ALMIGHTY GOD. CHORUS OF PRIESTS. ALMIGHTY God! when round thy shrine And Love that "fadeth not away,”) Those Cherubs with their smiling eyes, * "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. Tigh. "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 the great law-giver 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. O FAIR! O PUREST! SAINT AUGUSTINE TO HIS SISTER.* 0 FAIR! O purest! be thou the dove That flies alone to some sunny grove, Fairest purest! be thou this dove. The sacred pages of God's own book Fairest purest! be thou that dove. 1 * 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 thought of this song is taken: 'Te, soror, nunquam nolo esse securam, sed timere, semperque tuam fragilitatem habere suspectam, ad instar pavidæ columbæ frequentare rivos aquarum et quasi in speculo accipitris cernere supervolantis effigiem et caRivi aquarum sententiæ sunt scripturarum, quæ de limpidişsimo sapientia fonte profluentes," etc. etc. - DE VIT. EREMIT. AD SOROREM. vere. ANGEL OF CHARITY. ANGEL of Charity, who, from above Thy voice is music, thy smile is love, First-fruits of all most good and fair, Hope and her sister, Faith, were given 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. BEHOLD the Sun, how bright From yonder east he springs, As if the soul of life and light Were breathing from his wings. * “ Then Faith shall fail, and holy Hope shall die, One lost in certainty, and one in joy.” R PRIOR. So bright the Gospel broke So fresh the dreaming world awoke Before yon Sun arose, Stars clustered through the sky – But O, 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 LORD, WHO SHALL BEAR THAT DAY. LORD, who shall bear that day, so dread, so splendid, * 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. When thro' the world thy awful call hath sounded, Wake, all ye dead, to judgment wake, ye dead!"† And from the clouds, by seraph eyes surrounded, The Savior shall put forth his radiant head ;‡ While earth and heaven before him pass away-II Who, mighty God! O who shall bear that day? When, with a glance, the eternal Judge shall sever Earth's evil spirits from the pure and bright, And say to those, 'Depart from me forever!' To these, 'Come dwell with me in endless light!'§ When each and all in silence take their way Who, mighty God! O who shall bear that day? 0 O TEACH ME TO LOVE THEE. TEACH me to love thee, to feel what thou art, Like some pure temple that shines apart, † "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.-MAT. xxiv. 30. From whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. REV. xx. §. 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.-Mat. xxv. 32. |