The Amaranth Author:American Sunday-School Union Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LOOK BEYOND. When thy bosom swells with joy, Pleasures all thy hours employ ; When thy heart is free from sorrow, Careless of each coming morrow ; When bright... more » flowers are round thee strewn, Hope's fair mantle o'er thee thrown ; Look Beyond these scenes so gay, Fleeting, soon they'll pass away. When thy brow with care is clouded, Youth's fond dreams in darkness shrouded; When the light is faded—gone— That around thy pathway shone ; When thine eye is dimmed with tears, Sad thy spirit filled with fears; Look Beyond this world of woe, Peace and joy can God bestow. When the loved, who now are thine, Leave thee for a brighter clime ; When the grave, the bier, the pall, From thy gaze, have taken all; When thy lonely heart doth mourn Hours that never can return; Look Beyond the silent tomb, Christ hath scatter'd far its gloom. When thy days are finished here, Death's dark valley drawing near; When thy feeble frame decays, Faint and pale life's flickering rays ; When bright angels o'er thee bend, Home thy spirit to attend; Look Beyond the parting hour, Trust thy Saviour's grace and power ! C.THE INDIAN SACRIFICE. My life, though I am still young, has been to me a very eventful one; I have never resided but a few years at a time in one place; for it has seemed the intention of a wise Providence that I should literally have here no abiding place or continuing city. I have lived in the town and in the country, in the village and in the wilderness, in society and in solitude. But I trust I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I have never passed a day without experiencing much, very much, for which to be thankful, and have truly been led to say:— " Through all the various changing scenes Of life's uncertain ill, or good, Thy hand, O God, c...« less