,a ,,book ,,of ,,christian ,,sonnets4 ,,by ,,william ,,allen1 ,d4 ,d41 ,late ,president of ,bowdoin ,college2 ,author of the ,american ,biographical ,dictionary1 and of ,wunnissoo or the ,vale of ,hoosatunnuk a ,poem4 ,,northampton3 ,,published ,,by ,,bridgman ,,childs4 #ahfj4 ,metcalf ,company1 ,printers1 ,northampton4 ,,preface4 ,for some remarks on the nature and history of the ,sonnet and its peculiar excellence1 as exemplified by ,milton1 the reader is referred to the ,notes at the close of this book4 ,the ,author regards it as by its fixed laws and its structure the very best form of poetry for one short1 complete1 meditative lesson4 ,a collection of such distinct1 separate little poems1mostly written within a recent period1and not mingled with other forms of poetry1constitutes this little volume4 ,the notes annexed are historical and illustrative1 elucidatory of what from the necessary brevity of the verse might be otherwise left obscure1 or such as seemed to be required by the unevasible claims and the infinite worth of the revealed ,christian truth1 which makes the texture of these sonnets4 ,while ,petrarch1 the inventor of the ,sonetto1 ,spenser1 ,shakespeare1 ,wordsworth1 and other foreign poets have written a multitude of sonnets1 it is to the author a matter of surprise1 that not more than half a dozen sonnetswithin his knowledgehave ever been sent forth by any one of our poets2 so that this may be regarded as the first book of ,american ,sonnets ever published4 ,an old man1 the tenant for a year past of a sick chamber1 who from early life has been a student and cultivator of poetry1 has found not a little pleasure in such musings1 as he now offers to the public4 ,his meditations1 it may well be supposed1 have not been of fictitious scenes4 ,aware of his liableness at any moment to be summoned away from this world1which to his eye is filled with beauty mingled indeed with deformity1into a world of undefaced loveliness and eternal glory1 he could not have excused himself1 if he had employed the precarious time lent to him in drawing idle1 uninstructive1 unprofitable pictures2 but his mind has been filled with intense thoughts on ,god's pure1 unchanging1 soul-saving ,truth2 and he has endeavored to give true sketches1 however faint and feeble1 of divine and eternal realities not unworthy of the contemplation nor unfit to awaken the affections of rational1 immortal men4 ,the uninterrupted study of ,god's ,word for #ej or #fj years may be his apology for declaring what in his judgment are plainly and indubitably some of the great truths of that ,word4 ,but he earnestly asks the reader to search the ,scriptures with his own eyes4 ,what ,god has said is true4 ,northampton1 ,dec4 #ai1 #ahei ,,contents4 ,sonnet ,page #a4 ,on ,washington1 #i #b4 ,the ,stars1 #aj #c4 ,last ,wish of ,wm4 ,h4 ,prescott1 #aj #d4 ,on ,war1 #aa #e4 ,truth's ,testimony of ,christ1 #aa #f4 ,corrupted ,youth1 #ab #g4 ,penitence1 #ab #h4 ,god's ,omnipresence4 ,psalm #aci1 #ac #i4 ,the ,prometheus ,chained of ,aeschylus1 #ac #aj4 ,on ,tyndale1 the ,martyr1 #ad #aa4 ,miserable ,old ,age1 #ad #ab4 ,idols4 ,psalm #ace1 #ae #ac4 ,to four ,presidents alive4 #ahbf1 #ae #ad4 ,the ,way of ,salvation1 #af #ae4 ,the ,overthrow of ,popery1 #af #af4 ,the ,fall of ,babylon1 #ag #ag4 ,the ,scoffers at the ,bible1 #ag #ah4 ,prayer1 #ah #ai4 ,christ's ,table1 #ah #bj4 ,death4 ,job #ad1 #ai #ba4 ,the ,storm on the ,lake1 #ai #bb4 ,on ,jacques ,balmat1 #bj #bc4 ,controversy1 #bj #bd4 ,the ,sabbath1 #ba #be4 ,the ,widow's ,son ,raised1 #ba #bf4 ,thanksgiving-,day1 #ahei1 #bb #bg4 ,the ,lord my ,shepherd1 #bb #bh4 ,christ's ,resurrection1 #bc #bi4 ,darkness until ,heavenly ,light1 #bc #cj4 ,maria ,malleville ,allen1 #bd #ca4 ,prayer for ,mercy1 #bd #cb4 ,the ,lost ,child1 #be #cc4 ,mexican ,idol1 #be #cd4 ,god our ,safety4 ,psalm #ia1 #bf #ce4 ,the ,believer ,encouraged1 #bf #cf4 ,on ,rev4 ,dr4 ,john ,codman1 #bg #cg4 ,northampton ,grave-,yard1 #bg #ch4 ,the ,lord's ,prayer1 #bh #ci4 ,praise to ,god4 ,ps4 #adh1 #bh #dj4 ,on my ,father1 ,rev4 ,t4 ,allen1 #bi #da4 ,time's ,end4 ,rev4 #aj1 #bi #db4 ,written in a ,thunder-,storm1 #cj #dc4 ,impiety1 #cj #dd4 ,on the ,death of my ,daughter1 #ca #de4 ,the ,last ,day of the ,year1 #ca #df4 ,transfiguration of ,christ1 #cb #dg4 ,sleepers in the ,grave-,yard1 #cb #dh4 ,song of the ,redeemed4 ,rev4 #g1 #cc #di4 ,nature ,reproved1 #cc #ej4 ,removal of ,severe ,illness1 #cd #ea4 ,god ,man's ,all-,sufficient ,good1 #cd #eb4 ,the ,death of ,rev4 ,dr4 ,i4 ,nichols1 #ce #ec4 ,the ,voice of ,nature to ,poets1 #ce #ed4 ,the ,cross and ,crown1 #cf #ee4 ,dying ,i am ,blest1 #cf #ef4 ,compact on ,board the ,mayflower1 #cg #eg4 ,to ,jesus ,christ1 ,god's ,son1 #cg #eh4 ,to ,dr4 ,thomson1 ,missionary1 #ch #ei4 ,happy ,old ,age1 #ch #fj4 ,pilgrims on ,plymouth ,rock1 #ci #fa4 ,no ,sorrow in ,death1 #ci #fb4 ,on ,john ,robinson1 #dj #fc4 ,sudden ,sickness4 #ahde1 #dj #fd4 ,on ,truth1 #da #fe4 ,two ,views of ,death1 #da #ff4 ,god's ,marvellous ,works4 ,ps4 #ajd1 #db #fg4 ,the last ,words of a ,minister1 #db #fh4 ,plymouth ,monument laid1 #ahei1 #dc #fi4 ,effect of ,death on ,man1 #dc #gj4 ,christmas1 #dd #ga4 ,new ,year's ,day1 #ahei1 #dd #gb4 ,donati's ,comet1 #aheh1 #de #gc4 ,execution for ,murder1 #afcj1 #de #gd4 ,oneness with ,god4 ,john #ag1 #df #ge4 ,my ,birth ,day1 ,jan4 #b1 #ahei1 #df #gf4 ,god and his ,son1 #dg #gg4 ,on ,martyrs1 #dg #gh4 ,to ,rev4 ,dr4 ,spring1 ,new ,york1 #dh #gi4 ,perseverance in ,christ's ,service1 #dh #hj4 ,glorying in the ,cross1 #di #ha4 ,man without ,revelation1 #di #hb4 ,god is ,one1 #ej #hc4 ,what is it to die8 #ej #hd4 ,churches of ,piedmont1 #ea #he4 ,the ,lord's ,supper1 #ea #hf4 ,occom1 the ,indian ,preacher1 #eb #hg4 ,my ,sermon1 ,july1 #ahea1 #eb #hh4 ,national ,convulsions1 #ec #hi4 ,psalm ,,viii41 #ec #ij4 ,to my ,native ,town1 #ed #ia4 ,to ,sarah ,anna ,hopkins1 #ed #ib4 ,to ,mrs4 ,douglass in jail1 #ee #ic4 ,ready for ,either1 #ee #id4 ,to ,miss ,hannah ,lyman1 ,montreal1 #ef #ie4 ,visit to ,pontoosuc or ,pittsfield1 #ef #if4 ,company of ,old ,men1 #eg #ig4 ,joy in a ,dying ,hour1 #eg #ih4 ,niagara ,falls1 #eh #ii4 ,justification by ,faith1 #eh #ajj4 ,universal ,triumph of the ,gospel1 #ei ,a ,,book ,,of ,,christian ,,sonnets4 #a4 ,,on ,,washington4 ,great ,,washington6 ,mount ,vernon's shade were naught1 ,except as close allied to thine own name2 ,and what but noblest virtues without blame ,have all the lustre of thy glory wrought8 ,our country's chief in freedom's battle fought1 ,thy sword laid down in triumph's loud acclaim2 ,then ,first in peace1 our nation's good thine aim1 ,to ,rulers many a lesson thou hast taught4 ,the model patriot thou1 thy life unstain'd2 ,a rev'rent worshipper of ,god1 we see ,thine end was peace2 one noble act remain'd1 ,thy dying voice said to thy slaves1 ,be ,free6 ,with no dear son1 each ,freeman is thy ,son1 ,and thou his ,father lov'd1 ,great ,,washington6 #b4 ,,the ,,stars4 ,in the sweet silence of a cloudless night ,the glory-studded firmament on high ,with wonder overwhelms my gazing eye1 ,lost in the wilderness of worlds of light4 ,around these suns do systems wheel their flight1 ,all pure and spotless as the crystal sky1 ,th' abodes of bliss serene without a sigh1 ,where mists and clouds ne'er rise nor storms affright8 ,o1 for an angel's wings to fly away ,from this low world of sin1 and woe1 and care1 ,and gain those orbs of purity and love6 ,wish not for angel's wings3 thy ,god obey1 ,and soon his grace thy ransom'd soul will bear ,up to his own more glorious throne above6 #c4 ,,last ,,wish ,,of ,,wm4 ,h4 ,,prescott4 ,still beautiful in this thy rest so deep1 ,thy final wish fulfill'd1 we see thy face ,calm as in life1 with not a marring trace ,of the swift blow1 which calls thy friends to weep4 ,what hosts of mighty dead around thee keep ,on these rich-loaded shelves their silent place8 ,farewell1 companions lov'd2 like your's my race ,is run2 tomorrow in the ground ,i sleep4 ,what would he teach us1 living1 by this scene8 ,books6 books6 are earth's invaluable lights2 ,treasures of truth1 the richest gifts terrene1 ,left by fled spirits in their upward flights6 ,and what does man demand1 in age and youth1 ,but heav'n-descended1 heav'nward-guiding ,,truth8 #d4 ,,on ,,war4 ,thou shalt not kill1the ,almighty ,god hath said4 ,then1 ,mighty ,kings6 who glory in your shame ,and swim in blood to gain a hero's name1 ,what awful doomwith all your greatness fled ,when1 rising with your subjects from the dead1 ,ye stand in judgment8 ,what will then be fame8 ,and will not fiery courage be quite tame2 ,on ev'ry side th' ,almighty's terrors spread8 ,o1 ,living ,monarchs6 within reach of grace1 ,of love and mercy from the throne of ,god1 ,forgiveness may ye find1 and faith t' embrace ,the offer'd pardon through redeeming blood2 ,then to the world great ,benefactors prove1 ,your pride exchang'd for happy subjects' love6 #e4 ,,truth',s ,,testimony ,,of ,,christ4 ,truth to the earth came down from heav'n above1 ,cloth'd in celestial beauty to the eye1 ,willing to see2 man's guide to ,god on high4 ,her voice is voice of sweetness and of love1 ,of pow'r all feelings of the soul to move4 ,when she but speaks1 all wild'ring phantoms fly1 ,each cheat1 and fraud1 and vile1 illusive lie1 ,which in our murky air around thick rove4 ,she speaks of ,him1 who ere the earth was made ,was ,god's own ,son in heav'nly glory bright2 ,yet dwelt with man in mortal flesh array'd1 ,redeemer blest6 of this dark world the light2 ,whose death by cruel nails our life has won1 ,whose cross for us a bright1 immortal crown4 #f4 ,,corrupted ,,youth4 ,i've seen the morning sweet1 serene1 and bright1 ,cheer'd by th' effulgence of the orb of day1 ,and ev'ry object drest in pure array2 ,but soon the splendor chang'd to dismal night4 ,dark clouds and raging storms spread round affright1 ,while lightnings gleam1 and thunders bring dismay4 ,and such too oft is ,youth3 thoughtless and gay1 ,with ev'ry charm to bless th' admiring sight4 ,but soon how chang'd6 ,the face is mark'd with care1 ,the furious passions cast away control1 ,and outrag'd conscience shakes a glist'ning dart4 ,poor ,youth6 ,would'st thou the marred scene repair1 ,the sway of holy laws must guide thy soul1 ,and love1 and hope1 and faith must fill thy heart4 #g4 ,,penitence4 ,heard ye the anguish of that broken sigh1 ,bursting from wretched sinner's smitten heart8 ,or did ye mark the contrite tears1 which start ,in pearly drops from that uplifted eye8 ,blest is that groan2 'tis heard by him on high1 ,whose grace from prostrate soul will ne'er depart1 ,whose tender love will soothe the mental smart1 ,and to ,himself bring humble aliens nigh4 ,blest are those tears2with brighter ray they shine1 ,than costliest gem1 which tyrant's crown adorns1 ,when beaming on the gaze of subject throngs4 ,the grief of penitence wakes bliss divine ,before ,his throne1 who bore the crown of thorns1 ,and ,angels' harps resound with rapt'rous songs6 #h4 ,god's omnipresence4 ,psalm #aci4 ,o1 whither from thy ,spirit shall ,i go8 ,or whither from thine eye shall ,i repair8 ,thou1 ,lord1 if ,i ascend to heav'n1 art there2 ,and there1 if ,i lie down in grave below3 ,or if the wings of morning on me grow1 ,and with the speed of light ,i pierce the air ,and find the shores1 which ,india's billows wear1 ,ev'n there thy presence will around me flow4 ,if ,i should say1night's veil will me conceal2 ,yet in thy view the darkness shall be light1 ,and deepest gloom will shine like flood of day4 ,thy presence1 ,lord1 then let me ever feel ,each budding1 sinful aim and thought to blight1 ,and urge to deeds of holy1 blest array4 #i4 ,,the ,,prometheus ,,chained ,,of ,,aeschylus4 ',tis piteous tale1 in ,grecian numbers told1 ,prometheus chain'd by ,vulcan to a rock2 ,expos'd aloft to ev'ry tempest's shock1 ,to burning sun1 and winter's shiv'ring cold3 ,and all his woe1 as minstrel doth unfold1 ,from love to man1 whom other gods would mock4 ,for man his hands ,jove's treasury unlock2 ,the stolen fire he breathes on man's dull mould4 ,o1 could this ,bard have liv'd in ,christian days1 ,and seen our blessed ,lord nail'd to the tree1 ,expos'd1 from love to man1 to scorn and woe2 ,he would have sung of ,,jesus2 and his lays ,would shame our empty1 soulless minstrelsy1 ,whose strains in praise of ,,jesus never flow6 #aj4 ,,on ,,tyndale1 ,,the ,,martyr4 ,tyndale6 ,blest martyr to the truth and right1 ,who in thy zeal didst cause1 with labor long1 ,god's word to shine out in thy native tongue1 ,in killing thee the men1 who to the light ,darkness prefer1 would shroud the world in night4 ,vain hope6 for on the day of this great wrong ,the sun of truth arose on ,england's throng ,with not a cloud t' obscure its splendor bright4 ,what though the men of ,rome did strangle thee1 ,then burn thy body at the stake8 ,thy name ,is honor'd in the earth1 while infamy ,attends thy foes1 and bigots blush with shame4 ,but more than this3 in the last day ,god's ,son ,will give the glorious crown1 which thou hast won6 #aa4 ,,miserable ,,old ,,age4 ',tis weary through the race of life to run1 ,expos'd to noon-tide heat and chilly night1 ,mid storms1 that well the boldest may affright1 ,when clouds with lightnings arm'd obscure the sun4 ,our cares are vain2 the good is never won2 ,sweet joys are fleeting as the meteor's light2 ,unfix'd as shadows are our hopes most bright2 ,and toil of years is toil but just begun4 ,backward from long ascent we turn the eye1 ,if haply the review may cheer the heart3 ,the graves of those we love heave through the way4 ,forward we gaze3 thick mists obstruct the sky1 ,but precipice is near1 from which we start2 ,yet naught remains but down to slide and die6 #ab4 ,idols4 ,psalm #ace4 ,the heathen gods are gods of yellow gold1 ,of shining silver1 or perchance of wood1 ,moulded in various shapes1 as moulder would1 ,and for large sums to godless sinners sold4 ,these gods have mouths1 but speak not2that were bold3 ,eyes have they1 but they see notas eyes should2 ,ears have they1 but they hear notyet are wooed2 ,they breathe not through their throatmay it be told8 ,nor eyes1 nor ears1 nor thought1 nor sense have they1 ,who to these idol-gods their homage give1 ,and pray for succor to a stubborn block4 ,we pity such strange follyas we may2 ,but if we worship idols1 though they live1 ,do we not1 too1 the one ,jehovah mock8 #ac4 ,,to #d ,,presidents ,,alive4 #ahbf4 ,ye've run a race of glory here below1 ,such as no rolls of hist'ry can display2 ,have held o'er ,freedom's land a gentle sway1 ,have seen its prosp'rous tide unceasing flow1 ,and now1 retir'd1 a welcome peace ye know4 ,methinks ye calmly smile1as well ye may1 ,at those1 who mingle in the public fray1 ,o'erwhelm'd by cares1 that no repose allow4 ,ye've run your race of honor1 and full soon ,the darkness of the grave will close the scene2 ,and after death your ,judge will weigh your ways4 ,my heart desires for you the blessed boon1 ,that1 ransom'd by the blood outpour'd for sin1 ,ye run th' immortal race of heav'nly praise6 #ad4 ,,the ,,way ,,of ,,salvation4 ,if we with conscious guilt and humble shame ,our sins confess to ,god and deep deplore1 ,resolv'd his holy laws to break no more1 ,for pardon trusting in his ,son's great name1 ,whose wondrous love brought him to bear our blame2 ,then let a rush of troubles whelm us o'er1 ,as stormful billows dash upon the shore1 ,e'n dying1 we in peace may each exclaim1 ,my spirit into life doth die away1 ,and my poor body shall now rest in hope1 ,awaiting with the sav'd the rising day1 ,when at the trumpet's blast each grave shall ope1 ,and in the likeness of ,christ's body ,i ,shall share in glory endless in the sky6 #ae4 ,,the ,,overthrow ,,of ,,popery4 ,an angel rais'd a stone as millstone great1 ,and cast it in the sea1 and loudly cried ,thus shall great ,bab'lon perish in her pride1 ,no fragment left of her once glorious state6 ,down sank the stone beneath the wave2 when straight ,the earth1 by guilt o'erburden'd1 heav'd her side1 ,and down the city fell in ruin wide1 ,and naught was seen of walls1 that tower'd so late4 ,alas1 that city great6 ,cry mighty kings1 ,whose sceptres had sustain'd her bigot sway1 ,while she by sorc'ries propp'd their tyrant throne4 ,while swells her smoke1 as of burnt-offerings1 ,standing afar1 through fear1 they mournful say ,alas6 that mighty city1 ,,babylon6 #af4 ,,the ,,fall ,,of ,,babylon4 ,her shorn1 and cowl'd1 and mitred merchants weep1 ,since perishes with her their gainful trade ,of long indulgencies1 for silver weigh'd1 ,pledg'd from sad purgatory souls to keep1 ,of holy water1 oil1 and relics cheap1 ,as blood1 tears1 rags1 and bones in grave-yard laid1 ,of crosses1 roods1 and forms for ,mary made1 ,of beads and bulls1 and various wares a heap2 ,of idols1 masses1 pray'rs1 and souls of men1 ,by sale of which they liv'd in indolence1 ,and laugh'd while their poor cred'lous dupes did groan4 ,seeing her smoke afar1 they cry again1 ,alas for all her lost magnificence6 ,fall'n is that proud1 great city1 ,,babylon6 #ag4 ,,the ,,scoffers ,,at ,,the ,,bible4 ,if ,god is holy ,governor supreme1 ,and star-born1 earth-born subjects must obey1 ,or bear the ,judge's sentence as they may2 ,if they1 endow'd with intellect's bright gleam1 ,free-will1 and conscience1 see ,god's ,truth outstream1 ,yet scoff1 instead of trembling with dismay1 ,and infidels defiant prove2 the day ,is nigh1 when ,christ will say7it is no dream1 ,they'll hear the trumpet's blast1 no soothing lyre7 ,unto the devil's proud1 poor dupes ensnar'd1 ,no longer bold against ,god's ,son t' conspire1 ,their sin and all its damage unrepair'd1 ,depart1 ye cursed1 into endless fire1 ,for ,satan and his angel-hosts prepar'd6 #ah4 ,,prayer4 ,the humble peasant on the mountain's side ,may feel th' oppressor's gripe1 and seem his prey2 ,but in compacted state1 of just array1 ,his country's arm will be to his allied4 ,though trampled on1 and justice be denied1 ,yet let him in his ,sov'reign's ear display ,his wrongs1 and quick a just and mighty sway ,shall lift him up1 and check the spoiler's pride4 ,the ear of ,god is open to our cry3 ,though high his throne1 beyond our feeble sight1 ,he hears from this far world each humble sigh2 ,and swift to do his will1 in squadrons bright1 ,from heav'n to earth his mighty angels fly1 ,outstripping in their course the speed of light4 #ai4 ,,christ',s ,,table4 ,the monarch's table1 grac'd with golden plate1 ,with viands loaded1 brought from ev'ry clime1 ,garnish'd with beauty1 cheer'd with minstrel's chime1 ,is poor1 compar'd with that1 at which ,i sate4 ,the humble feast outvied all royal state2 ,the bread from far beyond where sun doth climb1 ,the wine more ancient than the birth of time1 ,present the ,king of ,kings o'er worlds elate2 ,the guests in purity of heart array'd1 ,their songs the glad emotions of the soul1 ,their faces beaming with celestial love4 ,like this no table e'er shall be display'd ,till o'er the earth the car of fate shall roll1 ,and bear the worthy to the feast above4 #bj4 ,,death4 ,job #ad4 ,poor