GOD OR MAMMON.
A sweet, 10-v vole, a tender winning tone : "Th. hour of choic. hath come. Ohoo:c, dir!i,-,f., ,v_li. Whirnv shir life must lose it. N.t our own. We walk tills earth wh.r. good and tvil dwell. '• Dear hoart, the arrgela watch thee fromabove; Their c-yoa abort thee ceaseless vigils keepThe fannins of their soft-plumed wings, dear la r jund thes in thy waking and thy sleep. "Why wa-te on fl.otinf-joya thy youthful zest 1 Take nntby cr-o . Its weight all meekly bear. The Word Divinehath pleased theeendlessTest B.yoirdthe narrow rounds of earthly care. The fair face 'neith the lucent chain ot pearls Frown, darkly; lbt'otsliethe. ow-leJ Mods; With curve disdainful. See the red lipcurl3 - Avaunt, those whispers from the shadowy laids! She loves the sntii theen of tustlir.e robes ; fJhe hatea the glo.m o' dusky t.a'h-gs.rgc; The pleading t Dno a hidd .n h art ache proto ■, And in her e_r ia dreary as a dirge. Shnl! 003 or Mammon win the eager strife? They cannot -bare the throne. Reluctant soul, Mai'c haste ti concentrate thy ardent life To God. who claims of right from ihee the whole. The fweet. bewitchlrg m_!o/.i-3 nf earth, Th«ro_e_ and the jewels—ah! 'ti.true Tbe future mn_t hdvo houra of prim end dearth, But lor the preeen. who prefera the me ? Anrl vet the peace is hers who on hsr hrraat We"ir3 calm the b e-s,-d sj mbol of the cr. ss, And feverish aio ice dreatue and mjrred her Who choo-ea Mauimon and Its fle.ti-rg dress. -HAKPE-t'B Bazar,
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1887, Page 4
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256GOD OR MAMMON. Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1887, Page 4
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