Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-04-02

tDgS ana IloSe VI DuuuAss'
says:
.Yet, truly. nowise have we known before
Wisdom so packed and perfect as thy l.oru =
Giving that Golden Rule that each shall 90
Unto his fellow as he would have done
/ Unto himself: for then this earth were Heaven
! And equity in every breast throned hihg'
Also right iovous gs,es His doctrine; glad
Mid Life's sad charms, and swift Flcissi
And Deaths unshunned and hard per p,eA5lis'
Which make men bear TO nYe- Dus Du'iui'
held
Life was long sorrow, is,norantly priced.
Grievously reassumed from change TO change
Whirline sad souls upon the Wheel. unsaNed
Until they stay it, staying lust OF days;
Ceasing TO drink the false salt wave which
breeds
Worse thirst-a wilder Ifa"sfld-quiI anu
quests,
And Gliding. passionless and purged and sane,
| Back TO that Infinite where Silence lives.
/ ON MANI PADAdEi-'fron the lotus leat
/ The Dewdrop sliding 10 the shining sea,
When Sunrise comes!
But Mary's great eyes CLEANED.
CRYING: 'aOh. Sir. in those good opening days
We were as glad as maids at marriage time;
As focund as the bird that hangs his heart
Bnrsting with song--midway twixt Earth and
Heaven.
And hath, TO ravish it, the sky all his
Up TO the utmost Blue, and, green below,
The Earth his. down TO that one dearest nook
The little happy hollow In the grass
Where his mate listens on her warm gray eggs
In woven nest. So owned Ne two wide Worlds
Following behind Him over Galilee-
Nav. and those never knew my Masters inind,
Nor touched the golden hem Of what he taught.
Nor tasted honeyed lesson Of His lips
Who drew not from the treasure Of those lips
Joyance % make him glad 10 live or dis'
rra 4 fell Ktrali 7 z
The days Of those who, driven BY the winds
OF strife, and avariee, and lust Of eye,
Chase what shall never be attained on Earth,
Commandment with the joys which are OF Earth
Who knows, but Miriam OF Magdala,
How the red bubbles, bursting on the wine,
Foretell. at the cups bottom, bitternessr
Truly, such souls are like our 'galgaF here
If thou hast seen 1.-THE wild artichoke,
Which putteth forth brave branches In the
Spring
Dying az Autumn into dusky globes
That break and fall and roll, all helpiessly,
Ten score together in a leaping crowd,
Ger hill aud vale, bounding like things pos
sossed
Till the thorns take them. or the wrathful sea.
The Desert rider reins his frightened beast
As the accursed' whirls. and cries IN scorn;
.oh, Galgall whittier goest thou to lodgef'
And the dry, miserable ballsreplios:
Where the wind lodgeth for the night lieV
But we. who learned OF him the happy way,
Whom never once again Earth's wind can
drive,
What Is il il we diet whose eyes have seen
There il no DEATH What is il il We live
A little woe begone, when lie hath passed
Patiently all our path, changing It's stones
To rubies, and % rose blooms an its thorns,
With bright blood Of His vainly wounded feet?
What lover OF Him shall be sad again
"a A
OF that large love which reaches out from
Heaven,
In his pierced palms? He told Us not one bird
Folds failing wings, and shuts bright eyes to
die.
But That which gave their stations 70 the stars.
And marked the seas their limits, and the sun
His shining road. signed soft decree FOR this.
And did in pity plan kind consequence"
The Magus thus compares the teachings
of Christ and Buddha:
The Buddhist said:
81 hear thee tell me plain how Jesus taught
Life beyond this life, timeless- infinite;
As little parted from the world we see
As day time Is from dream time. when we
browse,
And think tits night with sunrise on our lids.
Taught that our sorrows are but childrens
frets
Because their bends DER seen things and I'M
seen
swaying that Kingdom which hath Love for
law
A Fathers hand. bountiful. pitiful-
Known by the sons hand. which we reach and
touch
His true Name being nameless; conquering
Slowly-for reasons all things to himself.
Also that whose will may enter in
Now and forever 10 full Workmanship
OF Loves fair Kingdom, having Faith. whiehis
Nor wisdom. UNDERSTANDING, creed. belief
Not sinlessness-by Yoeis vainly sought
In deedlessness- earnes, viii to stand
On Loves aido; eager heart 10 see the Good
And serve the Good, and hail the Light. and
help
The spreading Of the Light; aiming 70 grow
Perfect as lie is perfect So the dew
Globes on a grass blade; shaped As in the Star.
shooting stars rays. o5cying star-iize lawsi
Now do these lucent words kindle lamp
Brighter than what we took from Buddha's
lorel
He babe US spurn Self. set the self aside
A hdtllaIrn-seek always TO sink back
Safe 10 the Infinite; and. for such end,
Break from the sense, with all its sorceries:
Forego delights, dis.lain what most men priza,
Life's light allarements. tender things OF Time.
soft lips OF love, sweet lisp Of little ones
Making hearts music in the house; praise.
fame.
Wealth. domination. But thou showest US
The subtle spirit. making good its way
From world OF sense aud self 10 selfiess world.
Not by hard stress Of lone philosophers,
Nor scorn of joys. nor sad disparagement
)f life and Twins things IS shadows vain;
But-nearer road and nely!-by heart TO see
Heaven closest ia this Earth we walk upon,
God plainest in the brother whom pass,
Best solitudcs mid busy multitudes.
o'ercoue. when master passion springs
To serve and love and succor Ali the dreami
full fair could il hut last in waking hours!
Gould men but hear the Angels song anew
And learn to sing it, making Peace ON EARTH"
Among the miracles described are the
-aising OF the daughter OF Jairus, the rails
ng from the dead of the widows son at
Nain, and the raisingof Lazarus. The fol-
owing lines are from the description of the
asst named miracle:
so. TO the Tomb we came. The gray slab made
is mons;rOus door. where tread OF guest falls
not,
lor knock is answered. but the Dead within
Keep spcechless company. and, in the dark
With none to visit them save rat and worm:
Nothing Detailing but bone which drops
dolder together, all adjust and dry.
saying no -disconsolate, undone.
staring with empty eyes at olive roots
Whose fruit they used 10 pluck for others
nowi