man1 of woman born1 is child of woe2 ,his days are few and fill'd with bitter grief1 ,with cares and pains1 from which is no relief1 ,till scythe of death shall lay his blossoms low4 ,the gen'rous tree cut down will once more grow1 ,and spread its branches after ruin brief ,loaded with fruits almost beyond belief2 ,such pow'r have living roots1 that creep below4 ,but man decays1 and wastes away1 and dies1 ,his noble frame dissolving in the ground1 ,his spirit fledah1 whither who can say8 ,beneath the valley's clod in sleep profound ,he rests1 and there the sleeper quiet lies1 ,till earth shall burn and heav'ns shall flee away4 #ba4 ,,the ,,storm ,,on ,,the ,,lake4 ,the vessel floated on the inland sea1 ,and ,jesus found repose to nature dear1 ,when straight the angry storm comes wing'd with fear1 ,and heaving billows roll tumultuously4 ,asleep in undisturb'd tranquillity1 ,the voice of terror breaks upon his ear1 ,master6 now save us1 or we perish here2 ,we sink1 unless deliv'rance comes from ,thee6 ,he rose and said,ye tempests6 cease to blow2 ,ye billows6 be ye calm as infant's sleep3 ,when lo1 the winds are hush'd and smooth the waves4 ,ye toss'd and tempted souls6 to ,jesus go2 ,in him your faith and trust unshaken keep1 ,and ye shall be secure1 for ,,jesus saves6 #bb4 ,,on ,,jacques ,,balmat4 ,mont ,blanc6 ,that he first gain'd thy snow-built height ,was his great pride and boast4 ,yet crevice deep ,became his sudden grave1 where he doth sleep1 ,slid in some icy chasm with wild affright1 ,shut out from human reach and human sight4 ,of man's strange pride1 for which the angels weep1 ,from this a useful lesson let man reap1 ,whatever point he gains by struggling might4 ,first scholar1 artist1 genius of the age1 ,first with the sword or with the tongue's debate1 ,poet strong-wing'd or philosophic sage1 ,however loud the trump1 that calls thee great1 ,proud1 boasting worm6 just think of poor ,balmat1 ,in ice-chink plung'd from all his high eclat6 #bc4 ,,controversy4 ,i've struck the milk-white quartz with gentle blow1 ,and split with hammer fragment from the rock1 ,when lo1 unquarried by the shiv'ring shock1 ,the precious ,em'rald's crystal beauties glow6 ,thus from the mine of thought1 obscure and low1 ,does force of argument the gem unlock1 ,whose charms the beams of star-born diamond mock2 ,that gem is ,truththe truth1 which angels know6 ,delve patient2 make the stubborn barriers fly2 ,though long the toil1 let hope assuage thy care2 ,each blow the glad and glist'ning beams may wake4 ,with zeal contend2 the inquisition ply2 ,yet in debate this needful caution bear ,be gentle1 or the crystal thou mayst break6 #bd4 ,,the ,,sabbath4 ,sweet is the dawn of tranquil holy day1 ,hallow'd1 e'en from the birth of time1 to rest1 ,to purest joys1 and contemplations blest2 ,the cares of this vain world put far away4 ,god said1 ,let there be light3 and straight the play ,of varied hues all nature did invest3 ,creation ended1this was ,god's behest2 ,let ,sabbath peace return1 while earth shall stay4 ,once more1 near thrice the hundred thousandth time1 ,the blessed light upon the world is spread1 ,and wakes an heav'nly flame in many an eye3 ,just emblem of that ,sabbath day sublime1 ,whose beams in heav'n on ransom'd souls are shed ,in glorious brightness through eternity6 #be4 ,,the ,,widow',s ,,son ,,raised4 ,no company of revellers is here1 ,but sad procession solemn moves and slow1 ,while sobs are heard1 and tears of anguish flow2 ,a widow's only son is on the bier4 ,but now the mighty ,son of ,god comes near1 ,and stops the moving spectacle of woe1 ,and says,young man1 ,i tell thee1 rise6 ,when lo ,the dead man lives1 and speaks in accents clear6 ,o1 what a tide of ecstasy was thine1 ,blest widow1 kissing that son's face once more1 ,then falling at ,his feet1 who wak'd the dead6 ,so1 at another day1 that voice divine ,shall reach all caverns of the grave with power1 ,and rapture through innum'rous hearts shall spread4 #bf4 ,,thanksgiving-,,day1 #ahei4 ,thanks be to ,god on this ,thanksgiving-,day ,for all his wondrous goodness to our ,land2 ,to mine1 and me4 ,ah1 who can understand ,the myst'ries of his love8 ,to ,him ,i pray1 ,with millions whom his truth and spirit sway1 ,that all our people may discern his hand ,in their rich blessings and in one great band ,serve ,him1 whom all the hosts of heav'n obey4 ,yet what is now our pride is but our shame ,our ,country's ,,freedom6 ',tis not known by all1 ,though loud we cry1 'tis man's most rightful claim4 ,methinks ,i hear in thunder tones heav'n's call1 ,ye glorying ,states1 that boast of ,,liberty1 ,look on four million ,,slaves and make them ,,free6 #bg4 ,,the ,,lord ,,my ,,shepherd4 ,the ,lord my ,shepherd isthe ,psalmist said ,in pastures green he gives me soft repose1 ,and leads where living water gently flows2 ,thus ev'ry want is by his bounty fed4 ,when from his paths ,i err1 by pride misled1 ,my soul his kind restoring mercy knows2 ,he brings me joy1 and saves from direful woes2 ,then let my tongue his praises ever spread4 ,yea1 though ,i walk through death's most dreary vale1 ,where unshap'd shadows glide and bring affright1 ,since thou art with me naught shall wake my fear4 ,the path1 tho' dark and fill'd with mis'ry's wail1 ,guides to yon distant1 growing1 glorious light1 ,gleaming from throne of ,god in heav'ns most clear4 #bh4 ,,christ',s ,,resurrection4 ,welcome1 ,o ,day1 in dazzling glory bright1 ,emblem of yet another day most blest1 ,when all ,christ's friends with him in heav'n shall rest2 ,for on this day1 in his recover'd might1 ,the sleeper wak'd to see this morning's light2 ,the ,son of ,god6 glad angel-hosts attest3 ,so1 when alive1 most fully shown1 confest1 ,for on this day he took his heav'n-ward flight4 ,when therefore our glad eyes this morning's sun ,see rising on the earth1 we'll lift our thought ,to ,him1 who by his death our life hath bought1 ,and victor-king for us a crown hath won4 ,it e'er shall be a day of sweetest joy1 ,till we shall see our ,lord in yonder sky6 #bi4 ,,darkness ,,until ,,heavenly ,,light4 ,dark is the soul of man all hist'ry shows1 ,until outshines ,god's pure and heav'nly light2 ,till then delusions play upon his sight ,misleading ev'ry step1 as on he goes1 ,each vile imposture working him great woes1 ,each cheat and lie1 sprung up in murky night1 ,withstanding ever what is true and right1 ,and love of gain all honesty o'erthrows4 ,reason1 a flick'ring taper1 is but dim1 ,while pride and ev'ry passion keep their sway4 ,where then can help be found except in ,him1 ,who spake at first1 and night was turn'd to day8 ,god's only ,son6 ,shine thou on us in love2 ,then shall we dwell with thee in light above6 #cj4 ,,maria ,,malleville ,,allen4 ,my ,,malleville6 mature like fruitful vine ,about my house1 while flourishing most fair ,thou'rt smitten to the ground4 ,sighs fill the air1 ,and here no longer can ,i call thee mine4 ,but how can ,i against ,god's will repine8 ,he will restore thee1 and my loss repair1 ,sweet1 growing1 endless joys with thee to share1 ,and with the holy who in glory shine6 ,e'en now thy spirit lives1 and joins the song1 ,which breaks like torrent from the harps of gold ,resounding through heav'n's arches by the throng ,of ransom'd sinners and with joys untold1 ,let ,wisdom1 ,honor1 ,pow'r in highest strain ,to thee1 ,o ,,lamb1 be paid1 for ,thou wast slain6 #ca4 ,,prayer ,,for ,,mercy4 ,i dare not1 ,lord1 claim aught of good from thee ,as in reward of virtue my just right2 ,up to thy throne on high1 all-glorious1 bright1 ,i dare not lift my eyes4 ,humility ,befits the child of sin and misery3 ,repenting tears may well bedim his sight4 ,yes1 ,savior1 on my guilty breast ,i smite1 ,and ,mercy6 ,mercy6 this is all my cry4 ',twas mercy1 in thy vast1 amazing love1 ,awaking wonder in th' angelic throng1 ,that brought thee down from ,god's right hand above1 ,upon the cross to die1 t' atone for wrong4 ,then wilt thou not my sad petition hear1 ,and give me peace and hope1 instead of fear8 #cb4 ,,the ,,lost ,,child4 ,two days had pass'd2 the anxious search was vain ,the wilder'd child in forest wide to find2 ,but pity call'd once more the neighbors kind ,each darksome nook t' explore with care and pain4 ,in far-stretch'd rank1 like fleet upon the main1 ,well rang'd by wisdom are their toils combin'd1 ,with law,if dead1 a single horn shall wind3 ,alive1 let gun and horn ring merry strain6 ,hark6as the ,father lay with ear to ground1 ,he cried2,alas1 my wife1 the single horn6 ,oh no6 ,gun1 horn1 and shout the forest shake6 ,so1 when the wilder'd1 sinning man is found1 ,by grace recover'd and to goodness born1 ,from angel hosts the shouts of joy outbreak4 #cc4 ,,mexican ,,idol4 ,of giant height1 carv'd from basaltic block1 ,two snakes the monster bears for arms and hands2 ,on either side a vulture's wing expands2 ,the noble face of man its features mock4 ,beneath1 the fangs of ,rattlesnake unlock2 ,on ,tiger's claws the fearful idol stands2 ,men's hearts and skull do make his necklace bands2 ,meet ornaments1 that ev'ry gazer shock6 ,here is the form of true idolatry6 ,worship of serpentvulturetiger god1 ,curst ,lucifer1 the rebel flung to hell6 ,can ,christians to such idol bow the knee8 ,the idol ,,war is such2 thus cloth'd1 thus shod1 ,inwreath'd with skulls1 hissing with malice fell6 #cd4 ,,god ,,our ,,safety4 ,psalm #ia4 ,who in the ,most ,high's secret place doth dwell1 ,beneath th' ,almighty's shadow shall abide4 ,god is my refuge1 where ,i safe may hide1 ,my fortress strong and inaccessible4 ,from thee the noisome plague he will repel1 ,and safe from fowler's snare1 with skill applied2 ,although a thousand fall down at thy side1 ,no evil shall approach thy house or cell4 ,his kind1 protecting wings o'er thee shall spread2 ,his truth shall be to thee a brazen shield1 ,his promise stronger than a tow'r on high2 ,of nightly terror be not then afraid1 ,nor of the day's swift arrow3 'tis reveal'd1 ,thy ,god1 thy trust1 shall lift thee to the sky6 #ce4 ,,the ,,believer ,,encouraged4 ,pilgrim6 do thickest clouds of grief and woe ,shut from thine eye that sweet and heav'nly light1 ,so lately spread upon thy pathway bright8 ,is a dark wing outstretch'd o'er all below8 ,fear not3 more glorious beams shall surely flow ,from fount perennial on thy gladden'd sight4 ,thy ,god is faithful4 ,in his love and might ,thou'rt safe2 and naught thy bliss can overthrow4 ,gaze now upon the wondrous cross4 ,there hung1 ,victim for sins1 which claim'd avenging hell1 ,god's own beloved ,son in agony3 ,then hear the strains in heav'nly arches sung4 ,can ,he1 who gave the gift unspeakable1 ,deny thee strength1 and hope1 and light1 and joy8 #cf4 ,,on ,,rev4 ,,dr4 ,,john ,,codman4 ,,codman1 in early paths of life my friend1 ,when we together walk'd the flow'ry way ,of science1 nor from virtue went astray1 ,where ,charles's stream by ,harvard's walls doth wend2 ,then woven were the ties1 no force can rend ,the ties of ,christian love2 from day to day ,our constant aim1 our constant1 firm essay1 ,god's ,truth first known1 its dictates to attend4 ,through many a year and many a changing scene ,our early bond unbroken1 when at last1 ,as all thy earthly prospects were o'ercast1 ,i bid farewell to thee with anguish keen1 ,then did'st thou say1,we meet again above ,this faith ,i havewhere sits ,,eternal ,,love6 #cg4 ,,northampton ,,grave-,,yard4 ,thick are the branches of o'ershad'wing trees1 ,of deep1 unfading green3 does this proclaim1 ,that many a sleeper here hath deathless name1 ,immortal glory by ,god's just decrees8 ,these monumental stones no eye that sees ,of whitest marble as for purest fame1 ,recording deeds of high and holy aim ,but must their forms approve4 ,each passing breeze ,bears richest odors from these graves1 where rest ,the fathers and their children2 men of prayer1 ,of faith1 and love1 and ev'ry virtue blest4 ,for the great rising day be it our care ,to be ourselves companions of the wise2 ,with them to meet our ,savior in the skies4 #ch4 ,,the ,,lord',s ,,prayer4 ,our heav'nly ,father1 whom we fear and love1 ,hallow'd by all thy children be thy name2 ,thy kingdom comean empire without blame2 ,let men obey thee1 like the blest above4 ,give us this day our daily bread2 remove ,our guilt1 as we forgive a brother's shame2 ,let not temptation urge its mighty claim1 ,nor web of evil be around us wove2 ,for thine the kingdom is1 and thine the praise2 ,and thine the pow'r1 which no resistance knows3 ,to thee1 ,o ,god1 be endless glory given4 ,thus will ,i pray1 while heart within me plays1 ,or tongue is free my feelings to disclose1 ,till ,i shall join the choral song in heaven4 #ci4 ,,praise ,,to ,,god4 ,psalm #adh4 ,praise ye the ,lord4 ,ye ,angels1 give him praise ,and all his hosts throughout the heav'ns on high2 ,both sun and moon1 and stars that fill the sky1 ,for his command made all your lights to blaze4 ,let all earth's hosts their voices loud upraise2 ,ye mountains proud that human feet defy1 ,and dragons which in ocean-deeps do lie2 ,fire1 hail1 and vapors1 tempests that amaze ,the seaman in his barque2 the drifting snow2 ,all lofty cedars and each fruitful tree2 ,the fowl that fly1 and beasts that creep below2 ,all kings and people1 old and young1 come ye1 ,and praise ,god's name1 all glorious1 good1 and great1 ,god's name1 in majesty o'er all elate6 #dj4 ,,on ,,my ,,father1 ,,rev4 ,t4 ,,allen4 ,i give thee thanks and praise1 ,great ,god above6 ,that though one half a hundred years be fled ,since my dear earthly father join'd the dead1 ,he lives within my heart4 ,his faith1 his love1 ,his zeal for right1 the thoughts that him did move ,the foes of truth t' encounter without dread1 ,all foes of ,him who on the cross once bled1 ,such things for him a web of honor wove4 ,my years are more than his3 ,o1 could ,i say1 ,my virtues are but equal2 and that1 when ,i reach the closing hour of my life's day1 ,my ,god would give me his strong faith2 for then1 ,as told he could not live1 he made reply ,i'm going to live forever in the sky6 #da4 ,,time',s ,,end4 ,rev4 #aj4 ,cloth'd with a cloud an angel-form ,i see2 ,a beaming rainbow decks his glorious brow2 ,like dazzling noon-tide sun his features glow2 ,one blazing foot is planted in the sea1 ,the other on the earth1 like burning tree2 ,he cried aloud1 as lion1 roaring slow2 ,seven angry thunders mutter'd their echo2 ,his red right arm he lifted high and free2 ,then with an oath1 that shook heav'ns mighty arch1 ,he sware by ,him1 that made the sea and earth1 ,and scattered far abroad the worlds of light1 ,whose years proceed in never-ending march1 ,that ,time1 which ow'd to his decree its birth1 ,should cease fore'er to wing its rapid flight4 #db4 ,,written ,,in ,a ,,thunder-,,storm4 ,in that loud voice1 that shakes the earth and skies1 ,the ancient pagan heard ,jove's angry tone1 ,speaking to mortals from the clouds1 his throne2 ,in that keen light1 which rapid bursts and flies1 ,and darts to earth1 and dazzles mortal eyes1 ,the pagan saw ,jove's vengeful jav'lin thrown1 ,to check man's pride1 and cast presumption down1 ,and vindicate the god as strong and wise4 ,but now1 since ,franklin drew a spark from cloud1 ,and prov'd it merely electricity1 ,though1 ,god6 thou speak in thunders e'er so loud1 ,our empty science makes us deaf to ,thee2 ,and though thy lightnings glare1 yet we are proud1 ,and blind to ,thy most glorious majesty6 #dc4 ,,impiety4 ,the pagan pays his worship to a block1 ,or lifts his homage to the glorious sun1 ,who1 like a giant1 in his race doth run2 ,such folly well our thinking sense may shock4 ,but what if ,christian nam'd his ,god should mock1 ,or wrapp'd in web1 by atheist's fingers spun1 ,all nature's brightness seem obscure and dun1 ,not deem'd ,his work1 who guides the starry flock8 ,is there not here a guilt of deeper dye1 ,a mind less cheer'd by rays of truth divine1 ,a heart more cold1 enchain'd by ,greenland frost8 ,ah6 can the wretch e'er dwell in purest sky1 ,where ,god's perfections all in glory shine8 ,is he not blinded1 cheated1 wilder'd1 lost8 #dd4 ,,on ,,the ,,death ,,of ,,my ,,daughter4 ,poor man1 who name of ,father dost not know1 ,nor e'er hast felt that bond of sweetest might1 ,which binds thee to thy child2 on whose glad sight ,that fairest image on the earth below1 ,in beauty like heav'n's various-tinted bow1 ,her ,mother's picture1 lovely daughter bright ,ne'er shone2thou hast not seen joy's earthly height6 ,all this ,i've seen1 and lost to my huge woe6 ,and yet ,i do not need thy pity1 friend2 ,for though the flow'r of seventeen summers' bloom ,was smitten1 still it blossoms without end ,in garden1 where ne'er falls a blighting doom4 ,a ransom'd sinner did my ,daughter die1 ,in ,christian hope1 with glory in her eye6 #de4 ,,the ,,last ,,day ,,of ,,the ,,year4 ,this day another year of life is fled1 ,with ev'ry change2 its gloom and beaming light1 ,its woes and joys all vanish'd from the sight3 ,yet deeds of good and evil are not dead4 ,if ill1 their record we shall see with dread ,o'erwhelming to our sight and wild affright1 ,unless through ,christ our conscience is set right ,and his atoning blood our peace hath bred4 ,if good our deeds1 and ,christ through faith our friend1 ,then gladly may we hail life's final day1 ,the heirs of glory we when time shall end4 ,in the new year be our's the bliss to say1 ,each truly1,lord1 in thee my hope is strong ,of thee1 the ,lamb1 to sing heav'n's ceaseless song6 #df4 ,,transfiguration ,,of ,,christ4 ,nature's idolater the mount ascends ,to gaze around3 ,jesus went up to pray2 ,and as he pray'd1 there beam'd a tenfold day1 ,and brightness1 that all earthly light transcends4 ,what company is this1 that ,him attends8 ,celestial forms appear in pure array1 ,and speak of suff'rings at a future day1 ,his certain death1 which shame and anguish blends4 ,but soon the light recedes2 there comes a cloud1 ,dark and terrific in th' apostles' eyes1 ,and spreads its curtains round1 beneath1 above2 ,and from that gloom a voice is heard most loud ,this is my ,son1 who came from upper skies1 ,my ,son beloved1 hear ye ,him and love6 #dg4 ,,sleepers ,,in ,,the ,,grave-,,yard4 ,in this fair grove of thick-branch'd evergreen ,how many sleepers wide are scatter'd round1 ,having their quiet rest beneath the ground1 ,on ev'ry side their marble tablets seen8 ,their sleep1 now quiet1 will not be1 ,i ween1 ,when the archangel's trumpet loud shall sound3 ,not one of all will then be heedless found ,but all will spring to life2 a mingled scene ,of grief1 despair1 and sweet and high delight4 ,i speak not of the bad2 but sure a throng ,of loving friends will meet the judge's sight1 ,skill'd in the notes of ransom'd sinners' song4 ,shall we be with these sleepers as they rise8 ,say1 shall we join them in yon blessed skies8 #dh4 ,,song ,,of ,,the ,,redeemed4 ,rev4 #g4 ,behold1 before the ,lamb1 before ,god's throne ,in robes of white a countless multitude1 ,all bearing palms1 in glorious order stood1 ,from ev'ry tribe and tongue by goodness won2 ,their voices high are join'd1 as if but one2 ,all cry