A memorial volume of sacred poetry by the late Sir John Bowring. To which is prefixed, a memoir of the author, by Lady Bowring |
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Gospel Teachings.
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Gospel Teachings.
There was a day in ancient time
(It took its name from the bright Sun
That beams upon the orient clime),
When in the ripened corn-fields One
Of God's most eloquent instructors, wheat
Plucked from the ear, and to the crowd
Uttered His gentle mandate loud,
“These are Heaven's gifts—rejoice and eat.”
(It took its name from the bright Sun
That beams upon the orient clime),
When in the ripened corn-fields One
Of God's most eloquent instructors, wheat
Plucked from the ear, and to the crowd
Uttered His gentle mandate loud,
“These are Heaven's gifts—rejoice and eat.”
“The Sabbath,” said the holy sage,
“Was made for man a cheerful day;
When those I teach, from age to age,
Should be both gratulant and gay.
I bring them no lugubrious word,
I call them unto love and light,
And little they obey the Lord
Who make religion gloom and night.”
“Was made for man a cheerful day;
When those I teach, from age to age,
Should be both gratulant and gay.
I bring them no lugubrious word,
I call them unto love and light,
And little they obey the Lord
Who make religion gloom and night.”
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