Our Idols

Wn fashion our idols -not of stone. Nor beaten aold, nor costliest Jn'Jiu wood , Ah, do! our idols are our loved, onr owu, lu wlioee eweet veins runsonly huuian blood. Yct round their brows we seo celestial liaht And dream them glorieus ih the angelsaie; Their very presence fllls the clooraiesl niaht With teuder radiunce, üke 'soine wuiidroua alar. On their dear shrlnes we Iny cnr choicest (rlh Devotion.faith- ave, oflentiincs a lile- Oh consecration sweet thst stroniy lüts The soul from eelf thronfh love'a diviuest tl ife ! God pliy those who live too lomjaud see Th:lt light celestial lowly fade away. And, like some hideon midnigiit phmitBav Their idol crumble imo comniou cltiy ! '