SAITH THE LORD.
“ I will avenge,” saith the Lord, “ I will repay 1 ’’. Sharp is the stroke of his sword. To save, or slay 1
Wickedness swells, waxing bold, Insensate, blind; Hating the weak and the old It robbed, maligned. Foreboding not, in its wrath, The torments vain; The downward, desolate path ; The brand of Cain 1
“ I will avenge,” saith the Lord, “ 1 will repay 1” Escape His supreme award No creature may! Loving, and joyous, and true, His purpose runs; Soul of the marvels we view— Atoms and suns. And earth shall be heaven when man Has learned to read The glorious, beautiful plan With consonant heed. As links in the cosmic chain, We intertwine; And only the general gain Is mine, is thine. To serve is the grand decree, Each helping all— The loftiest liberty Which can befall 1 Each for all, and all for each ; God’s Brotherhood 1 When at last God’s living speech Is understood 1 0 harmony of the spheres 1 O song of songs I To him who your symphony hears Your joy belongs 1 But for them whose dull. despite Marks not your strain, Awaits in abysmal night Other refrain 1 * * * * “ I will avenge,” saith the Lord, “I will repay ! " Life reapeth its own reward, Ever and aye I -W.8.8. Invercargill, 3rd Feb., 1898.
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Southland Times, Issue 13966, 3 February 1898, Page 3
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