This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ... Upbuilding, day by day, the gradual stem, To uphold, at length, a blossomy diadem. So bloomed his life at last in blessed flowers, The beauty of most loving thoughts and deeds, --Words, falling on the heart like sweet spring showers, And sympathies, like Gilead's soothing balm, To pour upon the wound that ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ... Upbuilding, day by day, the gradual stem, To uphold, at length, a blossomy diadem. So bloomed his life at last in blessed flowers, The beauty of most loving thoughts and deeds, --Words, falling on the heart like sweet spring showers, And sympathies, like Gilead's soothing balm, To pour upon the wound that aches and bleeds, And still grief's restless murmurs into calm;--Tasks of benignant love to suffering man, Begun for him by angel-hands so well That oftentimes, distrustful, he began To question if his lowly work, which fell So far below it, could accepted be. But then God's voiceless answer came between His heart and cold despair, to heal and bless: God's answer--no mere words, but rich success And joy of heart; and so he learned to lean Upon that kind encouragement, which still Quickened his failing strength, confirmed his waver-ing will. So died the discord from his heart at last, For it was tuned to Christ's, and evermore Chimed with the key-note of all harmony--All joy and blessing, present and to be. The old remorse and bitter hate were o'er, And peace encircled all the dreary past, And wrapped his weary soul in boundless rest Most'still and blest. Until his soul's horizon suddenly Withdrew its earthly boundary, and lo! He stood beside death's dark and narrow sea, And saw beyond the eternal glory glow. And soft and low, as floating from afar, Beyond the spaces round the morning star, And sweeter than the sweetest melodies That ever breathed beneath our cloudy skies, Clearer than flute or bird, A voice was heard, --"Come in, thou blessed one! Thy work is done! Inherit all the joy prepared for thee. Come to thy home at last! Thy loving service past My heart accepts as rendered unto Me. Thou hast been faithful through earth's weary strife, ...
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