That in the masques and shadows I may see And by those hid ascents climb to that day Who art in all things, though invisibly. Thy mercy, love, and ease. And from this care, where dreams and sorrow reign, Lead me above, Where light, joy, leisure, and true comforts move, Without all paine: There, hid in Thee, show me his life againe At whose dumbe urne Thus all the year I mourn! H. VAUGHAN. W FAITH'S GUIDING STAR. E find a glory in the flowers, When snowdrops peep and hawthorn blooms. We see fresh light in spring-time hours, And bless the radiance that illumes. The song of promise cheers with hope, That sin or sorrow cannot mar; God's beauty fills the daisied slope, And keeps undimm'd faith's guiding star. We find a glory in the smile That lives in childhood's happy face, Ere fearful doubt or worldly guile God sends his image, pure and fair, To keep undimm'd faith's guiding star. We find a glory in the zeal Of doating breast and toiling brain; Affection's martyrs still will kneel, And song, though famished, pour its strain. And point where joy is holier far; We muse beside the rolling waves; They beam the brightest o'er the dead, And keep undimm'd faith's guiding star. ELIZA COOK. ་་་་་ཀ་ LET ME REST. E does well who does his best: Where the wailing plover swings Near the runlet's rushy springs! On its gentle mother's breast. EBENEZER ELLIOTT. LIFE THROUGH DEATH. A DEWDROP falling on the wild sea-wave, R. C. TRENCH. |