The record-union., 1896-04-05
For the "Record-Union."
THE WISDOM OF THE HEART.

set watch on my throbbing heart
And / said: Beat steady and slow
Give perfect time for the blood at the
That it furnish rhythmic flow;
But my heart throbbed on like thing
And would listen to no command.
And it would not hush when / said, BE
still"
Nor stay when 1 whispered, "stand"
"Are you not mine when 1 bid you STAY.
And mine when l bid you so,
And it answered, no. sir sirl Nc No!o
heard the words as it beat them back,
And / knew to respond We're vain:
So L looSened my hold and left it slack
Though II caused me many pain
For my will was stubborn and worldly
And proud as will could be;
But L hushed its clamor and stihed it's
And | said. Now, we shall see
If the heart be wiser than both of us,
My stubborn will, and me-"
And said to my heart, Beat on as you
And bear me whittier you Will;
L shall never more on myself insist,
Nor say to my heart be still!"
Then he beat the cell of my aching side
With Jubilant pulse of joy,
Ana away went stubbornness, will and
And back came the rollicking boy
mad left long since. in the years that
were gone,
When he and 1 were one
ana ME was joy and labor was love-
AND We pressed down the measure with
fun.
he passed his hand Ger my heated brow
Auo ruDoed out the burrows of care
And my locks Ger gristled with the years.
AT ms magic touch We're fair
Ny shoes unclasped and NV goutv feet
Were rounded and Drowned to youth.
Anu tne .i1a Snadows that creep with the
Gaye way to the sunshine of truth;
Ana ne and | were young again.
And we rollicked the hills together.
ana the world was ours though we
nadn't grain,
And the year was summer weather.
Our pockets were empty of coin. but care
NO longer beat at the brain:
oor heaith was wealth. and the jubilant
Gave its steady percentage of gain
Anu all that we touched was glistened
with gold,
ana every breath was balm
ana llte was heritage untold
And voice an unbroken psalm.
1t was all a dream, for the walls re-
And the fetters still held my feet.
But now its image within me burnedl
AHu l clung to the golden street
AS i II lt mad been the city of God,
Cd
II was only the heaven within the heart
Or an innocent boy or girl.
things t
The prophet telleth us so;
Out II ever ever we tighten our lives with
w., Il think we shall find them grow
ioii the desperate" soil of the wicked"
Where depravity holds it's SWAY.
Anu nature mas never been smothered by
Nor its fibers been torn away
Except ,ye become as a little child
ri, re shali not enter therein
ne ohflst that was ever meek and mild
GaVe the only cure for sin
y, wisdomi you have cast 100 much
", wealth! you are dearly bought.
1ou 1ade like a dream at the fwiljybt .
touch, '4e '"lilsH'
AND are lost with the life of a thought 3.
But youth, bas1,, and beauty, and love are
v4n And the heart is the truly wise.
taught, way uA
with neither ears nor ewes.
otGauiiy beating the seconds of God
WIN faith not born of Garth.
Keeping the heavy upward grade
10 the gate of the second birth
Ceasing not till God saws. .sRe st;1p,
CS,li WIN no wise ''if' or "why?''
TTAlag To iabor ohly y to do Gods will,
L ms is the wisdom that hornds +ho oor.h
,rho Wlth IN the girdle of Gods own hand:
ms mI,, ,"isuom that wiser grows from birth
iii 1t ceases at His Command 0 49,
HIRAM HOYT RICHMOND