The Sometime and the Now

THE BIBLE 937

"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me

beside the still waters.

"He restoreth my soul, he leadeth me in the path of righteous-

ness for his name's sake.

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they

comfort me.

"Thou preparest.a table before me in the presence of mine ene-

mies; thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

. "Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my

life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever."

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

The Sometime and the Now

They talk of the glories of Sometime;

Of the marvelous wonders we'll see

When we pass to our rest,

In that land of the blest

Where from sorrow we'll ever be free.

Of the wide-swelling song of the angels,

The harps and the crowns of pure gold;

And the pleasures that wait,

Inside the bright gate,

Where mortals shall never grow old.

But give me the glories about me!

The wonders I see every day:

The birds and the bees,

The plants and the trees,

And the streamlets that laugh on their way;

The breezes that blow from the mountains,

The myriad forms in the grass,

And the sunshine of love,

Falling free from above,

On the flowers that nod as I pass.

The heart-happy laughter of children,

As they frolic and dance at their play,

And the sweet-smiling bloom,

With its fragrant perfume,

Where the bobolink sings o'er the way;

The bright smilinar faces about me,

God's common folks that I love most,

With their doubts and their fears,

Their smiles, and their tears,

Making up earth's diversified host.

These I know! for I measure their feelings

By the sum of my own human heart;

And love with its tender revealings

Speaks of these of which I am a part.

So let others desire for the future,

There's that in my nature, somehow,

That shuts out the prospect of Sometime

In the glorious vision of Now!

Lon J. Haddock