32 THE GRANITE MONTHLY.
Concord has the reputation of being as pleasant and well-ordered a city as can be found in New England. Its founders were men who, as the seal of the city bears witness, believed in Law, I^ducation, and Religion. To its con- tinued happjness and prosperity all the religious societies have, in a great measure, contributed. Prominent among them is that of the First Baptist, for in the sixty-three years of its existence it has numbered amongst its members those who have been prominent in social and business circles, and who have given tone and character to our institutions. And as the past in this respect is secure, so may it ever be in the future.
��ALGOL.
��BY BELA CHAPIN.
��CountU'SS ill regions of unbounded space 'riic twinlvling glories of creation sliine ;
Tlicy ;ire the lamps of heaven in which we trace iVluiighty power and a vast design.
��There is a star that ever seems to l)e
A source of wonder and uinazenient deep;
It is a,n orb of ciiaiiginj,^ brilliancy. Eut in recurring cliange doth constant keep.
��From its briglit constellation in the sky It beams in radiance as a second star;
Then fades in luster as the liours go l)y. Till dimly seen amid its train afar.
��Algol, tliou shinest with a crimson light, Waxing and waninij mid the argeni. throng;
On thee we gaze, mysterious star of night, To mark the wonders that to thee belong.
��Thou art a torch lit with all-glowing ray, A sun mid suns that light the wide al).yss,
And worlds unknown perhaps may own thy swav, ll(!plete with life and never-fading bliss.
��W(! cannot know, we may in part divine
The course of change among created tilings;
We S(!e i)ut dimly now God's great design,
We cannot reach the depths of nature's springs.
All things must (tliange and ever-changing be — The heavenly orbs that onward roll sublime,
The solid eartli, the evei-flowing sea. All, all are passing down the stream of time.
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