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TWO SPIRIT WORLDS.
There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign;”
Their saintly minds in heaven's pure light
Cleave not to earth again.
Where saints immortal reign;”
Their saintly minds in heaven's pure light
Cleave not to earth again.
No winter storms in their abode,
No blight, and no decay:
Their sunshine is the smile of God,
That makes eternal day.
No blight, and no decay:
Their sunshine is the smile of God,
That makes eternal day.
How young they grow, as o'er them still
The endless years roll on!
How strong they grow to do God's will,
And live to Him alone!
The endless years roll on!
How strong they grow to do God's will,
And live to Him alone!
Another spirit land, I trow,
Vexed with our mean affairs,
Lies close upon earth's confines low,
And meddles with its cares.
Vexed with our mean affairs,
Lies close upon earth's confines low,
And meddles with its cares.
The “carnal mind” still to them clings,
Is with them there as here;
And so, with endless gossipings,
They mingle in our sphere.
Is with them there as here;
And so, with endless gossipings,
They mingle in our sphere.
Friend of my youth! who here in time
Put on thy robes of white,
Thy home is on those heights sublime,
Among the sons of Light.
Put on thy robes of white,
Thy home is on those heights sublime,
Among the sons of Light.
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Not mingling in our vulgar noise,
Thy cheery tones we hear,
But mingling in the “still small voice”
That charms my inward ear.
Thy cheery tones we hear,
But mingling in the “still small voice”
That charms my inward ear.
July 30, 1875.
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