The gloom which he weareth is lost in the message

He brings from the Being who loveth us best.

4 May we live ever true to the hopes He hath given,

While they shed o’er our path a still holier light;

Ever making us nearer and nearer to heaven,

More pure our affections, our spirits more bright.

346.

L. M.

Norton.

O, Stay Thy Tears!