CHILDREN

These verses were received through the mediumship of E.W. Wallis from his ‘control’ “Lightheart.”



This life is a school,where all must learn,
And the children of Earth must each in turn,
Pass through their classes, gain the truth
And rise to the land of immortal youth.
‘Tis hard for the children whilst here below,
To struggle and strive ‘neath care and woe,
The battle is hard and the struggle is long,
But praise and joy are the victor’s song.

Weak are the children, yet they grow
From childhood upward, plough and sow –
Sow on the pathway of life their seeds,
Good, bad and indifferent earthly deeds.
The children are loved by a Father’s love,
Are watched by the Angels that dwell above,
Are guided, and guarded, when they will,
But often roam where death doth kill.

Roam in the pathway of sin’s delight,
Out in the darkness of error’s night;
Away from the Father’s love and care,
And from the Angels watching fair;
Yet their wayward feet must ever turn,
To where the sacred fires do burn,
Through sorrow and pain to be purged by fire
And freed from the dross ere they go up higher.

Oh! Children arise and onward go,
And learn the truth, for thus I trow,
You will leave behind your load of care,
And mount to dwell with the Angels fair;
To earn in the college of Spirit-Life,
The fruits of your earthly toil and strife;
To reap your recompense in Heaven,
For the trials and woes ‘gainst which you’ve striven.

Upward and onward! then be your cry,
As you go to the mansions that are on high;
No longer children, but sons of God,
No longer toiling on earth’s dark sod;
But rising as men and women pure,
With a knowledge and strength that must endure;
Give God the praise for His wonderful plan,
And the love He has shown to His creature – Man.