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Article THE OLD AND THE NEW TEAR. ← Page 2 of 2
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The Old And The New Tear.
To dwell with spirits kindred to his own , In utter darkness lost , lamenting much ; Or in refulgent light , for ever blest . The good are happy in the world of love ; To them Jehovah's everlasting power Shall be a meed of universal joy .
E ' en now a spirit from another world Doth seem to lighten up my lonely room ; Ethereal , its soothing presence brings A blissful comfort from tbe realms above . Now all is calm !
And as the chimes of distant village bells Float on serenely through the midni ght air , I humbly kneel , ancl list to sacred songs , In unison ascending unto heaven From man ' s rejoicing heart .
The Old Tear ' s gone ! It ' s joys and sorrows o ' er ; With its last breath it whispered " peace and love , " And promise gave of better times to come ;— - A future free from worldl y care and pain , But full of bliss and bonds of Brotherhood , Where Faith shall reign , and Godlike gifts abound , And Wisdom walk with Virtue hand in hand ;
Where Peace be-crowned exultant moves along , And joyous Plenty joins the goodly train . The world of strife become the Golden Age Of Love and Joy , of Song and Happy Days , Where couchant Lions are like the harmless Lambs And birds of sweetest song are tame ancl free .
Blest Man ! To whom the earth , with beauty clad , Now yields her choicest fruits with lib ' ral hand ; And doubly blest in such halcyon scenes , Let mankind dwell contented with their lot—So may it be , and all the earth rejoice .
The New Tear ' s come ! Fresh as a summer ' s morn , Ancl like a babe just born scarce knows the world . The midnight watchers pray , ancl greet the year With songs of praise ancl joyous jubilants . All hail to thee ! Thou child of Father Time , Be thou the wished-for advent ,
promised—sent—The harbinger of universal peace , That war may cease , and nations live content . Then Art ancl Science , not misused by man , Dire ills ancl death no more to him will bring ; But good men , working in the paths of Truth , Till Earth ' s or Nature ' s secrets stand revealed , '
Will by their knowledge triumph over all . Man , girt with glory bright , transformed will be , For ever happy , innocent , and free . * * * # # # # To this fair end may all progression tend , And evil cease ; the world exempt from sin , With The New Tear , would a fresh course begin .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Old And The New Tear.
To dwell with spirits kindred to his own , In utter darkness lost , lamenting much ; Or in refulgent light , for ever blest . The good are happy in the world of love ; To them Jehovah's everlasting power Shall be a meed of universal joy .
E ' en now a spirit from another world Doth seem to lighten up my lonely room ; Ethereal , its soothing presence brings A blissful comfort from tbe realms above . Now all is calm !
And as the chimes of distant village bells Float on serenely through the midni ght air , I humbly kneel , ancl list to sacred songs , In unison ascending unto heaven From man ' s rejoicing heart .
The Old Tear ' s gone ! It ' s joys and sorrows o ' er ; With its last breath it whispered " peace and love , " And promise gave of better times to come ;— - A future free from worldl y care and pain , But full of bliss and bonds of Brotherhood , Where Faith shall reign , and Godlike gifts abound , And Wisdom walk with Virtue hand in hand ;
Where Peace be-crowned exultant moves along , And joyous Plenty joins the goodly train . The world of strife become the Golden Age Of Love and Joy , of Song and Happy Days , Where couchant Lions are like the harmless Lambs And birds of sweetest song are tame ancl free .
Blest Man ! To whom the earth , with beauty clad , Now yields her choicest fruits with lib ' ral hand ; And doubly blest in such halcyon scenes , Let mankind dwell contented with their lot—So may it be , and all the earth rejoice .
The New Tear ' s come ! Fresh as a summer ' s morn , Ancl like a babe just born scarce knows the world . The midnight watchers pray , ancl greet the year With songs of praise ancl joyous jubilants . All hail to thee ! Thou child of Father Time , Be thou the wished-for advent ,
promised—sent—The harbinger of universal peace , That war may cease , and nations live content . Then Art ancl Science , not misused by man , Dire ills ancl death no more to him will bring ; But good men , working in the paths of Truth , Till Earth ' s or Nature ' s secrets stand revealed , '
Will by their knowledge triumph over all . Man , girt with glory bright , transformed will be , For ever happy , innocent , and free . * * * # # # # To this fair end may all progression tend , And evil cease ; the world exempt from sin , With The New Tear , would a fresh course begin .