ΤΟ SAMUEL E. SEWALL AND HARRIET W. SEWALL, OF MELROSE. OLOR ISCANUs queries: "Why should we So on his Usk banks, in the blood-red dawn Is certain as God's truth; but, meanwhile, pain IN WAR TIME. THY WILL BE DONE. WE see not, know not; all our way The flesh may fail, the heart may faint, We take with solemn thankfulness Whose will be done! God lifts to-day the veil, and shows Can ye not cry, "Let slavery die!" And union find in freedom? What though the cast-out spirit tear We who have shared the guilt must share The pang of his o'erthrowing! Who trust in God's hereafter? For who that leans on His right arm His hand upholds The calm sky of to-morrow! Above the maddening cry for blood, Let Freedom's voice be heard, wh good The evil overcoming. Give prayer and purse Whose wrong we share, Whose shame we bear, Whose end shall gladden Heaven! In vain the bells of war shall ring Then let the selfish lip be dumb, |