_'What are these that glow from afar,_
_These that lean over the golden bar,_
_Strong as the lion, pure as the dove,_
_With open arms and hearts of love?_
_They the blessed ones gone before,_
_They the blessed for evermore._
_Out of great tribulation they went_
_Home to their home of Heaven-content;_
_Through flood or blood or furnace-fire,_
_To the rest that fulfils desire.'_
_CHRISTINA ROSSETTI._
_St. Patrick's three orders of
Saints: 'a glory on the mountain
tops: a gleam on the sides of the
hills: a few faint lights in the
valleys.'_
_'The Lord is King in His Saints,
He guards them, and guides them
with His mighty power, into His
kingdom of glory and eternal rest,
where they find joy, and peace,
and rest eternal.'--GEORGE FOX._