LENTEN LESSONS.
Not of one day or age alone,
In unfeared Future far away,—
But here, and now, the Great White Throne:—
To-day, to-day, the Judgment-Day!
On every heart, O God, impress
This truth,—for all souls given,—
That heaven does not make holiness,
But holiness makes heaven.
Thy rightful dower Earth cannot give;
Far other, thou, than sun and sod;—
The soul of man can only live
By living in the life of God.
The creed of a contracted heart,
The code of a self-serving will,
Ne’er matched thy nature’s nobler part,
Nor could thy being’s end fulfill.
Peace is not here; in vain thy quest;—
Thou art not brother to the clod;
The heart of man can only rest
By resting on the heart of God.