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The Future State of the Wicked and its Duration
Seek not with mortal sight to pierce the gloomWhich shrouds the wicked in a future state;
Foretell the nature of their righteous doom,
Nor seek to know how long or short its date.
In the few years which thou on earth dost spend,
Use well the time which God to thee has given;
Known unto him alone can be the end,
Make of thy home on earth a present heaven.
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Nor chilling doubts can then disturb thy mind;
But thou shalt find his presence with thee near;
Unto his will in patient hope resigned,
That what Time's shadows from our eyes conceal,
The eternal ages clearly will reveal.
Poem No. 415; c. 14 April 1877
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