, 1874-08-09
QUlD SIT 0RAHpUM,


AA-'oweffu],-can do therefore what " bes:, -
AUG. + lie Ed, wn5 must: Where knowledge viii
and Power combine. what else results but rnis?
We cannot, Ike The Gardens famous cage,
! D1oam Of IN ida God that daas ths World
! Aside and lets it pass. Ne know too VEL,
" sad experience, hov such puwer for good
| As ntau can wied may rust for lack OF tIsa:
Bat God's great virtues must go forth Of lin
! Bu aiways wt1at is best. Whatever is,
| Is therafore best. Our a0ise faculties
ay s;a7ais s1Fs sops IN d9uks 70 an
Failing to see how SORROW, suffering, s,n,
! How Evils manifest unis, swetl ths SUN
o. Pr ans 1s go2l la {sant {1,ut,a 1he 1 pfsu'stz,
Inevitable: AL that ID. IL bst,
Wear it to us what face it may; for God
| AH-wise, all-good, au-potent Wills it SO.
But Prayer then,-to what cnd, u thus ve haId
That, unsolicited, God nee<ts must work
u Muanlaaltys best, Though 70 humanity
That best see11s of:cu evil Wien rrxy,
Something We ask-no matteE whas-of Goa,-
Something lie holds already good ot bad,
Or best or worst FAY rather, for With Him
Is no indifference. Suppose it chanca,
AZ chAnee it may, that our ent1esty squazes
WIZ ' dT s1e,; ,p Ms e;,;on tsa ;nnS "a be
Mill He grant III to plsn.e our iiinaed wish 7
Il more Wise than God that be should 7sk
Hint what would seem .nendmenE here sud tter.
5ngge4's an oEets!sAt7 Aud yet what eize
so thought the Eouan sAtirist: :. Wherefore, then,
With votive tablets fringe the wa1y Knees
81 so OF aad Ta p5e
Will sulrtiou Of request for whatsoever
Was bust and noblest IN the 1Ieathcus sight:
Sound nind sound Frame the courage to class De.th
An1ong tie gilt. Of Nature, fortituac,
ouln,ness, content end hi ieh contempt Of lust
and luxury: II 1n1a n,tst Pray, must fri
Ills po1ker'a eutraiis in tic atta1's Ore,
Noe he content to Leave the Gods uutessel
Though 50 't'sc5e tet:es II be 1ight aayise),
So, with sneer, hc gives us leave pray
SHALL NE t,len drifting H1sh the FaaIst,
:;lrnS careless shoulders, fold cur Idle hands,
the world slide with, Che EQEr !"
kisnet !-Wha: Inference il re pray or not"
&c s ] Vs ho esoaas 5a pr.y,
Coli Rcaeou prates Of Prayers tutil.y:
Calamity and sude erins aing she gioxs
O. Aesson to tho winds: Divine command
Aud natural impulse drire us to OH tnoea,
And God Incal Late tells u1 h,ur to pray.
I've kaa.an knaT y, aot Ut, 1cw shoss t. t; yssE'
There WAS another ITcacEeE, and form
or Prayer delivered to race ha scorned,
Upon mountain. side N 0ali1ee,
Brief. comprehensive, pregnant. Church and Priest
Have uiased no chance, through nineteen ctakuriea.
TO iutex- -sctaws End snarsir-strtad ths text
With cunhroua iseratioa Of request
For this or that pariicular, r,-sec1ning good
To surb, Of course. Docs nc: our Father know
The things that We have need OF ere We aak7
Can We not trust Him? In TINT foTmut.
Whist c2rtl1y boon did Jesus bid III pray
s trust Tor ,t' so-morro,r no paTdon whess ae e1r;
From e'l, ,geaerals: what's the easller cIause
- Fixed Fate Free-WiI, ForeEnowedgu absoaute,H-
That prooacu stit raust from us. Let it rest!
Faith g4n be hi1nb3y patient, and 3T2it
Solution laer, WHICH, IN dods good time,
Heaven shall unhn our eyes and let us sec
How al things have tosethe. wrought Tor good.