aloud,salvation to our ,god1 ,and to the glorious ,lamb1 whose precious blood ,for all our deepest sins did once atone6 ,then fell the angels prostrate1 and they said ,while with enraptur'd hearts they ,god adore1 ,and to the ,lamb of sacrifice they bend ,let honor1 glory1 blessing1 thanks be paid1 ,all might1 and wisdom1 majesty1 and power ,unto our ,god for ages without end6 #di4 ,,nature ,,reproved4 ,for ages worshipp'd by the ,minstrel throng1 ,by rippling brook1 in air1 and field1 and wood1 ,on mountain top1 and ridge of billowy flood1 ,nature6 thou dost thy ,maker mighty wrong4 ,hast thou no speech to check the erring song8 ,glows not thy beauteous cheek with mantling blood ,thyself to take ,his praise1 ,,first ,,fair1 ,,first ,,good8 ,wilt thou this wild delusion still prolong8 ,vain ,idol6 this thy folly thou shalt rue3 ,a voice is swelling on the mountain breeze1 ,and echoes loud from yonder azure sky ,thy beauty's light shall turn to deadly hue2 ,on all thy charms the kindling flames shall seize1 ,and worshipper and god in ashes lie6 #ej4 ,,removal ,,of ,,severe ,,illness4 ,short seem'd the step down to the awful grave1 ,where ev'ry vig'rous limb all stiffen'd lies1 ,and greedy worms in us hold revelries1 ,while weeds and grasses o'er my bed shall wave4 ,this world of ours1 built up so beauteous1 brave1 ,must it be faded ever from my eyes8 ,shall my dull ear hear no sweet symphonies8 ,and from this dreaded doom can naught me save8 ,naught sav'd me but thy pow'r1 ,o ,god of love6 ,i live again3 to ,thee be all the praise2 ,and let me live with heart on things above1 ,as one1 in all things whom thy ,spirit sways2 ,so serving ,christ1 as sure to me 'tis given ,to see him in a brighter worldin heaven6 #ea4 ,,god ,,man',s ,,all-,,sufficient ,,good4 ,although no blossom'd fig tree deck the field1 ,nor fruit hangs clust'ring on the joyful vine1 ,to give1 when press'd1 the spirit-cheering wine1 ,nor cultur'd ground the needful food doth yield2 ,although the flocks the fold no longer shield1 ,nor sheep and goats from rav'nous wolves confine2 ,although no grazing herds1 as once1 are mine1 ,and all my gold to robbers is reveal'd2 ,yet in ,jehovah will my soul rejoice1 ,the ,god of my salvation2 songs shall rise ,to him1 whose favor is my treasur'd gold4 ,his bounty forces on my better choice ,the ever-gladd'ning fruits of paradise1 ,and heav'n's unmeasur'd good1 and joys untold4 #eb4 ,,the ,,death ,,of ,,rev4 ,,dr4 ,i4 ,,nichols4 ,in boyhood's prime our four years' course being done ,in band of numbers unsurpass'd before1 ,all said1as richest gems we counted o'er1 ,the highest rank ,thou1 youngest1 yet hast won4 ,again1 when now brief interval was run1 ,our toils renew'd as long a time once more ,in ,harvard's walls1 t' acquire the honey'd store4 ,since then just fifty years our lives have spun4 ,a few days past ,i hail'd my birth-day light2 ,alas1 it was thy day of death1 my friend1 ,when thy keen eyes were clos'd in deepest night3 ,yet 'twas thy birth to life without an end6 ,thy trust be mineis now my sick-bed pray'r ,in ,god's own ,son1 who came our sins to bear4 #ec4 ,,the ,,voice ,,of ,,nature ,,to ,,poets4 ,your homage has been paid me much too long1 ,withheld from him1 who made me fair and good1 ,his image to reflect from earth and flood1 ,and wake for him the ,bard's sublimest song4 ,no eagle1 mounting on his pinions strong1 ,nor sweetly-warbling ,nightingale in wood1 ,no humble flow'r with tint of sky or blood1 ,nor scaly fish1 nor murm'ring insect throng2 ,no shaggy beast beneath the forest wide1 ,no crystal gleaming in its rocky bed1 ,nor glossy shell beneath the em'rald sea2 ,no rippling brook1 nor stream of swollen pride1 ,no golden cloud1 nor star in silence led1 ,,father ,,of ,,all6 but speaks aloud of ,thee6 #ed4 ,,the ,,cross ,,and ,,crown4 ,bright symbols1 which a daughter's hand hath wove1 ,what more significant before mine eyes ,or showing forth sublimer mysteries1 ,the color'd ,cross the suff'ring ,savior's love1 ,the ,crown of green his ,father's gift above8 ,why bear these autumn leaves such crimson dyes1 ,save to express his death1 his agonies1 ,whose hand outspread each decorated grove8 ,if all be1 then1 the purchase of his blood1 ,all who repent1 and love1 believe1 obey1 ,who1 now redeem'd1 walk in the upward way1 ,cheer'd with the hope of heav'n's eternal good1 ,let me not boast of all within my thought1 ,save in ,christ's ,,cross1 by which my ,,crown was bought4 #ee4 ,,dying ,i ,,am ,,blest4 ,great kings must leave their thrones and rule unjust1 ,philosophers forget their idle schemes1 ,beauty her form1 and poets too their dreams1 ,and rich men mingle with the worthless dust4 ,alas1 what is the earth to poor man's trust8 ,how fleeting all earth's joys1 like rushing streams6 ,yet 'tis not dark to me3 ,i see bright gleams1 ,which from my ,god on high on me outburst1 ,visions of good eternal in the skies3 ,my sins effac'd by blood1redeeming love1 ,god's ,son1 once on the cross1 enthroned above1 ,my long-lost ones again before my eyes1 ,with all the good4,i cry1 ,death brings me rest2 ,through thee1 ,o ,jesus1 ,,dying ,i ,,am ,,blest6 #ef4 ,,compact ,,on ,,board ,,the ,,mayflower4 ,the wondrous ,mayflow'r1 floating on the sea1 ,wafting the noble ,pilgrims to the west1 ,as yet had found no circling shore for rest1 ,though land was near2 'tis now her ,company ,to guard against disorders1 which might be1 ,and firm foundation lay for empire blest1 ,their ,solemn ,compact made1 that none might wrest1 ,each pledg'd the ,rule to follow cheerfully4 ,freedom and ,law are bound in union sweet2 ,for all have equal pow'r till common vote ,authority confer1 to which all bow1 ,its exercise restrain'd1 as is most meet1 ,to ,public ,good4 ,no acts of their's denote ,a thought their ,chief could private int'rest know4 #eg4 ,,to ,,jesus ,,christ1 ,,god',s ,,son4 ,o1 blessed1 first-born ,son of ,god most high1 ,by whom the sun and all the worlds of light ,were summon'd from the gloom of deepest night1 ,while this low earth was shap'd before thine eye1 ,didst ,thou earth's ills in human form defy1 ,leaving thy glorious1 heav'nly mansion bright1 ,to save lost man1 and vindicate ,god's right1 ,and on the cross1 nail'd hands and feet1 didst die8 ,o1 wondrous truth1 beyond all truths we know6 ,with love our trembling lips pronounce thy name2 ,with speechless gratitude our hearts o'erflow6 ,but ,thou didst rise from thy sad doom of shame1 ,and1 while angelic hosts hail ,thee and greet1 ,at ,god's right hand didst find thine ancient seat4 #eh4 ,,to ,,dr4 ,,thomson1 ,,missionary4 ,old ,,warrior1 two decades of years and more ,have sped1 since thou didst arm thee for the fight1 ,since thou didst wield thy sword with hero's might1 ,warring just where apostles fought of yore4 ',twas ,charity1 which o'er two oceans bore ,thee and thy fellows from this land of light ,to seek ,god's ancient mount in error's night ,and ,zion's long-lost glory to restore4 ,thy warfare is to last while thou hast breath2 ,sure is the vict'ry which to ,christ is given2 ,earth shall yet bear the sun-light stamp of heaven4 ,and when at last thine eye shall close in death1 ,thy life1 we know1 through ,christ's atoning blood1 ,shall be where ,god outbeams light's endless flood4 #ei4 ,,happy ,,old ,,age4 ',tis good our destin'd course in life to run1 ,new forms of beauty bursting on the sight1 ,the clouds soon gone1 that bring a feeble night1 ,still holding on our way1 like glorious sun4 ,what noble prize has sluggishness e'er won8 ',tis toil of day1 that brings sweet rest at night1 ,and mingled joys make e'en our sorrows light3 ,the bliss we taste is bliss but just begun4 ,from height of age we gaze on years gone by2 ,the fruits of many a deed of good appear1 ,from which new plants are waving to the eye4 ,forward we look2 no terrors we descry1 ,but all is light1 and peace1 and pleasures dear3 ,one step will gain the glories of the sky6 #fj4 ,,pilgrims ,,on ,,plymouth ,,rock4 ,the ,mayflow'r's anchor'd in the wintry bay2 ,and now the crowded boat with busy oar ,glides onward to the solitary shore1 ,where1 just emerging from the wave1 there lay ,a ,rock1 which trusting feet would not betray4 ,on this the ,pilgrims land1 to float no more ,on angry billows1 as they ceaseless roar2 ,but here to fix their dwelling-place for aye4 ,this scene may well the future good unfold1 ,which o'er th' ,atlantic wave their feet had sought ,,the ,,liberty ,,of ,,conscience1 prize untold1 ,each shackle broke which bigotry had wrought ,symbol1 which sure our eyes do not bemock1 ,of ,,freedom',s ,empire1 founded on a ,rock6 #fa4 ,,no ,,sorrow ,,in ,,death4 ,as now1 methinks1 my fated hour draws nigh1 ,with all its scenes before my vision clear1 ,why must ,i take my flight without a tear ,to dim the lustre of my heav'n-lift eye8 ,why leave ,i sweetest joys without a sigh1 ,as though to my blest soul not rich and dear8 ,is all my love to lov'd ones insincere1 ,that ,i am calm while other spirits cry8 ,oh no6 ,i love them2 but love others more ,our common ,,savior1 victim on the tree ,their ,mother and their ,sister gone before ,to heav'n1 there ready now to welcome me4 ,harvests of glorious ,good about to reap1 ,dying to enter ,,life1how can ,i weep8 #fb4 ,,on ,,john ,,robinson4 ,i see thee1 outcast from thy native shore1 ,exile from ,england lov'd1 to toil and die2 ,and ne'er didst thou behold our western sky2 ,yet in both lands what name is honor'd more ,than thine1 ,o ,,robinson8 ,we hence adore ,that ,providence1 which thus uplifts on high ,the worthy from their deep humility1 ,and makes them stars to shine forevermore4 ,the ,truth thou didst discern and didst maintain ,freedom to worship ,godwith courage bold1 ,unaw'd by foes in pow'r and pride arrayed4 ,this claim the world will ne'er forget again1 ,nor thee forget1 its champion of old1 ,but breathe thy noble spirit undismayed4 #fc4 ,,sudden ,,sickness4 #ahde4 ,as city1 near volcanic mountain's brow1 ,when heav'd by earthquake in its strongest wall1 ,trembles1 and seems just tott'ring to its fall2 ,such seem'd my frame of clay beneath the blow4 ',twas ,wisdom's way to make the suff'rer know ,the lesson oft forgot1 needful for all1 ,that fleeting life soon flies beyond recall1 ,that heav'nly bliss is nigh or endless woe4 ,one day death's gloom seem'd settling on my head2 ,the next ,i joyful felt ,god's arm of might1 ,and rose as one recover'd from the dead4 ,to whom then now belongs my life of right8 ,thee1 ,lord1 ,i praise1 whose mercies overflow2 ,thee will ,i serve with angel's zeal below6 #fd4 ,,on ,,truth4 ,of intellectual worlds ,truth is the sun1 ,outpouring on the mind heav'n's purest light1 ,before which quickly fly all shades of night4 ,and as his daily course the ,truth doth run1 ,he sheds a vivifying heat4 ,this done1 ,each plant of virtue grows up in our sight2 ,but ev'ry vile imposture feels a blight4 ,with thee has truth1 ,god's truth1 the vict'ry won8 ,alas6 by ev'ry cheat and wicked lie ,man is misled1 deluded to his woe2 ,and o'er him ,satan holds dominion high1 ,reigning o'er all the wretched race below1 ,till ,god doth interpose in wondrous love1 ,on man his ,spirit pouring from above4 #fe4 ,,two ,,views ,,of ,,death4 ,o death1 how dreadful is thy certain doom1 ,the beautiful all hidden from my eye ,in the dark pit1 where their stiff bodies lie6 ,and must ,i join them in the loathsome tomb8 ,yet sure the spring-flow'r does not fail to bloom1 ,when wintry frosts give way to genial sky4 ,for body's happy change we need not sigh2 ,nor for the spirit's flight from all earth's gloom4 ,then1 ,death1 thy presence brings me no affright1 ,but wakes my loud1 exulting voice through grace1 ,a shout of glorious victor in the fight1 ,or of the winner in the struggling race4 ,death is quick transfer of the soul to heaven1 ,a boon to all ,christ's friends in mercy given4 #ff4 ,,god',s ,,marvellous ,,works4 ,ps4 #ajd4 ',tis ,god1 who made and heav'n and earth sustains3 ,we render homage due4,when floods arose1 ,the ,lord did quell them to a quick repose4 ,he made all springs for mountains and for plains4 ,t' enrich the earth he gives his plenteous rains2 ,the herb for man and grass for cattle grows4 ,the moon for seasons made1 the sun too knows ,his going down1 when thickest darkness reigns2 ,then forest beasts creep forth1 who shun the light4 ,to ,god young lions for their meat do cry2 ,the sun ariseth1down in their dens they lie3 ,but man unto his work goes out till night4 ,thy works1 ,o ,lord1 how manifold and great6 ,in searchless wisdom didst thou all create6 #fg4 ,,the ,,last ,,words ,,of ,a ,,minister4 ,,christ and redeeming mercy1these alone ,his themes1 as soon his life would cease to move2 ,then hear as if his voice still with you strove3 ,my ,friends6 whom ,i would meet before ,christ's throne1 ,and welcome where all ransom'd souls are one1 ,the ,son of ,god from his high throne above ,came down to this low world in boundless love ,by anguish of the cross our guilt t' atone1 ,immortal life by rising bring to light1 ,for the deprav'd ,god's ,spirit to procure1 ,for weakest ,christian all his promis'd might1 ,and thus the failing hope to re-assure3 ,compar'd with ,christ count all things then but loss1 ,nor glory save in ,christ and in his cross6 #fh4 ,,plymouth ,,monument ,,laid #ahei4 ,this upbuilt monument1 though broad and high ,as tow'ring pyramid on ,egypt's plain1 ,our ,pilgrim-,fathers' rarest worth in vain ,attempts to show forth to the kindled eye4 ,they said,we'll seek a land of ,liberty2 ,no child of ours shall wear a galling chain6 ,such purpose bore them o'er the stormy main3 ,here was their home1 and here their bodies lie4 ,we'll build their noble virtues in our hearts1 ,the love of ,truth1 the love of ,good and ,right1 ,the ,faith which sees beyond our earthly sight1 ,the ,zeal which love to ,god and man imparts3 ,,such ,,monument we will not fail to raise1 ,when rock-built piles shall fall to bear their praise6 #fi4 ,,effect ,,of ,,death ,,on ,,man4 ,how vast the change by death in man's estate8 ,how silent now the orator's proud tongue1 ,on which so many thousands often hung8 ,how fled the concord of sweet sounds1 which late ,drew to the songstress admiration great8 ,how heedless now the monarch to the throng ,of worshippers8 ,alas1 to whom doth now belong ,the rich man's gold1 which yielding to his fate ,he leaves behind8,whate'er on earth ye love ,ye soon must lose2 then seek with earnest heart ,the proffer'd blessings near ,christ's throne above3 ,once gain'd1 there's naught can them and you dispart ,while you shall live2 nor shall one joy be gone ,while endless centuries of bliss roll on6 #gj4 ,,christmas4 ,this is the day of all earth's days the best2 ,this is the bright1 and wondrous1 glorious morn1 ,on which the ,son of ,god from heav'n was born1 ,first offer'd to his mother's vision blest4 ,think not the harps of angel-hosts could rest1 ,louder than warring notes of trump and horn2 ,the universe was glad at that day's dawn1 ,for ,mercy beam'd on sinners lost1 unblest4 ,christ dwelt as man upon this globe he built1 ,and1 having taught the world ,truth pure and bright1 ,died as a sacrifice for man's great guilt1 ,but rose again to fill all heav'n with light6 ,we hail the glad return of this glad day2 ,sing1 ,o ye heav'ns2 in joy sing on for aye6 #ga4 ,,new ,,year',s ,,day1 #ahei4 ,hail to the day ,i am allow'd to see1 ,though helpless on the bed of sickness laid1 ,another year's return6 ,all undismay'd1 ,i've daily thought1 to me it might not be4 ,it has not been to millions now set free1 ,and this year millions more1 to death betray'd1 ,will reach their doom4 ,for them ,i've earnest pray'd1 ,lord1 give them faith in thy salvation free6 ,three quarter-centuries of years my own ,will end their flight this day in winter's cold3 ,praise to my ,god for joys and hopes not flown6 ,hasten1 ,o ,lord1 the year by thee foretold1 ,when thou wilt all the fallen nations raise1 ,and earth shall be one temple to thy praise6 #gb4 ,,donati',s ,,comet1 #aheh4 ,strange ,comet1 with thy long1 curv'd tail so bright1 ,hast thou before e'er visited our sphere8 ,from what dark depths of space dost thou draw near8 ,what is thy aim thus blazing on our sight8 ,hast thou a charge with pestilence to smite8 ,full many an eye now looks on thee with fear2 ,but unknown good may spring from thy career ,and nigh approach to the great fount of light4 ,from guiding hand of ,god1 enthron'd above1 ,thou art not free2 thou comest at his will1 ,either to work the counsels of his love1 ,or judgment on the wicked to fulfil4 ,perchance on thee some1 doom'd to woe1 may dwell1 ,some demon-spirits1 whose abode is hell6 #gc4 ,,execution ,,for ,,murder1 #afcj4 ,alas1 among the ,pilgrims came there one ,not of their church nor of their heart and mind1 ,who ne'er unruly passions knew to bind1 ,nor ever learn'd a heav'nly race to run4 ,at last a brother's blood he shed1 and won ,a retribution just2 nor could he find ,a charity misguided1 and so blind1 ,as not to see fit doom for deed he'd done4 ,instructed from above1 by reason led1 ,the ,pilgrim ,company disclos'd their plan3 ,intent to give to life security ,without revenge1 with purpose stern they said ,as law had said e'er since the world began ,whoso shall shed man's blood1 by man shall die6 #gd4 ,,oneness ,,with ,,god4 ,john #ag4 ,friends of the ,son of ,god6 ,how blest are ye1 ,that when his fated hour he saw was near1 ,this prayer he lifted to his ,father dear1 ,o let them all be one1 as thou in me ,and ,i in thee1 so give them unity4 ,he meant a ,oneness in the ,truth1 'tis clear1 ,for as ,god's ,word he low descended here ,to teach the truth to all2 to me and thee2 ,next1 oneness of design and holy love1 ,oneness of soul1 of spirit1 and of mind2 ,for thus his friends will dwell with him above1 ,while never-ending ages shall unwind4 ,lord6 on our souls each grace and virtue trace1 ,so shall we see ,god's glory in thy face6 #ge4 ,,on ,,my ,,birth-,,day4 ,written ,jan4 #b1 #ahei4 ,while fourscore years wanting but five have fled1 ,the author of my frame hath it sustain'd4 ,this morning's light my waiting vision gain'd ,with thankful joy4 ,what multitudes are dead1 ,the earth twice emptied1since on infant's bed ,my blood began to run in circuits train'd8 ,destroying angel who but ,god restrain'd8 ,the past how doom'd hereafter will be read3 ,i pray the ,lord from heav'n1 for me who died1 ,me to assist the future so to spend ,becoming one to ,him by faith allied2 ,so when1 as ,he shall order1 life shall end1 ,a new and glorious life will then begin ,with ,god in heav'n1 eternal1 without sin6 #gf4 ,,god ,,and ,,his ,,son4 ,there is a ,god the universe doth show1 ,by whom were form'd the countless stars on high1 ,which glitter in the wide1 o'erarching sky2 ,all angel forms above and men below4 ,there is a ,god1 who reigns supreme1 we know2 ,yet is he not alone2 his presence nigh1 ,in glory streaming on th' uplifted eye1 ,sits one1 to whom all holy angels bow4 ,lo1 near ,god's heav'nly throne1 at his right hand ,his only ,son1,god's image true and bright1 ,with various gifts divine endow'd1 doth stand ,to execute his ,father's will with might4 ,by him ,god made and rules all worlds above2 ,by him unfolds to man his wondrous love4 #gg4 ,,on ,,martyrs4 ,there's no man great like him1 who dares to die2 ,die for the truth1 reveal'd from ,god's own throne4 ,weak is the soul of man1 when left alone1 ,unaided by the ,spirit from on high2 ,but when the ,god of grace and pow'r is nigh1 ,weakness is strength and at the stake1 alone1 ,taunted by madden'd foes1 yet not a groan1 ,when kindling flames wrap him in agony1 ,breaks from the lips of martyr1 as he died4 ,john ,huss1 and ,jerome1 and a noble host ,a vict'ry gain'd4,not in the hero's pride1 ,but in such men1of ,god sustain'd1we boast4 ,ye ,bigots6 ,when the martyrs take their crown1 ,shall ye not meet with ,god's terrific frown8 #gh4 ,,to ,,rev4 ,,dr4 ,,spring1 ,,new ,,york4 ,old ,soldier of the ,son of ,god1 the ,lord6 ,for half a cent'ry hast thou kept the field1 ,and never didst thou to the foe yet yield2 ,thine arms divine1 the ,spirit and the ,word2 ,truth1 faith1 and pray'r1 these all in sweet accord4 ,nor have thy wondrous vict'ries been conceal'd2 ,some to thy ,master's glory are reveal'd1 ,e'en now th' achievements of his flaming sword4 ,be thou1 my friend1 yet faithful unto death2 ,then1 when the blood-stain'd heroes too must die1 ,and proudest despots yield their fleeting breath1 ,and all shall meet before the throne on high1 ,while justice drives the lost ones down to hell1 ,thine endless song will just begin to swell6 #gi4 ,,perseverance ,,in ,,christ',s ,,service4 ,my friends1 be firm and faithful to the last1 ,that ye in ,christian peace and hope may die1 ,redeem'd by ,him who died in agony4 ,then as ye hear the trumpet's awful blast1 ,ye will not with the wicked be downcast ,into unfathom'd depths of misery1 ,there in despair1 beyond all hope to lie1 ,while ages never counted shall be past2 ,but ye shall see your great ,redeemer blest1 ,array'd in form most gladd'ning to your sight1 ,and he shall say1 in majesty most bright1 ,come1 my disciples1 enter into rest6 ,then shall the ,savior1 whom ye serve and love1 ,transport you to his throne1 near ,god's1 above6 #hj4 ,,glorying ,,in ,,the ,,cross4 ,let it not be1 that e'er my soul in aught ,should glory touching on delight or pride1 ,save in the wondrous cross of ,,him1 who died ,a sacrifice of worth beyond all thought1 ,with inf'nite blessings to the guilty fraught4 ,give me faith's visionlet who will deride ,o blessed ,,jesus6 of thy pierced side3 ,i boast of thee and what thy love has wrought4 ,beauty1 and wealth1 fame1 dignity1 and might1 ,a victor army dress'd in splendid show1 ,a throne and rev'rent crowds around that bow1 ,say1 what is all that dazzles human sight1 ,compar'd with glories1 which in thee1 ,god's ,son1 ,my eyes shall see while endless years roll on8 #ha4 ,,man ,,without ,,revelation4 ,poor man without ,god's heav'nly glorious light ,by ev'ry lie is cheated to his woe1 ,as hist'ry of the world doth fully show1 ,his reason shrouded in the thickest night4 ,but when the ,truth beams on his purged sight1 ,instant are fled all wild'ring shapes below1 ,whose terrors waken'd all his spirit's throe3 ,thus chang'd the scene where shines the ,gospel bright4 ,alas1 my brother1 art thou then so wise1 ,thou know'st the ,gospel false8 ,and dost thou choose ,to put to hazard yon1 blue1 blessed skies1 ,and all1 that ,god can give1 wilt madly lose8 ,keen voice from one1 now lost among the dead1 ,i hear1,ah6 whither has thy ,reason fled8 #hb4 ,,god ,,is ,,one4 ,that ,god is ,one by all his works is shown1 ,which unity of kind design display4 ,behold the distant1 glorious orb of day2 ,behold the moon1 and stars so thickly strown2 ,god's goodness by their harmony is known3 ,one ,mind1 most wise and good1 bears boundless sway4 ,yet man deprav'd refuses to obey1 ,nor gains without electing love the crown4 ,thanks be to ,god for his redeeming love1 ,announc'd by ,him1 who hung upon the tree1 ,his ,son1 who left his glorious seat above ,our guilt t' atone2 but who from death set free ,lives on his throne4 ,then let us all adore ,the ,father and the ,lamb forevermore6 #hc4 ,,what ,,is ,,it ,,to ,,die8 ,the when and how we know not1 but to die ,is but one fix'd and common1 mortal lot2 ,yet death is wondrous to our human thought6 ,we quit this earth and far away we fly ,but whither8 ,is it to the ,sun on high1 ,our central light1 that our freed soul is brought1 ,if worthy of such place1 without a blot2 ,or to more distant orb in yon blue sky1 ,to some scarce-seen but faintly-twinkling star1 ,whose rays have travell'd journeys to our sight1 ,unmeasur'd by our leagues1 they come so far8 ,yet sure at last to dwell in heav'n's own light1 ,our bodies rais'd from dust by ,christ1 our friend1 ,in his own likeness1ages without end6 #hd4 ,,churches ,,of ,,piedmont1 #ahea4 ,long since it was th' unrivall'd poet's prayer1 ,that ,god1 who governs all things here below1 ,the ashes of his slaughter'd saints would sow ,o'er all the fields of ,italy1 so fair ,to sight1 but desolate of truth and bare4 ,but centuries with ,god may onward flow1 ,ere man his ripen'd purposes can know3 ,we see the op'ning bud3 the ,alpine air ,not now is fill'd with moans but praise of ,god2 ,and peaceful churches meet in open day1 ,where once the vallies were all red with blood4 ,with hopeful faith we will not cease to pray1 ,that from its ,alpine fount truth's mighty stream ,may flow1 o'er all th' ,italian fields to gleam6 #he4 ,,the ,,lord',s ,,supper4 ,this do1 said ,,christ1 in memory of me4 ,yes3 ,i will drink the wine and eat the bread1 ,the heav'nly gift1 which vivifies the dead2 ,mindful of thine unequall'd charity4 ,no thrall1 who drops his chain1 and walks forth free1 ,from dungeon to his home and fireside led1 ,e'er felt through all his frame such rapture spread1 ,as ,i do feel1 ,o ,,christ1 redeem'd by thee6 ,and thou wilt yet still greater bliss bestow1 ,when from the prisonbarriers of the grave ,my captive dust in heav'nly form shall rise4 ,then shall ,i taste the joys1 which angels know1 ,in regions calm1 where tempests never rave1 ,nor clouds e'er float across the crystal skies4 #hf4 ,,the ,,indian ,,preacher4 ,mohegan ,,occom6not a chieftain's son1 ,yet chieftain's soul hadst thou1 for thou didst say1 ,thy ,god should have thy toil from day to day1 ,till heav'nly life and glory thou hadst won4 ,so in thy youth thou didst begin to run ,the race of ,christian goodness1 and to pray ,in humble faith and love to ,god alway1 ,utt'ring1 thy kingdom come1 thy will be done4 ,to preach the gospel to thy ,brethren dear ,and guide their wand'ring steps to heav'n above ,was e'er thy soul's delightthough work of fear ,for close to their's thy heart was knit in love4 ,o blessed sight1 if thou at last shalt see ,the ransom'd ones the ,lord hath giv'n to thee6 #hg4 ,,sermon ,,in ,,my ,,native ,,place4 #ahea4 ,of swift-wing'd years how rapid is the flight8 ,for half a hundred1 on this day1 save three ,have fled since ,god in his great love to me ,allow'd me to put on the armor bright1 ,by him supplied to fit me for the fight1 ,the ceaseless contest for true liberty2 ,for truth alone can set the sinner free1 ,and bring the blind from darkness into light4 ,alas1 how chang'd the scene8 ,for then were here ,full many a form of loveliness now fled1 ,father and ,mother1 ,brothers1 ,sisters dear1 ,and many friends1all sleeping with the dead4 ,what were ,i now1 did not ,god's truth divine ,with bright-hued hopes upon my vision shine8 #hh4 ,,national ,,convulsions1 #ahdi4 ,the tempest rages through the earth around1 ,tossing the ocean into mountain waves3 ,thrones shake and totter1 as the storm-wind raves1 ,and mightiest empires tremble at the sound3 ,man has no structure on the solid ground1 ,which bides the tumult1 or its fury braves3 ,the sev'n-hill'd ,city1 which the ,tiber laves1 ,though call'd eternal1 shakes and is astound3 ,e'en its proud chief and priest1 in sad affright1 ,flees for his safety to a distant shore1 ,lest falling temples on his head alight3 ,what is there stable 'mid this wild uproar8 ,the ,,church heeds not the angry billows' shock2 ,,thy ,,church1 ,o ,,lord1 is founded on a rock6 #hi4 ,,psalm ,,viii4 ,in all the earth1 ,o ,lord1 thy name how great1 ,how glorious in the heavens doth it shine6 ,sun1 moon1 and stars1 which thou hast made1 are thine1 ,and o'er all worlds1 in majesty elate1 ,thou reignest king4 ,then what is man's estate1 ,how low1in which through pride he doth repine8 ,yet thou didst give him rank almost divine1 ,when him with pow'r to rule thou didst create 7,only a step beneath the angels high7 ,o'er oxen1 sheep1 and beasts wild roving wide1 ,o'er all the fowl that in the air do fly1 ,and fish1 that in the ocean-depths do glide4 ,o1 ,god6 who dost all praise and glory claim1 ,in all the earth how excellent thy name6 #ij4 ,,to ,,my ,,native ,,town4 ,,pittsfield1 my native town1 how chang'd art thou1 ,since first1 in childhood's years1 thy streets ,i trod1 ,and in thy single temple worshipp'd ,god1 ,my father then thine only teacher6,now ,on ev'ry side the rival temples grow1 ,as though upspringing from prolific sod1 ,with tow'r1 or spire high-tap'ring to a rod2 ,and num'rous teachers now heav'n's pathway show3 ,but ,truth is one1 unchang'd1 always the same1 ,its sempiternal source with ,god on high1 ,whence ,god's own ,son in wondrous mercy came1 ,pure light to pour on man's dark1 wild'ring eye4 ,may all thy pastors guide their flocks aright1 ,and lead them to the heav'nly pastures bright4 #ia4 ,,to ,,sarah ,,anna ,,hopkins4 ,,sarah1 my much-lov'd grandchild1 thou dost bear ,an ancient name of honor2 on this day1 ,which marks just sixteen years1 quick fled away ,since first thou didst draw in the vital air2 ,no greeting need ,i give thee1 but my prayer1 ,utter'd with all the fervency ,i may1 ,that of her faith in ,god the pow'rful sway1 ,like ancient ,sarah1 thou wilt keep with care4 ,so shall thy future years1 of unknown count1 ,be years of honor1 usefulness1 and joy1 ,for thou wilt drink at ,christian joy's pure fount1 ,and hopes1 like these1 will thy best thoughts employ ',a glad exchange to me will sure be given1 ,for death new life1 for earth a glorious heaven6' #ib4 ,,to ,,mrs4 ,,douglass1 ,,in ,,jail4 ,lady1 who late didst teach the blinded slave1 ,and hidden truth didst open to his sight1 ,god's minister of his own heav'nly light1 ,i honor thee1 most noble1 good1 and brave4 ,let despots of the ,old ,dominion rave1 ,and for this1 in their chivalry and might1 ,a woman shut in prison6 ,this poor spite ,from dark forgetfulness thy name shall save4 ,so ,galileo was in dungeon deep ,by bigots thrust1 because he dar'd to say1 ,our system's centre is the orb of day1 ,and earth revolves by laws that never sleep4 ,though him they silenc'd1 still the earth turns round3 ,though thee they bind1 ,god's light shall not be bound6 #ic4 ,,ready ,,for ,,either4 ,fit emblem of ,christ's servant1him whose love ,has borne him to his distant heathen field1 ,which1 if not by him reach'd1 can nothing yield ,but crimes1 that shut men out from heav'n above3 ,there1 heedless of fatigue1 his footsteps move ,in ceaseless toil2 nor from his view conceal'd ,lies hid the peril1 when ,god's truth reveal'd ,the worshipper is sham'd in idol's grove4 ,brave man6 toil on2 thou shalt not toil in vain3 ,thy master's promise trust2 the good seed sow2 ,a glorious harvest thou wilt help to gain4 ,and should the madmen's dagger lay thee low1 ,yet from thy outpour'd blood may spring the truth1 ,life's nutriment to ,old men and to ,youth6 #id4 ,,to ,,miss ,,hannah ,,lyman1 ,,montreal4 ,i owe thee many thanks1 my distant friend1 ,that on the broad ,canadian river's shore ,thy home being gain'd with joyfulness once more ,thou didst remember me1 and to me send ,these clust'ring ,grapes1 which now on me attend ,to soothe a sick man's taste4 ,from ,god's rich store ,they came1from where the northern tempests roar1 ,his bounty wide1 his mercy without end6 ,they speak to faith of greater sweetness far ,denoted by the wine that ,jesus gave1 ,the ,son of ,god1 who came from heav'n to save1 ,the ,blood of ,him1 the framer of each star1 ,which purchases our life1 salvation free1 ,high glory1 honor1 immortality6 #ie4 ,,visit ,,to ,,pontoosuc ,,or ,,pittsfield4 ,,pittsfield1 so nam'd from ,british statesman bold1 ,who dar'd command the struggles of the free1 ,what time men forg'd the chains for liberty2 ,how dear art thou to my pain'd vision old8 ,and many a scene now past dost thou unfold1 ,and many a wither'd joy1 as well might be1 ,for years have fall'n1 as leaves from autumn tree1 ,since first thy light ,i saw and bliss untold4 ,swift as the shadow of a flying cloud ,all earthly good departs2 but as a rock1 ,which heeds not ocean's waves nor tempest loud1 ,my faith in ,jesus1 ,savior1 bides the shock3 ,the same ,i held1 when first in early youth ,i here proclaim'd the heav'n-descended truth4 #if4 ,,company ,,of ,,old ,,men4 ,hail1 ,,old ,,men6 ,quite a goodly ,company6 ,true1 we are old2 this day assembled here ,in this new mansion to partake this cheer1 ,of ancient friend to wake the memory4 ,though old1 yet have we undimm'd eyes to see ,and ears that fail not yet the truths to hear1 ,once taught by our deceased pastor dear1 ,which some in life's fair morn cannot descry1 ,sin's thick1 delusive veil spread o'er their sight4 ,we see time's speed1 and death to be no cheat2 ,to us the ,sun of ,righteousness shines bright1 ,and bright yon heav'ns1 up where we hope to meet4 ,we see the worth of ,truth1 of ,faith1 of ,love1 ,our certain guides to ,,endless ,,life above4 #ig4 ,,joy ,,in ,a ,,dying ,,hour4 ,to change for good alone my mingled state ,in this brief life1 and what ,i have to hold ,by ,god's firm word while endless years unfold1 ,this wakens joy2 and this will be my fate1 ,when soon shall come my final1 worldly date4 ,now hear ,i this,o1 chosen one1 behold ,wonders of love divine1 by ,christ unroll'd2 ,come1 share our bliss unmeasurably great6 ,not one is toss'd by tempest1 all at rest2 ,not one is conscience-smitten of the throng2 ,not one a suff'rer1 all ,i see are blest2 ,all know ,god's truth1 all lift th' eternal song4 ,thus hearing calls from ev'ry heav'nly voice ,these scenes in vision,,dying ,i ,,rejoice6 #ih4 ,,niagara ,,falls4 ,great are the works of ,god1 which meet our sight4 ,proud1 sinful man6 thyself above all fear ,of him who made the earth1 come1 stand but here1 ,and here be taught his majesty and might4 ,this stream from western lakes how broad and bright8 ,but now its waves in froth and rage appear1 ,and as they plunge down deep1 their voice we hear1 ,like thunders bursting from the clouds of night4 ,this river from his hand doth ,god outpour3 ,then say1 ,o sinner6 hast thou naught to dread ,from ,majesty ,divine1 whom thou each hour ,dost treat with scorn1 though soon to join the dead8 ,pause in thy guilty path3consider well ,god's wrathful flood may plunge thee down to hell6 #ii4 ,,justification ,,by ,,faith4 ,how can a sinning man with ,god be just8 ,this grand inquiry all men need to make1 ,for all are guilty2 and they well may quake ,for flagrant evil deeds or secret lust1 ,for which ,god's law smites down their prideful trust4 ,ye sleepers on the brink of woe6 awake ,and to the ,gospel listen3that can break ,the fetters binding all the lost unjust4 ,justice and love in wonderful display1 ,mercy and truth in union sweet combine1 ,and shine forth glorious in the scheme divine4 ,the word reveal'd unfolds to us the way1 ,by which we1 sinners1 can be just with ,god2 ,it is by ,,faith in ,christ's atoning blood4 #ajj4 ,,triumph ,,of ,,the ,,gospel4 ,o1 blessed day1 when through the world below ,,jesus shall reign the prince of love and peace1 ,for then shall men their angry contests cease1 ,and never more appear in hostile show2 ,the sword transform'd into th' unbloody plow ,and spear to pruning hook for thriving trees4 ,the kid lies down with leopard at his ease1 ,and grizzly bear feeds harmless with the cow4 ,the wolf and lamb together peaceful dwell1 ,the calf with the young lion too are led ,by hand of little child4 ,ah1 who can tell ,how chang'd the scene1 when1 fiery passions fled1 ,no stain is seen on human hand of blood1 ,but all men live in holy ,brotherhood8 ,,remarks ,,on ,,the ,,nature ,,and ,,history ,,of ,,the ,,sonnet4 ,in the judgment of some of the greatest poets and literary men the ,sonnet is a form of poetry of very high value2 in its structure a precious gem4 ,it is of ,italian origin and was invented by ,petrarch in the #adth century4 ,in his retreat at ,vaucluse near ,avignon he wrote the greater part of his sonnets1 all devoted to the idolatry of womanto the praise of ,laura3 #bbg of them were written while she was living2 and he continued to extol her in #ij sonnets after her death4 ,the laws of the sonnet are these4 ,it has one leading subject and should end with some striking thought1 or must bring to a beautiful conclusion or point the images and musings of the first lines and greater part of the poem4 ,it has always #ad lines1 falling into two unequal lobes1 one of two quatrains1 the other of two triplets2 or in other words it is composed of four stanzas1 the two first of four lines each and the two last of three lines each4 ,then as to the rhymes1the first eight lines have only two rhymes1 and they always in the same place1the first1 fourth1 fifth and eighth lines rhyming2 so also the other four4 ,the last six lines admit of a little change1 and may have either two or three rhymes2 usually the four first lines have alternate rhymes1 and the two last are a couplet2 but even in this case the triplet form is to be preserved4 ,the distinction of the stanzas is made1 not by a separation from each other by wider spaces1 but while printed compactly by the lines #a1 #e1 #i1 and #ab1 projecting to the left2 as in ,milton's sonnets and in the ,venice edition of ,petrarch in #agfd4 ,various poets however have unwisely disregarded this rule3 and have variously placed their rhymes and their lines at their pleasure4 ,campbell has translated a few of ,petrarch's sonnets1 reducing the #ad lines to #ab1 composed of three similar quatrains1 the first and last lines of which rhyme together4 ,but this is destroying the ,sonnet4 ,our admiration of ,petrarch should perhaps be a little moderated2 for he is full of affected turns and paradoxes and smart antitheses4 ,speaking of love he says1 ,o viva morte1 ,o dilettoso male1,o living death1 ,o most beloved evil6 ,speaking also of its effect he says in four lines of rhyme1 which may be thus translatedwithout rhyme ,i find no peace1 and am not the subject of war2 ,i fear1 and hope1 and also burn1 and freeze2 ,i fly above the heavens1 and walk on the earth2 ,i grasp nothing1 and hold the universe in my arms4 ,addressing a river1 in which ,laura washed her face1 he says1 ,thou hast no rock beneath thy waves1 which does not burn with the same fires1 that are kindled in me4 ,he also said1 ,o earth1 thou art not