254 SONGS FOR THE

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HEAVEN AND HELL.

There is, beyond the sky,
A heaven of joy and love ;

And holy children, when they die,
Go to that world above.

There is a dreadful hell,
And everlasting pains,

Where sinners must for ever dwell,
In darkness, fire, and chains.

Can such a wretch as I
Escape this dreadful end?
And may I hope, whene’er I die,
I shall to heaven ascend?

Then will I read and pray,
While I have life and breath,

Lest I should be cut off to-day,
And sent to endless death.

 

OUR BROTHER.

A rose, most beautiful, had grown
Far in the wilderness alone ;.

There blooming, quite too frail to last,
Unguarded from the sweeping blast.