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The Sower and Other Poems PACE Prologue 7 The Sower 12 With Peace like a River .... 14 Love Seeking Beauty . 16 The Upward Look 18 The Peace of Cod 20 The Meek Shall Inherit .... 22 Harvesting 26 An Enemy's Sowing 28 Torment Us Not 32 Known by Its Fruit 34 Opportunity 36 Faith 38 Life from the Dead AO When Hate is BUnd 42 Living Waters 44 Ministry 46 TempIe-Bulldlng 48 Gifts in Sleep 50 Two Paths 52 Cod's Tokens 54 A Song of Rest 56 Afterthought 59 The Sower ORN with thy toil that seemeth unavailing, [reward ; Fear not, thou Sower, moat sure is thy Wait till the end, (or Justice is unfailing, Working the plans of Love, the heavenly Lord. Thine is not labor lustreless and weary, Toil spent for wages and reward of daily bread; [and dreary, Nor thiue to scheme, with selfish thought Holding an abundance whereof no poor are fed. Sower thou art now, — foresee the joy of harvest. The hungry shall be fed with what thy hands supply ; Scatter free thy good seed, though for lack thou starvest. Love's hundredfold of increase thy heart will sati^. t: l| With Peace like a Ri iver its qu'et valley, wiA tree-clad banks Miles and miles along, le river floweth and giveth thanks. Singing its quiet song. Gentle its flow o'er the sandy bed ; Ripples that gleam like smiles Give back the glow of the sun oer-head, To think of in after-whiles. I would I could tell of a life I know, Reflecting ever the good. With peace and praise like a river's flow, — Making Love understood. Love Seeidng Beauty ^Y!E-***^ •>«««y find* in every place aome charm, unieen by sordid eyes. rorher the pageant o( the pasang Each marching day with glorious A jf .. "wniing ^«ce, And fareweU smile, when golden clouds enlac: The peanful West.— whose colors are brought near To lowly earth by flowers, in whose dear Heart-blessing faces present joy we trace. In limes of storm, love knows the storm wiUpau; Her heart at peace finds no storm CL L ."^> [sight ^he hath no fears to cloud the present Of beauty ever.— beauty of the grass Kefrwhed by rain; of humble ones from sin New-deansed. reflecting heaven's gracious Kght. The Upward Look jOILER and (W%e. look lyl The iky it kje, And cb>u(b at white a< wool Fk>at lightly diere; The love-light of the heaveni It over you. And like a floating cloud It all your care. Great peace have they who k>ve The heavenly way ; The upward look of joy. The tender tone, Brighten the toiliome hourt ; — How bright a ray Of God's love-Hght tpringt up When k)ve is sown. The Peace of God |APPY Ihe man whow heart can tea. Sure that GoJi goodneu neer will ceate; Each day, complete, with joy it blesied. God keepeth him in perfect peace. Cod keepedi him, and God i» one.— One Life, forevennore the lame. One Truth unchanged while ages run. Eternal Love Hii hoEett name. Dwelling in Love that e»r!:,ot change. From anxiou fear man finds releue; No more his homeless longings range, God keepedi him in perfect peace. In perfect peace, with tumult stilled. Enhavened where no storms arise. There man can work what God hath willed. The joy of perfect work his prize. HEY crucified Lord Jesus, The people, in their madness Upsurged by priestcraft badness,- Hate of the pure and good. They who had cried, Hosanna, Stood round about him jeering : ' This is no King's appearing. Nailed on the accursed rood. "Come down, thou great King Jesus, We then may call thee Saviour ! " God-Eke was his behaviour. To his oMm teaching true. " Father," he kept repeating. With love divinely Hving, " Father, be thou forgiving. They know not what they do." The Meek Shall Inherit YHUS HE with power to blast them. Was heavenly in meekness; Thqr thought his patience weakness, — But strmgth divine was this. Strength to resist not evil ' Mid devil-hate's assailing, To wait for Love's availing. While the bitter cup was his. Through meekness he was victor ; He sought but to be kwly. Thai God the ever-hojy Raised him to life above. Thus man's true life was proven Unslayable. eternal. Joined with the Life supernal. — When hate was met with love. Harvesting « ELL shall it be with the upright man. Well, ever well; For the deeds of his mind are like the seed That grows and ripens for coming need; Hand's work comes back to the hand, they tell. Cease to do evil: learn to do well — For that is the heavenly plan. Light is sown for the righteous man. Light, heavenly light; Mists may hang o'er the sproutless fields. And toil be long ere the good grain yields ; But the har^'est brings