worthy to be trodden by her feet4 ,she deserves to adorn heaven6 ,his curious stanza repeating the word dolce1 sweet1 #i or #aj times may be thus translated3 ,sweet sorrow1 and sweet joy1 and then sweet pain1 ,sweet torture1 zephyr1 fire1 and next sweet wounds2 ,sweet word1 which in my ear most sweetly sounds1 ,sweet anger1 and sweet rage1 and sweet disdain4 ,the sonnet in the use of ,petrarch did not attain its highest dignity1 for it was wholly appropriated to the praise of ,laura1 his love for whom whether real or fictitious has not yet been settled by the literary world4 ,he died in #acgd1 aged #gj4,the eminent ,english poet ,spenser followed him after an interval of more than #bjj years dying in #aeih3 he published #hg sonnets4 ,then ,shakespeare1 who died in #afaf1 published #aed sonnets2 all of which by these two poets are devoted to love1 but with a change of the ,italian rhyme and form4 ,the following shows the sonnet's structure by ,spenser4 ,men call you fair1 and you do credit it1 ,for that your self ye daily such do see1 ,but the true fair1 that is1 the gentle wit ,and virtuous mind is much more prais'd of me2 ,for all the rest1 however fair it be1 ,shall turn to naught1 and lose that glorious hue2 ,but only that is permanent and free ,from frail corruption1 that doth flesh ensew3 ,that is true beauty2 that doth argue you ,to be divine1 and born of heav'nly seed1 ,deriv'd from that fair ,spirit from whom all true ,and perfect beauty did at first proceed3 ,he only fair1 and what he fair hath made2 ,all other fair1 like flow'rs1 untimely fade4 ,it will be observed1 that the last couplet is always a rhyme1 which is not the fixed rule of ,petrarch2 and then he has changed the places of the rhymes and confused them by abolishing the stanzas4 ,the following is a sonnet of ,shakespeare4 ,o1 how much more doth beauty beauteous seem ,by that sweet ornament which truth doth give6 ,the rose looks fair1 but fairer we it deem ,for that sweet odor which doth in it live4 ,the canker-blooms have full as deep a dye1 ,as the perfumed tincture of the roses2 ,hang on such thorns1 and play as wantonly1 ,when summer's breath their masked buds discloses3 ,but for their virtue only is their show2 ,they live unwoo'd1 and unrespected fade2 ,die to themselves4 ,sweet roses do not so2 ,of their sweet deaths are sweetest odors made3 ,and so of you1 beauteous and lovely youth2 ,when that shall fade1 my verse distils your truth4 ,here also is an injurious change in the sonnet of ,petrarch3 the last couplet is always a rhyme1 and it is separated in print from the #ab lines1 which are very simple1 composing three stanzas of distinct1 alternate rhymes1 much easier to compose than ,spenser's or the ,italian4 ,milton wrote #e sonnets in ,italian1 which were translated by ,cowper4 ,in them he followed ,petrarch in his subject4 ,it was in his #ah ,english sonnets1 that he has given to this form of poetry its true elevation and dignity4 ,instead of applying it1 like his predecessors1 to love meditations1 expressive of fictitious or real affection1 he made it the instrument of conveying most important moral1 patriotic1 and religious sentiments4 ,the following is a sonnet of ,milton1 who died in #afge4 ,it was addressed to ,a ,,virtuous ,,young ,,lady4 ,lady1 that in the prime of earliest youth ,wisely hast shunn'd the broad way and the green1 ,and with those few art eminently seen1 ,that labor up the hill of heav'nly truth1 ,the better part with ,mary and with ,ruth ,chosen thou hast2 and they1 that overween1 ,and at thy growing virtues fret their spleen1 ,no anger find in thee1 but pity and ruth4 ,thy care is fix'd1 and zealously attends ,to fill thy od'rous lamp with deeds of light1 ,and hope that reaps not shame4 ,therefore be sure ,thou1 when the bridegroom with his feastful friends ,passes to bliss at the mid hour of night1 ,hast gain'd thy entrance1 ,virgin wise and pure4 ,it will be seen1 that he combined with his rhymes much of the freedom and force of blank verse4 ,he never allows the absence of good strong sense nor the presence of unmeaning or useless words in order to make out the rhyme4 ,by printing his sonnets compactly without separating the stanzas from each other ,milton carried on his sentences1 as he found desirable1 from stanza to stanza1 frequently without any close at the end of a stanza1 sometimes just beginning near the end4 ,in this case the separation of the stanzas by spaces would evidently be absurd4 ,read the last five lines of his sonnet to ,cromwell3 ,peace hath her victories ,no less renown'd than war3 new foes arise ,threat'ning to bind our souls with sec'lar chains4 ,help us to save free conscience from the paw ,of hireling wolves1 whose gospel is their maw4 ,here1 in the method of separating the stanzas by wider spaces in printing1 the phrase new foes arise would have been separated from the line which follows1 with which it is so intimately connected1the head line of the last triplet4 ,the author may here be allowed to say1 that in his judgment in the whole compass of ,english poetry there are no sonnets equal to a few of ,milton's1 numbered #h1 #i1 #ad1 #ae1 #ah1 #ai1 #bb and #bc4 ,if any one would know1 whether ,milton's meditations brought out sentiments worthy of utterance1 and whether he knew how to utter them with the melody of rhyme and at the same time with the unshackled freedom and energy of blank verse1 ,i leave with him for his refreshment the following lines from his sonnet on his own ,blindness3 ,doth ,god exact day-labor1 light denied8 ,i fondly ask3 ,but ,patience1 to prevent ,that murmur1 soon replies1 ,god doth not need ,either man's work1 or his own gifts2 who best ,bear his mild yoke1 they serve him best3 his state ,is kingly2 thousands at his bidding speed1 ,and post o'er land and ocean without rest3 ,they also serve1 who only stand and wait4 ,more recently ,wordsworth1 who died in #ahej1 aged #hj1 has followed ,milton in his application of this form of poetry to higher subjects than that to which it was applied by ,petrarch4 ,a very great fault however is his abolishing ,milton's method of designating the stanzas and thus showing the places of the rhymes1 the pleasures of which are gone if their places are not easily found4 ,he wrote #bhb sonnets3 he wrote too many2 and they are often diffuse and languid4 ,the following is one of his sonnets3 it is on the ,pastoral ,character4 ,a genial hearth1 a hospitable board1 ,and a refined rusticity belong ,to the neat mansion1 where1 his ,flock among1 ,the learned ,pastor dwells1 their watchful ,lord4 ,though meek and patient as a sheathed sword1 ,though pride's least lurking thought appear a wrong ,to human kind2 though peace be on his tongue1 ,gentleness in his heart2 can earth afford ,such genuine state1 pre-eminence so free1 ,as when1 array'd in ,christ's authority1 ,he from the pulpit lifts his awful hand2 ,conjures1 implores1 and labors all he can ,for re-subjecting to divine command ,the stubborn spirit of rebellious man8 ,the readers of poetry ought to feel much indebted to ,mr4 ,wordsworth for his remarks in regard to the language of poetry1 and in regard to the value of enkindled emotions4 ,in his judgment1 there ought not to be a distinct poetic diction1 separate from the language of good prose2 the poet should aim at good sense and intelligible diction1 using the language of men1 abandoning a large portion of phrases and figures of speech1 which from father to son have long been regarded as the common inheritance of poets1 and even abstaining from many good expressions1 which bad poets have so foolishly and perpetually repeated1 as to render them disgusting4 ,as illustrating his meaning1 he quotes from a sonnet of ,gray2 ,in vain to me the smiling mornings shine1 ,and reddening ,phbus lifts his golden fire3 ,the birds in vain their amorous descants join1 ,or cheerful fields resume their green attire3 ,these ears1 alas6 for other notes repine4 ,here this false diction destroys the value of every line4 ,the other remark of ,mr4 ,wordsworth is this2all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of good feelings4 ,perhaps it might be also said1 that in addition to sensibility and impassioned expression there should be chosen1 for the highest poetry1 subjects of moral dignity and religious interest1 having a close bearing on human welfare not only for a moment but for perpetuity4 ,,notes4 ,sonnet #a4 ,the name of ,,washington is in the heart of all ,americans4 ,fifty years ago1 that is in #ahji1 in the first edition of the ,american ,biographical ,dictionary1 ,i devoted nearly #bj pages to a memoir of ,washington4 ,it may be a convenience to the reader of this little book to have here collected the dates as to the leading events of his life4,he was born at ,bridges ,creek1 ,westmoreland county1 ,virginia1 ,feb4 #bb1 #agcb2 and died suddenly1 after an illness of one day by an inflammation of the windpipe1 ,dec4 #ad1 #agii1 nearly #fh years old4 ,he was in early life a major and colonel of the ,virginia troops employed against the ,french on the ,ohio in #aged and #agee2 and was subsequently commander in chief4 ,about #ageh he married ,mrs4 ,custis1 a wealthy widow1 whom he greatly loved4 ,as a planter he had #i1jjj acres of land under his management1 and nearly #a1jjj slaves in his employment1 living at ,mount ,vernon1 which was the estate of his deceased older brother ,lawrence3 his father's name was ,augustine3 his great grandfather came from the north of ,england about #afeg4;,he was appointed by congress commander in chief at the commencement of the war in #agge2 and at the close resigned his commission ,dec4 #aghc4 ,in #aghi he was chosen the first president of the ,united ,states for #d years and then re-chosen1 continuing in office till #agig1 when he was succeeded by ,john ,adams4 ,by his last will he directed1 that on the death of ,mrs4 ,washington 7who died ,may #bb1 #ahjb17 his slaves should be emancipated4 ,as the ladies of ,virginia1 with the aid of ladies of other ,states1 have purchased ,mount ,vernon in reverence to the name of ,washington1 will they not honor him if they manage it without obtruding upon it any slave labor8,gen4 ,washington was a constant attendant on public worship in an episcopal church1 which he principally supported4 ,it is believed1 that he every day had his hour of retirement for private devotion4 ,sonnet #b4 ,in looking from my eastern window a few evenings since 7,dec4 #abth17 ,i was struck with the magnificent appearance of the heavens1the moon just rising in full effulgence1 preceded a few degrees by the splendid planet ,jupiter1 while still higher and more at the south was the unequalled constellation ,orion1 with an uncounted multitude of stars planted thick in the sky4 ,jupiter is #adjj times larger than the earth1 being #ij1jjj miles in diameter3 he revolves on his axis in ten hours1 so that a body on his surface flies around at the rate of #bg1jjj miles per hour1 or #bg times faster than a body on the earth4 ,it has four satellites4 ,can it be imagined1 that this huge planet is not furnished with rational inhabitants1 like this diminutive earth8 ,and what reason can be assigned why all the planets and all the stars should not be inhabited by rational beings8 ,who can fix the limits to ,god's creation8 ,as light flies #aib1jjj miles every second1 who can say1 that the light from the most distant star has yet reached the earth since the star was created8 ,with what reverence and awe1 with what love and trust and spirit of obedience should ,almighty ,god1 the ,creator of the universe1 be regarded8 ,sonnet #c4 ,wm4 ,h4 ,prescott1 the distinguished historian1 died at ,boston of the paralysis after a few hours' illness ,jan4 #bh1 #ahei1 aged #fb years4 ,knowing that he was about to die1 it was his remarkable request1 that in his coffin he might lie for a time with his face uncovered in his library1 surrounded by his cherished ,books4 ,from his library he was carried to his grave ,jan4 #cast4 ,the next evening the ,historical ,society of ,massachusetts held a meeting in honor of his memory4 ,mr4 ,winthrop1 the president1 ,mr4 ,ticknor who introduced some resolutions1 and others made speeches on the occasion1 which were published4 ,as a humble associate member of the society ,i would not neglect to mention the following apposite and interesting fact1 that ,petrarch1 the inventor of the ,italian sonetto1 was found dead in his library with his head resting on a book4 ,he died of apoplexy ,july #ah1 #acgd1 aged #gd4,milton's memorable words in relation to books ought never to be forgotten3,many a man lives a burden to the earth2 but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit1 imbalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life4,but the book of books is ,god's ,book1 which infinitely transcends all others in value1 except as they borrow truth from its pages1 for it reveals to man his pathway to a blessed immortality4 ,never should the words of ,mr4 ,chillingworth be forgotten3 ,the ,,bible1 ,i say1 the ,,bible only is the ,religion of ,protestants4 ,sonnet #d4 ,in the city of ,paris1 ten years ago1 ,i was one of a large company of hundreds of the ,friends of ,peace from different nations4 ,we presented to the ,emperor1then only a ,president1an ,address against ,war4 ,in the present year by his inroad into ,italy and conflict with ,austria he has fixed upon his soul the unmeasurable guilt of several tens of thousands of murders4 ,sonnet #e4 ,after the existence of one ,god there is no truth so astonishing and holding such a power over the human heart1 as the death of the ,son of ,god on the cross for the sins of men4 ,for who was the ,son of ,god8 ,he was indeed in the form of a man1 born of the virgin ,mary2 but he came down from heaven to tabernacle in human flesh4 ,let us raise our eyes from the earth to the worlds above us1 of enormous magnitude compared with this little globe of ours4 ,suppose now the glorious sun is inhabited by a race of intelligent beings as much exalted above man1 as the sun is greater and more resplendent than the earth4 ,if the highest of the sun's inhabitants had come to this low world and dwelt in human fleshit might have been a most amazing event in our eyes2 yet he would not have been the ,son of ,god4 ,suppose among the countless worlds of light there is one world vastly transcending all others and the dwellers on it transcending in their faculties and endowments all other world-dwellers2 and the first among them had come to dwell in man's form2 yet he would not have been the ,son of ,god4 ,we read of angels and archangels in heavenin the place of ,god's more especial abode4 ,suppose the brightest archangel had descended to this ball of earth and animated a human form1 and appeared as a man2 yet he would not have been the ,son of ,god4 ,for the ,son of ,god is he1 by whom ,god created the sun and moon and stars of light1 with all the intelligent dwellers upon them and the dwellers in the heavenly mansions4 ,it was this ,son of ,god inconceivably exalted and glorious1 who came down from heaven and appeared as the ,son of ,mary4 ,and not only so2 but he actually was subject to the evils1 which man suffers2 he could feel pain1 and anguish1 and the agonies of the cross1and did encounter them1if the plain language of scripture is no delusion1in order to atone for our sins and to achieve the work of our redemption4 ,now1 did we believe this3 did this most sublime and wonderful truth plant itself in our inmost persuasion1unalloyed and unweakened or not destroyed in its influence by any of our speculative theories2were we deeply and thoroughly convinced of this great fact2then who of us could fail to exclaim1,god forbid1 that ,i should glory1 save in the cross of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 by whom the world is crucified unto me and ,i unto the world8 ,sonnet #aj4 ,john ,tyndale1 born in #adhd1 and educated at ,oxford4 ,determined to translate the ,bible for ,england1 as he could not do it safely in ,london he fled to the continent4 ,at ,cologne he published the ,english ,new ,testament about #aebe4 ,england was filled with light4 ,the popish priests sent over a traitor1 by whose means ,tyndale was seized and martyred near ,antwerp ,friday1 ,oct4 #f1 #aecf1 being strangled at the stake and burnt4 ,his translation of the ,new ,testament was the foundation of our present one4 ,sonnet #ac4 ,the four following ex-presidents were all living1 when this sonnet was written in ,march1 #ahbf4;,john ,adams died ,july #d1 #ahbf1 aged #ij2 president from #agig to #ahja4,thomas ,jefferson died on the same day with ,mr4 ,adams1 ,july #d1 #ahbf1 aged #hc2 president from #ahja to #ahji4 ,as a member of congress he drew up the declaration of ,independence in #aggf4;,james ,madison died in #ahcf1 aged #he2 president from #ahji to #ahag4;,james ,monroe died ,july #d1 #ahca1 aged #hc2 president from #ahag to #ahbe4 ,sonnet #af4 ,in a sonnet ,mr4 ,wordsworth does not lament the protestant hurricane1 which scattered wide ,the trumpery1 that ascends in bare display1 ,bulls1 pardons1 relics1 cowls1 black1 white1 and grey1 ,upwhirl'dand flying o'er th' ethereal plain ,fast bound for ,limbo lake4 ,sonnet #ag4 ,christ's own clear1 ample1 minute1 most decisive instruction concerning the ,day of ,judgment is in ,matt4 #beth1 and ends with the words1 ,and these shall go away into everlasting punishment3 but the righteous into life eternal4 ,he also said of the unbeliever1 in ,john #c;d1 he shall not see life2 but the wrath of ,god abideth on him3 he also said1 ,matt4 #ah1 ,it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye1 rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire4 ,sonnet #bj4 ,shakespeare in a sonnet says1 ,when to the sessions of sweet1 silent thought ,i summon up remembrance of things past1 ,i sigh the lack of many a thing ,i sought1 ,and with old woes new wail my dear time's waste3 ,then can ,i drown an eye1 unus'd to flow1 ,for precious friends hid in death's dateless night1 ,sonnet #bb4 ,ten years ago1 in #ahdi1 ,i had the satisfaction of visiting the valley of ,chamouni in ,switzerland at the foot of ,mont ,blanc1 the highest point in ,europe1 #ae1fjj or #ae1fgc feet or nearly #c miles in height above the sea4 ,here once lived ,jacques ,balmat1 who1 having discovered a way to the top of the mountain1 in his gratitude to ,dr4 ,paccard1 the physician of the village1 apprized him of his discovery1 and undertook to conduct him to the summit4 ,after two days' toil the exploit was accomplished ,aug4 #h1 #aghf4 ,the next ascent was by ,de ,saussure1 the elder1 of ,geneva1 accompanied by his servant1 by ,balmat1 and #ag other guides1 ,aug4 #c1 #aghg4 ,in #ahjh ,balmat conducted to the top #ae of the people of ,chamouni1 one of whom was a woman1 ,maria ,parodis4 ,ascents were made by men of different countries in #ahjb1 #ahab1 and #ahah4 ,two ,americans accomplished this ascent in #ahai1 ,dr4 ,wm4 ,howard of ,baltimore and ,dr4 ,van ,rensselaer1 with #i guides4 ,they reached the top ,monday1 ,july #abth4 ,remaining more than an hour on the summit1 they reached ,chamouni in safety after an absence of #ec hours only4,capt4 ,underhill of ,england made the ascent in the same year4 ,the lives of three guides were lost in the attempt of ,dr4 ,hamel in #ahbj4 ,since then there were #bg ascents1 to the year #ahea1 when ,albert ,smith and other ,englishmen went up with #af guides ,aug4 #acth4 ,sonnet #bc4 ,the ,christian theologian has this ground of controversy1 that the ,bible is a revelation from ,god1 which book therefore contains no error1 but is filled with eternal1 infallible truth4 ,no contradiction in doctrine can possibly exist in holy scripture2 and nothing can reconcile the reason1 bestowed upon us1 with what is absurd or impossible4 ,if controversialists may gather some expressions1 which seem to conflict with each other1 some patience and diligence of inquiry may be requisite in order to bring them into harmony2 a knowledge of the ancient languages1 in which the scriptures were written1 may prove useful1 as may also an acquaintance with eastern customs and manners1 and an attention to the circumstances and design of the utterance which is under consideration4 ,sonnet #bd4 ,in a sonnet ,wordsworth speaks of the new churches in ,england1 in which the ,truth of ,god might be taught3 ,the wished-for ,temples rise6 ,i hear their ,sabbath bell's harmonious chime ,float on the breezethe heavenliest of all sounds ,that hill or vale prolongs or multiplies4 ,sonnet #bf4 ,in the ,declaration of ,independence1 ,july #d1 #aggf1 the ,thirteen ,united ,states said unanimously,we hold these truths to be self-evident3that all men are created equal2 that they are endowed by their ,creator with certain unalienable rights2 that among these are life1 liberty1 and the pursuit of happiness4 ,in his last will ,washington ordered the emancipation of his slaves2 so also did ,john ,randolph4 ,patrick ,henry declared1 that the principle of slavery is as repugnant to humanity1 as it is inconsistent with the ,bible1 and destructive to liberty4 ,mr4 ,jefferson said in his ,notes on ,virginia1 in reference to the holding of slaves1 ,i tremble for my country1 when ,i remember1 that ,god is just6 ,if the leading minds of the ,south should adopt the sentiments of these illustrious ,virginians1 it will next be their proper business to devise and execute the best method for giving to their slaves the blessings of freedom4 ,sonnet #bg4 ,dr4 ,cotton ,mather of ,boston1 published in ,boston #ada years ago a new ,version of the ,psalms from the ,hebrew into ,english blank verse1so called from the absence of rhyme1the measure of the lines being adapted to the music in vogue4 ,melancthon said of the ,psalms1 ,it is the most elegant work extant in the world4 ,jewell wrote to ,peter ,martyr in #aefj1 that #f1jjj people sung the ,psalms together at ,st4 ,paul's ,cross in ,london4 ,the following is his version of the #bc;d ,psalm3 #a4 ,my shepherd is the ,eternal ,god2 ,i shall not be in 7any7 want3 #b4 ,in pastures of a tender grass ,he 7ever7 makes me to lie down3 ,to waters of tranquillities ,he gently carries me 7along47 #c4 ,my feeble and my wandering soul ,he 7kindly7 does fetch back again2 ,in the plain paths of righteousness ,he does lead 7and guide7 me along4 ,because of the regard ,he has 7,ever7 unto his glorious name4 #d4 ,yea when ,i shall walk in the vale ,of the dark 7dismal7 shade of ,death1 ,i'll of no evil be afraid1 ,because thou 7ever7 art with me4 ,thy rod and thy staff1 these are what ,yield 7constant7 comfort unto me4 #e4 ,a table thou dost furnish out ,richly 7for me7 before my face4 ',tis in view of mine enemies2 7,and then7 my head thou dost anoint ,with fatt'ning and perfuming oil2 ,my cup it 7ever7 overflows4 #f4 ,most certainly the thing that is ,good1 with 7most kind7 benignity1 ,this all the days1 that ,i do live1 ,shall 7still and ever7 follow me2 ,yea ,i shall dwell and ,sabbatize ,even to 7unknown7 length of days1 ,lodg'd in the house which does belong ,to him who's the ,eternal ,god4 ,sonnet #bi4 ,as ,christians we are under inexpressible obligations to ,god for his book of revealed truth1 proved to be divine by the voice of prophecy1 by the wonders of miracles1 by the sublimity of its doctrines1 and by the approval of conscience4 ,every man1 who can read1 is bound to examine this book for himself2 for otherwise his faith will rest on a human not a divine teacher4,according to ,mr4 ,chillingworth1 what ,god requires of us is to believe the ,scripture to be ,god's word1 to endeavor to find the true sense of it1 and to live according to it4 ,he also says,i see plainly and with mine own eyes1 that there are popes against popes1 ,councils against ,councils1 some ,fathers against others1 the same ,fathers against themselves1 a ,consent of ,fathers of one age against a ,consent of ,fathers of another age1 the ,church of one age against the ,church of another age4 ,traditive interpretations of ,scripture are pretended1 but there are few or none to be found4 ,no tradition1 but only of ,scripture1 can derive itself from the fountain4,propose me any thing out of this book1 and require whether ,i believe it or no2 and seem it never so incomprehensible to human reason1 ,i will subscribe it with hand and heart3 ,as knowing no demonstration can be stronger than this2 ,god hath said so1 therefore it is true4 ,but then we ought to be well assured1 that ,god hath said what we attribute to him2 that we understand the import of the divine word2 and that no prepossession1 or prejudice1 or passion1 or mental bondage leads us into an inexcusable misapprehension4 ,sonnet #cj4 ,my wife1 ,,maria ,,malleville1 who died very suddenly at ,brunswick in ,maine ,june #c1 #ahbh1 aged #dj years1 was the only daughter and child of ,dr4 ,john ,wheelock1 the president of ,dartmouth ,college4 ,she was of ,huguenot descent by her mother1 ,maria ,suhm1 the daughter of ,christian ,suhm1 the ,danish commandant and governor of the island of ,st4 ,thomas3 he died in #agei1 aged #dj1 being a native of ,copenhagen4 ,mrs4 ,suhm's descent was from ,thomas ,bourdeau of the south or west of ,france1 a protestant martyr after the revocation of the edict of ,nantes in #afhe1 as follows4 ,he sent his only daughter ,maria at the age of ten years for safety to the island of ,st4 ,thomas4 ,in the same vessel was a protestant emigrant from the same place1 ,mr4 ,la ,salle1 whom she at the age of #ae married4 ,their daughter ,maria ,la ,salle married ,john ,malleville of ,st4 ,thomas3 their daughter1 ,maria ,malleville1 married in #agea governor ,suhm1 who after his death was succeeded by her brother1 ,gov4 ,thomas ,malleville4 ,her second marriage was to ,lucas ,von ,beverhoudt of ,beverwyck in ,parsippany1 ,new ,jersey1 where she was accustomed to receive ,washington at her house4 ,their daughter1 ,adriana1 married ,t4 ,boudinot1 the descendant of another ,huguenot family from ,france4,she died in #agih4 ,her daughter1 ,maria ,suhm1 married1 as has been mentioned1 president ,wheelock4,my wife1 whom ,i married ,jan4 #bh1 #ahac1 was the mother of #h children4 ,sonnet #cb4 ,about #ej years ago1 when the neighborhood of ,sackett's ,harbor was a wilderness1 a little child of one of the new settlers aged #d years was lost in the woods4 ,the father's house was #f miles from the ,harbor4 ,all possible aid in the search was of course called together under the regulation and with the success described in this sonnet4 ,sonnet #ce4 ,as ,spenser says of the ,lamb2 ,his sceptre is the rod of righteousness1 ,with which he bruiseth all his foes to dust1 ,and the great ,dragon strongly doth repress ,under the rigor of his judgment just2 ,his seat is ,truth1 to which the faithful trust1 ,from whence proceed her beams so pure and bright1 ,that all about him sheddeth glorious light4 ,sonnet #cf4 ,dr4 ,john ,codman died at ,dorchester1 where he was long the pastor of a church1 ,dec4 #bc1 #ahdg1 aged #fe4 ,graduating at ,harvard college in #ahjb1 he pursued his theological studies in ,edinburgh from #ahje to #ahjh1 in which year he was ordained4 ,his subsequent life was devoted to the faithful preaching of the gospel4 ,among his last words he said1,i am willing to be in ,god's hands4 ,his ,memoirs and ,sermons were published in #ahec4 ,sonnet #cg4 ,the grave-yard of ,northampton1 laid out in #affa1 is one of peculiar beauty and rich in the deposit of the dead disciples of ,christ2 among whom were my own ancestors of several generations4 ,four of the earlier and eminent ministers sleep here2 ,eleazer ,mather1 who died in #affi1 aged #cb2 ,solomon ,stoddard1 died #agbi1 aged #he2 ,john ,hooker1 died #aggg1 aged #dh2 ,solomon ,williams1 died #ahcd1 aged #hb4 ,another tenant of this grave-yard is ,rev4 ,david ,brainerd1 the missionary1 who died ,oct4 #i1 #agdg1 aged #bi4;,in this year1 #ahei1 some unknown person has erected a handsome marble monument to ,rev4 ,e4 ,mather1 who died #aij years ago4 ,sonnet #ci4 ,spenser in his ,hymn on heavenly beauty says2 ,for far above these heav'ns1 which here we see1 ,be others far exceeding these in light1 ,not bounded1 not corrupt1 as these same be1 ,but infiniteness in largeness and in height1 ,unmoving1 uncorrupt1 and spotless bright1 ,that need no sun t' illuminate their spheres1 ,but their own native light far passing theirs4 ,sonnet #dj4 ,the record of the first minister of a flourishing ,american town and a brave patriot of the revolution is a matter of interest4 ,thomas ,allen was born in ,northampton and was a descendant of ,samuel1 one of the first settlers1 whose fatherdying at ,windsor in #afdh;is supposed to have come over from the west of ,england with the ,dorchester people in the ship ,mary and ,john in #afcj4;,his grandfather1 named also ,samuel1 was an unswerving friend of ,jonathan ,edwards and a deacon in his church4 ,mr4 ,allen graduated at ,harvard college in #agfb in a distinguished class1 among whose members were ,gov4 ,gerry1 ,judge ,f4 ,dana1 and ,drs4 ,eliot and ,belknap4 ,he was ordained at ,pittsfield in ,berkshire county1 ,mass41 ,april #ah1 #agfd1 and here passed the remainder of his life2 he died after a ministry of #de years ,feb4 #aa1 #ahaj1 aged #fg years3 ,i was ordained his successor ,oct4 #aj1 #ahaj4;,he was not only a faithful and eloquent minister2 but a patriot1 and a chaplain in the army1 and on one occasion he played the part of a soldier4 ,he marched ,aug4 #ae1 #aggg with a company of his own people in a three days' campaign to ,bennington to check the advance of ,burgoyne3the next day he shared in the assault and the victory2and the third day he returned home to preach the gospel to his rejoicing people ,aug4 #ahth4 ,his trophies often delighted my eyes in subsequent years1two large1 square1 white flint-glass bottles1 which he captured with a ,hessian surgeon's horse1 and gave the wine to the wounded4 ,his wife was ,elizabeth1 the daughter of ,rev4 ,jonathan ,lee1 the first minister of ,salisbury1 ,conn42 she was descended from ,gov4 ,bradford of ,plymouth2 she died in #ahcj1 aged #hb4 ,of their #ab children the writer of this is the only survivor4,on the death of his eldest daughter1 ,mrs4 ,white in ,london1 he went to ,england in #agii in order to bring his little grand-child to his house3 in ,london he became acquainted with the eminent ministers ,newton1 ,haweis1 ,rowland ,hill1 and ,bogue1 and from them caught a pious zeal for the promotion of foreign missions4 ,he published sermons on the death of his daughter1 ,e4 ,white1 #agih2 of ,moses ,allen1 #ahja2 of his son ,thomas1 #ahjf2 ,massachusetts election sermon1 #ahjh4 ,sonnet #da4 ,the sublime passage of scripture1 which is here versified1 may admonish us1 that we are travelling rapidly to the end of time in respect to its being our period of probation for eternity4 ,it is the solemn voice of the ,gospel1,behold1 now is the accepted time6 ,behold1 now is the day of salvation6 ,sonnet #db4 ,paul teaches us1 that the wrath of ,god is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men1 and that the invisible things of ,him from the creation of the world are clearly seen1 being understood by the things that are made1 even his eternal power and ,godhead4 ,all men therefore1 whose foolish heart is darkened1 are without excuse4 ,sonnet #dc4 ,in the words of ,spenser1 ,ah6 wretched ,world6 the den of wickedness1 ,deform'd with filth and foul iniquity2 ,ah6 wretched ,world6 the house of heaviness1 ,fill'd with the wrecks of mortal misery2 ,ah6 wretched ,world6 and all that is therein1 ,the vassals of ,god's wrath and slaves of sin4 ,sonnet #dd4 ,my eldest daughter1 ,maria ,malleville ,allen1 died ,jan4 #cj1 #ahcc1 aged #ag4 ,through ,god's great goodness this is the only instance of death1 which has occurred among my children2 and through his grace and infinite mercy she died in the hope of immortal life in heaven through the mediation of her ,savior1 the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,what greater blessing can ,i supplicate for all my descendants1 than that ,god will give them at the hour of their death her ,christian faith and hope8 ,sonnet #dg4 ,on a church-yard ,mr4 ,wordsworth has the following lines3 ,encincture small1 ,but infinite its grasp of joy and woe6 ,hopes1 fears1 in never-ending ebb and flow ,the spousal tremblingand the dust to dust ,the prayersthe contrite struggleand the trust1 ,that to the ,almighty ,father looks through all6 ,sonnet #di4 ,even ,beattie addresses ,nature as follows2 ,o ,nature1 how in every charm supreme6 ,whose votaries feast on raptures ever new6 ,o for the voice and fire of seraphim ,to sing thy glories with devotion due6 ,sonnet #ej4 ,as it is a year since this sonnet was written1 my present very ill state of health teaches me and may teach others1 that a recovery from illness1 though most gratefully to be acknowledged1 may be a transient blessing4 ,while ,i was sick1 others have fallen around me4 ,living or dying1 it is my prayer1 that ,i may acquiesce in ,god's will1 and that ,i may participate with all penitent believers in the salvation purchased by the blood of his ,son4 ,sonnet #ea4 ,one all-important method of ,god's communicating good to man is described by ,milton2 ,god hath now sent his living oracle ,into the world to teach his final will1 ,and sends his ,spirit of ,truth henceforth to dwell ,in pious hearts an inward oracle ,to all truth requisite for men to know4 ,sonnet #eb4 ,our class1 which graduated at ,harvard college in #ahjb1 was larger than any previous class1consisting of #fj members1 an unusual number of whom became men of distinction1 and one quarter part of whom after #eg years are still living4 ,to my esteemed surviving ,brothers ,i bid farewell1 wishing them faith in the ,son of ,god1 who is the resurrection and the life4 ,sonnet #ec4 ,from a ,sonnet by ,montgomery1 on ,nature praising ,god3 ,the fountain purling1 and the river strong1 ,the rocks1 the trees1 the mountains raise one song2 ,glory to ,god6 re-echoes in mine ear3 ,faithless were ,i1 in willful error blind1 ,did ,i not ,him in all his creatures find1 ,his voice through heav'n1 and earth1 and ocean hear4 ,sonnet #ef4 ,the ,compact1 entered into by the ,pilgrims1 was signed on board the ,mayflower ,nov4 #aa1 #afbj2 on which day they anchored in ,cape ,cod harbor4 ,more than a month afterwards they landed at ,plymouth4 ,they had in view the glory of ,god and the advancement of the christian faith4 ,forty-one men signed the paper1 forming themselves into a civil body-politic1 in order to enact1 constitute1 and frame just and equal laws1 ordinances1 acts1 constitutions1 and offices4 ,sonnet #eg4 ,when ,jesus said1 ,john #aj1 ,i and my ,father are one1 the ,jews accused him of blasphemy1 for making himself ,god4 ,he replied1 ,if he called them gods1 unto whom the word of ,god came1 and the scripture cannot be broken2 say ye of him whom the ,father hath sanctified and sent into the world1 ,thou blasphemest1 because ,i said1 ,i am the ,son of ,god8 ,sonnet #eh4 ,in the providence of ,god ,i am the oldest living member in ,massachusetts of the ,american ,board for ,foreign ,missions1 which was established by a vote of its ,general ,association in #ahaj1 the year of my settlement in the ministry4 ,multitudes of missionaries have died2 and the missionaries living1 scattered over the world1 are #agj with #bcj assistants3 native laborers are #ejj1 of whom #bbb are preachers3 in all #ijj4 ,the churches #aec1 and members #bc1ejj2 free schools #cac4 ,sonnet #ei4 ,milton1 in a sonnet1 speaks of submission to ,god in his blindness1 when of three years' continuance3 ,yet ,i argue not ,against ,heav'n's hand or will1 nor bate a jot ,of heart or hope2 but still bear up and steer ,right onward4 ,sonnet #fb4 ,mr4 ,robinson1 born in ,england in #aehe and educated at ,cambridge1 becoming a protestant minister1 was driven by persecution with his people into ,holland4 ,his church at ,leyden consisted of #cjj communicants4 ,he zealously promoted the emigration under elder ,brewster to ,plymouth in #afbj1 intending to follow2 but he died in #afbe4 ,it was his memorable remark,i am very confident the ,lord has more truth yet to break forth out of his holy word4 ,sonnet #fd4 ,when ,jesus said1 ,i am the ,way1 the ,truth1 and the ,life1 he announced to us the infinite value of truth as the path-way to immortal life4 ,truth is immutable and eternal2 it is most pure and purifying1 the source of joy and the foundation of hope2 and the denial of truth is more or less perilous and implies more or less of guilt4 ,all falsehood is injurious4 ,as the ,bible reveals to us divine truth1 how can we doubt1 whether we are bound to study it with our own eyes8 ,for otherwise we must accept for the teachings of the holy word the faith of some one of the authors of a hundred different creeds2 and we may perchance have for our great teacher and master some bewildered lunatic1 or some hungry impostor1 or some proud and boastful promoter of the purposes of the father of lies4 ,the catholic may use the term mystery as a cover for absurdity and contempt of reason1 or in support of a contradiction1 and as an excuse for idolatry2 but surely ,god's ,bible contains nothing but truth1 and that revealed in a manner adapted to the human understanding4 ,but what says archbishop ,fenelon in defending transubstantiation or the imagined change of the bread in the sacrament into the body of ,christ8 ,he says of the doctrinein believing its mysteries one immolates his ideas or sacrifices his common sense out of respect to eternal truth4 ,thus his blunder1 his misunderstanding of ,christ's words1 this is my body1 he represents as eternal truth4 ,so ,bourdaloue says,i make to ,god a sacrifice of the most noble part of myself1 which is my reason3 and he professes to believe a mystery although it seems to be directly repugnant to my reason2or one which shocks reason itself and contradicts all its lights1 referring to the received doctrine concerning ,god's nature4 ,massillon thinks it is necessary to believe certain apparent contradictions3 he says1 it is