THE DEAD.
Call them not dead, who leave the earthly for the heavenly state.Theirs is a life more real than ours;And, while we weep for them such bitter, bitter tears,They come to us with words of light and cheer;Bidding us wait in patience till our work on earth is done.Then shall we join them in that higher life,Where all which now seems full of deep, deep, mystery,Shall be unfolded to our view; and we shall seeThat all the discipline of our earth life was needed,To fit our souls for knowledge infinitely greater, and far more gloriousThan mortal mind can e’er attain.
Call them not dead, who leave the earthly for the heavenly state.Theirs is a life more real than ours;And, while we weep for them such bitter, bitter tears,They come to us with words of light and cheer;Bidding us wait in patience till our work on earth is done.Then shall we join them in that higher life,Where all which now seems full of deep, deep, mystery,Shall be unfolded to our view; and we shall seeThat all the discipline of our earth life was needed,To fit our souls for knowledge infinitely greater, and far more gloriousThan mortal mind can e’er attain.
Call them not dead, who leave the earthly for the heavenly state.Theirs is a life more real than ours;And, while we weep for them such bitter, bitter tears,They come to us with words of light and cheer;Bidding us wait in patience till our work on earth is done.Then shall we join them in that higher life,Where all which now seems full of deep, deep, mystery,Shall be unfolded to our view; and we shall seeThat all the discipline of our earth life was needed,To fit our souls for knowledge infinitely greater, and far more gloriousThan mortal mind can e’er attain.
Call them not dead, who leave the earthly for the heavenly state.
Theirs is a life more real than ours;
And, while we weep for them such bitter, bitter tears,
They come to us with words of light and cheer;
Bidding us wait in patience till our work on earth is done.
Then shall we join them in that higher life,
Where all which now seems full of deep, deep, mystery,
Shall be unfolded to our view; and we shall see
That all the discipline of our earth life was needed,
To fit our souls for knowledge infinitely greater, and far more glorious
Than mortal mind can e’er attain.