NATURE'S WORSHIP.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 186, 10 August 1869, Page 3

NATURE'S WORSHIP.

; -, . ; . •-• / . : -j-..BT"'ff.^G.vW?pOTlßß;v";;:''-";~^r;\\v/ i The harp atNafee's.advent stouhg ' „. -'• : :■■',• Hasjnever, ceased to 1 play.: M . '' " ; , " ; Thp'Bpng:tHe. stars of morning iung/.-.i | Has never died a way. .-;,,^ ■ And prayer is made/aad praise is given, > . . • .: By all tilings near- and far ; ; ; The ocean looketh up to.heaveri, . ; And mirrors every; star. ; lts'VaVeVMe'kneet!njgb"#thestraiidi ' *' j As;krie'ers'vtKe nurnani isSee, c 2 \ i , ' .1 '. ■ i • Their white locks. bowinst:toihe.,sand, ■ ; The priesthopd of the seat ■ . ; ; They pour their glittering treasure forth, ■•'• "i .Their gifts of pea!rls they .bring, " . And all the listening hills of carth 1 : „ Take up the ; song they sing. /. f '?• • ■ The green earth st;nds her incense up "',■", j ' From many a mountain V }^.' !^^'' } From folded leaf and dd,wyfcup./ /'.,?'"'- ." . [ ■ Shb pours her sacred 'winei : - -^ . • ■ ' ; : \ The mists; above the morning rilb\- " \-.\:. \ Kise 'white as *ings of prayer ji .. ■ . The.altar curtains pt the hills .-• ..>, •■• ', Are sunset's purple air. « . i. . ,\ :■ .' j • The winds with hymns of praise are loudp i i Or low with sobs of pain, [ The thunder-organ of the, cloud," : 1 The dropping tears of rain.- ;- j With drooping head and branches crossed i : The twilight forest grieves, I ' Or speaks with tongues of Pentecost v j From all its sunlit leaves. . ......':!"' ! • The blue sky is the temple's arch, " ' Its transept earth and air, The music of its starry march , The chorus of a prayer. S ). nature keeps the reverent frame With which. her 'years began, And all, her signs and voices shame : The prayerless heart of man.

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