tering the versification The nio cr

was ontirely changed as can be seen

from this stanza

Oh the snow the beautiful snow I

How the flakes gather and lau h as they guJ

Whirling about In its maddeuiug fun

It plays In Its glee with every one—

Chaaltig Laughing Hurrying by

It lights up the face and It sparks tho eye

And even the dogs with a bark and a bound

Snap at the crystals that e oby around

The town is alive and its heart hi aglow

To welcome the coming of beautiful buo v

This second poem in addition to be-

ing descriptive has a moral Now a

moral is a good thing to taok on n ser-

mon but it often is out of placo in a

poem though in tho present instance tha

author made no mistake This ia tha

last stanza

Helpless and frail as the trampled on snow

Sinner despair not—Christ stoopeth low

To rescue the soul that Is lost in its sin

And raise It to life and enjoyment again

Groaning Bleeding Dying for thee

Tho crucified hung on the accursed tree

His accents of mercy fall soft on my ear

Is there mercy for me will he heed my wealt

prayer

O God In the stream that for sinners doth

flow

Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow