FRIENDS
Though years may stretch their lives between,
True friends must surely meet,
And recognize each other, when
They face to face shall greet.
They know by subtle inner sense;
By touch of soul to soul;
By Life's unerring evidence—
Two halves shall make a whole.
True friends must surely meet,
And recognize each other, when
They face to face shall greet.
They know by subtle inner sense;
By touch of soul to soul;
By Life's unerring evidence—
Two halves shall make a whole.
'Tis quite impossible to make
Acquaintances as friends;
Such lives but cross because they take
One road tow'rd diff'rent ends.
Ah, lives in truth, must fitly meet,
And journey side by side,
Each one the other makes complete,
And naught can them divide.
Acquaintances as friends;
Such lives but cross because they take
One road tow'rd diff'rent ends.
Ah, lives in truth, must fitly meet,
And journey side by side,
Each one the other makes complete,
And naught can them divide.
New friends an introduction need
Outside our life's closed door;
Not so with spirits Love has wed,
They always know before;
Their introduction is within,
And needs no outward sign,
For hearts their wedded years begin
When God their lives doth join.
Outside our life's closed door;
Not so with spirits Love has wed,
They always know before;
Their introduction is within,
And needs no outward sign,
For hearts their wedded years begin
When God their lives doth join.
And friends can never, never part,
Though miles may lie between,
They still are close in mind and heart
As they have ever been,
For "what they are to us, is there,"
As one has said, "alway."
If not all time, all life we share
In an unbroken day.
Though miles may lie between,
They still are close in mind and heart
As they have ever been,
For "what they are to us, is there,"
As one has said, "alway."
If not all time, all life we share
In an unbroken day.
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