RESURGAM.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 383, 10 July 1889, Page 6

RESURGAM.

From the *' Philadelphia Ledger."

" I shall arise," For centuries Upon the grey old churchyard stone Those words have stood ; no more is said, The glorious promise stands alone. Untouched, while years and seasons roll Around it ; March winds come and go The summer twilights fall and f adB And autumn sunsets burn and glow. " I shall arise !" O wavering heart, From this take comfort and be strong ; "I shall arise ;" nor always grope In darkness, mingling right with wrong : . From tears and pain, from shades of doubt, ' And wants within, that blindly call. M I shall arise." in God's own light .- Shall see the sum ana truth of all. Like children here we lisp and grope. And- till the perfect manhood, wait At home our time, and only dream Of that which lies beyond the gate : God's full free universe of life, No shadowy paradise of blis3, No realm of unsubstantial souls, But life, more real life than this. O soul ! where'er your ward is kept, In some still region calmly blest, By quiet watch-fires till the dawn, And God's reveille break your rest. 0 soul ! that left this record here. I read, but scarce can read for tears. 1 bless you, reach and clasp your hand. For all these long two hundred years. " I shall arise," O clarion call ! Time rolling onward to the end Brings us to life that cannot die, The life where faith and knowledge blend Each after each, the cycles roll in silence, and about us here The shadow of the great White Throne Falls broader, deeper, year by year. George F. Jackson.