Hope and her sister, Faith, were given But as our guides to yonder sky; Soon as they reach the verge of heaven, There, lost in perfect bliss, they die.1 But, long as Love, Almighty Love, Shall on his throne of thrones abide, Thou, Charity, shall dwell above, Smiling for ever by His side! BEHOLD THE SUN. (AIR. LORD MORNINGTON.) BEHOLD the Sun, how bright From yonder East he springs, As if the soul of life and light Were breathing from his wings. So bright the Gospel broke Upon the souls of men ; So fresh the dreaming world awoke In Truth's full radiance then. Before yon Sun arose, Stars cluster'd through the sky But oh, how dim! how pale were those, To His one burning eye! So Truth lent many a ray, To bless the Pagan's night But, LORD, how weak, how cold were they To Thy One glorious Light! LORD, WHO SHALL BEAR THAT DAY. (AIR. DR. BOYCE.) LORD, who shall bear that day, so dread, so splendid, When we shall see thy Angel, hov'ring o'er 1" Then Faith shall fail, and holy Hope shall die, One lost in certainty, and one in joy.". -Prior. 2" And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth, lifted up his hand to heaven, and sware by Him that liveth for ever and ever, . . . . that there should be time no longer."- Rev. x. 5, 6. 3" Awake, ye Dead, and come to judgment." 4 "They shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven and all the angels with him."- Matt. xxiv. 30. and xxv. 31. 5 "From whose face the earth and the heaven fled away."-Rev. xx. 11. 6 "And before Him shall be gathered all nations, and He shall separate them one from another. . . . . "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you, &c. "Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, &c. "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal."- Matt. xxv. 32. et seq. 1" And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains was still discoursing with them, a cloud stood over him on of Moab."-Deut. xxxiv. 8. 2" And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day." Ibid. ver. 6. the sudden, and he disappeared in a certain valley, although he wrote in the Holy Books that he died, which was done out of fear, lest they should venture to say that, because of his extraordinary virtue, he went to God."-Josephus, book iv. 3" My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall chap. viii. distil as the dew."- Moses' Song, Deut. xxxii. 2. 4 "I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither."- Deut. xxxiv. 4. 5 "As he was going to embrace Eleazer and Joshua, and 6" Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee."- Isaiah, Ix. 7" And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising." — Ib. Lift up thine eyes around, and see, O'er foreign fields, o'er farthest waters, Thy exil'd sons return to thee, To thee return thy home-sick daughters.1 And camels rich, from Midian's tents, Shall lay their treasures down before thee; And Saba bring her gold and scents, To fill thy air and sparkle o'er thee. See, who are these that, like a cloud, 3 Surely the isles shall wait for me, 4 The ships of Tarshish round will hover, To bring thy sons across the sea, And waft their gold and silver over. And Lebanon thy pomp shall grace — 5 And make the ground I tread on glorious. No more shall Discord haunt thy ways, 6 And thou shalt name thy walls, Salvation. The sun no more shall make thee bright, 7 Nor moon shall lend her lustre to thee; But GOD, Himself, shall be thy Light, And flash eternal glory through thee. Thy sun shall never more go down; Thy days of mourning all are ended.8 My own, elect, and righteous Land! The Branch, for ever green and vernal, Which I have planted with this handLive thou shalt in Life Eternal. 9 1 "Lift up thine eyes round about, and see; all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side." Isaiah, Ix. 2" The multitude of camels shall cover thee; the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense." — Ib. Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?" — Ib. 4 **Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them."— Ib. "The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee; the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious." Ib. When wearily we wander, asking Of earth and heav'n, where are they, Beneath whose smile we once lay basking, Blest, and thinking bliss would stay? Hope still lifts her radiant finger Pointing to th' eternal Home, Upon whose portal yet they linger, Looking back for us to come. Alas, alas-doth Hope deceive us? Shall friendship-love-shall all those ties That bind a moment, and then leave us, Be found again where nothing dies? Oh, if no other boon were given, To keep our hearts from wrong and stain, Who would not try to win a Heaven Where all we love shall live again? WAR AGAINST BABYLON. "WAR against Babylon!" shout we around, 6 Rise up, ye nations, ye kings, at the sound- -7 "War against Babylon!" shout through the world! Oh thou, that dwellest on many waters, 8 Thy day of pride is ended now; And the dark curse of Israel's daughters Make bright the arrows, and gather the shields,9 Swarm we, like locusts, o'er all her fields, Woe! woe!-the time of thy visitation 10 War, war, war against Babylon! our LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground."—Josh. iii. 17. 6 "Shout against her round about."- Jer. 1. 15. 7" Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms," &c. &c. Jer. li. 27. 8"Oh thou that dwellest upon many waters, . . . . thine end is come."- Jer. li. 13. 9"Make bright the arrows; gather the shields. . . . . set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon."— Jer. li. 11, 12. 10"Woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation!"-Jer. 1. 27. |