Henry Dickinson Smith
A Biography and Memorial (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Henry Dickinson Smith: A Biography and Memorial<br><br>Why callest Thou the stainless knight,<br>With sword scarce proved against the foe,<br>Why leavest us, with many a fight,<br>Wearied and scarred, and fain to go<br><br>Yet this we dimly understand,<br>That Life Eternal is our own,<br>And that the unseen Other Land<br>Is ours, and not this Land alone.<br><br>Once Thou didst lose Thy Son awhile,<br>On a strange errand, full of pain,<br>Yet with a Father's welcoming smile<br>Didst proudly take Him home again.<br><br>So now we say; If life be one<br>And Thou of Life the Ruler be,<br>Dear God, Who gavest us Thy Son,<br> Behold we give our sons to Thee.<br><br>From "The Parting Guest."<br><br>Rossiter W. Raymond.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.