AT LAST.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2153, 22 January 1891, Page 4

AT LAST.

When od my day of light the night is falling,,,: ! And in Llie wind, from unsunned spaces blown, t ' I hear far voices out of darkness calling My feet to paths unknown.

Thou hastimade my;hoineof life so plea" tant, /,,.,'. Leave not its tenant .when its walls decay;, O love divine, O Helper ever present,, ! Be thou my strength and' stay !, j 8e near me when all else is from pe drifting, Earth, sky, home's .picture,, days; of 'shnde and ermine, , , And kindly faces to rhy own uplifting \ The love whidh answersmine.

I have but Thee, O Father 1 Let Thy spirit Be with me then to comfort and uphold ; No gate of pearl, no branch of p,alm,j 1 ' '" " merit,' '.'■"/ -'■""" . Nor street of shining gold.

Suffice it if, my,good apdill unreckoned, And bothr Thy 1 : abounding .'grace, ;,, j I find myself by hands familiar beckoned Unto my fitting place.' ! ' j

Some humble door among,Thy many mansions, ~ ~ Some 1 sheltering shade where .Bin *nd striving cease, .'.'... , . And Jlowb for ever through heaven'B green expansions ; ' ( The river of Thy grace.; • •

There, from the music round about me stealing, j 1 fain would learn the new and holy :■''■ ' Bbngi ■ '". '' m " '" '. ; And find at last, beneath Thy trees of healiDg, ! ; ' The life, fpr, which'l long. ' J b&N* G.; Whittibb. i