Cana

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1 id="id00466">CANA.</h1> <p id="id00467" style="margin-top: 2em">  Dear Friend! whose presence in the house,<br/> Whose gracious word benign,<br/> Could once, at Cana's wedding feast,<br/> Change water into wine;<br/></p> <p id="id00468">  Come, visit us! and when dull work<br/> Grows weary, line on line,<br/> Revive our souls, and let us see<br/> Life's water turned to wine.<br/></p> <p id="id00469">  Gay mirth shall deepen into joy,<br/> Earth's hopes grow half divine,<br/> When Jesus visits us, to make<br/> Life's water glow as wine.<br/></p> <p id="id00470">  The social talk, the evening fire,<br/> The homely household shrine,<br/> Grow bright with angel visits, when<br/> The Lord pours out the wine.<br/></p> <p id="id00471">  For when self-seeking turns to love,<br/> Not knowing mine nor thine,<br/> The miracle again is wrought,<br/> And water turned to wine.<br/> JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE.<br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />