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138 THE UNSEEN PREACHER. E spoke of souls that stooped and sinned, Of hearts that turned to roam; He spoke of human restlessness, Of exile and of home,

Of earth's eternal vagrancies. "O slow!" he cried, "to start And throw thy truant childhood back Upon thy Father's heart.

"That life must walk uncomforted, That leans not on His breast: They only know that God is Love Who learn that God is Rest."

He spoke, and on his lifted face The prophet's halo crept: Like reeds within his outstretched hands, The people bowed, and wept.