THE MESSAGE OF THE THREE MEN.

The night came on, and unto sleep we gave

Our spirits. When the golden day was born

Veera awoke, and told me all her dream;

“Lo, in the night three men have talked with me —

Three strange good men who said the kindest words,

And said that only those who were released

From sin, could find the garden of the Lord.

And this release was bought upon a cross

By One, a Nazarene, with priceless blood.

If He would bear our sins, then we might reach

The garden; but we must not touch or eat

The tree of life that flourished in the midst.”

Then I abased my soul, and prayed again,

And cast off all the burden of my sins,

Tearing my strange ambition from my heart.

And Veera, too, embraced the Christian Faith.

So we arose, and went upon our way,

And journeying eastward, Eden found at last!