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Cary, Alice, 1820-1871 [1859], The adopted daughter and other tales. (J.B. Smith and Company, Philadelphia) [word count] [eaf487T]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
[BY PHœBE CAREY.] O soul, that must survive that hour when heart shall fail and flesh decay, God, angels, men, are witnesses of vows which thou hast made to-day. What solemn fears this hour are born, what joyful hopes this hour are given: Thought reaches down from heaven to hell, and up from farthest hell to heaven. Before my fearful vision pass those star-like souls, grown darkly dim— The sea of mingled glass and fire, the saints and priests with conquering hymn. O God! shall I go down with those, wandering through blackness from their place, Or up with the redeem'd and saved, who stand before their Father's face? For now my eyes have seen the truth, this is thy sure and just decree: “If I shall turn again to sin, there is no sacrifice for me:” And the baptismal touch which lay so lightly on the brow beneath, Shall be omnipotent in power, to press me surely down to death. Its seal shall be a diadem, to shine amid the angel choir, Or on my forehead burn in hell, an everlasting crown of fire; And all who hear my vows to-day, shall hear my final sentence read: God, angels, men, are witnesses at the great judgment of the dead.
Cary, Alice, 1820-1871 [1859], The adopted daughter and other tales. (J.B. Smith and Company, Philadelphia) [word count] [eaf487T]. |
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