RALPH WALDO EMERSON.


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ON AN INFANT

WHICH DIED BEFORE BAPTISM.


"Be, rather than be called, a child of God,"
Death whispered!--with assenting nod,
Its head upon its mother's breast,
The baby bowed, without demur--
Of the kingdom of the Blest
Possessor, not inheritor.

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE.


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WHAT WAS HIS CREED?

"Religion relates to life, and the life of religion is to do
good."--SWEDENBORG.


He left a load of anthracite
In front of a poor woman's door.