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sylvan and sacred. By the Rev. Richard Wilton

Wilton, Richard

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[To The Right Honourable and Most Reverend William Thomson]

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THE WIND AT MIDNIGHT.

SIGNS OF SUMMER.

THE VOICE OF OUR CHURCHES.

THE PLAIN OF YORK FROM THE YORKSHIRE WOLDS.

PATRINGTON CHURCH.

THE SHEPHERD'S REED.

ON THE LARGE COPY PAINTED BY SELOUS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI'S “LAST SUPPER,”

BEECH-LEAVES, SNOW, AND VIOLETS.

AN AUTUMN DAY AT FOUNTAINS' ABBEY.

TO MRS. CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER.

TO SOME FRIENDS ABOUT TO WINTER AT CANEA, IN CRETE.

WINTER-BERRIES.

THE ARROW-SEED;

THE VICTIM AND THE PRIEST.

THE BIRDS' FIRST HALTING-PLACE.

A TIME OF REFRESHING. GLEN CRIPESDALE, LOCH SUNART.

ON A HIGHLAND BURYING-PLACE,

SONNETS ON THE FATHERS.

THE CROSS AND THE MOSS,

MY PAINTED WINDOW,

CHRISTMAS FARE FOR THE BIRDS.

A PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR.

THOUGHTS FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY.

A PRAYER FOR WHITSUNTIDE.

LIVINGSTONE'S LAST PRAYER.

ON THE DEATH UPON SNOWDON OF FREDERICK R. WILTON, B.A.,

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.

REVOLVING YEARS.

SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES.

SONNETS ON THE TYPES.

“LET US PASS OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE.”

MANSIONS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.

ON THE MORNING STAR.

THE FIRST VIOLET.

ON THE BAPTISM OF OUR INFANT.

CRAB-APPLE GATHERERS.

HARVEST PRAISE.

CHURCH SCULPTURE.

A CRUCIFORM CHURCH.

WATER TURNED TO WINE.

SOLACE IN SICKNESS.

A SUFFERING CHRISTIAN'S PRAYER.

HOME AND HEAVEN.

WINTER LESSONS.

A GETHSEMANE MARIGOLD.

ON A CYPRESS FROM MOUNT SINAI,

ON A DENARIUS OF TIBERIUS CÆSAR,

THE TEMPLE WINDOWS.

“MEET FOR THE MASTER'S USE.”

ON AN OLD ASH TREE,

THE BIRD-COMFORTER.

HOPE FOR OLD AGE.

SAMSON'S RIDDLE.

ON A THRUSH SINGING AT A FUNERAL IN NOVEMBER.

A THOUGHT IN A MARCH ROOKERY.

THE ROMAN CAMP.

ON THE SIGHT OF A SEA-BIRD IN APRIL.

A WHITE CHRISTMAS.

A LITTLE GIRL AT THE SEASIDE.

THE RAINBOW, A SYMBOL.

TAKE UP AND READ.

WINTER BLOSSOMS.

FROM MY STUDY WINDOW.

SWEET EGLANTINE.

IN TWILIGHT DIM.

IN SUNSHINE SWEET.

BLUE HYACINTHS.

FROM DESCRIPTION OF HUMAN LIFE.

JESUS CHRIST'S EXPOSTULATION WITH AN UNGRATEFUL WORLD.

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SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES.

Wandering together in the fields Divine,
We glean among the sheaves, and daily beat
Out from our store the precious “Corn of Wheat,”
Whose grace and truth for patient seekers shine.
Working together in the sacred mine,
We trace the veins of ore beneath our feet,
Till riches unimaginable greet
Our searching eyes, concealed in every line.
Sweet is the Word that “if but two agree”
Touching some pearl of hope they fain would find,
The rich fulfilment they shall surely see;
Thus then, Thy promise and our prayer combined,
Shall lead us to the vision, Lord, of Thee,
And more and more inform us with Thy mind.