Sandspur, Vol. 03 No. 02, March 20, 1897

              ( THE THE. ) : '( SAND-SPUR. SAND SPUR. 'SAND-SPUR. 'SAND ) ( * + )


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III.                ( WINTER "INTER ) PARK, FLORIDA, MARCH. 20, 1897.         No. 2.

                     ( .LITKR.A-R.Y. .LITKR.A R.Y. LI'I'E'RAR .IITElHAHY. )


 STRENGTH AND BEAUTY ARE IN HIS ( SANCTUARY SANCTUARY. )

                                  PSALM 96: 6.
            Thus reads the psalm three hundred decades old:
             ( "Within Within ) God's temple strength ( and amI ) beauty dwell."
            A ( living liYing ) psalm outspread our eyes behold; '""'

              The truth the singer sang, .its numbers tell;       -,.
              Creation's psalm, whose countless voices swell
            With praise in vain essayed by human tongue:
              ( Whose \\Those Those ) worship doth great Nature's temple fill,

            And echo ( farthest fartbest ) aisles of space among, '..
            And, grand and ceaseless, ( hath bath ) through all the ages rung.

              ( We l\Te l Te ) ( live liye ) in sanctuary courts. The palm ,
                ( Vith With ) sculptured trunk, the enduring oak, ( the 'tbe -the ) pine"' ,
              ( With 'Vith ) ( wind-harp wind harp wind-barp barp ) voicing low its solemn psalm, "
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                And cypress rise as pillars ( o'er o'el' ) the ( shrine. sbrine. ) ,
                The skies, its dome, with jewelled splendors ( shine. sh'ine. )
              Its lavers are a thousand lakes in bowls

                 Of gold and emerald. The jessamine,

              ( Magnolia lagn0lia ), orange, censers from which rolls
      - I }   The ( fragrant fragra.n ) breath of praise ( ftom from ) Nature's voiceless souls.
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              Here ( strength rength ) and grace in ( wondrous lwndrous ) union met-.
      ( /pj. pj. )!)
               . Strength of the forest ( open-aisled open aisled ) and vast;
       ( ' . ) Beauty of branch and leaf and floweret,
      '( ;       Beauty of ( lakes lakt's ) with light ( waves "m.ves ) running fast,

      (;-        Beauty in fruits that charm ( both hath ) sight .and taste,
      A       Beauty in skies with glory spangled o'er;      .   ,
      it         Strength in the breeze that comes from ocean's waste, . . .
              Strength in old ocean's mighty ( rusli rush ) and roar .
      t       ( Smiling milillg ) with hand divine the loud complaining shore. ;
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      '       Beauty in pendent moss, in ( glass grass ) and fern.
      t          Beauty in ( peifect perfect ) ( day lay ) and perfect night,
      |        ( Beauty Beanty ) ( wheiee'r wheree'r ) our raptured gaze we turn. ,.

      ( fe k )'  ( Cloud-curtains Cloud curtains ), mist and darkness from ( onr our ) sight ( , . ) .
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      ( f If W. . ) . ( May lay flay ) shroud the temple. ( Tliese These ) ( uplifted l1plifte ), bright
              The sun's ( shechinah shccl1inah ) glories burst o'er all,
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                 Painting in countless forms with heaven's light
              The temple's floor ( and. anll. and ) vaulted roof and wall,
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