The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-04-26

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lime is fraction of that never ending sphere
Given man to weave into purest character,
While sad warnings echo from the dark vista
past u,fY Usr h
The oft wnheeded thought that lite ia dieting
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Being fast ushered on to that eventful time
When so many staff out, old Fame's rough hill
to Slmb,
Though but quarter Of a century has flown,
With actions coed and bad IKE Spring time
reed wide sown.
DuE days aud long months seem OF endless
duration.
Because we low wait for the times expiration
Ttlat will not only render Us in stature great,
fut 10 press with the world forth to fortune or
fate.
Though with nearer contact, the world which
Nav lose ITS enchantment as we pass along
through
For lie not what we possess that we value most.
But the future unclasped is forever our boast
o strange incongruity OF the human mind,
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Still scanning the future beyond our reaching
grasp
For those unattalnables we never shall clasp
When for a moment our ambitious steps are
stayed,
We long for the lapse Of time when our mark
is made,
The ideal seems real, yet unsatlsted
Wepress on to the future to be gratifed
As successful competitors In future strife,
We retire VIGOROUSLY to the quiet home-life,
In the companionshlp OF loved ones pass our
days,
And to end in peace like summer sunset rays
But again the offset precincts are won ana
passed,
And alluring attractions brighter than the last
Loom up before our eyes ever drawing us on,
We follow this Ignis Fatuus ever anon.
And so the heart OF man is never satisfied,
Even when the ANXIOUS longings seem g-atified,
Nor in the aspirations OF honor and wealth,
Or crowned with purest thought that never
came by stealth:
This Unsuitable THIRST after the blank unknown
Becomes hfe's concomitant to wsdoms bright
throne,
Leading the mind to that illimitable space
Where realization waits at the end of llfe's race.
VIII this grasping at the intangible here
Characterize the yet unseen immortal sphere,
Az though its ever changing scenes cur spirits
trace.
Unfolding new thought iu exploring boundless
space,
With Jesus for our teacher to gently unfold
Brightest glories each day in that city OF gold ?
And those questions that puzzle our fraii
minds here.
King Jesus will answer in that immortal spere.
The laws Of Science and Classics have been
made plain.
But to answer g cd 8 problems men have toiled
in vain.
Great minds with wisdom stored have tried
hard to dispel
The mysteries of Natures laws that work 80
well;
Without faith in Natures God reason is dark
ness.
Like a lamp without light, leaving US comfort
less.
But the light OF the world sheds HIS glories
around.
In earth's darkest places wbereer sin is found
Then will We do our part and leave God to do
his?
Accept the naked truths and leave the mys-
teries
And press forward, stunning sin with mind
and might.
With high heaven for cur goul where all is
made light?
Though tribulatIon and affection we may meet.
Let it bring Us oftener to the mercy seat:
Though unsatlsfed with the world we may
have grown,
We shall have sweet rest when we know as we
are known.