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PASSING UNDER THE ROD.
BY MRS. MARY :. B. sHINDLER.

saw a Young bride, i'll her beauty ana Prlue'
Bedeck'd in her snowy array;
And the bright flush of joy mantled high on he'
cheek,
And the future looked blooming and gay;
And with woman's devotion she laid her fond heart
At the shrine of idolatrous love,
And she anchor'd her hopes to this perishing earth
By the chain which her tenderness wove
Rut saw when those heart rt-strings were bleeding
and torn,
And the chain had been sever'd in two,
She had changed her white robes for the saples ol
grief,
And her bloom for the paleness OF woe.
But the Healer was there, pouring balm on her
heart,
And wipng the tears from her eyes,
And bo strenorbend the chain he had broken in
twain
And fastn'd it firm to the skies!
There had whispered a voice, twas the voice of her
God, ~
- love thee-I love thee-pass under the rod!
saw the young mother in tenderness Dehd
Der the couch of her slumbering boy,
And she kissed the soft lips as they mur1nurd d her
name,
While the dreamer lay smiling in JOY.
on sweet as a rose bud encircled with dew,
When its fragrance is flung on the air,
Ga fresh and 50 bright 10 that mother he seemed
Ash he Law in his innocence there.
Rut saw when she gazed on the same lovely forln'
pale AS marble, and silent and cold,
p,,t raIcr and colder than her beautiful boy,
And ;he tale of her sorrow was told!
R,,t tbc Healer was there who had stricken her
heart
And taken her treasure away
To allure her to heaven he has placed it on high
And the mourncr will sweetly obey,
There had whispered voice, twas the voice OF her
God,
orIovo tbee-I love thee-pass under the rod -
saw the fond brother, with glances love-
Gazing down on a gentle young girl
And She hung on his arm, and breathed soft III MS
ear
As he played with each graceful curl
Oh. he loved the sweet tones of her slvery voice.
Let her use it in sadness or glcc,
And he'd clasp his brave arms round her delicate
form,
As She sat on her brothers knee
Bu, saw when he gazed on her rdeath-strickcn-"ce'
And She brrathcd not word in his ear;
And he cIasped his brave arms round an icy coId
form
And moiscncd her cheek with a tear.
But the Healer was there and he said to him thus
"Gricyc not for thy sisters short life"
And he gave to his arms still another fair girl,
And he made her his own cherished wife!
There had WHISPERED voice twas the voice OF ms
God
81 love thec-I love thce-pass under the rod
| saw where Il father and mother had leaned
ON the arms of dear gifted son,
And the star in the future grew bright 10 their gaze
As they saw the proud place he had won;
And the fast coming evening Of life promised falr,
And its pathway grew smooth to their feet,
And the starlight of love glimmered bright at the
end,
And the whispers of fancy were sweet.
But saw when they stood bending low DER the
grave,
Where their hearts dearest hope had been laid,
And the star had gone down in the darkness of
night
And the joy from their bosoms had fed.
But the Healer there, and his arms were around,
And he led them with tenderest care;
And he showed them star in bright upper world;
Twas their star shining brilliantly there
They had each heard voice, twas the voice of their
God,
l love thcc-I love thec-PAss UNDER THE ROD