But, behold, His reasonable children, standing in just probation,
With ears to hear, neglect; with eyes to see, refuse:
They will not have the blessing with the life, the blessing that enricheth Immortality;
And look for pleasures out of God, for heaven in life alone:
So, they snatch that awful prize, existence void of love,
And in their darkening exile make a needful hell of self.
Therefore fear, thou sinner, lest the huge blessing, Immortality,
Be blighted in thine evil to a curse,—it were better he had not been born:
Therefore hope, thou saint, for the gift of Immortality is free;
Take and live, and live in love; fear not, thou art redeemed!