Thrice blest is he to whom is given That God is on the field when He Blest, too, is he who can divine And dares to take the side that seems For right is right, since God is God; To falter would be sin ! F. W. FABER. MORALITY. E cannot kindle when we will WE The fire that in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still, In mystery our soul abides: But tasks in hours of insight will'd With aching hands and bleeding feet Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. MATTHEW Arnold. SAY NOT THE STRUGGLE NOUGHT AVAILETH. AY not, the struggle nought availeth, The enemy faints not, nor faileth, And as things have been they remain. If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars; For while the tired waves, vainly breaking, Far back, througlí creeks and inlets making, And not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light; In front, the sun climbs slow, how slowly! But westward, look, the land is bright. ARTHUR H. CLOUGH, 1849 THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY. DE EAR, secret greenness! nurst below What needs a conscience calm and bright Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch HENRY VAUGHAN. THE MYSTERY OF LIFE. SPINNING. LIKE a blind spinner in the sun, I tread my days; I know that all the threads will run I know each day will bring its task, I do not know the use or name I only know that some one came, My hand the thread, and said, "Since you Sometimes the threads so rough and fast I know wild storms are sweeping past, Shall fall; but dare not try to find I know not why, but I am sure 60 My threads will have; so from the first, I think, perhaps, this trust has sprung Said over me when I was young, - It, knowing not that God's name signed But whether this be seal or sign It matters not. The bond divine I know He set me here, and still, But listen, listen, day by day, Who bear the finished web away, And cut the thread, And bring God's message in the sun, "Thou poor blind spinner, work is done." "THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY." WHAT we, when face to face we see The Father of our souls, shall be, John tells us, doth not yet appear : H. H. |