AFTERWARD.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 472, 17 May 1890, Page 8

AFTERWARD.

,’Hie; path was long, but jyhen he reached jtjio f ... 0r..), ; ■ ■ ; sV; "j - ThoV»‘>ject of his quest, ft grave was there, fflie ’xcave of one who was his dearest friend, Whose loving thought had lighiened every eare. v . ••. ;■• ■ ! The two together long had joumed here,' And borne each others burdens day by day, Shared every joy, and many a hope and fear; .• Nor dreamed they of “ the parting of the way.” .They came almost unconscious to that hour, They thought their 'prayejt a loving- God ' ' : That in the lull ness of His graco and power, He won.cl spare each to each for ninny a year. And so, when the dark shadow fell at last And one went on,God folding by the hand, And one turned back to live but in the past, Grieving because he could not understandThere hung a pall upon hio earth and sky, He whs so desolate and heaven so far, Hut, afterward, the Comforter drew nigh ; ' An.) his worn soul beyond its prison bar Haw, as in vision, the dear frkmd he wept Rested and comforted before the tlirone.' No weariness again, no vigils kept; There pain and death and sorrow are un> known. •Was he resigned to bear this bitter loss, Bince she was spared earth’s sorrow and its pain 7 3’es; for Jove’s sake he took his heavy cross, Thinking e tch day how precious was her gain. He could not know why they must part sp ■* eoon ; He must not doubt or question God’s dear will. And so l c asked .of Him that one great boon, - The sweet submission that could trust Him still. - ■ ‘ s '