Vain human reason, when 'tis left aloneIs not unlike a bark upon the sea -Useful or useless - ruined or secureOnly as she is guided from within;A thing of power and motion and of grace,But yet an atom when the tempests rise.When all is calm, out on…
See them go forth like the floods to the ocean.
Gathering might from each tide mountains and glen.
Wilder and deeper the tide of devotion
Rolls up to God from the bosom of men.
Here the great multitude, mingling in chorus.
Groan as they gaze…
Man born to sorrow, even from the womb,
Seeks for that vision, Happiness, in vain -
He courts it to the entrance of his tomb,
Through days of trouble and through years of pain.
He seeks it in all sublunary things, -
In riches which will perish and…
I'll ask one simple question -
There stands a man created by the GodThat form'd the arch of heaven - that made the sea -The teeming earth, and every living thing,And when his word was done, pronounced it good.
God is a righteous God!
That man…
ART thou a Woman? - so am I, and allThat woman can be, I have been, or am;A daughter, sister, consort, mother, widow.Which of these thou art, oh be the friendOf one is what thou canst never be!Look on thyself thy kindred, home, and cry, "Thank God,An…
Matt. xxv. 35 - 40.
A poor, wayfaring man of grief Hath often crossed me on my way, Who sued so humbly for relief, That I could never answer "Nay."
I had not power to ask his name,
Whither he went, or whence he came;
Yet there was something in…
Hie to the mountain afar,
All in the cool of the even,
Led by you beautiful star,
First of the daughters of Heaven.
Sweet to the slave is the season of rest -
Something far sweeter he looks for to-night;
His heart lies…
"Not by the lion's paw, the serpent's tooth,
By sudden sun-stroke, or by slow decay,
War, famine, plague, meek messenger of truth,
Wert thou arrested on thy pilgrim way.
"The sultry whirlwind spared thee in its wrath;
The lightning flashed…
The God of harvest praise; In loud thanksgivings, raise
Hand, heart, and voice;
The valleys laugh and sing, Forests and mountains ring, The plains their tribute bring,
The streams rejoice.
Of food for man and beast, Jehovah spreads a…
