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Show - -THfe CURRENcV OF HEAVEN- l-' '"' .-' ' "' Should you reach the golden gates of the mansions of the blest, Scan your passports with attention for It milstf stand, the Ite'st, i Of the 'scrutiny of guardians who there on-'dht'ywVlt, " ' ' For none but thosoi that's sanctified ctli enter through that gqtc,,. , Tho millionaire whose riclma gave him honors hero on earth, Will find they have no valuo there hnve no intrinsic worth. Ills gotten gains unmeiltloned here aro not currency In heaven, v1 And lacking claims acceptable nn en franco is not given. ' i.. ' s, if t ' The scheme; and tho demagogue have each ono plyed their nrt,V'E J And other classes-bent on fame and wealth and p'neo were smart;' Tho rich and poor tho great and small who've broke tho golden rule, Will find to their astonishment ,that they havo plciyed tho fool, . Their stock in trndo was popular while Ceascr claimed his part And each ono built his castle with the fabric next his heart, Uut a-lack h day when time was called and accounting to be ijlven, AH those who In the various' moods had no currency of heaven. llCLUIIJpliiP'l'f'V itio meeK and lowly of tho earth and honest wherewithal When approaching to that sacred ga te need have no fear at nil, Having wrought tho works of righteousness without hypocrisy, " Hnve tho elements of value which is heaven's currency, , The widows' mite1 outweighs In worth because of moral trends, The tawdry glisten of the gold, bestowed for selfish ends, ... . . it . The tender of a broken heart, show a conscience free from guile, Us humility Is a garland on which tho heavens smile. ' ' . i. , , v , k . i3 .1 l- Jh... 'il'.ii)' The.'obsture layman s modesty outranks the pompous glare ' I, v I ' i ltO li.l"' Of the sealot and sycophant who wears a plpus air: . . Decolves,' his" fellows' with a polso of sanctimonious mien, , jl K Dut in his heart is vile and false, as to others he hap been. Tho pure In heart have holy coin the currency of heaven, , 1 No others have a promise nor to them will e'er be given f it , ' ' An admittance through the portals 'that leads to realms of bliss, For only; those that's sanctified can reach a goal like this. ' . . Ksjitb, hope and charity are gems that sparkle there In heaven. . Nf Tho beatitudes withal 'declare the' nVl'res to be given,' ,, " ,, The winners those' who here onf earth were upright,, meek, and pure, . , r( Through trials fierce and painful passed,, yet In' them didj,endure! )(tf. No unclean thing need underlajte to e ter gtJirough .tba( gate, (- 1Irtn The vigils ot Its guardians in attention e'er abate ' 1- .. . tl . And the watchword ever blaring, that God to them has given, , That tho sum of all tb.e virtues is, currency .of heaven. Af . "1 l" James A. Lelshmann. |