"O great heart of God,
Once vague and lost to me,
Why do I throb with your throb to-night,
In this land, eternity?

"O, little heart of God,
Sweet intruding stranger,
You are laughing in my human breast,
A Christ-child in a manger.

"Heart, dear heart of God,
Beside you now I kneel,
Strong heart of faith. O heart not mine,
Where God has set His seal.

"Wild, thundering heart of God,
Out of my doubt I come,
And my foolish feet with prophets' feet
March with the prophets' drum!"

General William Booth.

[Illustration: JOAQUIN MILLER]




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JOAQUIN MILLER