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When pain shall cease, and every tear, Be wiped from ev'ry eye.'

Then, Judah, thou no more shalt mourn
Beneath the heathen's chain;
Thy days of splendor shall return,

And all be new again."

The Fount of Life shall then be quaff'd
In peace, by all who come ;
And every wind that blows shall waft
Some long-lost exile home.

ALMIGHTY GOD!

CHORUS OF PRIESTS.

(AIR.-MOZART.)

ALMIGHTY GOD! when round thy shrine
The Palm-tree's heavenly branch we twine,
(Emblem of Life's eternal ray,
And Love that "fadeth not away,")
We bless the flowers, expanded all,
We bless the leaves that never fall,
And trembling say,-" In Eden thus
"The Tree of Life may flower for us!"

When round thy Cherubs-smiling calm,
Without their flames-we wreath the Palm,
Oh God! we feel the emblem true-
Thy Mercy is eternal too.

Those Cherubs, with their smiling eyes,
That crown of Palm which never dies,
Are but the types of Thee above-
Eternal Life, and Peace, and Love!

1 "And GoD shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; .... neither shall there be any more pain."-Rev. xxi. 4. "And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new."-Rev. xxi. 5.

"And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."-Rev. xxii. 17.

4 "The Scriptures having declared that the Temple of Jerusalem was a type of the Messiah, it is natural to conclude that the Palms, which made so conspicuous a figure in that structure, represented that Life and Immortality which were brought to light by the Gospel."-Observations on the Palm, as a Sacred Emblem, by W. Tighe.

"And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims, and palm-trees, and open flowers."-1 Kings, vi. 29.

"When the passover of the tabernacles was revealed to

OH FAIR! OH PUREST.

SAINT AUGUSTINE TO HIS SISTER.'

(AIR.-MOORE.)

OH fair! oh purest! be thou the dove
That flies alone to some sunny grove,
And lives unseen, and bathes her wing,
All vestal white, in the limpid spring.
There, if the hov'ring hawk be near,
That limpid spring, in its mirror clear,
Reflects him, ere he reach his prey,
And warns the timorous bird away.
Be thou this dove;

Fairest, purest, be thou this dove.

The sacred pages of God's own book
Shall be the spring, the eternal brook
In whose holy mirror, night and day,
Thou'lt study Heaven's reflected ray ;-
And should the foes of virtue dare,
With gloomy wing, to seek thee there,
Thou wilt see how dark their shadows lie
Between Heaven and thee, and trembling fly!
Be thou that dove;

Fairest, purest, be thou that dove.

ANGEL OF CHARITY.
(AIR.-HANDEL.)

ANGEL of Charity, who, from above,
Comest to dwell a pilgrim here,
Thy voice is music, thy smile is love,
And Pity's soul is in thy tear.
When on the shrine of GoD were laid
First-fruits of all most good and fair,
That ever bloom'd in Eden's shade,

Thine was the holiest offering there.

the great lawgiver in the mount, then the cherubic images which appeared in that structure were no longer surrounded by flames; for the tabernacle was a type of the dispensation of mercy, by which JEHOVAH confirmed his gracious covenant to redeem mankind."-Observations on the Palm. 7 In St. Augustine's Treatise upon the advantages of a solitary life, addressed to his sister, there is the following fanciful passage, from which, the reader will perceive, the thought of this song was taken:-"Te, soror, nunquam nolo esse securam, sed timere semperque tuam fragilitatem habere suspectam, ad instar pavida columbæ frequentare rivos aquarum et quasi in speculo accipitris cernere supervolantis effigiem et cavere. Rivi aquarum sententiæ sunt scripturarum, quæ de limpidissimo sapientiæ fonte proflu entes" &c., &c.-De Vit. Eremit. ad Sororem.

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.'
But, long as Love, Almighty Love,
Shall on his throne of thrones abide,
Thou, Charity, shalt dwell above,
Smiling forever 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

"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 forever and ever,.... that there should be time no longer."-Rev. x. 5, 6.

3" Awake, ye Dead, and come to judgment."

"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.

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"From whose face the earth and the heaven fled away." Rev. xx. 11.

"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, De part from me, ye cursed, &c.

"And these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal."-Matt. xxv. 32, et seq.

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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."-lb.

"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 firtree, 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.

"Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls, Salvation, and thy gates, Praise."—Isaiah, lx.

7 "Thy sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory."-Ib.

"Thy sun shall no more go down; . . . . for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended."—Ib.

"Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands."-lb.

10 In singing, the following line had better be adopted :"Can but by the gifted of Heaven be found."

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