IHiii!HilH!llR1!l.'iillll'i)'lli'il'i>llill,':l'i;!!i!!i PS 3319 .W6R3 1891 ^ .°-*^ 4 o » ^: ■ J-°'V- ■""o V- ^o-n- ^y-r '^.£^ ^o> :'MM' S-/ "•'^^'- ''^-'^^^ '*'^^4"" \/ -v ^' o ^ 1^5bbor)i. Rak)k)OQi. Sl^e f\c\/ DWigi^t Willian^i 'I aiT) Y\e tt^at livett\ ar\d. "Was dead; aT[d, bel^old, I arq alive foreverrqore, flnqeT]." COPYRIGHT 1891, BY DWIGHT WILLIAMS, CAZENOVIA. N Y ^^"^ COPy RIGHT ^% fAM po rqqi "* "Y5 33l<] ^abb 0[]\ "•^H, touch me not."" the Master said, And wliy. as Mary stood ; Could slie look down the path that led From that deep solitude Whither he went through tears and blood To that abyss so deej), So far beyond the land of sleep, That they who go with teai's bedewed Come not to us who weep i II ^OULD slie look up the royal road, The highway whither he Should reach iu triumph liis ahode With throngs iu jubilee. To take his crown, and sceptred Ix' ^ Beyond her touch he knew Far as the stars iu azure blue, And yet so near, the same to see, Her loving Lord and true. Ill JESUS let me stand by thee, And share the same surprise ; All, hast thou not a word for me, A smile for ray poor e3'es ; May not the same dear dawn arise Oil all thy weary ones ; Shall Mary only hear the tones Sweet as the angel symphonies Amid the golden thrones ? liZ ^O often I have heard thee si)eak, And yet I knew thee not, And in my weeping came to seek Thee only in tlie grot, With spices home to hless the spot, And sweetly hallow it ; And where they laid thee long to sit, In sorrow of my stricken lot Where silence seemed most tit. _M]Y woes are dead since thou dost live, "Rabboni " thou art here ; I know thee and my love I ^ive To Ihee my Saviour near, I stand beside thee without fear, And yet two worlds divide Just where we stand ; thou beautified In lieaven's serenest atmosphere, Mine still the earthward side. " J? ABBONI," I have called thee mine, I know thee hy my love ; It fills me with a thrill divine, And in the light thereof I cannot from thy smile remove, For distance is no har. Love needeth not a golden car To mount away to realms above. The same if near or far. J KNOW thou last ascended, yet Tliou art as near to me As thou to tliose on Olivet, Who stood transfixed to see The chariot cloud that came for thee, And heard thy words so sweet ; I stand within my heart's retreat ; O world ! we here part company, ]VIy rai)ture is com])lete. Mill '*f? ABBONI," I can only say, The wonder fills my eyes, The morning of the perfect day Sweej^s on in glad surprise ; Love calleth me, my heart replies, This only can I tell, I know thee, and I love thee well ; Thy smile my pathway heautifies, And in thy peace I dwell. 3477*l«a Lot 69 Lot 69 «y^,^ «.' "" \.c,^ ' G*- ^ 'o..* /v ,0 ■%> *?^'^-:\-^ <^h ...