faith and not reason1 which makes us ,christians4 ,all this in my view is a pernicious error3 for reason is the intellectual power1 which discerns truth4 ,god himself is perfect reason1 pure intellect1 infinite understanding4 ,to him the universe is all light4 ,but our reason is restricted3 man may grow in knowledge forever2 yet he never will know an absurdity or contradiction to be true4 ,to us one great source of truth is ,god's testimony or revelation4 ,faith is the belief of ,god's testimony4 ,as to the word mystery1 the common meaning of it in scripture1 is not something unintelligible1 but a doctrine1 once hidden or secret1 which is now revealed and intelligible4 ,thus in teaching the resurrection ,paul says1 ,behold1 ,i shew you a mystery2 we shall not all sleep1 c4 #a ,cor4 #ae3ea4 ,see also ,rom4 #af3be4 ,it is clear beyond a question1 that there cannot be two contradictory truths2 for truth is one2 it is but an expression of the reality of things4 ,but some metaphysicians have lent their aid to the catholic theologians by asserting that1 there are contradictory truths in philosophy2 but the instances adduced are all fallacious1 as ,achilles walking #bj times as fast as the turtle1 but never able to overtake him4 ,a lately deceased philosopher of ,scotland1 ,sir ,w4 ,hamilton1 seems to concur in the catholic notion of the contradiction of faith and reason4 ,he lays down a certain new1 strange1 unproved1 incredible principle1 called the law of the conditioned1 that the conceivable always lies between two contradictory extremes2 and then concludes as the one true and only orthodox inference that we must believe in the infinity of ,god1 which by us cannot be comprehended or conceived4 ,faith1,belief1is the organ1 by which we apprehend what is beyond our knowledge4 ,but how can this be correct8 ,when we exercise faith in ,god's testimony1when we exercise belief in his word1when we receive the very truth1 which he presents to our understanding or reason and brings to our knowledge1do we not know it8 ,do we thus apprehend any thing beyond our knowledge8 ,when ,christ prayedsanctify them through thy truth2 thy word is truth2did he not refer to truth known8 ,what ,god reveals must be revealed to our belief1 to our reason4 ,although we pretend not to comprehend perfectly the attributes and ways of the infinite ,god2 yet what he has disclosed we may know2 and we may know the meaning of right and wrong1 of truth and falsehood1 of faith and unbelief1 of reason and contradiction or absurdity4 ,it cannot then be a right inferenceif the author had such a meaningthat any doctrine concerning the nature of ,god may be true1 although not conceivable1 because ,god is infinite4 ,god's scheme of mercy towards sinful man is accomplished by the wide-spread power and triumphs of ,truth4 ,but what are the ,truths1 that bear intimately on human welfare8 ,surely it is not a matter of indifference what is received for truth2 men are not safe1 because they think they are so4 ,no bigoted despotism2 no boasted liberalism2 no banded relationships of interest or honor2 no infidel companionship or self-applauses can convert error into truth or render it harmless4 ,whatever monstrous or astounding notions1 whatever wild1 fanatical1 profligate1 misleading doctrine may be sent forth1 no glozing words can render it otherwise1 than that error and falsehood are ,god's abhorrence and a delusion of the devil4 ,as ,i have in other notes dwelt upon the character and offices of the ,son of ,god1 the ,mediator and ,redeemer1 ,i desire now to advert to the all-important divine teaching concerning ,god's ,spirit1 grace1 and power in renewing and sanctifying the depraved and lost soul of man4 ,god hath mercy on whom he will have mercy4 ,rom4 #ith4 ,christ taught1 ,john #c;d1 the necessity of being born of the ,spirit in order to salvation4 ,john the ,baptist predicted of ,christ1 that he should baptize men with the ,holy ,spirit2 and thus his coming was signalized by the ,spirit like a dove descending upon him1 and ,god's voice from heaven said1 ,thou art my beloved ,son4 ,all the powers therefore1 prophetical1 miraculous1 renovating1 and sanctifying1 implied in the full endowment of the ,holy ,spirit1 were possessed by ,christ4 ,the primitive meaning of the word ,spirit is air or breath4 ,some of its meanings in scripture are wind2 the living soul in man and animals2 the mind1 or man's intelligent part and also its various faculties and powers2 an intelligent spirit1 simple1 superior to man's1 not allied to matter2 it is applied to angels good and evil2 and also to ,god1 as we read1 ,god is a spirit4 ,it means also the divine power1 given to ,christ1 by which he wrought miracles and fulfilled ,god's purposes on the earth1 as ,matt4 #ab3bh1 if ,i cast out devils by the spirit of ,god1 compared with ,luke #aa3bj1 if ,i with the finger of ,god cast out devils4 ,in the same sense is holy spirit1 with which ,jesus was filled used1 ,luke #d3a4,the holy spirit and spirit alone relating to the same matter are found in ,mark #ab3cf1 and ,matt4 #bb3dc3 doth ,david in spirit call him ,lord2 that is1 ,david was under divine inspiration is the one meaning of the two expressions4 ,in our inquiry concerning the import of the phrase1 the holy spirit1 in scripture it may be of some consequence to bear in mind1 that there is one peculiarity in our ,english ,bible1 which distinguishes it from other modern ,european translations2 that while the ,greek testament has but one word for ,spirit1 which is translated by one word1in ,german by ,geist1 in ,dutch by ,geest1 in ,french by ,esprit1the same is rendered by our translators into ,english by two words at their option1 namely1 ,spirit and ,ghost4 ,and in what cases did they choose the latter word8 ,it would seem that they translated by ,holy ,ghost and not by holy spirit whenever they supposed the phrase had reference to an intelligent1 divine ,being and not to a gift1 endowment1 or power received from ,god4 ,thus it is1 that the phrase has got an established meaning2 which shows indeed the judgment of our old translators #bej years ago1 but proves nothing as to the true meaning4 ,it might then be well1 if the old word ,ghost were laid aside4 ,indeed they have not chosen to say1 ,gala4 #d3f1 the ,ghost of his ,son1 nor in v4 #bg1 born after the ,ghost1 but have used the word ,spirit4 ,if one should take up his ,new ,testament and read in ,english in ,matthew's first chapter concerning ,mary1she was found with child of the ,holy ,ghost1 and then again1 that which is conceived of her is of the ,holy ,ghost1 he would be likely to attach a meaning to the scripture1 which he reads1 different from the truth4 ,for as the ,testament was written in ,greek1 we may learn from that language1 the translation should not have been the ,holy ,ghost1 and not even the ,holy ,spirit1 but a holy spirit1 for here the word for spirit has no article before it in the ,greek1 as would be requisite if the ,spirit were meant2 and the meaning is1 as learned critics have showed1 simply1 a divine energy or power4 ,just so in ,mark #a3h and ,luke #a3ce1 the same ,greek phrase has no article2 and the apostles do not allude to a great personage or supposed well known1 mighty ,being1 called the ,holy ,ghost1 but refer only to ,god's miraculous power in respect to the birth of ,christ4 ,the verse in ,luke #a1 proves thisa holy spirit shall come upon thee and the power of the ,highest shall overshadow thee1both phrases referring to the same energy of almighty ,god4 ,the ,english translators1 although they have employed the phrase1 the ,holy ,ghost about #ij times in scripture1 have not once in the ,old ,testament1 although they have three times there used the holy spirit relating to ,god's gift1 or endowment1 or power bestowed3 ,ps4 #ea3a4 ,isa4 #fc3aj1 #aa4 ,the same phrase1 meaning ,god's gift to believers1 is in the ,new ,testament3 ,luke #aa3ac4 ,eph4 #a3ac-d3cj4 #ast ,thess4 #d3h4 ,god gave his spirit without measure to ,christ2 ,john #c3cd2 and he also gave the spirit of his ,son1 the holy spirit1 to believers3 ,gal4 #d3f4 ,the gifts of the ,holy ,ghost1 in ,heb4 #b3d1 should have been1 distributions of a holy spirit or divine power2 for the phrase has no article in the ,greek1 so that the verse might properly read1 ,god bearing them witness both with signs1 and wonders1 and with divers miracles1 and distributions of a divine power4 ,in like manner there is no article in ,acts #aa3af1 and #bd1 and other passages1 translated the ,holy ,ghost4 ,the meaning is plain1 v4 #bd1 a good man1 and full of a divine power and of faith1,yet for the purpose of emphasis the article is often used4 ,the importance of the doctrine concerning the spirit or the holy spirit in the gospel scheme1 importing ,god's holy influence on the soul1 is evident by the injunction of ,christ as to baptism in the faith of it3 teach all nations1 baptizing them in the name of the ,father1 and of the ,son1 and of the ,holy ,ghost1 c4 ,matt4 #bh3ai1 does not indeed present a form of words to be used1 nor does it relate to the authority1 by which baptism is to be administered1 for the ,greek preposition is not en1 in the name1 but eis1 into2 which is the same as to baptize into ,christ1 ,rom4 #f3c1 i4e4 into a profession of faith in ,christ1 as taught by bishop ,pearce4 ,that he had himself all authority was first asserted by ,christ2 then he enjoined baptism under a profession of belief in the three great points of his teaching1as to the one ,god of ,israel1as to himself1 ,god's ,son from heaven1and as to the ,spirit1 which ,god gave to him without measure1giving it also to his disciples1making him indeed the great teacher and ,savior of the world4 ,he finally commanded his apostles1 not only thus to baptize1 but also to teach all nations to observe whatever he had enjoined4 ,a passage of similar import is at the close of ,,ii ,corinth41 where ,paul wishes his brethren may experience the grace of ,christ1 and the love of ,god1 and might have a common participation of the holy spirit1 of the miraculous and sanctifying divine power4 ,it is worthy of remark1 that while ,paul begins each of his ,epistles1 written to brethren of very different nations on the earth1 with asserting1 that his authority as an apostle was derived from ,god and from his ,son1 or with wishing his brethren grace1 mercy and peace from ,god the ,father1 and from his ,son1 by whom he created1 and governs1 and will judge the world2 yet he never in this manner connects the holy spirit with the name of ,god and of his ,son our ,lord ,jesus ,christ3 no prayer is thus addressed to a holy spirit or to the holy spirit1 or ,holy ,ghost1 although we find the translation the ,holy ,ghost1 nearly #ajj times4 ,this is called a gift of ,god1 and ,god is prayed to for it2 and it is declared1 that ,god anointed ,jesus with the holy spirit1 that is1 with the wonderful powers expressed by the phrase4 ,a multitude of passages speak of the ,spirit as a divine power and a divine gift3 the following are some of the expressions usedthe ,spirit of your ,father2the ,spirit of ,god2,god hath sent forth the ,spirit of his ,son into your hearts2how much more shall your heavenly ,father give the ,holy ,spirit to them that ask him2he shall give you another ,comforter1 that he may abide with you forever2renewing of the ,holy ,ghost 7or of a holy spirit or the divine power7 which he shed on us abundantly2how ,god anointed ,jesus of ,nazareth with the ,holy ,ghost and with power2upon whom thou shalt see the ,spirit descending and remaining on him1 the same is he which baptizeth with the ,holy ,ghost3 ,john #a3cc4 ,therefore one plain meaning of the holy spirit is a miraculous and wonderful power1 communicated by ,god from heaven to ,jesus ,christ when he appeared on the earth in the form of a man1 designating him to be the promised ,messiah4 ,concerning the ,holy ,spirit the creed of the ancient ,council of ,nice1 ,a4 ,d4 #cbe1 says nothing except we believe in the ,holy ,spirit4 ,of ,christ it declares1 that he was the ,son of ,god1 the only begotten of the ,father1 ,god of ,god1begotten1 not made1 c4 ,soon after that council a learned father1 ,eunomius1 who was made bishop of ,cyzicum ,a4 ,d4 #cfj1 advanced the doctrine1 that after ,god had created his ,son before the universe was formed1 giving him divine dignity and creative power1 he next created the ,holy ,spirit1 the first and greatest of all spirits1 by his own power indeed but by the immediate agency also of his ,son1 giving him power to sanctify and teach4 ,afterwards he created all things in heaven and earth4 ,more modern creeds1 which adopt much the same faith with ,eunomius1 use the word proceed instead of create1 as the ,new ,england ,confession of ,faith of #afhj1 which says1 the ,holy ,ghost eternally proceeding from the ,father and the ,son4 ,but ,milton1 in his learned ,treatise on the ,christian doctrine1 has shewn that proceedeth in ,john #ae3bf1 relates to the mission1the sending from ,god to the earth1 not to the nature1 of the ,spirit3 yet his own faith was1 that the ,holy ,spirit1 inasmuch as he is a minister of ,god1 and therefore a creature1 was created or produced of the substance of ,god1 not by a natural necessity1 but by the free will of the agent1 probably before the foundations of the world were laid1 but later than the ,son1 and far inferior to him4 ,dr4 ,samuel ,clarke of ,england has taught the same doctrine4,but the reader is requested to form his opinion on the chief subject of this note1 not from any human creed or learned man's teaching1 but from his own study of the ,bible with his own endowment of reason4 ,the practical application of the doctrine of the ,holy ,spirit has claims to our earnest attention4 ,in the judgment of ,dr4 ,cotton ,mather it is through the ,spirit of ,god1 that ,christians find such affections as the following working in their minds3a flaming love towards ,god and men2 a lively faith in ,god and in the ,savior1 the ,mediator2 a longing desire and hope of spiritual blessings2 a mighty hatred of sin2 a bitter sorrow for sin and its miseries2 a noble courage2 a total despair of help in creatures2 a fear of the judgments of wickedness2 a triumphant joy in ,god and in his ,christ2 a rapturous admiration of the ,maker and ,ruler of the world and of his glories4 ,all true piety1 he says1 is begun by the enkindling of these affections in the soul3 and the ,spirit1 enkindling them1 should be sought from ,god in the constancy of prayer4 ,sonnet #fh4 ,the monument to the pilgrim forefathers1 whose corner was laid ,aug4 #b;d1 is designed to consist of a pedestal #hj feet high1 supporting a colossal female figure of ,faith2 her feet rest on ,plymouth rock1 her left hand is to hold an open ,bible1 and her right points to heaven4 ,on the pedestal are to be ,morality1 ,education1 ,law1 and ,liberty4 ,sonnet #gb4 ,since this sonnet has passed through the press1 ,i have been glad to read a description of ,donati's comet and to see a telescopic view of it in the ,family ,christian ,almanac for #ahfj4 ,the comet is named after ,donati1 the discoverer1 who first saw it at ,florence1 ,june #b1 #aheh4 ,it was seen several months in great splendor in our country until about ,oct4 #bjth1 when it disappeared4 ,when first observed1 it was #bjj millions of miles distant from the sun4 ,its curved train extended #fj degrees or #ea millions of miles4 ,when nearest the earth it was #eb millions of miles distant1 moving at the rate of #abc thousand miles an hour4 ,its greatest distance from the sun is supposed to be #adc thousand millions of miles2 and astronomers have calculated its period of revolution at nearly #b1jjj years1 so that its last previous visit to the earth was before the ,christian era4 ,yet from the extreme point of its journey to the nearest fixed star who can measure the distance8 ,who will not say1 ,great and marvellous are thy works1 ,lord ,god ,almighty8 ,it is worthy of remark1 that in respect to the inhabitants of the various worlds1 with which our skies are filled1 the revealed word of ,god1 communicated to man upon the earth1 gives us no information4 ,if beyond a doubt the sun1 the moon1 the stars1 and the comets are inhabited by intelligent beings2 yet of what rank and in what condition we know nothing4 ,but as we are taught1 that there is a world of fire1 prepared for the devil and his angels1 it may be that comets are the destined abodes of the wicked and lost4 ,sonnet #gc4 ,it is a false and pernicious charity1 of which some men boast1 that for no crime would they touch the life of man4 ,but ,god is smiting every day the life of guilty man by a thousand diseases2 and in his revealed word he has commanded1 that the murderer shall be put to death in the administration of public law4 ,in this way not only the divine justice but the divine wisdom is manifested by this protecting shield of terror spread over man's life4 ,sonnet #gg4 ,the name of ,john ,hooper will ever be held in the highest honor in ,england4 ,born in #adie1 and educated at ,oxford1 he was appointed bishop of ,gloucester2 but was a martyr to the truth under the popish reign of queen ,mary in #aeee at the age of #fj4 ,with most wonderful fortitude he endured the flames at the stake for three-quarters of an hour4 ,sonnet #gh4 ,to an old man the recollection of a youthful brother preacher in the far-back period of fifty or more years1 who still preaches the gospel1 is replete with interest4 ,it is attended with the memory of men1 who at that period were the fathers in the ministry1as ,rogers1 ,livingston1 ,mason1 and ,miller of ,new ,york2 ,dwight of ,new ,haven2 and ,s4 ,spring1 ,morse1 ,eckley1 and ,griffin of ,massachusetts4 ,sonnet #hj4 ,the leading truth of the gospel1 dear to my heart since ,i first began to preach it #ef years ago1 is that ,jesus ,christ was the ,son of ,god1 by whom ,god made the worlds1 and who came down from heaven and in human flesh was himself the sufferer on the cross for the sins of men4 ,i use language as men of reason should use it4 ,i dare not1 on the peril of my soul1 explain it away by saying1 that the ,son of ,god from heaven united himself to another spirit or intelligent being1 which latter spirit or mind bore the suffering1 ascribed to the ,son from heaven4 ,that ,christ had two spirits is the teaching of human theory but not of divine scripture4 ,every man is conscious1 that he is one1one existence1 one intelligent being1 one human being1 or an intellect or mind now dwelling in a human body2 and he acknowledges every other man to be a similar being4 ,he also regards every angel1 that comes to his knowledge by revelation1 as one being4 ,god1 the ,creator of the universe1 we view necessarily as one being4 ,the idea of a duplicate intellectual being is beyond our thought2 it is inconceivable1 an absurdity1 a contradiction4 ,jesus ,christ then was either man or the one ,son of ,god in the form of a man4 ,that there is one ,god and one ,mediator between ,god and men1 the man ,christ ,jesus is ,paul's teaching4 ,the reason