(Eugene C. Foster, in "Sunday School Times")
By Eugene C. Foster
(Eugene C. Foster, in "Sunday School Times")
Once there was a mountain high,
Seemed to reach beyond the sky;
Said, “They’ll never conquer me,—
Never!”
Once there was an ocean wide,
Bosom-throbbed with swelling tide;
Said, “I shall forever be,—
Forever!” But the rocking earthquake came,
Rent the mountain heights in twain,
Crushed the rocks with ruthless hand,
In level;
Lifted high the ocean’s floor,
Emptied it from shore to shore,
Filled its valleys full with sand
Till level. Now from every mountain’s height
Earth’s Te Deum wings its flight,
Waves with songs are ever rife,—
Ever!
Shall defiant man alone
Still refuse his God to own,—
Boast an altar-empty life
Forever?