Traces of the Creator.
They ti-ll me that m> God's a myth, ' They say what is not true ; He r<?i?ns above, He rules beuoath, And He is with me too. Ho ia above me in the storm When billows shroud my bark ; Ilia spirit keeps me safe from harm When night is frowniug- dark. I 6ee him in the lightning's fhsb, Here in the tbunder's^oair, His voice is ift the earthquake'^ crash, And waves that lash the bhoro. Behind tho clouds that lowering gloom I sen resplendent light ; Beyond th-.- shadows of tho tomb It burst:! upon my sight I see H m ia the glorious beams Diffusing' radiar co jround ; Hia rcfltx unities \ivon the streams That feed iho thirsty ground. The buh'o of God test 3on the flowers 'that paint the rammer field ; Tho birds that sing among the bowers To Him their tribute yield. Tho light that glints on hill and wold In beauty speaks of Him ; The colours that Lho clouds unfold Afford another gleam. I tract) his hand along the lines To human wisdom Known. Till darkneßs covers light's confines And veils tne glimmering dawn. Boyond the point where reason fails, And faiih un.l hope come in, That '-fitter light my being hails, Whose glow dispels my sin. Earthborn indeed their spirits are Who em not see tue light That bursts from earth, and sea, and star, In glowing radiance b igh 1 -.. — P. A. J. Dk Coxde.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1682, 16 February 1884, Page 24
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243Traces of the Creator. Otago Witness, Issue 1682, 16 February 1884, Page 24
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