. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ed son, a faded sire. Are mourningneath the l)reatii. Tick, tick, and now tw(.) holy graves Are mouldering side by bridegroom of her earliest love, And she, his lovely bride. Tick, tick, and by two graves at last The son stands there alone ;The world is large, but crowds of men Heed not his piteous moan. Tick, tick, tick, tick, and now The graves are one,—two,—three 1 The same sweet skies are smiling yet()n flower and weed and lea. The old clock still is ticking on Beside the great ha
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ed son, a faded sire. Are mourningneath the l)reatii. Tick, tick, and now tw(.) holy graves Are mouldering side by bridegroom of her earliest love, And she, his lovely bride. Tick, tick, and by two graves at last The son stands there alone ;The world is large, but crowds of men Heed not his piteous moan. Tick, tick, tick, tick, and now The graves are one,—two,—three 1 The same sweet skies are smiling yet()n flower and weed and lea. The old clock still is ticking on Beside the great hall same old face, tho faded some. We saw in days of yore. Its solemn tick more solemn still, Does softly say to all: From life to death we all must go, The fairest flower fall I Clarcmont, N. H., July 23, 1883. Young Mens Christian Associations. 17 YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS. By Russell Sturgis, Jr. There is an old French proverbwhich runs: ■ Lhomme propose, etDieu dispose, which is but the echo ofthe Scripture, A mans heart devisethhis way, but the Lord directeth his. GEORGE of Young Mens Christian Associations. steps. In truth, God alone sees theend from the beginning. From the beginning men have beenconstantly building better than theyknew. No unprejudiced man wholooks at history can fail to see fromhow small and apparently unimportantan event has sprung the greatest resultsto the individual, tlie nation, and theworld. The Christian, at least, needsno other explanation of this than thathis God, without whose knowledge nosparrow falleth to the ground, guides allthe affairs of the world. Surelv God didnot make the world, and purchase the salvation of its tenants by the sacrificeof his Son, to take no further interest init, but leave it subject either to fixedlaw or blind chance ! Indeed the Godwho provided for the wants of hispeople in the wilderness is a God whochangeth not. The principles whichonce guided him must guide him to-da
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