ord within thee: God is near!

"A light to sky and earth unknown
Pales all their lights: a mightier force
Than theirs the powers of Nature own,
And, to its goal as at its source,
His Spirit moves the Universe.

"Believe and trust. Through stars and suns,
Through life and death, through soul and sense,
His wise, paternal purpose runs;
The darkness of His providence
Is star-lit with benign intents."

O joy supreme! I know the Voice,
Like none beside on earth or sea;
Yea, more, O soul of mine, rejoice,
By all that He requires of me,
I know what God himself must be.

No picture to my aid I call,
I shape no image in my prayer;
I only know in Him is all
Of life, light, beauty, everywhere,
Eternal Goodness here and there!

I know He is, and what He is,
Whose one great purpose is the good
Of all. I rest my soul on His
Immortal Love and Fatherhood;
And trust Him, as His children should.

I fear no more. The clouded face
Of Nature smiles; through all her things
Of time and space and sense I trace
The moving of the Spirit's wings,
And hear the song of hope she sings.

1886

VOLUME III. ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS and SONGS OF LABOR AND REFORM

CONTENTS:

ANTI-SLAVERY POEMS:

TO WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE
THE SLAVE-SHIPS
EXPOSTULATION
HYMN: "THOU, WHOSE PRESENCE WENT BEFORE"
THE YANKEE GIRL
THE HUNTERS OF MEN
STANZAS FOR THE TIMES
CLERICAL OPPRESSORS
A SUMMONS
TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS
THE MORAL WARFARE
RITNER
THE PASTORAL LETTER
HYMN: "O HOLY FATHER! JUST AND TRUE"
THE FAREWELL OF A VIRGINIA SLAVE MOTHER
PENNSYLVANIA HALL
THE NEW YEAR
THE RELIC
THE WORLD'S CONVENTION
MASSACHUSETTS TO VIRGINIA
THE CHRISTIAN SLAVE
THE SENTENCE OF JOHN L. BROWN
TEXAS
VOICE OF NEW ENGLAND
TO FANEUIL HALL
TO MASSACHUSETTS
NEW HAMPSHIRE
THE PINE-TREE
TO A SOUTHERN STATESMAN
AT WASHINGTON
THE BRANDED HAND
THE FREED ISLANDS
A LETTER
LINES FROM A LETTER TO A YOUNG CLERICAL FRIEND
DANIEL NEALL
SONG OF SLAVES IN THE DESERT
To DELAWARE
YORKTOWN
RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE
THE LOST STATESMAN
THE SLAVES OF MA