The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

2fHTHE FAITH OF OUR FATHERS.U I have lived my life, and that which I have doneMay He within Himself make pure ;but thou.If thou shouldst never see my face again,Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayerThan this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voiceRise like a fountain for me night and day.For what are men better than sheep or goatsThat nourish a blind life within the brain,If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayerBoth for themselves and those, who call them friend?For so the whole round earth is every wayBound by gold chains about the feet of God."lOh ! it is this thought that robs death of its stingand makes the separationof friends endurable.And ifyour departed friend needs not yourprayers, they are not lost, but, like the rain absorbed by the sun, and descending again in fruitfulshowers on our fields, they will be gathered by theSun of justice, and they will come down in refreshing showers of grace upon your head "Cast: thybread upon the running waters; for, after a longtime, thou shalt find it again."2ACHAPTER XVII.CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.MAN enjoys religious liberty when he possessesthe free right of worshiping God according tothe dictates of a rightconscience, and of practisingMorte D Arthur.2 Eccles. xi. 1.