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THE BLESSED MESSENGER Heedless of self, unconscious of his power, He gazed aloft where Faith's bright visions lay.
Beyond this earth, beyond the light of day He gazed afar as from a lofty tower.
Morn, noon and night, in brightest, darkest hour He saw in all things near and far away- In birth, in death, in growth and in decay, From man to lowliest worm, from star to flower• The Maker's will exprest.
Each wish, each thought Came like a breath from Him no longer far, And clothed in light became His word divine.
That word was life-a living beacon fraught With hope for all-a never-setting star Whose unextinguished beams through ag~s shine !
' The veil is lifted ; let all mankind see , In Heaven and Hell, the mystery of Doom; In Life, the spirit's splendour and its gloom ; In Death, the mask of immortality.
' Such was the mandate, and it bade him be The Messenger of Truth and light to illume The heart of man where evil still finds room And self-deluding sin takes· sanctuary.
Soldier and saint, unvanquished though alone ; High-souled, pure-hearted Leader of mankind; Light-bearer, Guide, entrusted and ordained, He leads us on from height to height unknown Till Truth in God and God in Truth we find.
And Peace is ours when the last height is gained !
NIZAMAT JUNG.