. The Baptistery, or, The way of eternal life. wordSets bounds, and oer them throws His holding cord,Hut to OUT love: He asks our being whole,And who unto the soul can hounds afford?Tia He who can the Infinite control,Alone can meet her love, alone can fill the soul. I ask not wealth, I ask not length of days,Nor joys which home, and rural sights bestow,Nor honour among men, nor poets praise,Nor friendship, nor the light of love to know,Which with its own warm sun bathes all below;Nor that the seed I sow should harvest prove:I ask not health, nor spirits gladdening flow,Nor an assured pledge o
. The Baptistery, or, The way of eternal life. wordSets bounds, and oer them throws His holding cord,Hut to OUT love: He asks our being whole,And who unto the soul can hounds afford?Tia He who can the Infinite control,Alone can meet her love, alone can fill the soul. I ask not wealth, I ask not length of days,Nor joys which home, and rural sights bestow,Nor honour among men, nor poets praise,Nor friendship, nor the light of love to know,Which with its own warm sun bathes all below;Nor that the seed I sow should harvest prove:I ask not health, nor spirits gladdening flow,Nor an assured pledge of rest above,If only Thou wilt give a heart to know Thy love. As many as the crosses which aboundOn every side our road which leads to Heaven,So many tokens of Thy care are found,To wean our fancies unto pleasure given;To aid Thy Spirit which, with ours hath striven,And bring us to the Cross of Thy deep in the twilight of the silent even,While lifes short day to sable darkness goes,My heart shall fly to Thee, and rest in Thy [MAGE Till; SIXTH. Jpollolu not thine Oton imagination, but paticntln bear tljc (£ios$,anD it totU at length bear tljee. Anticipate the evils and inconveniences which may happen tothee even on this very day, and remember that thou art bornagain in Baptism, and called, under this common law, that thoushouldest cany thy cross together with Christ [A], and after Himshouldest enter into glory. Embrace therefore the Cross withSt. Andrew [B] ; and strengthen thyself by the example of theSaints, such as that of the elder Tobit [C], and of Job [D]. Forby the great Charity of God [E], thy cross hath been weighedout for thee from all Eternity, in proportion to thy strength; andhath been as it were sent unto thee by an Angel [F]. If thourefusest this the Devil will impose on thee a heavier weight [G].Resign thyself therefore unto God, that He may lead thee, anddirect thee : for He only knoweth the ends of all ways [H] ; andtake care that thou dost
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