The Providence Journal, And Town And Country Advertiser

Poetry.

TIME AND ETERNITY:
Or, the Difference between
TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW.

To-day in tears, to-morrow bids them all adieu.
To-day he darkly sees as thro' a glass,
To-morrow views his Jesus face to face.
To-day corrected by a chast'ning rod,
To-morrow placed with the smiles of God.
To-day he's burdened with the weight of sin,
To-morrow justified from every stain.
To-day he's watching, fighting, full of fears.
To-morrow palms of victory he bears.
To-day he's persecuted, jeer'd and scorn'd,
To-morrow with a glorious crown adorn'd.
To-day he feels his wants exceeding great,
To-morrow he enjoys a large estate.
To-day a suppliant at the mercy seat,
To-morrow casts his crown at Jesus' feet.
To-day he sighs, he mourns, he looks, he longs,
To-morrow all his sighs are turn'd to songs.
To-day he's rack'd with pain and sore distress,
To-morrow triumphs in eternal bliss.
To-day, to sow in tears is his employ.
To-morrow bears his sheaves of heavenly joy.
To-day he lives by faith, and leans on hope,
To-morrow in fruition swallowed up.
To-day with saints on earth he dwells in love,
To-morrow joins the glorious hosts above.
To-day in feeble strains he tunes a song,
To-morrow sings with an immortal tongue,
To-day he gets a taste of peace and love,
To-morrow drinks full draughts of bliss and love.
To-day his sweetest frames may from him fly,
To-morrow fill'd with joys that never die.
To-day in God's commands he loves to run,
To-morrow hears the plaudit of "well done."
To-day he's on the road to happiness,
To-morrow shall the same eternally possess.

Then welcome to-morrow, the Christian may say,
That ends all the sorrow and cares of to-day.

To-day the sinner's state is much admir'd.
To-morrow finds his wretched soul requir'd.
To-day seeks what to eat and drink, and wear,
To-morrow plung'd in ruin and despair.
To-day puts off repenting for his sin,
To-morrow finds no time to do it in.
To-day thinks how to pass the time away,
To-morrow needs that time to mourn and pray.
To-day he would be counted rich and great,
To-morrow sees his miserable state.
To-day he hopes he never shall be lost,
To-morrow all his hopes give up the ghost.
To-day his conscience sleeps, and is secure,
To-morrow shocks him with its dreadful roar.
To-day his sins are lovely in his sight,
To-morrow they his wretched soul affright.
To-day he never thinks of what's to come,
To-morrow finds his sad eternal Home.
To-day his worldly Treasure has his Heart,
To-morrow must with that and Heaven part.
To-day he fain would be accounted wise,
To-morrow is a fool to his surprise.
To-day the jovial crew is his delight,
To-morrow ghastly fiends his soul affright.
To-day o'er flowing cups his healths are sung,
To-morrow wants one drop to cool his tongue.
To-day he slight's God's law and gospel call,
To-morrow has to answer for it all.
To-day the great Salvation he rejects,
To-morrow perishes for his Neglects.
To-day he slight's the children of the King,
To-morrow sees them shine, and hears them sing.
To-day he proudly glories in his Shame,
To-morrow is tormented for the same.
To-day takes pleasure in the way to hell.
To-morrow fix'd therein eternally to dwell.

Boast not of to-morrow improve well to-day,
Lest that should bring sorrow, when this flees away.