From Dreamland Sent

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... larger life enfolds. The world be beautiful to thee, O queen of hearts, I pray! Sunshine be fair, and roses bloom About thy path alway. HE day had been dark and cloudy, But just at the sunset hour Came a gleam of light through the shadows That fell with a magical power; That fell on our hearts like music, Chasing the shadows away, Till the darkness and gloom around us All fled with the weary day. And as brightly the glowing sunset Came with its rosy light, And the golden shades still lingered, Tinging the gloom of night,--So, ever, I thought, through life's journey, Though darkened and sad be the days, Yet the sunset, at last, that He sendeth Will be brightened by heavenly rays. A VANISHED PRESENCE. ftp And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire... stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.--Rev, XV. 2. In Memory Of Phillips Brooks. I. jHE lilies bloom again; The Easter sunshine floods the world with light. But he, whose voice had made this day so glad, Has vanished from our sight n. What visions has he seen? What has he found the other side of life? Beyond the sunrise--past the morning star--What worlds with glory rife,--m. What strange, sweet mysteries Have dawned upon his vision ere to-day? What sea of glass and mingled fire hath shone Before his onward way? A VANISHED PRESENCE. nr. He whose majestic form, Clad in its priestly robes, in sacred hours, Hath linked our Easters to the heavenly realm, Revealed the unseen powers,--v. Shall he not send today A spirit message that our hearts may hear? Shall we not catch, through all the silences,--"Lo, I am ever near,--VI. "Near you, Beloved, still; When through the trial or the joy you pass" The harps of gold, the crystal gates that gleam, The sea of fire and...