No more shall be ours,

No more shall be

yours;
For nothing can stand
The blight of this land;
A few months our span,
A few years for man;
We are brothers in woe,
Shed a tear, as we go,
For no more shall be seen
Our gold or our green:
But mark well our fall,
'Tis the doom of ye all-
Adown through the air,
All shrivelled and bare,
Without murmur or sigh,
Unrepining we die,

And the winds passing o'er
Undertake with a roar,

And bear us away
To our place of decay ;
Heaven drops us its tears,
As we lie on our biers,
And the bird, whom of yore
Our thick shade hung o'er,

Mourns lonely his lot,

For the green leaves are not :

Then, mortals, beware,

For your change prepare ;
Be it year, month, or day,
In the end-to the clay :
With us ye must lie,

Learn from us how ye die.'

THE SAVIOUR AND THE SINNER

"Blotting out the handwriting."

THE VOICE OF THE SAVIOUR:

"Spend life away,
Trifle and play,

But know that there shall surely be a day,
When God shall bring

To judgment every work with every secret thing."

THE VOICE OF THE SINNER:

"O Lord, I fall

Confessing all

The sins which I have done, both great and small; My debts forgive,

And in the greatness of thy mercy let me live."

THE VOICE OF THE SAVIOUR:

"Thy debts are paid,

Thy peace is made,

Only no longer dwell amongst the dead;
Begin anew

And let thy life henceforth be holy, just, and true."

THE VOICE OF THE SINNER:

"Lord, I will raise

The voice of praise

To thee for all the remnant of my days;

Thou hast made whole,

Meet that I should to thee devote my thankful soul."

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THE SPIRIT AND THE MUSE.

A SACRIFICE FOR SIN.

“ Christ died for our sins."

How full of comfort is this word,
That Jesus died, our God and Lord !
Died for our sins ! amazing thought!
For us poor creatures, sons of nought!

Now, though like Jesus die we must,
We shall not perish in the dust ;
Like Jesus, we shall rise again ;
Like Jesus, live; like Jesus, reign.

Then let us, while on earth we stay,
Quit us like children of the day,
Live to our God, by all be known
As heirs of Heaven, as Jesus' own.