There shall be no Night There No night of gloom to drop between our eyes N° And smiling summer skies? No slow-paced night of gnawing pain, to creep No night of woe, to shut all dear delight No night of sin, to grow and never cease No night of death, to darken drearily Ah, through these nights guide us, sweet Lord, we pray, Up to that nightless Day. W. M. L. JAY. My own dim life should teach me this, Else earth is darkness to the core, And dust and ashes all that is. Alfred, LORD TENNYSON. Waiting S little children in a darkened hall At Christmas-tide await the opening door, Eager to tread the fairy-haunted floor Around the tree with goodly gifts for all, To tell what fortune bright to them will fall, — Thus wait we in time's dim and narrow room, And with strange fancies or another's thought Try to divine, before the curtain rise, The wondrous scene! Yet soon shall fly the gloom, And we shall see what patient ages sought, The Father's long-planned gift of Paradise. CHARLES H. CRANDALL. Jerusalem the Golden ERUSALEM, the golden! Sink heart and voice opprest. What joys await us there! What radiancy of glory! What bliss beyond compare! They stand, those halls of Sion, Are decked in glorious sheen. There is the throne of David, And there, from care released, The shout of them that triumph, The song of them that feast; And they who with their Leader Have conquered in the fight Forever and forever Are clad in robes of white. O sweet and blessed country, Jesus, in mercy bring us To that dear land of rest! S. BERNARD OF CLUNY. My Risen Lord, I feel Thy Strong Y risen Lord, I feel Thy strong protection; Mise Thee stand among the graves to-day; MY I I am the Way, the Life, the Resurrection, I hear Thee say, And all the burdens I have carried sadly |