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A Thought On 1840.
A THOUGHT ON 1840 .
BY BROTHER J . LEE STEVENS . LET not the lessons of the closing year Be lost upon us ; though they may appear Needless , at first—for wrong seems never
needed'They should not , therefore , pass us by unheeded . The thoughtless for awhile , have hacl their clay—The tyrannous their wished-for hour of sway . — The timid have been paralyzed—the good , To serve the servile , basely been subdued .
Still , out of evil doings , good hath been Deduced , ancl those who , trusting watch'd have seen The slandered triumph o ' er the slanderer—The worldly wise confuted—even where Their wisdom was held 2 iriceless as the gems
On Virtue ' s or Religion ' s diadems , But where , at length , they learnt with heartfelt ruth , How weak their wisdom when opposed to Truth ! Yet with the passing year let strife begone , Ancl peace and union reign o ' er forty-one !
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A Thought On 1840.
A THOUGHT ON 1840 .
BY BROTHER J . LEE STEVENS . LET not the lessons of the closing year Be lost upon us ; though they may appear Needless , at first—for wrong seems never
needed'They should not , therefore , pass us by unheeded . The thoughtless for awhile , have hacl their clay—The tyrannous their wished-for hour of sway . — The timid have been paralyzed—the good , To serve the servile , basely been subdued .
Still , out of evil doings , good hath been Deduced , ancl those who , trusting watch'd have seen The slandered triumph o ' er the slanderer—The worldly wise confuted—even where Their wisdom was held 2 iriceless as the gems
On Virtue ' s or Religion ' s diadems , But where , at length , they learnt with heartfelt ruth , How weak their wisdom when opposed to Truth ! Yet with the passing year let strife begone , Ancl peace and union reign o ' er forty-one !