The home beyond, or, Views of heaven and its relation to earth . OR VIEWS OF HEAVEN. 41Q RECOGNITION NO DAY-DREAM. I count the hope no day-dream of the mind, No vision fair of transitory hue, The souls of those whom once on earth we knew,And lovd, and walkd with in communion kind,Departed hence, again in heaven to find. Such hope to natures sympathies is true; And such, we deem, the holy word to viewUnfolds; an antidote for grief designed,One drop from comforts well. Tis true we read The Book of life: But if we read amiss,By God prepared fresh treasures shall succeed To kinsmen, fellows, frien
The home beyond, or, Views of heaven and its relation to earth . OR VIEWS OF HEAVEN. 41Q RECOGNITION NO DAY-DREAM. I count the hope no day-dream of the mind, No vision fair of transitory hue, The souls of those whom once on earth we knew,And lovd, and walkd with in communion kind,Departed hence, again in heaven to find. Such hope to natures sympathies is true; And such, we deem, the holy word to viewUnfolds; an antidote for grief designed,One drop from comforts well. Tis true we read The Book of life: But if we read amiss,By God prepared fresh treasures shall succeed To kinsmen, fellows, friends, a vast abyssOf joy; nor aught the longing spirit need To fill its measure of enormous bliss. Bishop Manx. LOVE INDESTRUCTIBLE. They sin who tell us love can die;With life all other passions fly, All others are but heaven ambition cannot dwell;Nor avarice in the vaults of hell;Earthly these passions of the earth,They perish where they have their birth- But love is holy flame forever burneth,From heaven it came, to heaven returne
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