Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-02-21
9aeJrg.
NO SECT IN HEAVEN.

Talking of sects till late ono eve,
Of the various doctrines the saints believe,
That night stood in a troubled dream.
By the side of jsrkly flowing stream.
And "Churchman down to the river
came.
Whe. hasrd strange voice call his
name;
Good father. stop-whsn you cross the
tide
You must Ieaye your robes on the other
side"
But the aged father did not mind,
Aud his long gown foated out behind
As down to the stream his way he took,
His pale hands clasping gilt-edgei book.
"I'm bound for heaven, and when I'm
tharap ~ NSs - !3.fE - H,.a
shall want nv book of Common Pray
AID though nut on starry crown.
l should feel quite lost without my gown.
Then he axed his eyes OH the shining
track, - Z. As
But his gewn was heavy and held him
back, EFE
md the poor cid father tried in vain
A single step in tn, fl ,oI to ( in
/ saw him again on the other side,
But his silk gown fioatsd on the tide
And no one asked in that blissful spot,
Whether he beIon ged to "the Church o
not.
Then down to tn river Quaker strayei
HIS dress oI a sober hue was made
"Ny coat and hat must be all OF gray,
! cannot go any other way"
Then he buttoned his coat straight up /,
his chin,
And staldly, and solemnly, waded in,
And his broad brimmed hat he nulie'
down tight
Over his forehead SO cold and white.
But strong wiad carried away his hat
A 10 oment he silently sighed TOR that,
And then, as he gazed to the fsrthe
shore, .-#
The coat slipped of and was seen no mere
As he entered heaven, his suit of gray
W snt quietly sailing away, away, ....
And none of the III gels quss toned hin
About the width of his beaver brin.
Next came DIR. Watts. with bundle {
Tied nicely up in his aged arms,
Aud hymns as many, very wise thing,
That the people in heaven 'all around
might sing.
Ju, thought that be heaved an snxiot
| sigh,
AS he saw that the river was broad an
high,
| And looked rather surprised as, one b
one,
The Psalms and Hymns in the wave wer
| down.
And after him, with his MSS,
Came Wesley, the pattern of godIiness,
But be cried, Dear me, what shall l de
The water has soaked them through an
through"
And there on the river far and wide,
Away they went down the sw Illen tia0'
And the saint, astonished. passed 'aF"uSn
alone,
Without his manuscriptsAp To the thron'
Then gravely waihHg,two saints by name
Down the stresm together came,
But % they stopped at the rivers brink,
I saw one saint from the other shrink.
.Sprinklsd OF plunged, may ask yot
friend,
How you attained to life's great endf"
Thus, with few drops IN my brow"
But have been dipped, as you'll see m'
now.
And really think, it will hardly do.
AS I'm close communion to cross wit.
You're bound know. to the realms o
But you must go that way, and Til g
this
Then strigh,way plunging with all hi
might
Away to the left-his friend to the right,
Apart they went from this world of sin,
But at last together they entered in.
And now. when the river was rolling or
A Presbyterian Church went down
Of women there sec med an innumerabl,
throng,
But the men could count as they passed
along.
And concerning the road they could never
agree
The Old or the New way, which it coult
Nor ever moment paused to think
That both would lead to the rivers brink
But the brethren only seemed to sseak,
Modest the sisters walked, and meek
And if ever one of them chanc d to sa,
What troubles che met with on the way
How she longed to pass to the other side
Nor feared to cross DER the swelling tide
A vsice arose from the brethren them
"Let no one speak but the 'holy men.'
"For have We not heard the words Of Pau
oh. let the women keep silence all?"
1 watched them long in my curious dream
Till they stood by the borders OF tn
stream. .E
Then, Just as I thought, the two wa,
| met, 4ts
But all the brethren wore talking yet
And would talk on, till the heaving it'd
Carried them oyer side by side. ="
Side by side, for the way was one;
The toilssme journey oflife was done'
| And Priest and Quaker, and all WI
died
Came out alike on the other side.
No forms, or crosses, or books had they,
No gowns of silk. or suits OF sray.
No ereeds to guide them, no MSS,
F.r ALI hal put on the true riShteousne
1 or S1arg.
MORE THAN HER MATCH.