. Let us sing, though strong temptation Threaten hard to bear us down; He who wash'd us in his blood, · Let us wonder, grace and justice Join the point to mercy's store; He who wash'd us in his blood, To see as seen, to know as known, My Saviour in my flesh and blood; To be made like him, with him one, I in him, and he in God. The holy, holy, holy One, Who was, and is, and is to come, The earth his footstool, Heaven his throne, The Church his Bride, he her Bridegroom. Angels and Elders, earth and heav'n, Are summon'd to unseal the book; But silent all, no answer giv'n, None worthy found therein to look. But Judah's Lion, David's Son, And David's Root, the great I AM, Appears upon his Father's throne, As slain for sacrifice, the Lamb. He takes the book, he can anseal; He worthy is, and he has power God's secret counsels to reveal, And to fulfil each its hour. In humble worship at his feet, The joy is full, the concert sweet. In accents new their praises soar; And all tbe God of all adore. In love's ecstatic heav'n-taught lays, Hymn to the Lamb's exalted praise ! And loose the seals, and read therein, Thou hast redeem'd us with thy blood, From ev'ry nation of the earth ; And sharers of a heavenly birth. Uniting in the loud acclaim; Of our Redeemer's gentle name. A sacrifice for ev'ry sin, And universal empire win. Of fervent universal praise ; Its voice from age to age shall raise. Who had on earth so much forgiv'n? Of love to Jesus? This Is Heaven!!! And when this breast to heave shall cease, He all my wants will well supply. * These circumstances took place as here described, although surviving friends had not then any knowledge of this poem. Upon his dear, bis faithful breast, Into his hands my sp’rit I'll breathe, Though he deny my half-form'd pray'r, Be this my only wish beside, The following Poems were found among some old papers, and are supposed to be original—they were writlen in the Island of Antigua, shortly after Dr. Graham's death. PART I. Hail! thou state of widowhood, Me my consort hath out-run, Der Following on with earnest haste, Find the ease for which I pant, There my flesh shall rest in hope, PART II. Happy they who trust in Jesus; Jesus turns our loss to gain; Still his balmy mercies ease us, Sweeten all our grief and pain. When he calls our friends ť inherit All the glories of the blest, He assures the widow'd spirit, ( Thou shalt quickly be at rest.' Though my flesh and spirit languish Let me not too much complain; Sure at last outlive my anguish, Sure to find my friend again. Ransom'd from a world of sorrow, He to-day is taken home; Come, my dear Redeemer, come. From my sanctified distresses, Now, or when thou wilt, receive; Grant with him in thine embraces, After all my deaths, to live. |