SOMETIME.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 474, 24 May 1890, Page 8

SOMETIME.

Sometime, wben fill life s lessons have been learned, And sun and stars forever more have set, The tilings which our weak judgment here Ijav e sfiuriind, -■ The tldi)g« o’er which we grieved with lashes wet, Will flash before us, outof life’s dark night, . As slurs shine most in deeper tints of blue, And we shall see how all God's plans were light, And how what seemed reproof was love most true, And we shall see how, while we fret and sigh, (fod’s plans go on as beat for you and me { Jlow, when we called, He answered not our cry, Because His wisdom to the end could see. And e’en as prudent parents disallow Too much of sweet to craving babyhood, go God, perhaps, is keeping from us now Life’s sweetest things, because it secmeth good. And if, sometimes, commingled with life’s wine, We find the wormwood, and rebel and shrink, Be sure a wiser hand than yours or mine Pours out this portion for our lips to drink, And if some one we love is tying low, Where human kisses cannot reach her face, Oh ! do not blame the loving Father so, But wear your sorrow with obedient grace J And you shall shortly know that lengthened breath Is not the sweetest gift God sends Ilfs friend , And that, sometimes, the sable pall of death Conceals the fairest boon His love can send. If we could push ajar the gates of life, And stand within, and all God’s workings see, We could interpret all this doubt and strife, And fur each mystery could find a key, But not torday. Then be content, poor heart J God’s plans, like lilies pure and white, untold; We must not tear the close-sinjt leaves apart, Time will reveal the calyxes of gold. And if, through patient toil, we reach the land Where tired feet, with sandals loose, may rest, When we shall clearly know and under-^ stand, I think that wo will say, fl God knew the best,”