The Lesson For The Day

Unce to every ranii or nation oompa tlie momea to decido, In the strito of Truth with Fateehood, for th good or evil sitie ; Sume prent cauae, Ood's nerw Messlah, offevin each tho blootn or blight, Parts tlio f;o;ita upon tiici ileft h;ind nud th sheop upoti tiie right. And tlic olioice goos by f ore ver 'twixt that dnrk mul that ligiitOarelesa sooino the froat Avenger; lnstory' pagea but record One death-grupple in the darkness 'twixt ole systema and the World ; Truth íorever on tlie seaftold, Wrpjig íovover o the thione - Tet that scatiold aways tlio future, and, behinc tiie dim unknown, Htandetli Gud withm the flluidow, keppinp watc abovo lus owu. Then to side witli Xiuth íb nuble wheu we shar her wretched crust, Kre hor causo bring fame and profit, and 'ti prosperous to be just ; Then it is the brave man chooses, while th coward stands yside, Doubting ín his abject. phit, till his Lord i erncified, And the multitude m:ike virtue of tiie fítith ílio. had denied. For humanity aweeps onword : wheve to-duy the martyr stands, Ou the monow crouches Judas with t'io silver 10 bis hands; Far in front the cross stands veady, aud the crackling fagots burn, While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe return To gleuu up the 8cattered aalies ín History's gwldtiu uru. New occasions teacli new duties ; Time makes ancient goods uncouth ; They must upward still, and onvrard, who wou!d keep abreast with Truth ; Do, before us gleiim her camp-fires; we ourBelves uiust Pilgriuas be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate Winter sea, Nor attompt the Future's portal witli the Past'a blooil-rupted key. -From " The Present Crisis."