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see
That joy more plainly every day!

Christ lives and loves eternally,--
Swift feet such tidings should
convey.

Eternal life and heavenly rest
He purchased by death's agony,
That
whosoever will be blest
With glorious immortality.
May we our sisters of the past
In life and character revere,
Like
them be faithful to the last,
Like them be loving and sincere.
First must the gospel plan of love
To every land and tribe be given,

Ere He'll return who from above
Is God's best gift to earth from
heaven.
THAT JEWISH LAD
_There is a lad here which hath five barley loaves, and two small
fishes._--John 6:9.
He must have been a thoughtful youth,
His name the record has not
given,
But if his heart imbibed the truth,
'Tis written in the books of
heaven.
A cipher in the multitude,
He followed with his meager
store,
And far from his perception crude
The miracle that made it
more.
With loaves and fishes few, this lad
By power and aid of one divine

Has made the hungry thousands glad
And God's providing power
to shine.
When at the midweek hour of prayer
Ye faithful mourn
your number few,
Pray He who fed that throng be there
Your faith
and vigor to renew.
He will your meek petitions hear
Which, like those loaves and fishes
small,
Will cause his glory to appear
In showers of blessing that
will fall.
The centuries are sweeping by,
Bearing their millions gay
and sad,
And wafting those to realms on high
Who follow with that
Jewish lad.
IN SINCERITY
_Grace be with them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in


sincerity._--Ephesians 6:24.
Thou saddened one whose longing eyes
Seek quickening thoughts to
glean,
Whose views of Christ, the Heavenly prize,
Clouds often
veer between,
That rapture which may be expressed
By others
constantly
Is not thine own; in truth confessed,
Where is the
mystery?
Ask now these questions of thy soul:
My heart, is it sincere?
Do I
his holy name extol,
And is He truly dear?
Like Peter can I, too,
record
And urge his earnest plea,
"Thou knowest all things,
gracious Lord;
Thou knowest I love Thee"?
There is no music like his voice:
To this can'st thou attest?
No
message makes thee so rejoice
As "Come to me and rest"?
If there's
been left within thine heart
By word or deed a thorn,
Can prayer
extract the cruel dart
And heal it ere the morn?
Does prayer cast out disquietude
And every bitter thought;
All hate
and enmity exclude
By Love with patience fraught?
Or, if
perchance there may be found
A hurt that festers still,
Is this the
balm that soothes the wound--
"'Twas needed; 'tis God's will"?
Is there a saint, however poor,
However lowly born,
That earthly
treasure could allure
Thee to mistreat or scorn?
These queries, are
they answered well?
Then press with joy toward Heaven,
Filled
with that peace tongue cannot tell,
The sense of sin forgiven.
Accept your Saviour's proffered rest!
Behold! there's grace for thee;

All those who love Him now are blest,--
Love in sincerity.
THEY'RE COMING!
They're coming! And it seems so long
Since sadly autumn laid them
low.
They left us with the robin's song,
They left us to the ice and

snow.
They're coming! So the March wind saith.
Though singing songs with
icy breath,
He's chanting of another May,
He's chanting of King
Winter's death.
They're coming! 'Neath the forest's mold,
In mossy beds of ferny soil,

Slowly their tiny robes unfold,
Yet do they neither spin nor toil.
They're coming! With their influence pure,
Their emblematic power
again
Of him who would our steps allure
To realms of love, devoid
of pain.
They're coming! With the summer's breeze,
With azure skies and
sunny showers,
With notes of birds and hum of bees--
Who will not
welcome back the flowers?
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