ALL FOOLS DAY

Evening Star, Issue 16090, 15 April 1916, Page 12

ALL FOOLS DAY

O, Wise, the lovely, The Holy—very few; For sweet is felly to the Soul That is outward flung anew; And good it is to see anions The High Tides of the year ADay of Grace, when to the Throne The Fool may draw anear. Come, Brother, come—a Fool am I, And thou? Why, this is good; For surely Fool by brother Fool Shall well be understood; Together let us enter in, Together "let us bend To Him so hig-li Who stops so lowAs be to Fools a Friend. Thou walkest stiffly, Brother, And I am scarce" at ease; But we have learned a thousand thin<« And need not grudge, the fees; ° ' And O, tho pranks tha.t we have plaved' The mad things we have done! Since -we came back to school again We've had our fill of fun!

Good-bye, good-hye, my Brother— Why, the street's with Fools aflood— God's Body we have eaten, And, made one, have drunk His Blood. Wo have heard of sweeter folly From the Preacher's lips this day Than you and I have known: shall we Set forth upon that Way? "O. somo are Fools for Folly's sake," Ho said; "and some for God's; And boith to undiscerning eyes Are smitten by Fates rods; But those, they smart and whimper For tho errors of to-day, While the.se with joy receive the due Of sins long lives away. "And Folly's Fools," ho said, "must, need 3 Or soon or late perceive That she leadeth them nowhither, And their aimless wanderings leave; Then from outward seeking inward Shall they, too, turn, and adore, And in that other Band enroll— God's Fools for evermore. "0 many," said he, "are the Fools On this terrestrial ball; But it a Maker, Guide, and Ruler He hath room for each and all; And none need go a-seeking For a Shrine in which to pray; The whole Earth is His Temple— Every day is All Fools Day." Marstas.