STRENGTH. 

47 
CEDAR TREE. 
Juniperus. 
Language STRENGTH. 
And while in peace abiding 
Within a sheltered home, 
We feel as sin and evil 
Could never, never come ; 
But let the strong temptation rise 
As whirlwinds sweep the sea. 
We find no strength to 'scape the wreck. 
Save, pitying God, in thee ! 
Mrs. 
Ay, nerve thy spirit to the proof. 
And blench not at thy chosen lot : 
The timid good may stand aloof, 
The sage may frown ; yet faint thou not. 
Nor heed the shaft too surely cast, 
The hissing, stinging bolt of scorn ; 
For with thy side shall dwell at last 
The victory of endurance born. 
There is strength 
Deep bedded in our hearts, of which we reck 
But little till the shafts of heaven have pierced 
Its fragile dwelling. Must not earth be rent 
Before her gems are found ? 
Mrs. Hemaxs. 
-'b 
