"IN HOC SIGNO VINCE."

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 264, 16 May 1888, Page 6

"IN HOC SIGNO VINCE."

Tin*, even was pcaauil, and bright, and shl], And Hesperus bhone o ci the distant hill. No sound on the earth, in I he air. was hoard, Save (he quiet chirp ot a hidden biid. Hut. oh ! as I stood in ilie cedar's shade, Mv licait within im- was sore dismayed; For I thought the lo\e that I rest upon Fiom nij lailhless soul at the last had KO'H'. And doubts and fea; s as an annj* rose, f l'ill I cowered before my unseen foes, And m.\ heart rcpioachodine tor waited Till I dared not look to Hi&tendei face. ' " Oh, how can T lonely keep to the track When even with Hun, I so oil turned back ; And how ( an I hope m ills home to stand VV about the belt) ol Hi^ guidons li.md Tlien I raised ni,\ ej e>. a\ hich were bnniminpo'er 'I'd the Ilea\en w hejuo help had been sent belore. And slaitcd- tor tin re in th(> twiiiglit &ky I'lse si^n of a cross was lifted on high. For the height of a fir tree & loft j crest Uprose where pale Hesperus seemed to rest. And plamb the uppermost branches wore The shape ot the eioss that our Master bore. And I seemed t o read o'er tin- branches green. Tin- woids by the awestruck 1 toman seen— In this shall thoii conquer." the legend saith He ne\er loibakrlh. liLjhi on till death! Hold t.isi lo UiM ro>s, ,md the c.\e of love Will (Mci behold llieelioui llea\ 'u above. And doubt and despair will (lee away, For His unite is piouiiscd to us alway. Im>\,