But when yielding up to my fate, I saw with the look of despair, Sweet pledge of the Waters' decrease, I enter the safe-gliding nest ;- On the bosom of Mercy caressed. As a star rising out of the wave, Through the tumult it only careered : And now other regions I hail, New earth and new heavens there glow: That verdure, that azure, ne'er fail, Nor are marr'd by the tempests below. To bask in the sunlight's broad ray! To shine in the rainbow's pure vest! Oh that I could now flee away, And there be for ever at rest! THE WORSHIP OF HEAVEN. "And I saw no temple therein." WHAT turrets blend with yonder sky? Jerusalem its hallowed name To this unfolding City lends: Its images of mighty fame Swell forth, as slowly it descends. That name transports to olden time, And yet no Temple rears its pile Among those structures grand and fair: The palaces of Salem smile, Her Shrine is strangely wanting there. Fitly forgotten is that Frame, And fitly, too, its site unknown: The Lord Almighty and the Lamb Build here Their Sanctuary-Throne. Their Light, the Holiest contains! A God in Christ, when worshipped, deigns 00 In His own uncreated mind, In His own infinite regard, Alone shall His redeemed find Their praise, indwelling, and reward! "OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN." O WHERE is the Land of the Blest? Yon clouds, and those stars, far above: No footstep toward it ever pressed, Nor wing of the quick-flying dove! When grace has expelled "the old leaven,”— 'T is here is the Kingdom of Heaven! O what is the Land of the Blest? And splendours which endless endure ! When in infancy's slumber at even, O who in that Land of the Blest Shall share so distinguished a place? The Child of the Manger has bled! To spangle the Kingdom of Heaven! LINES SUGGESTED BY THE THOUGHT OF THE ALMOST INCREDULOUS SURPRISE THE CHRISTIAN WILL FEEL ON FINDING HIMSELF IN HEAVEN. YES, 't is Heaven! Doubt no more! And here immortal strength renew. Yes, 't is Heaven! Hark the songs Marks the oppressor's gloomy reign! See the foe, that held us, fall! List to the breaking of his chain ! |