the sower's reward In winnowed grain from the hand of his Lord Who purges lU with his fan. An Enemy's Sowing »g |SOWED good wheat in the field. And labored under the sun ; But after the toil was done My senses by sleep were sealed. In the long, long wait for the yield. Unburdened by honest cares. An enemy, ever awake His uncaused hate to slake. Scattered his bag of tares On the earth late turned by the shares. The innocent, brown, [Joughed earth. Mellowed by rain and sun. Knew not of the ill deed done. But nourished the seeds to birth That in harvest-time make dearth. When sleep I at last disown. And arise to labor with zest. The field with green is dressed ; But amidst the wheat upgrown. Are tares by the enemy sown. An Elnemy's Sowing ^ XHE AWAKING oune too late. For the clutching tares Itad bound Wheat-staflu with tendrils round ; Till the harvest my laborers wait To pu^ out the sowing of hate. In the yellow autumn days Red fires in the evening glow. And purple smoke hangs low, — Tis the withered tares that blaze. Their smoke makes the Klac haze. Of the wheat I have reaped what was sown. With an increase thirty-fold. It is safe in the gamer's hold ; But an hundredfold shall be known When the field is for wheat alone. DEMON-HAUNTED man, when Chrut puied by. Cried with a piteous voice, " What can there be Of Imuhip, Son of God, for roe and thee, — I the most low and thou from the Most High I " Then legion lusts urged from his Hps the cry, " Before the time art come to torment me ?" But Jesus spake, — and from dehisions free. In his light mind the man, redeemed, drew nigh. To-day's outcries proclaim the demon fears Lest truth like flame reveal the warp of lies Where envy hastes to in-weave ill surmise. " Leave us alone I for all our work of years If touched by truth would flash to smoke wind-blown, And nothing leave for hate to call its own." It IE who detires with tingle mind To make the simple truth hi« rule. Cannot divide his thought to find His neighbor's fault or name him He like a husbandman is wise, — His trees are pruned, his vines are dressed. Till glowing (ruit makes glad the eyes. And vintage proves his labor blessed. With double mind the Pharisee Rx!s\ti himself in unbased pride. By thinking all men worse than he ; Nor seeks with right to be allied. Shall one to holiness lay claim. Only because he can malign His brother-man, — so have the name Of righteousness without the sign ? The thorns within his vineyard grown, The nettles in neglected field^ The stone wall broken down, make known How little good at last pride yieMs. Opportunity II E have Seen the star I rise and follow, Arouse thee, brother," the wise man said. " What, in the night? What wilt thou follow, By which of the twinkles in heaven's dim hollow Into the desert wilt thou be led?" " We have seen the star, where star was never. Calling us, brother, in the Elastem dark ; This is the portent we follow, and ever We near the end of our life's endeavor, — Thou too ceuist see wouldst thou only mark ! ' " No star I'll follow, dim night is for sleefHng, A phantom is this ye will follow too far ; Balms of the night my senses are steeping, — " The wise men departed, their faithful watch keeping. The unwise remained, but no more came the star. Faith UT from the limpid water* of a lake A cragsy island reared its tangled head; "No beauty there," a stranger would have said — But we who pressed and crackled through the brake Discovered there a pool all spangled bright With lily flowers ; naught else could grow From evil mire that turbid lay below Yet these looked to the sky with calm delight, Receiving thence the largess of the Sun That patient waiting from his rays had won. And keeping golden wealth in chalice white. Thus faith from seeming evil heart may rise And be enriched with blessings from the skies. For unto those who trust, the Lord is Light. IMONG the dead too long have I been lying, Amopg the dead-alive whose hope is gone, Whose eyes with stupor greet the glowing davyn. Who know no longer merriment or crying. But one duD, even weariness of plying Unhonored, unrewarded labor, — wan As ghosts, unfeatured, they are drawn By pain to ttal that brings no satisfying. Yet this an anguished dream must be, no more ; For in the silence something ever calls, Hinting of love, of beauty, joy to be ; And then hope trembles at the bdng's core, — ' Tis faith in God makes freemen out of thralls; By faith renewed true Hfc comes back to me. J HAT shall 1 «ay to my cruel foe Who makelh his