By the Sea, and Other Verses

<h2><SPAN name="PARADISE_WILL_PAY_FOR_ALL" id="PARADISE_WILL_PAY_FOR_ALL">"PARADISE WILL PAY FOR ALL"</SPAN></h2> <p class="title">LAST WORDS OF SAMUEL A. PURDIE</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">From the charm of idle pleasure,<br/></span> <span class="i2">From Ambition's siren song,<br/></span> <span class="i0">From the rush for earthly treasure<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of the busy, careless throng;<br/></span> <span class="i0">In the dawn of life's fair morning<br/></span><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[Pg 49]</SPAN></span> <span class="i2">He had heard the Master's call;<br/></span> <span class="i0">"Yea, I come," his heart made answer,<br/></span> <span class="i2">"Paradise will pay for all."<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">On through years of toil and struggle<br/></span> <span class="i2">Walked he, faithful to his word;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Blameless life and kind entreaty<br/></span> <span class="i2">Leading many to the Lord.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Meeting dangers, bearing burdens<br/></span> <span class="i2">Well might stoutest heart appal;<br/></span> <span class="i0">But to every doubt replying,<br/></span> <span class="i2">"Paradise will pay for all."<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Now at eve, toil-spent and weary,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Pierced with pain the pilgrim lay;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Watching still with faith triumphant<br/></span> <span class="i2">For the dawn of brighter day.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Then upon his ear there falleth<br/></span> <span class="i2">Once again the Master's call:<br/></span> <span class="i0">"Come up higher." "Yea," he answers,<br/></span> <span class="i2">"Paradise will pay for all."<br/></span></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />