"IN HIM WE LIVE."

MARY I. MESECHRE.

FALLEN, you say? Not so! He cannot fall
Who knows, in growing measure, God is All!
Onward and upward do his footsteps tend,
Swiftly nor slowly can they downward wend;
He can know neither accident nor harm,
Upheld for aye by God's unfailing arm;
In freedom all undreamed by mortal sense,
He walks upright in Truth's omnipotence!

Gone, do you say of him? He is in God!
Beyond that bound his feet have never trod;
And from you he can ne'er be far away,
Since you, too, are in God, and cannot stray!
You see him not, but think not you are blind,
For out of sight is out of mortal mind!
To Love omniscient he is ever near,
Nor far from you can be, since Love is here!
Dead, think you? Do you dream that mortal breath
Is life? That failing it can e'er mean death?
He who inhales Love's fragrant atmosphere
Knows no oppression and is far from fear.
Through Truth's almighty power, victor is he;
With Love omniscient he does know and see
That evermore death's stifling veil is rent.
And man is one with Life omnipotent!