American messenger . an these few words—I shall be satisfied. The Last Adventure BY JAMES TERRY WHITE. All forms of life are endless; each frail vaseIs emptied oer and oer—but filled again;And never tangled is the wondrous mazeOf Natures melodies through endless days—And yet forever new and sweet to men. Gleams hint that life upon some future waits; The worm cannot forecast the butterfly—And yet the transformation but createsA step in the same Nature which now mates Our own—and may lifes mystery untie. Mayhap the butterfly this message brings:— The laxv, uncomprehended, I obey;Although the low
American messenger . an these few words—I shall be satisfied. The Last Adventure BY JAMES TERRY WHITE. All forms of life are endless; each frail vaseIs emptied oer and oer—but filled again;And never tangled is the wondrous mazeOf Natures melodies through endless days—And yet forever new and sweet to men. Gleams hint that life upon some future waits; The worm cannot forecast the butterfly—And yet the transformation but createsA step in the same Nature which now mates Our own—and may lifes mystery untie. Mayhap the butterfly this message brings:— The laxv, uncomprehended, I obey;Although the lowliest of earth-bred things,Even I have been reborn with urgent icings, And heavenward fly—who crept but yester-day. In lifes fair mansion I am but a guest; And life will bring fulfillment of the trust this last adventure is the best,The crowning of this earthly lifes behest, The consummation of the poets dream. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations 135 PREACHERS IN PRINT. A COAL TIPPLE AT CASTLE GATE, UTAH, VISITED BY COLPORTER PRATT Among the Miners Rev. Henry W. Pratt has for many years cir-culated Christian literature as a missionary col-porter of the American Tract Society in Utahand the adjoining States. He meets with allclasses and conditions of people, and often histravels take him among the miners. The illustration on this page shows us a coaltipple at Castle Gate, Utah, which Mr. Pratt\ isited some time ago, and where he distributedgood, Christian reading among the men thereemployed. In a recent report Mr. Pratt gives the follow-ing account of his work for the month: The first town I visited this month wasStockton, Utah. Some mines are adjacent toit, and it may be properly called a mining-town. Some people there value good books,and in past visits I could count on circulatingmany publications there. In one home I soldWhite Fire to a young lady. This missionarynarrative is a splendid book to leave in another home I
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