Connecticut western news., 1880-02-04
No Sect i'm Heaven.

..r ,gs No Sect i'm Heaven. f+" Talking of sects till late one eve,
 Of the various doctrines the saints believe That night stood in troubled dream, By the side of darkly flowing stream. And ssChu rchman" down to the river came : When heard strange voice call his name, "Good father, stop; when you cross this tide, Youmust leave your robes on the other side.' But the aged father did not mind,
 And his long gown foated out behind, As down to the stream his way he took, His pale hands elasping gilt-edged book. ''Pm bound for heaven, and when Pm there shall want my book of Common Prayer; And though put on starry crown, - II should feel quite lost without my gown." f Then he fixed his eyes on the shining track, But his gown was heavy. and held him back, And the poor old father tried in vain, A single step in the food to gain. '-' saw him again on the other side,
 But his silk gown foated on the tide; And no one asked in that blissful spot, Whether he belonged to ''the Church" or not. Then down to the river Quaker strayed, His dress of a sober hue was made; My coat and hat must be all of gray, I cannot go any other way"
 Then he buttoned his coat straight up to his s& ehin yj
 And staidly; solemnly, waded in, And his broad-brimmed hat he pulled down
 tight ...a. .-l .s. .4e.s.. r. sf- Over his forehead, so cold and white., -.... 4Bnt strong wind carried away his hat; '; A moment he silently sighed over that And then, as he gazed to the further shore, The coat slipped of, and was seen no moro. , .As.he entered heaven, his suit of gray -, : 1. Went quietly sailing a.. . And none of the angels questioned him g.. About the width of his beavers brin. i, Nextcame Dr. Watts with bundle of Psalms, } Tied nicely up in his aged arms, -s And hymns as many, a very wise thing, That the people in heaven, Gall round' might
 sing. f.....- .. ..........-..: But thought tha t he heayed an anxious sigh As he saw that the river ran broad and high, nd looked rather surprised as, one by one, The Psalms and Hymns in the wave went down. And after him, with his MSS, -.--.--------- Came Wesley, the pattern of godiness, But he cried, 'Dear me, what shall do2 The water has soaked them through and through" And there on the river, far and wide, Away they went down the swollen tide, [ s&o ,I,o oJ ,1o Without his manuscripts, up to the throne. Then grave1y walking, two saints by name, Down to the stream together came, rt but as they stopped at the rivers brink, saw one saint from the other shrink.
 ''sprinkled or plunged, may ask you, friend, ; How you attained to ife's great end2" Thus, with few drops on my brow"
 But have been, dipped, as you'll see me
 now" "And really think it will hardly.do, s As Pm close communion to cross with you, Yoare bound, I know, to the realms of bliss, But you must go that way, and I'll go this." Then straightway plunging with all his might, Away to the left-his friend at the right, Apart they went from this world of sin, Butet' last together they entered in.- And now, when the river was rolling on, A Presbyterian Church went down;
 Of women there seemed an innumerable --'s throng, r,
 But the men could count as they passed
 along.
 And concerning the road, they could never
 agree,
 The old or the ne,o way, which it could be, Nor ever moment paused to think That both would lead to the river's brink. And a sound of murmuring long and loud Game ever up from the moving crowd,
 You re in the old way, and I'm the new, That is the false, and this is the true,''- Or, 'Im in the. old way, and you're in the new, That is the false, and this is the true"
 But the brethren only seemed to speak,
 Modest the sisters walked and meek, And if ever one of them ehaneed to say
 What troubles she met op the way,
 How she longed to pass to the other side, Nor feared to cross over the swelling tide, A voice arose from the brethren then:
 ''Letno one speak but the sholy men
 For have ye not heard the words of Paul, tOh, let the women keep silence all ?'S' / I watched them long in my curious dream. Till they stood by the borders of the stream, Then, just as thought, the two ways met, But all the brethren were talking yet, a. And would talk on, till the heaving tide Carried them over side by side Side by side, for the way was one, Gazs 5' The toilsome journey of life was done, And priest and Quaker, and all who died, Came out alike on the other side.
 Nor forms, or crosses, or books had they No gowns of silk, or suits of gray, r'-37 No creeds to guide them, or MSS. 1 For all had put on Christ's righteousness. - e@-s<---=--- ---7zEz-zz= - s'-.-.? The United States Navy. a
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