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THE UNSEEN PREACHER.
THE UNSEEN PREACHER.
HE spoke of souls that stooped and sinned,
Of hearts that turned to roam;
He spoke of human restlessness,
Of exile and of home,
Of earth's eternal vagrancies.
"O slow!" he cried, "to start
And throw thy truant childhood back
Upon thy Father's heart.
"That life must walk uncomforted,
That leans not on His breast:
They only know that God is Love
Who learn that God is Rest."
He spoke, and on his lifted face
The prophet's halo crept:
Like reeds within his outstretched hands,
The people bowed, and wept.
