BY JEFFERY E. JEFFERY.
... Fellow creature I am, fellow-servant
Of God: can man fathom God’s dealings with us?...
Oh! man! we, at least, we enjoy, with thanksgiving,
God’s gifts on this earth, though we look not beyond.
You sin and you suffer, and we, too, find sorrow
Perchance through your sin—yet it soon will be o’er;
We labour to-day and we slumber to-morrow,
Strong horse and bold rider! and who knoweth more?
A. Lindsay Gordon.