RELIGIOUS WORLD.
■ BE TRUE.
Tot iv opinions look not always back; Your wak? is u.jthinz; mind the coming tru 'k. Leave wbat you've done for what tou have •o do. I>on't !•'• ' i-onsNt'-nt." bur be simpiv true, "liver Wendell Holmes.
THE GARMENT OF GOD.
Truly is nature but the robe of God. Wherewith lie veils ills glory, lest these Should blinded l>e by rndianee so divine. Yet. doth He thus reveal Mis. I'resence dread And deifin in varied raiment to pass by. Often lv sal.lc folds of deepest gloom, Riding iii'on the storm-clouds, thunder riv'n: Sometime, in dazzling mantle white and pure Of winter's snow rilke tbe High Triest of old In spotless ephod clad!; or wondrous sight, ln golden vesture of the summer time. Shame, that we miss the echo ot His Feet. Or looking down l.vi see Ills shadow pass. And faintly _<-eni the f ™>,-ran.c of the myrrh: For though iv passing He may hide His Face, Tet may we tou'-h Hi" garment's hem —and live! —Mary Alison.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 5, 6 January 1923, Page 18
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170RELIGIOUS WORLD. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 5, 6 January 1923, Page 18
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