“And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.”—JOHN xvi. 8.

THE WORLD is wise, for the world is old;
Five thousand years their tale have told;
Yet the world is not happy, as the world might be,—
Why is it? why is it? Oh, answer me!

The world is kind if we ask not too much;
It is sweet to the...