CONCLUDING REKLKCTIONS. C? 



closed to us, we are taught to anticipate a scene in which there 

 ".wjU be " a pure river of water of hfe, clear as crystal, proceedmg 

 out of the throne of God, and of the Lamb, and, on either 

 side of the river, the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of 

 fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the 

 tree were for the healing of the nations." 



' Loiik to the lilies, how they grow !' 



'Twas thus the Saviour said, that we, 

 Even in the simplest flowers that blow, 



God's ever watchful care might see. 



Yes ! nought escapes the guardian eye — 



However vast, however small — 

 Of Him who lists the raven's cry. 



And marks from heaven the sparrov\''s fall. 



Why mourn we, then, for those we love. 



As if all hope was reft away ? 

 Let not our sorrowing hearts refuse 



Meekly to bend, and to obey. 



Shall He, who paints the lily's leaf. 



Who gives the rose its scented breath, 

 Love all His works, e.\cept the chief, 



And leave His image, Man, to death ? 



No ! other hearts and hopes be ours. 



And to our souls let faith be given, 

 To feel our lost friends only flowers, 



Transplanted from this world to heaven 



THE END. 



