WHAT MATTERS IT?

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 392, 10 August 1889, Page 3

WHAT MATTERS IT?

What matters it. my curious 'friend, where lies Our heavenly harbour and our land of rest? Tf hether it be beyond the azure skies Orin somo lower world, God knoweth beat. It oflers safety from our tares, and so What Matters wKether it be high or low, Tt oilers rest, what more sli ould mortals know 1 Rest from the weariness of burdened days, Of bitter longings and evil hours. Of duties leading U 3 tnrough darkened ways And into eltbrts Jar .beyond our powers ; " Of dark temptations into secret sin. Of constant labour earth's poor gauds fco win, Of spjritb deatene* by the strife and din. Tt matters nothing ns to when and where We find the haven and the welcome homo ; Let curious doubt yive place to trusting: pi'ayer. And no weak soul through speculation roam. We seek for scaled-up secrets, hidden things ; Enough for tis if on eternal wings l . . We reach ihe country ol those better things. Vex not thy spirit, O aspiring man, • ■> Jiut live thy days as earnest workers must, Nor try to pierce thy God's mysterious plan Which obligates iheo. to a life of- trust. '• Some day, somewhere, whilecountlessagesvol The hungry heart shall comprehend thewhol<* The veil ia 'parted for thy thankttil-'soul. ■ „- j ■ ' j,sdoak Jones