IF THERE IS NO HEREAFTER.
If soul has no hereafter,What is the unknown bondThat bindeth soul to matter,And what is the beyond?What is the power that buildeth?What is the mind that wills?What is the power within usThat all our being thrills?If there is no hereafterWhat use to us was birth?We’re naught but vegetationEncumbering the earth.If knowledge had been givenOf th’ power that brought us here—The law of living, dying.—Of death we’d have no fear.We’d start on our new journey,And would not death regret.These questions are deep problemsWhich sometime must be met.This life would be a failureIf naught there was beyond;No tie twixt soul and matter,No everlasting bond.O Thou Almighty Father!Canst be that soul must die?O listen to my pleading,O Father hear my cry!O tell me what is dying?I would by Thee be taught.—Give me the glimpse of heavenWhich I so long have sought.—
If soul has no hereafter,What is the unknown bondThat bindeth soul to matter,And what is the beyond?What is the power that buildeth?What is the mind that wills?What is the power within usThat all our being thrills?If there is no hereafterWhat use to us was birth?We’re naught but vegetationEncumbering the earth.If knowledge had been givenOf th’ power that brought us here—The law of living, dying.—Of death we’d have no fear.We’d start on our new journey,And would not death regret.These questions are deep problemsWhich sometime must be met.This life would be a failureIf naught there was beyond;No tie twixt soul and matter,No everlasting bond.
O Thou Almighty Father!Canst be that soul must die?O listen to my pleading,O Father hear my cry!O tell me what is dying?I would by Thee be taught.—Give me the glimpse of heavenWhich I so long have sought.—