The record-union., 1893-03-10
THE ETERNAL HARMoNIES-A VS.
ION OF LAW.

BY C. +. c. MORGAN, NJ. D.l
Twas day One continuous sheen
~ Hgllt olQ HOOD the space between
MyseH and earth. whence late I'd come
from out the dark and dismal tomb.
here all was beauteous, smiling, bright
GLORIOUS day, lie giving light!
NOS Most passing strange to me IL seem'd;
FOR had slept, aye-even dream'd-
mat all beyond earth-life was gloom
Most sad-one vast and silent tomb
ANA While saZed, with keen delight,
I pom THIS strangely wondrous sight
W men tranceu mine eyes and mind; my
guide
Approached and bade me to his side
de was OF person strange; al mien
The ike OF which l meier mad seen
On earth. a form supernal, such
As on earth had heard OF; much
AS we do there a spirit maine
ct not in very truth the same
w nom we on earth do feel and see;
! et e en- the self (who was will be-
throughout the cycles thatll come
III "sounds the trump at ''crack o. DOOM ~
Enough TO know that he'd had birth,
AS had had, on distant earth.
Knew net how, but by some power.
SiosI strange, my guide then swift upbOre
Me through the vast empyreal space;
Chtll at last, we reached a llace-
An orb 10 wondroIs order given
amazed, asked: Can this be-'heaVen ?r
Upspahe my guide: "Ask not IT'S best
1hou well observe and well digest
Inc scenes ana things thou'lt soon pass DER
Inc like OF which, unknown before
" Ill MI your Soul with reverent awe
Il or thIt unknown, unfatholn'd law
~ Whlch these harmonies here have place
ana give this orb its wondrous grace !"
ms salu, lie ceased. | shrunk abashed
As one whose ignorance had over passed
W. w proper bounds; ana ID trod on ground
w, w mere "Wisest angels be not found"
Ihus I-reproTed. With mute surprise
ana humbled mien, turned mlne ewes
anu thought upon scene "a fair
AS Twas, 10 me, both Strange and rarei
SIlIl, selfaccused-ny silence fed
MY Snllne; which, seen. nv guide TINS Said.
Behold this universal thing
IInroush whicI all life and power doth spring!
1ou wonder what it name? What for?
CeIeStlalS simply call it-'LaW'
observe what harmony appears:
IN, ne eternal symphony OF the spheres!
us TINS for which its power Is given
L wonder not you thought this-sheavenp
Thus said, he turned away.
NY raptured powers gan to roam
Botn lar ana near, from place to place.
Up NH, down dale, o'er ambient space
ger which my low enlarged vision
Could sweep with spirlt-eye's precision.
ANA now much began To grasp
nat earth frail powers had overpassed.
WIN admiration deep burned
AS secret after secret turned
MS ms DeauteouS, inner self and powers
~ ~ me; as 10 earth's gorgeous flowers,
W men they do Seek earth's radiant sun
henect his glorious tints and run
Inelr graceful course. with fragrant bloom
Il ell beauty shed DER earth's dread tomb
AS when, by night. sky's starry fields
10 man his truer self reveal,
w men Lifts aloft his keenest sense
1hey give man back his impotelce,
Or, when before calm, swelling ocean;
us quiet, deep and gentle motion
BeSpeaks potence sreat sublime,
Whlcn reaches out past ''sense and time"
San ST wonder If, with admiration,
My spirit drank T. lntoXication?
But-pardon; must hurry on
or tlme and space TO tell my song
WIZ iail My guide returned. Distraught
AL what Id seen, he turned my thought;
AND helped me read and analyZe
OF simpler Things, the ''Wherefors? Why's ?"
Which to celestial beings given,
Confirm TO them the bliss of ''heaven."
RMS orb whereon we stand is filed
with every creature which the skilled
and 'Nlscient Mind has ever made
Since nrst creations dawn displayed
his WondrouS science thus SAID my guide).
observe the mighty, flowing tide
Whlch sweeps through all ethereal space
And gives to every orb its place.
Note, too, all life-fisii, foWl-iS well
AS brute and human; all will tell
"One common hiStry SOurce-(an eggl-
Nor from such humble lineage beg
10 be excused. T. en- tree and grass
10 TINS same law must subject pass;
And they'd fulfill Creators need
Must multiply, incredse-Dy seed.
Behold yon mount. Observe its passes;
Its murky clouds. See-lightning flashes!
Behold the laud-how dry! Twill rain
And nascient gases Hood the plain