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EASTER DAY. 
 
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 SARA HENDERSON SMITH. 
 
 " Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyefh the voice of 
 his servant, that vvalketh in darkness, and hath no light? " — Isaiah 1. lo. 
 " But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping."— John xx. 2. 
 
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/^VER the solemn night 
 
 Quivers the first dim light, 
 Sent forth to herald in the Christian Sabbath birth ; 
 
 And like that feeble ray, 
 
 Scarce chasing gloom away. 
 Flickers the dawn of Faith, o'er the sin-darkened earth. 
 
Faintly the morning beam, 
 
 By Cedron's cooling stream, 
 And dark Gethsemane, piercing the misty veil. 
 
 Reveals the sepulchre, 
 
 And its lone watcher — her 
 
 Who lingering still, pours forth her grief in low, deep 
 
 wail. 
 
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** Mary, why weepest thou ? " 
 Forgiven, sinless, now ; 
 
 So soon the echo lost, that bade thee " go in peace." 
 Still in the cold, damp air, 
 Rises the grief-taught prayer. 
 
 Her Lord is taken hence, nor may her mourning cease. 
 
'* Mary, why weepest thou ? " 
 Forgiven, sinless now ! 
 Bowed to the earth, not then her Master's voice she 
 hears ; 
 
 " Mary ! " the thriUing tone 
 Now to her heart has gone. 
 Love taught her first to weep ; Love has dried up her 
 tears. 
 
Disciple of the Lord, 
 
 Who trembles at His word, 
 Be strong, like hers, thy love, tho' faith be dimmed 
 and weak. 
 
 Go wait, and watch, and pray, — 
 
 Turn not, if He delay, — 
 He knows thee by thy name, and to tJiy heart will speak. 
 
E'en now the angel band 
 
 In light around thee stand — 
 Repentant and forgiven, asking, " Why weepest thou ?" 
 
 But not till He appears 
 
 To gather up thy tears 
 They gem the love-wrought crown that glitters on 
 His brow. 
 
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