(2 Cor. 4:17.)

"Our light affliction?" Yes, so saith the Word,
And "momentary," though it last for years,

For in the glory,
We'll read the story
Of how our fears,
Unbidden tears,

And sorrows of these few short years,
Wrought out for us,
Fruit of Thy cross,

A weight of glory, more exceeding far Than in the body we could e'er conceive; And how the Spirit through our subject-lives Some likeness to our blessed Lord did weave; While we beheld not things that did but seem- The things of time and sense-a passing dream, But by the telescope of faith, God-given, Beheld the real, eternal things of heaven. H. McD