The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-27

.r.,,,nr Of scots quite late one eve.
What one and another OF .ain,; t Sel,e1c
That nkh. stood y f snM,ne .tream.
PA q sChurchman 'fdown 70 the river came,
When heard arrange voice call DIS nam tsde
.sEood father. stop: when you cross THIS uoe
H,Sn yuns, leave Your robes on the other side."
Rn, the aged father Did not mind,
And his long gown hoated out behino
As down 70 the stream his way he toox cr
Hs hands hold 5g ., ssnd xbss Pm
.baIi want my book Of Common Prayer;
And though put on starry crown, >,
shall feel quite lost without my gown.
Then he exed his eyes on the shining track,
But his gown vas , neayy , ,ha 1 IN vain
A single Step in the food 70 gain.
saw him as.in ON the other Side,
Ru, his silk gown hoated on Inc uoe,.
And NO one asked IN that blis.fnl spot
n he belonged 10 /" the Church or mol.
w., down 70 the river Quaker strsyed;
:. Nv nat aud coat must be all OF gray
ann Se So hi coat straight up to his chin.
And staidiy. solsmnly, wsded I'D, :. so~, fight
And bis broad. br1mmed hat ne pulled oo"u 'iSH'
Over his forehead. 90 colo ana WINK
Rut strong wind carried away his hat.
nd he sighed q few moments nlteI lna.,
And And ,hen as he gszed 10 the farther shore.
Tbe tmi stunned OF and was seen no more.
Poor, dying Quaker, thy suit OK gray
Is a MeuS, m ~ Heaven as straight as an arrow,
Wbeiher thy br1m be broad or narrow
He., came DIR. Waits with bundle OF psalms
Tien nicely up in his aged arms. .,
And Hymns us many-a very WISE {. VI, roupd." nigh
But thought be heaved an anxious s sig Rich
AS he saw that the river ran broad ana nisu'
And looked rather surprised as one by one
The psa,ms and hymns In the wave went do"n'
"A altar hin, with his MSS.
Came Wesley, the pattern OF godiisess.
Blu, he cried, Dear me- what shnl, ~, a 90 ;b,ousb,
And there on the river, far ana woe,
Away they went on the swollen tide. ,,a
And the saint, astopished, passed through asone
Without his manuscripts up to the i hrone'
Then, gravely walking. two sais.s by name
Down 10 the stream together came b,,rt
Ruf as they stopped at tho rivers orink
! COW one saint from the other shrink.
=. Sprinked or plunged. may ask you; fr'eho,
How yeu attained TO LIES Rr2at emu
THUS. with few drops on our brow"
Put i've been dipped. US you'll see me now.
a. And really think It will hardly do,
As i'm sciose communion to cross win you.
You're bound. know, TO the realms of bliss,
But you must go that way, ana III 20 ibis i,,h,
Away to the left. his friend ut the right,
Apart they went from this world OF SIN.
But how old the brethren "enter III -
And now, where the river was rolling on
PRESBYTERIAN church went down.
of women there seemed 3n inDumerable tnrong,
But the men could count as they passed along,
And concerning the road they could never agree
The old or the ne1o way, when ~ Sou'o oe'
Nor ever moment paused TO mink
That beth would lead to the rivers DrlnS.
And SOUND Of murmurink, long and loud,
Came ever up from the moving crowd,
You're in the old way, aud I'm In the new,
That is the false, and this is the true"
Or, I'm in the old way. and you're In the neW'
Th1t Is the raise, and this Is the true"
But the brethren only seemed 10 SPEAK,
Modest the sisters walked and meek.
And II ever one Of them CHANGED to say
What troubles she met with on the way,
HOW she ionged to pass to the other side.
Nor feared 10 cross over the swelling tide,
A voice arose from the brethren Then.
Let no one speak but the holy men, .
For have We not heard The words Of PaulF
HUh, let the women keep silence ALL"
watched then long In my curious dream,
TIL they stood by the borders OF the slream'
Then, Just as thought, the Two ways met;
But all the brethren were talking YET.
And would talk on, III the heaging tlue
Carried them over side By side;
Side by side. for the way was one.
The tGilsome journey OF life was done.
And prIest and Quaker and al% who died
Came out like on the other sire:
No forms or crosses or books had they,
No FOWLS OF silk or suits of gray;
No creeds 10 guide them or MSS,
For all had put on Chrlst's righteousness
*All seen In The dream.