, 1874-11-22
HERE AND HEREAFTER.
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" Say, what shall believe my neEghbor tald
Late yesteyuight, whsn light discourse had led
To gfa,er themes. g For me, stand perplered,
u sc1ipturai m Hound foundation builds bis creed,
And cries, 10! here is Truth! tue Truth.' nsed
Some surer way than theoiog1ans teach ,
Must do his own believing. A. for ne,
Ny creed is short as any mans may be;
rTia written in THE Sermon On the Mount
And in the "Pater-Noster'; account
The words 'our Father {had ws lost the rest
OF that sreet prayer, the briefess and the lest
In al the nturgies) of higher worth
To ailiag souls than al the creeds earth
Father loves his chfldren-thas know
And fain would make them happy; Esen 50
Our Heavenly Father-as va clearly learn
From His dear Wozd, and dimy may discern
Frnrn His fair WoKks-ror Us, His children, weak
To walk unhelped, md liitle prone 70 seek
OF approbatian-careth al the while
With love tnedahle. Tis little mora
OF His designs ventura to explore
save with the eye Of Faith. With that SEQ
{Aided by Reasouss glassea} what may be
Hereafter, in that JOINING Kingdom vhsn
The King shall justify Lis ways with men
And vnatn my doubling friend 1nqut..4,
" Shall DO cur desttuy7"
Mo tongue inspired
Hath p1atnfy told us that. I c.naot tell-
It IL not gwen to know-.trhert shall dwell;
only know-and humbly eavs tho reat
To Wisdom 1nfnite-that what Ia best
For each will he his place !: that we ahau wear
In the Beyond the character We bear
In passinG with what melioTat1ng ch7uEe
Of mind and soul, within the endless range
OF their activities, c7uuot tell.
know souE Father doeth all things weu,
And loses and changes uot"
The earth is rife with unaTailins woe!"
Ny friend m2de answer. " HON eau such things ~
The Father being perfect, should SEQ
His government The sama-"
Would he not e1,--
The hasty Judge, who, having seen TIE stir
In the first act of SONIC wcllordered play,
Chnr.f DSHAr1f NAV 7%4fT1
And cz1tcise the whole Qour acts unseen .
A. ili-eontrIsel, iuconsa4uent. and meant"
Something gaI1nano to ihtz, my daucAter sid,
~ Iu au old Jewish tails lately read:
To pious Bildad, deaply mourning ONO
Whom he had deeply l0ved7-au only SON.
Who Of the plague had died that very day,
Came bis friaud Anos saying, sTa me, pray,
What grief is this that bows thy reyetaud headr
The nlourneF answered, pointing to the bel
Whezeon was Laid the body Of the youth,
Behold, my friend, shc cAuset good cause In sooh,
For one 10 weep, who sees hi4 hopes decay
The work Of years al b=ssed tn dag,
As there thou seestr Amos. answering, sald,
: IT'S true, indeed, thine only Ia dead;
And as thy lore, even 50 thy g1,ef is great:
But toll na, ffinud, doth not thy fsith nbato
In Soma degrees the aharpuees Of thy pain y
Alas : said Bildad. How can refrain
From these despaidng tcata, whcu thus ind
AIy anxious care to cultivate the mind,
Tie wondrous gifts and grzces Ut my SOD,
Untimey doomed to death, is all undona7'
Touched By his sorrow, Amos &zt d willis
In silent thought; then. with beaming arnlla,
As one who oners manifest relief,
He said, o BitdAd let 1t sootha thy grief,
That he who gave the talents thou hast sought
70 cherish, and bJ culture vouldtt have wrought
To highest alcellenca in this thy aon.
SG,l surely 6niah what thou hast hegunln
-JoAa G. SAGE in tue Gaia1YJur Dec<Mo<1.