--or nust the Christian too be FAtaiist7
Hay "So.v1tu- yoIeudo; :" for 'Fi,lto
The Questions answered: yet the moments eou1e,
Not seldom, in the life Of 81 whcs- thought
Tolls osr tho ungucasel riddle ct tie world,
When donbt- IN thut apparent Liberty
Suspects hidden hanttAge~ Z" Men p:oDoss,
But God disposts;" that! m 1steranca
Christian In form, IntthiQEs, yet Eata1ist
III csscnce,--tuN Of comfort, too, for Euch
As trust Hi. goodness. DAres the most dc7out
Arrow be hopes by PRAYING to persuade
OmnsciGnco to hts notDu of what's good.
i iarro omuiscisnee dlilsrs :? Rightly held,
Cots Will is fate. No variable n:ss,
No shadow OF turning. Through Eternity
Gods Tiu has BEEN, s. will tx, a,uss be, doao3
The Psg3ns stern 4Anankc" is God:s Till
For Thcis. and for Christian. But the la*t
SECS farther than the first, and balls light
Beyoad the goorn. The eacy Pagan felt
An iron tetter of Necessity
How forged be knew not rightly, OF by Gods
With bo4 y-pa1tA and PASSIONS Like h1s oWo,
o. by some elder primal power whereto
Ills Gods themsclTes were Fassals knew alone
tyr9nt, not Either; lacked tho light
To see Providence that "hhspcd htA ends,
Eougn -heu them - he would. tho conddeuc4
To nwn in Nature, Fate Necessity
Gods Will ee should say,-au ordinance
Wi4cz tlan he could frame; tla f4itA TO say
~ So best, for 40 Thou w1lcgt!"
Free from our l1ane, II fault 1t were to be
Too Ignorant to conceive, too weak to be1r,
A saying lard enough 9or us who hare
The lesson and the pattern
What prayer ras His who. sweating It were
Great drops OF blood, on C4lvaryh awful ere,
inelt by tito olycs OF dsthsemalc?
~ b possible, O Father! let
,ot Niac BE- done!" The human aEouy,
Tie sorrow like sorrow Tore or since,
Broke forth In that exceeding bitter crYf
Flesh for moment q,;aiel, bus Faith WAS nrzn,
And conquered Nature with, Thy viii be lone1s
So pray. aud ccass not! vt not.on tly kasea
For cver, dronins with the clolstered Monk;
Not like the useless Hermit, Helf-abaored
From au mans debt to mar, ,-Epalinger1ng
in Heavens grtat wa1fzze, when Tho tzu1apet-uot4
u duty cauk to act; not Batisned
70 turn mechanic Buddhist barret-wbec1s,
)r squ3t torpid tleorist, absorbed
IL contemplation of thy nayei,s pit.
ray eyer! Life, II ufe ia rightly Lived,
Il ono long orison. Ali faculties,
:sny1eyea IS God would have tle N .ssd; arc st*p
Jpon tho stars by which man climbs to HeaEeu,
'or " 11Lora1a ii - oraEe " too.
ray eyer, and wusk ever. Gay At morn,
Thy will be done. for i: Is gooa, a,'-and 40
10 fotta moro apt to doit: Say ere.
Thy "i bo done. fos l. ood;-.nd 20
:1ght In no holidaJ-tDu1ner. erer locked
u mortal grapp!s: Fra5er must straug1a Sin,
Il Sin viii s1ausa Prayer.
ind ~ as yet, not capable to face
The Perfect noon Of knowledge ard Of truth,
;oure dsy ue shall SEQ c1carer. But, till then,
]se re what I4hs NO have, and pray for mora,
g know mora fully what ~s know In part,
shat epEscience teaches but inpeneciy,
hat kfsdo o1sputes. anu passion oFefclDud5,
nd fr1lity doubts, and Tift despair defea
!ghteu oaz darkness! Light. 1nore light! toaa
That is that true and perfect will OF God,
hat We may help to do It :; not - tools
h1: know not what they fsahion, but rs hands
those hear. il In their work: and. what4oa'Ar
! be. This above al, more Faith 70 or,
4 darkness Or IL light L Thy Tiu ho donas"
II. Il. In tAclue9d for July
at tho 31usical Festival to be giTen in Liver
COL in September, tho orchestra viii uumbe-
10 and the chorus 900. It will last four days,
I'd among the competitions to be performed
re uendelssohn's ssOrato1io Of st. Paul." FIRST
erfortoed in England at the Liverpool Festival
, 1886, HaJdn's 4s creahon." Handels "Mcs-
al, :" '.Israel in Egypt" and Judas AIacca-
eus." 1lr Eulliyan's Light Of lao World" .
ON symphony b? Sir Charles Benedict, and t1o
ew COMPOSITIONS BY Mr.. Macfarren and Mr. J.
Barnett, in addition to works Of GoQuod. Sir
llcs Bonolict will be the conductor.