The Messenger, Vol. 12, No. 6

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VOL. XII.

,MA.ROH, 1887.

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6.

EDITORS: .

' {'. [J •.

w. S'.L'RALEY

C. TI. CRUIKSHANKS, Philologian, { 'IV. 'A. BORUM, lJ. W. WILLIAMS •

PJu Sigma Rho.,_ '\IV. ~- TYREE, ' , R. C. STEARNES.

. . Busi~ess Manager-W.

A. BORUM.

Assistant Business Ma'!ager.-W.

,vi.ere

Shall

~vc Si,e ,nd Et.e1·11ity•t

w ·here wHl yon be when earth's · sunbeams fade, Ancl the hand of Lleath is upon you laid ; ' Wliien the toil mud pairl of this life is o'eir, A;ll'd . the ·.smiles of rrien ·cls y.om eam see .Jillo / -more, . When the night is passed and the sliaclows iflee,

. Oh! ,yhere

C. ROBINSON.

wrn you spe1ud Eternity?

Where will you be when life's eares are borne · 'fo the verge of that wodd. where the erown b worn ; . ' ' When the billows o,f darkness around you roll, }Vhen the i·iver is .erossed by th ·e S[rnedi1ug sonl; 'fn the gloom of aight, or by pearly sea, Where will you dwell throngh Eterniity? Where will you ·be in the rnicli1ight gloom, When decaying manhood is i11the tomb ·; Whcu the lip,; are silent and the heart is cold, ·' And the wasted cheeks . wear :1 bliglitccl mo11ltl:

When ' the so.nl from bhe pnlseless fer~ free, .Oh! whe .re will you spend , Eternity?

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. \-Vll:)crewill y,9n be ;when thc ;mystie 1'Yark GHr:les o'e1· the riv.er d:eep a1ud dark; '\!¥hen the boatman points o'er the ·sm1less stream, To tlrnt far-01f home where the s•~m doth gle~m; :Where the cr@wn is waiti11g for you and me, .Oh! wlijere shall we chveU in Ete~:nity.? . Where will yon be ,Vlhen this toil is dohe, Ancl endless rest from earth's eaves is won ; Wm it be for weal? Win it he for woe? ·.iF1or mo,rn abo¥e or night ,be10w; , 111 · !I su1dess gfoom,or by vearly sea, Oh ! ,v11ere will you spend Etcr1ij.Fty? Wl~cre I\ ill you be in the last great day, When the clouds of ages s·1rnU1·01'1away; Wl~en the ulead come forth at the Saviour's (?aH, And the livh1g cha11gie witfa 1m shrond @r pall; , When t11e night is o'er :lllld the shadows flee, Oh! where will you ·spend Eterni.ty?

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