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Philosophy And Religion
A stern philosophy it is, which says,Bear with thy lot, O man! thou canst not change
The will of God, nor alter aught his ways;
For this would be all nature to derange;
'Tis the fixed law of nature men should die,
And thou must, in thy turn, that law obey;
To view thy fate with calm indifference try,
And naught of sorrow, nor of fear betray.
Not so Religion, with its heavenly voice,
Speaks to the suffering, dying sons of men!
It bids their sinking hearts in hope rejoice,
Declares that man, though dead, shall live again;
Points to the Savior, who, e'en from the grave,
Has power, above all nature's might, to save.
Poem No. 21; c. 28 November 1857
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