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TO MR. MESSER,
ON THE LOSS OF HIS SON ISAAC.
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TO MR. MESSER, ON THE LOSS OF HIS SON ISAAC.
Mysterious are God's ways, and must be soTill finite infinite can comprehend;—
Be it enough for man by faith to know,
That God his father is, and Christ his friend;
That wisdom and that mercy nought intend
But future blessedness without alloy,
Through all our chastenings if we mark the end—
That those who “sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
Thy parent-woe is great!—and thou wouldst own
The same of mine, didst thou its nature know:
Yet we have comforts to the world unknown,
Which from the Source of our salvation flow,—
We mourn for Christians, children that will be
The children of their Lord to all eternity!
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