, of n. Y. 4,5l6, 36S. 46
Hartford, of Hartford 2,544, 2lO.I2
CONTINENTAL of N. Y. 2,339,l22 so
SECURITY of n. Y. 2,0l7, S69.sl
HOME of New Haven. l,7S6 365. 40
PHENIx of Brooklyn :. LII, O6O.25
LoRILLARD of n. ". $50, $4,000
INTERNATIONAL of n. Y.l,353, 398.l7
YoNKERs & n Y of N Y. 9S2,l69.l6
North AMERICA, n. Y. 800, 572.29
PUTNAM Of Hartford. g.. 7O6,973.73
MERCHANTS Of Hartford. 559,568.Ol
LUMBERMAN' of Chicago. 81 ,2S7.36
STATE ms. Co. of Des
Moines .............. los, 1857
n. Y. LIFE ms. Co. .l3, 1920, 424.62
RAILWAY PASSENGERS
ASSURANCE Co. ...... 426, l65.27
We have selected the above Companies from
knowledge of their fair dealing, and punctuality
M
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BOARDING HoUsR,-THE HOME.
o. T. PALMER, M. ID,

Corner Of Y ashington and Ellen sts
MRS. Y. Z. HARVEY
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- - Mn ~ Ii LIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Il. u. FISHER.

OskalooSa, : Iowa.
OFFICE in Union BLOCK in the Office of Mayor
LUGghridge. no
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Dr. III. 4. HUNTSMAN

! TTORNEYS AT LAW, Oskaoosa, Iowa,
II Cillce IN Union Block, in room recently Occu-
pieu BY Sewers e Williams. nal
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Dr. III. C. UNTSMAN,
< PECIAL attention paid to Surgery.
EXAMINER FOR PENSIONS.
ONCE n. E. Corner OF Square, sam
T.. N. DAVENPORT,
TTORNEY AT LAW
Oskaloosa, Iowa.
OFFIvE. in KnuwltOns Rlock, in the room for
merly occupied by county Auditor n9y1
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d. Y. Il. Il. TIME TABLE.

oSKALooSA-GoING EAST.
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M. W HASKELL.
IRA j. ALDER
DR.. Id. A. HOFRmAN.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, OskaIoosa, Iowa
Office over n. Dodge's Boot and Shoe store
.sidcnce on Main street, three blocks east o.
the public square. MI
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The following letter from General
Baker will answer the inquiries of
correspondents as to who are invited
to participate in the Reunion:
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We have selected the above Companies from a
knowledge of their fair dealing, and punctuality
in the payment of losses
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THE FRENCH METHOD WITH TOMA.
TOES.

Sec. Iowa Soldiers Reunion Elk. Com.
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$4,000
WORTH OF PROPERTY

Was destroyed by fire west OF the Mississippi in
the month OF January, 1870, which should be
warning to all not 10 neglect the Importance of
keeping their Property Insured in
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-21
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Congress.

We are authorized to announce Gen. W. @. Whit
thorne, of Maury county, as candidate for Con
gress in the Sixth Congressional District Of Ten
neSsee. Election in November next. jy30 te
We are authorized to announce Joseph Motley,
of Wilson county, candidate for Congress
from the Fifth District of Tennessee, composed Of
the counties of Davidson, Williamson, Wilson,
Sumner. Robertson and Cheatham. Election in
November. jy29-te
We are authorized to announce Hon. Z. A.
James, of Hamilton county, as a candidate for
Congress in the Third Congressional District, at
the ensuing November election. jy25-te
We are authorized to announce Hon. W. ON.
PERKINS, of Williamson county, as a candidate for
Congress from the Fifth Congressional Division
composed of the counties of Davidson, Williamson,
Wilson, Sumner, Robertson and Cheatham. Flee
ton in November. jy19 te
We are authorized to announce J. z. Dromgoole'
of Mursfreesboro, a candidate for Congress in the
Fourth Congressional District at the November
election. jyl7 tide
To the Editors of the Union and American:
MURFREEsBoRo, Tenn, July 7, 1s70.-You are
hereby authorized to announce me a candidate for
Congress in the Fourth Congressional District.
jyS tide W. +. NJ. BETTY.
We are authorized to announce Hon. 10. g. Car
rigan, of Lincoln, candidate for Congress from
the Fourth Congressional District, at the ensuing
November election. jun20-tde'
We are authorized to announce Jos. Fl. Black
burn, of DeKab county, as a candidate for Con-
gress in the Third Congressional District, at the
November election, jun25-tde'
10 the Editors OF the Union and American:
IRIUEE Tenn, June II, 1870.-Please announce
me as a candidate for Congress in the 9Th Con-
gressional District, subject to a nomination by
convention Of the people, and oblige yours, etc.
Tom BENTON SMITH.
We are authorized to announce Hon. A A.
STEELE a candidate for Congress in the Fourth
District, composed Of the counties of Giles, Lin
coin, Marshall, Franklin, Coffee, Bedford, Can
non and rutherford jun15-tde
We are authorized to announce Hon. Bale Pey-
ton, of Sumner, as a candidate for Congress from
the Fifth Congressional District. Election in No.
Yember. junl1 tide
The friends Of Col N N. Cox announce him as
candidate to represent the Fifth District in the
next Congress of the United States subject to the
decision Of a convention, should the people see
proper to call one. jun3 tide
We are authorized to announce Hon. Samuel 8.
House, Of Williamson, as a candidate for Congress
from the Fifth Congressional District of Tennes-
see, composed of the counties Of Davidson, Will
hanson, Wilson, Sumner, Robertson and Cheat
ham. malls tide
To the Editors Of the Union and American:
MANCHESTER, Tenn, May O. 1S7O.-In response
to numerous private letters and personal solicita-
tons, you will please announce me as a candidate
for Congress i'll the Fourth Congressional District
Of Tennessee at the ensuing election.
mall tide Yours truly, MATT. MARTIN.
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I'm THE DARKNESS.

BY CHAs. d. LAzEY. .foe5
Dsy's phantom cares my soul alright,
And walks me at tina noon of night.
God walks the midnight stiffness, and
L seem to feel His mighty hand.
Not as He came in days of old,
with thunderings, 1ghtnings, manifold
Not to alarm my guilty sense
sa3Es By shadowings OF OmnipOtence:
He but reveals Himself to give
token that the soul shall 1--we.
The awe / feel hath naught of dread,
But ch1ldike trust aud love instead.
L wake in WEAKNESS and pain,
With aching limb and throbbing brain;
For grow weary through the day,
Like to younger child at play.
My Fathers presence fills the deep
OF silence, and can but weep; l4.
For well see a cause for tears
In looking over by-gone years.
have not reached that noble height
Too often have failed to seek
The needy, suffering, and weak;
And all unlike my course has been
The way 1 thought to travel in.
And now the days go swiftly by,
Like drifting clouds across the sky.
How strangely, in the darkness here,
Doth all the vanished past appear.
God and the future only seem
Unlike my restless, wakeful dream.
Life, like bridge from sea to saa,
Touches each vast eternity.
We tread our restless round each day,
And sleep, and wake, and pass away.
Father, in darkness give to all
Courage, and faith, on Thee to call
May human spirits, seeking rest,
See God on Calvary manifest.