Like jewels his rich crown adorn.




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SUGGESTED BY A REMARK MADE BY THE REV. WINTHROP
MORSE, WHILE ADDRESSING A CONGREGATION ASSEMBLED
ON THE BANKS OF THE SANDY RIVER, UPON A BAPTISMAL OCCASION.

The writer of the following, though but a child, was present, and, for
the first time, witnessed the administration of that solemn ordinance.

"We're trav'ling to eternity,"
God's faithful servant cried,
As he addressed the multitude
That thronged the water's side.

"We're trav'ling to eternity,"
He said with tearful eye,--
Then come, dear friends, and choose the path
That leads to joys on high.

"We're trav'ling to eternity,"
The convert seemed to say,--
I'll trace the path my Savior marked,
Though through these waves it lay.