Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GENESIS OF A MISSIONARY, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS


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THE GENESIS OF A MISSIONARY, by                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Stung with the sharp pang of that evil day
Last Line: The memory of hell.
Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic
Subject(s): Missions & Missionaries


STUNG with the sharp pang of that evil day,
Too short occasion did all life afford,
If anywise at last he should repay
A white soul to the Lord.

Thenceforth to labour, strong in stedfast zeal
And faithful furtherance of a mighty plan,
In noble language labour to reveal
His Maker unto man:

"I with great violence have entered in,
Storm ye with force the golden gates of heaven:
Oh freed from agony! oh safe from sin!
I also am forgiven!"

Therefore on many a coast his cry was heard,
On many ears that earnest warning broke,
Yea, with his utterance he strangely stirred
The hearts of many folk:

Fast chained he kept them in divine surprise,
Deep things of God he wisely spake and well;
Strange glory on his face, but in his eyes
The memory of Hell.





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