Of hope in thy last end.

In heart forgive-that pays Him all :

But grudging souls must die in thrall, No Saviour and no friend.

Ib. Early Warnings.

1.

EFFECT OF EXAMPLE.

"For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them lest they also come into this place of torment."

FIVE loving souls, each one as mine,

And each for evermore to be!

Each deed of each to thrill

For good or ill

Along thine awful line,

Eternity!

Who for such burthen may suffice?

Who bear to think, how scornful tone,

Or word or glance too bold,

Or ill dream told,

May bar from Paridise

Our master's own?

We scatter seeds with careless hand,

And dream we ne'er shall see them more:

But for a thousand years

Their fruit appears,

In weeds that mar the land,

Or healthful store.

The deeds we do, the words we say,

Into still air they seem to fleet,

We count them ever past;

But they shall last,

In the dread judgment they

And we shall meet !

I charge thee by the years gone by,
For the love's sake of brethren dear,

Keep thou the one true way

In work and play,

Lest in that world their cry

Of woe thou hear!

2.

DANGER OF PRAISE.

"And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ."

WHEN mortals praise thee, hide thine eyes,

Nor in thy Master's wrong

Take to thyself His crown and prize ;
Yet more in heart than tongue.

None holier than the Desert Priest
Beneath the Law's dim sky,

Yet in Heaven's kingdom with the least,
We read, he might not vie.

No member, yet, of Christ the Son,

No gospel Prophet he;

Only a voice from out the Throne

Of dread yet blest decree.

If he confessed, nor dared deny,

Woe to that Christian's heart,

Who in man's praise would walk on high,
And steal his Saviour's part!

And ah! to him what tenfold woe,

Who hides so well his sin,

Through earth he seems a saint to go, Yet dies impure within!

Pray we our Lord, one pang to send Of deep remorseful fear

For every smile of partial friend.—

Praise be our Penance here!

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