And watched awhile, with a tranquil gaze,

The mountains soft in the sunset haze,

And sleeping forest, and field below,

He said, as he saw the star-like glow

Of lights in the cottage windows far,

"How many God's hidden servants are!"

The Bag of Sand

The Bag of Sand

THE BAG OF SAND was written by St. Heradius, who visited, some time in the fifth century, the hermit fathers of the desert and mountains, and collected many interesting stories about them.

THE BAG OF SAND was written by St. Heradius, who visited, some time in the fifth century, the hermit fathers of the desert and mountains, and collected many interesting stories about them.

The Bag of Sand

The Bag of Sand

In that land of desolation

Where, mid dangers manifold,

Lost in heavenly contemplation,

Desert fathers dwelt of old,

Lay a field where grass was growing

Green beneath the palm-trees' shade;

And a spring, forever flowing,

Life amid the stillness made.

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