ALONE WITH MY CONSCIENCE.
[The following poem was read by Dr. Vincent on the morning of August 25, 1884, at the closing exercises of the Chautauqua Assembly. This poem Dr. Vincent has read at the close of several Assemblies, and always with marked effect.]
I sat alone with my conscience,
In a place where time had ceased,
And we talked of my former living
In the land where the years increased;
And felt I should have to answer
The question it put to me,