A Furnace of Earth

A FURNACE OF EARTH
BY HALLIE ERMINIE RIVES Author of “Smoking Flax,” etc.
As silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
—DAVID.
INDIANAPOLIS THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1900, By The Camelot Company, New York.
TO R. W.
Their first estate of joy they leave,
So pure, impassioned and elate,
And learn from Piety to grieve
Because their hearts are passionate.
—The Revelation of St. Love the Divine.