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Show THE CROSS FOR THE CROWN. ' "WouoVt have no pain. "WouMvst have no care. . "Wouldst have no cross to boar? i AVouldst have, not one single Thing, A shadow o'er thy life to lling? : Then how eouldst oarn The crown so hriphi? Then how eouldst dwell in Heaven's 1 liprh't? Then now eouldst wear the garments fail. , In the shining realms over there? When life is done And the ha tile won And the weary soul at rest, J We thf-n hail know I "Why it was so Tii at tilings were for the best. I r When the doathbfll glides t O'er the sombre tides. And the voyage at last is o'er; I "When (tie spirit stands On the shining sands ! Of the groat forevermore. Then mystery's vale , From the eyes shall fall And a new vision be given to all; Then, indeed, shall it be known That the ro.ison why The crc.-s was borne Was in order that the crown be worn. |