...Paul here says, you are " feeling after him," you grope timidly, as our Poet-Laureate well puts it — "I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the world's great altar stairs, That slope through darkness up to God, " I stretch lame hands of faith,...

...Saviour's dceds And finding that of fifty creeds None do my Father's signet bear I falter whero I feebly trod And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar stairs That elope through darkness up to God I streteh lame hands of faith, and grop* And gather...

...Nature lends such evil dreams ? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning...cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and...

...Nature lends such evil dreams ? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning...weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord...

...That Nature lends such evil dreams! So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning...that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, strength, SOSGS OF THREE CENTURIES. Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness...

...Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the tv|>e she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty sreds She often brings but one to boar, I falter where 1 firmly trod. And falling with my weight of...

...Him." (Job xxii. 8.) So it will always be in approaching God in our present fallen state. " I stumble where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the world's great altar stairs, That lead through darkness up to God." But these are only the approaches...

...That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning...that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, strength, SONGS OF THREE CENTURIES. Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness...

...and natural — a proportion of waste, or unworkable material ? As the poet says of Nature : — " I considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her...of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear." When staying one autumn at a small but pretty watering-place in North Wales, I paid almost daily visits...

...of the same mystery which tortured the ancient patriarch, thus describes his faith in doubt : — " I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stain. That slope through darkness up to God, " I stretch lame hands of faith and grope, And...