Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-03-13
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Talking Of ..sects'' tf3R lsts one I've,
OF the various dostri1f1 The saints believe.
That night / stood in sxtroubled dream,
p. the side Of dsrkly Rowing stream.
And atChurchrnenyY down to the river carae;
When ! heard q strange voice call his name;
Good father. Aop. Wien you cross this tide,
You must leave your roses on the other side /"
But the aged father did not mind,
And his long gown Stated out behind,
As down to the sirssAs his.way he took,
His pale hands clasp{bg q gilt.eiged beck.
I'm bound for heaven: and when Pa there,
Shall want my Book 81 Commen Prayer;
And though / put on 4 starry crown,
shall feel quite lost without my gown"
Thsn he dxedh i eyda on the shining track,
But bis 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 me other side.
But his silk gown tiostsd on the tide;
And no.one asked, inthat blissful spot.
Whether he belonged 10 the "churchp or not.
Then down to fire liver q Quaker strayed;
His dress of a sober hne was made;
MY coat and hat Rust al be grey
] cannot go any othsf way
Then buttoned his coat stTaight up to his chin,
And staidiy, solemnly waded in,
And his broad brimIAed bat he pulled down
tight,
Over his forehead SO cold and white.
But 3 stray wind carried away his hat.
A ONE he silently sighed over that;
And then, as he gazedto she further shore.
The coat slipped Of asla was seen no mole.
As he entered heaven his suit Of grey
Went quietly sailing. away. away;
And rene Of the angei questioned him
About the width ofhts beavers brin.
Next came Dr. Watts with a bundle Of psalms
Tied nicely up in hissged arm
And hymns as nlanysa very wise thing.
That the people IN heaven .'all round, might
sing,
But thought that he beaved an anxious sigh.
AS hesav that the Siiskf ran broad and high:
And looked rather vi prised as one by one
1as R's'~s ssa 11sy u tAs ssssnsses
And aasf iifm. WIFI hls MSS.
Came Wesley, The pettern OF Godliness;
But he cried, Dear me what shallI dor
The waterhas soaked me through and through
And there on the riverfar and vide,
Away they went down the swollen tide;
And the saint, sstonished, passed through alone
Without his manuscripts. up to the throne.
Then gravsly walking, two saints by name
Down to the stream together came;
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 LIES great end %
"Thus with a few drops On my brow
But I have been dipped as you see ME now"
"And / really think 1t will hardly do,
AS I'm ''close communion TO cross with you.
You're bound I know to the realms Of bliss,
But you must go that way and Pllgo this"
Then strsightway p~lunging with ell his might,
Away to the left-his friend to thetight.
Apart they went from this world Of sin,
But ct last together they entered in.
And now, when the river was rolling on,
A Presbyterian church went down;
0fwoRen there seemed an innumerable tlrong
But the men / could count as they passed along
And concerning the road they never could agree
The OLD or the NEW way, which it would be,
Nor never a moment stopped TO think
That both q ould lead TO the rivers brink.
And a sound of murmuring long and loud,
Came ever up from the moving crowd;
YOU'RE in the old way, and 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;
That is the fasle, and THIS is the tue"
But the BRnrnRES only seemed to spesk;
Modest the women walked and meek,
And ii ever one ofthem Glanced to say
what trouble she meE on the way,
How she longed TO pass to the other side,
Nor feared to cross ever the swelling tide,
A voice ardse from the brethren then,
..Let no one speak but the holy msn;
For have ye nos heard the words ofPaul,
'ob, let the women keep silence ALP"
/ watched them long in my curl QUE dream,
Till they stood by the borders OF the stream;
Then, Just as / thought, the two ways met;
Bat all Of the bretheren were talking yet,
And would talk on till the hesvins tide
Carried them over side by side
Side By side, for the way WAS one;
The toilsome Journey OF life vac done;
And ali who in Chris. the Saviour died,
Came out alike on the other side,
No forms, or crosses. or books had they.
No gowns OF silk or suits ofgrey;
No crceds to guide them, or Mss;
For ell had put OH chrast's righteousness.
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