Birth-place—The Forest (a poem)—Conviction of sin—Baptism and RURAL SCENES:The Walk in June. An Evening Meditation. Nature's Resurrection. The Bird's Nest. Gather Violets. To a Dandelion. To a Robin. God is There. The Canadian Farmer. The Return. The Old Sugar-Camp. To a Rabbit. The Old Man. The Fading and the Unfading (prose). On Receipt of some Wild Flowers. The Sick Girl's Dream. The Last Song. An Evening Scene. Autumn Teachings (prose). The Watcher. PATRIOTIC POEMS:The Surrender of Quebec. Song of the English Peasant Girl. A Nation's Desire. Canada's Welcome. Our Native Land. The Appeal. I Love the Land where I was Born. The World to Come. TEMPERANCE:A Welcome to a Temperance Picnic. A Life-Scene—The Letter. The Pledge. SIGHS ON MORTALITY:What is Your Life? Life. The Silent Army. The Dying Warrior. On Seeing a Skull (prose). Thoughts on Death. The Battle-Field. Dead and Forgot. Dear Emily. On the Death of a Friend (prose). The Heavenly Helper. The Promise. The Dead Christ (prose). The Complaint. The Mixed Cup (prose). I Shall Depart. Time Flies. A Voice from the Sick Room (prose). SONGS OF HOPE:"He Giveth Songs in the Night." The Last Good Night. Retrospective and Prospective (prose). Hope. Earth Not the Christian's Home. "We Sorrow Not as Others Without Hope" (prose). The Messenger Bird. Our Ship is Homeward Bound. Midnight. Easter Sunday (prose). The Risen Redeemer (prose). Dost Thou Remember Me? "'Tis I—Be Not Afraid." The Only Perfect One (prose). The Dying Christian. The Request. Complete in Him (prose). Trust in God. A Paradox (prose). "Thou Shall Know Hereafter." Thine Eyes Shall See the King in His Beauty (prose). All Is Well. We Shall Meet. What the Daughter of the Cloud Said (prose). This is not Home. The Soul's Consolation (prose). "We See through a Glass Darkly." Words of Cheer for Fainting Christians (prose). MISCELLANY:The Dying Year. Incomprehensibility of God. The Star of Bethlehem. God Made Me Poor. The Stranger Guest. A Long. Delightful Walk (prose). "The Servant is Not Above his Master." Elijah. The Sacred Page. Behold how He Loved Us. Love Your Enemies. The Orphan. Sententious Paragraphs (prose). "Ye Did It Not to Me." Hear and Help Me. Farewell. No Mother. To a Mother on the Death of her Child. In Goodness is True Greatness. Similes (prose). The Crucified of Galilee. The Ascension. The Hebrew's Lament. When Shall I Receive my Diploma? (prose). Alone with Jesus. The Lost Babe. The Day of Wrath. The Believer's Safety (prose). |