San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-05
THE EVER GROWING LIGHT.

THE EVER GR0WlNG LlGHT.
ZSN REAT CONGREGATION OF THE EvER-GRowING LIGHT!
H Who love the paths Of Peace and keep the Truth sight,
a Sst @ Sabbath sa wss s o@ ssb
49, As Cloud and Chaos took their everlasting flight
And
On this primal Sabbath Of the New Year breaks
Divinest harmonies and life new Nv, courage takes
And newborn gladness in the Eden that it makes;
Upon whose fruits Of knowledge grow,
Than all the innocence of ignorance can know.
No flaming Cherubm to guard the Tree of Life
No groaning altar sacrifcial knife,
New new ko% ahS a ar sens of right
New helps to seeing and growing strength of sight;
And clearer vision through the Eve aro~ing GIGHf
Tis thus you come on this glad of this New Year,
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The truth will make free the truth will hear
And to the preacher Of the LIGHT incline your ear
Sell not the truth but buy Ye cannot buy too dear
Mark well what is from that which only doth appear.
So Firstly this truth declare and gently break
Nor the world bad world people think who fake it,
But whether good whether bad on how you take
The only to quench thirst find spring and Stake
only easy way 0 truth, buy and
will as you coach along on the highway,
You will find as you trudge in the dust of the byway,
You will Wilt find ID fly you try to cross lots in syway
That in darkness is danger, on highway or byway,
To clear of the bitches and walk in the dryway.
IT'S the glory of manhood shed LIGHT;
the wisdom yno Of wisdom to shine headlight
L. ~ t;IIau- 49, s .I " M ,no hSi0
Or the trainman who needlessly hangs red light,
Is at bottom a coward and never was bred right,
Or sckly dyspeptc who fed right,
And as certain as taxes he has read LIGHT.
Just suppose that the devil should put out sum-
For the ne all say he's e, son Of gun
And the bright little stars forbidden wink
With the kerosene a,e lamp and the old aIow dip,
And that day had been gobbed by canniba Night.
For there would be no "sight" if you LIGHT.
No stars, 10
No morn no noon, other time of day,
No more the little kittens chase n play
You could not cook your food, coult6ot to
Your socks upon your head yose upon your feet.
You could not SEGA thing, and Satan could not tell
-szxnd IelI without the devil would be in plight,
Why, any thing might happen if you had no LIGHT
This world that we live ms involved another,
i, Like fngs nclosed in the womb Of its mother,
A Mnela nf h n Word bssn sn @ eo is @ other
Yet the poets and prophets the priests and the
The mind west in ali ages
Have blazoned this truth Times infinite pages
That this world which we live in, seen,
That That the inner world pages only read right
Having finished with Firstly Secondly
tv tR epa a n% Pss through they late
When they found that the oil in their lamps had gone
The clergy Hu h HT Ths efy E dqg the reve
Or they would not have of the night
AT the gate OF the bridegroom without any LIGHT.
There five wiser virgins who stood at that gate
When they knocked the opened they not to wait
But they entered the palace, welcomed in state.
With tabor and viol and dancing and singing
The bridal apartments joyously ringing
ana gobes were flowing and were swinging
The mirth laden moments with swness were Winpnp
The glad swell of the music departed and came %
Beauty-eyes all brghteness, aaame
And these virgins there a right.
For they had not forgotten carry their LIGHT
II II those FIVE foolish virgins could only borrowed
some OIL from the wise ones they would
But these wise would not divide
For the ten lamps from five be
Ana SO ten foolish virgins be standing outside - --
IL may have been selfish, it prudent
In matters like this a tuden
Ana cannot say whether they should or shouldn't,