joy what hurteth me? This cry to God from my depth of woe, " Open his eyes that he may see I " Open his eyes to the heavenly law Which ever the triumph of good ensures, Till seeing God as the prophete saw, In his Kfe God's radiant love endures. That he may see in his brother man. And love, God's likeness though faint the trace ; And cleanse from his thought all hate that can By anguish his brother's joy erase. When I pray for this my hurt is healed. The warrior strife is stilled in me ; Then I pray for love yet unrevealed, " Open my eyes that 1 may see 1 " Living Waters HEN 'neath the palms, glad o( oasis-re^ The swarthy children oi the desert dwell. This legend of the past the elders tell — How once a spring refreshed an angel-guest. And God so gave it life at his request That where its precious drops on hot sands fell A gushing water-spring would swift upwell. And wanderers of the barren plain be blessed. One there was once who dwelt upon the earth. Who unto men the living water brings. Whereof receiving, in a land of dearth Where'er we go we may sow water-spniMs; Soon shall the vihok wide earth his witness know, And water brooks in every desert flow I Ministry p F Kings wouM control the multitude in masset. Love serves the needy where one the blessing craves ; Blind Bartinueus' cry the Christ hears as he passes. And pausing for the one man, one man more he saves. Seekest thou some great thing? Let thy heart not cherish Aught to obscure thy nighest chance to bless; Forget not the many and love them lest they perish. Yet surely save the one lamb from the wilderness. Temple-Building IS buildert wrought for Solomon, And hewed the cedar trees ; They squared the beams in Lebanon. And bare them over-seu. The quarry-tools of GebaTs men. And Sidon's axe-men. rest — Rrst came their shaping-toil, and then Its place for what is best. For there on Mount Moriah's height, Silent, the one thought shows ; Great beams and stones are fitted right. Like petals in a rose. In squaring now her temple-stones Love keeps alone the good ; By cleavage of man's pride atones, Then compacts brotherhood. Gifts in Sleep I HY building thou wouldst have aO men extol. But God alone thy life can edily ; With endless skill thine art thou mayest ply, With peering eyes search ancient law and scroll. And mete thyself of sleep a meager dole, Rising to toil at dawn with deqxlrawn sigh, Taking so late thy rest, but not thereby Comes growth and life's enkrgement to thy louL Why do thy wakeful burning eyes refuse The balm and healing of His nif^itly dews ? For growth and strength what need to pray and weep When it is thine if thou wih only choose? Rest in His love, no vigils weary keep, "He giveth unto His beloved in sleep 1 " Two Paths APPY the man who givet no heed When men ot wicked minds would lead. Who will not for iltcounsel itand. Nor with the scornful join nis hand; God's law in thought is his deUght, And comforts him by day and night His Kfe is fruitful Kke the tree Rooted \^re water-streams flow free, Whose leaf no drou^ of summer knows. Whose hisdous fruit to ripeness grows; Thus good by every season brought Prospers the good man's act and thought But men ungodly are not so ; Like idle chaf blown to and fro By harvest winds, so disappear The plans they cherish, and with fear They find that sin in ruin ends. While God the righteous man befriends. O bright this May-tiine round me I behold The tokens of God's love ; The green grass shines with heaven's gold, Blossoms are white above. White are the floating clouds that sail the blue. Swept by the wind's delight ; Bird-singing weaves its joy-gleams through The thrilling rays of light. A little child, as lowly as the grass, Sings of His watchful care ; White orchard blooms, white clouds that pass. Join with the gentle prayer. A Song of Rest 3 AM only a child, who u lying In the bofom oi infinite Love; I ^>eak not of fiving or (lying. I know not of wrrow and ciying. My thou^ are dwdEng above. The spring (A the life diat is flowing Is hidden with Christ In God ; Not yet the mystery knowing, I feel that the peace is growing As a river grows deep and broad. AU I need, without price I am buying By my trust in the Goodness above; There's an end to my yearning and For just Eke a child I am ^ing In the bosom of infinite Love. ^s°.. W/'mn tin fitUi in rustling p>ld WUh tht full grain in iht *ar. Is III* Sowr not consoltdf— Wlun tht JUIds art rustling gold And tko Rtaptr's joy is told. 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