WHAT SHAL THE ANSWER BE?
(From lales of Araby.) God will inquire o£ tlico — "Whet is th y brother V j When the shadcvs fall from time, , And thy guardianinqol,sosad with wiping, Pleads with the *roat Sublime. "Where is thy jrothcr? Left by \ee to wander ! Past the mountatis capped with snowl Where is the Hlploss, and tnerefcb my dearest, | Thou heeded noun woo? \ " Whore is thy brollior. who in want and rrow Asked btit a erujib from thee? , \ Didst thou forget »hat all my waves witlJessings I Bore up thy A ra>sy ? \ " Where is thy U'othcr, who with wronand cursinj? i { Despisqd thy prifferedaid? ! Nay, though ho kmote thee he was stihiy broth or, , Though ho thy lflvo betrayed! \ " Not only once, bittmany times, withblos&s Thou should'st have soothed his pain, 1 For have I not to thee shown daily morcie^ And borne with Lheo again?" i Better for ns iP on this eartli we wander \ Poor, and despised, and sad, ? If we can answer on the day oi' judgments 1 " 1 made my brother glad." I W R. Wtr.il
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 334, 16 January 1889, Page 3
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181WHAT SHAL THE ANSWER BE? Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 334, 16 January 1889, Page 3
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