of calling ,christ man is1 that ,god sent his son in the likeness of sinful flesh1 ,rom4 #h3c4 ,the ,son's intelligent spirit was enough to be the tenant of one human body without a co-tenancy with a human spirit1 and enough to suffer for the sins of the world4 ,when ,paul speaks of ,christ as being once in the form of ,god1 he did not mean1 that he was ,god himself1 in whose form or likeness he was1 ,phil4 #b3f4 ,then in the next verses1 by his being in the form of a servant1 in the likeness of men1 in fashion as a man1 he could not mean1 that ,christ was a real1 perfect man4 ,but did he first live in heaven1 and thence come to the earth to tabernacle in human flesh and to offer himself as an atoning sacrifice for the sins of the race of men8 ,in the first chapter of ,john's gospel we are taught1 that ,christ or the ,son of ,god1 called the ,word1 existed in the beginning with ,god and that all things were made by him4 ,at the very commencement of all created existences in the universe1 he existed with ,god1 and by him all created things in the universe were created4 ,here then was a high and glorious dignity in heaven1 the ,son of ,god1 before he dwelt in human flesh4 ,in the third chapter of ,john we read1 that ,christ said to ,nicodemus1,if ,i have told you earthly things1 and ye believe not2 how shall ye believe1 if ,i tell you of heavenly things8 ,and no man hath ascended up to heaven1 but he1 that came down from heaven1 even the ,son of ,man1 which is in heaven4 ,the express contrast of the wordsascended up to heaven1 came down from heaven1 seems to fix the meaning beyond any possible doubt4,in the #fth chapter of ,john ,christ said1 as we read1 ,i came down from heaven1 not to do mine own will1 but the will of him1 that sent me4,moses gave you not that bread from heaven1 but my ,father giveth you the true bread from heaven4 ,for the bread of ,god is he1 which cometh from heaven1 and giveth life unto the world4 ,when the ,jews murmured at his discourse1 because he said1 ,i am the bread1 which came down from heaven1 ,jesus repeated his plain teaching,i am the living bread1 which came down from heaven3 if any man eat of this bread1 he shall live forever3 and the bread1 that ,i will give is my flesh1 which ,i will give for the life of the world4 ,that is1 he who came down from ,god in heaven would give his flesh1 his human body to the agonies of crucifixion for the salvation of men4 ,many of his disciples said1 this is an hard saying3 who can hear it8 ,what was the reply of ,christ8 ,it was this3 does this offend you8 ,what and if ye shall see the ,son of ,man ascend up where he was before8 ,in the #afth chapter of ,john we read ,christ's words,the ,father himself loveth you1 because ye have loved me1 and have believed1 that ,i came out from ,god4 ,i came forth from the ,father and am come into the world3 again1 ,i leave the world1 and go to the ,father4 ,here again the contrast of expressions shows the meaning of the phrase1 ,i am come into the world4 ,i will adduce only one other passage3,in ,ephesians #dth we read,now that he ascended1 what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth8 ,he that descended is the same also1 that ascended up far above all heavens1 that he might fill all things4 ,i think it thus most clearly and amply established in scripture1 that the ,lamb of ,god came down to the earth from the presence of ,god and laying aside his high dignity dwelt in a human body1 as a man dwells in a body1 and died in agony on the cross4 ,there may be various high inquiries1 which may here spring up4 ,but surely no theory can be true1 which contradicts and overthrows the divine teaching4 ,no scheme of theology can be true1 which denies1 that he1 who came down from heaven1 could die and did die as a lamb of sacrifice to ,god for the sins of the world1for this is a denial of the great doctrine of the atonement1 and thus withers up all the hopes of sinful men4 ,who can prove1 that ,god could not have a ,son derived from ,him before time began1 by whom he created the universe1 and who in his most amazing love to us abased himself to man's condition and died in our stead on this little globe of his own creation8 ,if we find in the ,bible any plain1 intelligible teaching of ,god1 will it do to set up our reason against the teaching of ,him1 who is infinite reason and infinite wisdom8 ,if any truth is plain in the ,bible1 is it not that ,jesus ,christ1 the ,son of ,god1 in human flesh or in fashion as a man by his sufferings on the cross made atonement for the sins of the world8 ,paul says1 ,rom4 #e3aa2,we joy in ,god through our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 by whom we have received the atonement2 and that ,god hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear ,son1 in whom we have redemption through his blood1 even the forgiveness of sins3 who is the image of the invisible ,god3 ,coloss4 #a3ac4,peter says1 that his brethren were redeemed with the precious blood of ,christ as of a lamb without blemish and without spot4 ,other expressions are these1 ,christ after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever1 that is1 for perpetuity1 sat down on the right hand of ,god3 ,heb4 #aj3ab1 ,whom ,god hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood3 ,rom4 #c3be1 ,unto him1 that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood3 ,rev4 #a3e4,that the ,son of ,god1 who came down from heaven1 was himself a sufferer and sacrifice on the cross for our sins is every where taught in scripture4 ,without believing this how can we regard ,christ as a ,redeemer and ,savior8 ,sonnet #ha4 ,in order that revealed truths may beam upon the mind of man and produce their proper effect it is necessary1 that ,god's revelation be understood and not misapprehended4 ,if two men attach a different and contradictory meaning to the same passage of scripture1 one of them is in error and fault2 and if the error relates to the character of ,god and to some very important doctrine1 it may be perilous4 ,for instance1 two of our theologians have taught a contradictory doctrine1 drawn as they thought from scripture1 as follows2 ,jonathan ,edwards maintained1 that sin was not the fruit of any positive agency or influence of the ,most ,high2it would be a reproach and blasphemy to suppose ,god to be the author of sin in the sense of the agent1 actor1 or doer of a wicked thing4 ,but ,dr4 ,emmons maintained1 that ,god produced all the free1 voluntary1 moral exercises of man2 that ,god creates evil when and where the good of the universe requires2 that ,satan placed certain motives before man's mind1 which by a certain divine energy took hold of his heart and led him into sin4 ,this teaching seems blasphemous1 and contradictory to all notions of free1 voluntary agency1 as well as to the tenor of scripture4 ,he relies for scripture proof on ,exodus #d3ba1 where ,god says in respect to ,pharaoh1 ,i will harden his heart4 ,but this1 rightly understood1 is only a prediction of a certain event1 that ,pharaoh would harden his own heart as it is declared he did in ch4 #i3cd4 ,so in respect to other quoted passages1 it might be shown1 that they were misunderstood and perverted from their proper meaning4 ,we all know by common sense1 by reason1 and conscience1 that we are free agents2 therefore justly accountable to a holy1 sin-hating ,god4 ,but if ,god made1 created1 produced all our wicked volitions and acts2 how can we regard him as just in punishing us for the very acts1 which he produced8 ,and what can such passages as ,james #a3ac1 mean1 ,god cannot be tempted with evil1 neither tempteth he any man8 ,sonnet #hb4 ,the following seem to be clear and prominent points of instruction in the divine ,word4 #a4 ,there is ,,one ,,god1 eternal1 infinite1 all-wise1 perfect in goodness1 the creator of the universe4 ,hence all the gods and idols of the heathen are vanity and a lie4,there is one ,god the ,father of all1 who is above all1 and through all1 and in you all4 ,ephes4 #b3e4,the ,lord our ,god is one ,lord4,god is one4,one ,god and one ,mediator4 ,mark #ab3bi4 ,galatians #c3bj4 ,i ,tim4 #b3e4 ,thus throughout the whole scripture the unity of ,god is asserted or implied4 ,the name of ,god occurs #ejj or #fjj times in the ,bible4 ,god is one2 one conscious1 intelligent being and voluntary agent4 ,no man in the exercise of his reason has any doubts as to his own oneness1 or as to the oneness of any brother man or of any angel1 of whom he may think or speak4 ,if ,i am conscious1 that ,i am a single intellectual being1 and necessarily regard every other man as such2 then it cannot enter my thoughts1 that the one ,god is a compound being4 #b4 ,god has a ,,son in heaven1 by whom he made the worlds1 and whom he sent from heaven to earth1 to tabernacle for a while in human flesh1 voluntarily abased in his powers to the condition of a man1 to be a ,mediator and ,savior4 ,in ,john1 chapter #a1 ,jesus ,christ is called the ,son of ,god1 the only-begotten of the ,father1 the ,lamb of ,god1 who was in the beginning with ,god1 and by whom all things were made4 #c4 ,that the ,son of ,god is a being distinct from ,god is most obvious from the whole ,new ,testament4 ,in ,phil4 ,i1 ,paul prays for grace and peace from ,god our ,father and from the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,he adds1 ,i thank my ,god upon every remembrance of you4 ,so throughout his epistle ,god and ,jesus ,christ are most plainly distinct beings4 ,he says1 that ,christ condescended to come in fashion as a man1 on which account ,god highly exalted him3 here are two beings3 and ,christ will be extolled at last to the glory of ,god the ,father4,he worshipped ,god in the spirit and rejoiced in ,christ ,jesus4,here are again two beings4 ,near the close of the epistle he saysmy ,god shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by ,christ ,jesus4 ,how strange to ,paul must have been the doctrine1 that ,christ was one of several beings making up one ,god8 ,but the same distinction is clearly and fully set forth by ,paul in all his other epistles as well as in that to the ,philippians4 ,he begins most of them with a prayer like that in the epistle to the ,romans1,grace to you and peace from ,god our ,father and the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,then he thanks ,god through ,jesus ,christ for them all2 the ,god1 whom he serves in the gospel of his ,son4 ,read also1the righteousness of ,god by faith of ,jesus ,christ2we have peace with ,god through our ,lord ,jesus ,christ2we were reconciled to ,god by the death of his ,son2the gift of ,god is eternal life through ,jesus ,christ our ,lord2nothing can separate us from the love of ,god which is in ,christ ,jesus our ,lord2,paul prays1 that his brethren may glorify ,god even the ,father of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ2and after more of similar language he ends this epistle1,to ,god only wise be glory through ,jesus ,christ forever4 ,amen4 ,if it be asked1 in what sense is ,christ ,god's ,son1 whom he hath appointed heir of all things1 by whom also he made the worlds8 ,i answer1 the word doubtless means1 that he was derived from ,god1 that he sprung from ,god1 that he received his being from ,god before the creation of the universe4 ,he is called ,god's first-begotten and only-begotten4 ,it is unnecessary and may be useless for us to enter into any inquiries and discussions concerning hypostasis1 person1 nature1 being1 essence1 substance1 and other logical and metaphysical terms employed by theologians1 which do not afford a particle of light2 but we must believe1 that ,christ was derived from ,god and possesses the very attributes and endured the sufferings1 ascribed to him in the scriptures4 ,if we ascribe to him a nature not ascribed to him in the ,bible1 one incapable of suffering1 and then deny the sufferings1 which are ascribed to him2 what do we but contradict the word of ,god and reject the doctrine of the ,atonement by the sufferings of ,christ1 which is the foundation of the sinner's hope8 ,if a learned doctor should assert1 that if ,christ was the agent of ,god in the creation of the universe1 and is his agent in its government1 then he could not be derived from ,god2 the learned man puts forth only the words of folly4 ,as derived from ,god1 why might not the ,son be as much superior to the highest angel1 as man is superior in knowledge and powers to the beetle under our foot8 ,why could he not derive from ,god and exercise under ,god the powers of creation8 ,he is the image of the invisible ,god1 the first-born of every creature2 for by him were all things created1 that are in heaven1 and that are in earth1 visible and invisible1 whether they be thrones1 or dominions1 or principalities or powers3 all things were created by him and for him3it pleased the father1 that in him should all fullness dwell4 ,col4 #a3ae1 #af4 ,so in ,heb4 #a3c1 ,christ is called the express image of ,god's person2 where the ,greek word1 translated person1 means nature1 essence1 or being1 and the assertion is1 that ,christ is a clear and strong image of the essence or nature of the divine majesty4 ,it may be1 that for this reason the title of god is given to him2 and with very obvious propriety may we ascribe to him divinity or call him a divine being1 without contending for the impossibility that he is the very being1 whose image he is1 or that his own is the very nature1 person1 hypostasis1 or substance1 of which he stands the express character4 ,according to our ,english ,bible the ,son of ,god under the name of the ,word seems to be called ,god by the apostle ,john1 ch4 #a1 v4 #a4 ,but it was not the purpose of ,john to represent the ,word as the infinite1 supreme1 almighty ,god4 ,,origen1 who wrote in ,greek1 in the third century1 and understood the language better than any modern critic1 says1 that ,john's assertion is that1 the logos1 or word1 was a god1 using the word god in its inferior1 well-known sense1 as is proved by his omission of the article4 ,if he had inserted the article1 he would have said1 that the logos was the ,god1 the supreme ,god1 ,jehovah4 ,the plain teaching is1 there is one ,god4 ,with him was the logos in the beginning1 an exalted1 glorious being2 a second1 inferior ,god2 a being derived from ,god2 and in this sense a divine being4,besides ,origen1 ,philo and several other fathers of the three first centuries speak of ,john's omission of the article here as a proof that by the word god he did not mean the ,supreme ,god4 ,consider also1 that if the logos existed with ,god1 then he was not the very ,god1 with whom he existed4,on the other hand1 it is a matter of no weight that when the supreme ,god is meant1 yet the article is often omitted2 for it is an established principle that it may be omitted when the name of ,god is sufficiently definite without it4 ,in ,john #a3f1;a man sent from ,god3 here is an omission of it as unnecessary4 ,so v4 #ab1 #ac1 #ah4 ,origen again says1,angels are called gods because they are divine2 but we are not commanded to worship them in the place of ,god1 and hence they are not really gods4 ,he says1 the article is withheld1 when what is called god is a being different from the self-existent ,god1 having a communicated divinity1 being a divine person4 ,such also was the opinion of ,clemens ,alexandrinus and ,eusebius2 and they were men more competent to decide a matter concerning the construction of the ,greek language than any modern critic4,in several of the first centuries it was the judgment of such ,fathers as ,justin1 ,athenagoras1 ,tatian1 ,theophilus1 ,clemens1 ,origen1 c41 that the word god as applied to ,christ denoted a celestial nature1 superior to all creatures1 but inferior to the ,supreme ,god4 ,but the authority of ,christ himself is more decisive1,my ,father is greater than ,i3 and the whole of scripture shows1 that the one perfect ,god and his ,son are two distinct intelligent ,beings4 ,as the word in ,greek1 ,acts #bh3f1 has no article our translators have very properly said a god4 ,if any one will look at #b ,thess4 #b3d1 he will see1 that the word ,god occurs four times and undistinguished in the ,english ,testament1 but in the ,greek the word for ,god appears oncein the temple of ,godwith the article1 showing that the true ,supreme ,god is meant1and three times without the article1 showing1 that the word is used in an inferior sense1 that a false god was intended4 ,dr4 ,macknight's translation is as follows1above every one1 who is called a god or an object of worship4 ,so that he1 in the temple of ,,god1 as a god sitteth1 openly shewing himself1 that he is a god4 ,it is thus1 that the ,word in ,john #ast is called a god1 and not ,god the ,supreme1 the ,almighty ,jehovah4 ,when ,tatian1 about ,a4 ,d4 #afe speaks of a god1 who was born in the form of man and of the suffering ,god1 he certainly did not mean1 that ,christ was the ,supreme ,god1 incapable of suffering4 ,it was the doctrine of ,apollinaris1 two hundred years later1 that ,christ assumed a human body with a sentient soul like that of the inferior animals1 but not assuming an intelligent or rational human spirit4 ,he could see no reason why ,christ should have two intelligent natures and two free wills4 ,in his judgment the ,son of ,god1 who came down from heaven1 was the only rational tenant of his human body1 and the only rational sufferer on the cross1 making a real atonement for sin4 ,for scriptural proof he rested on ,john #a3ad1 the ,word was made flesh4 ,his doctrine was doubtless this1that the ,son of ,god in his high spiritual nature1 in which he came down from heaven in order to suffer1 was the real sufferer on the cross3 not that he was ,god incapable of suffering1 and incapable of making any atonement4 ,on the distinction between ,almighty ,god and his ,son1 derived from him before the creation1 the ,creed of the ,church of ,england is very explicit3,i believe in one ,god1 the ,father ,almighty1 ,maker of heaven and earth1 and of all things visible and invisible3 and in one ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 the only begotten ,son of ,god1 begotten of his ,father before all worlds1 c4,who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven1 c4 ,the doctrine of the ,new ,england ,synod at ,boston in #afhj was the same3 ,the ,father is of none1 neither begotten nor proceeding2 the ,son is eternally begotten of the ,father4 ,if many of our ,american theologians at the present day reject the doctrine of the derivation of the ,son from ,god1 they are not responsible to the ,synod's ,confession or ,creed1 but certainly they are to holy ,scripture and to ,reason4 ,sonnet #hd4 ,in a sonnet ,milton speaks of the popish massacre in ,piedmont3 ,their moans ,the vales redoubled to the hills1 and they ,to ,heav'n4 ,their martyr'd blood and ashes sow ,o'er all th' ,italian fields1 where still doth sway ,the triple tyrant2 that from these may grow ,a hundred fold1 who having learned the way ,early may fly the ,babylonian woe4 ,sonnet #hf4 ,occom was a distinguished ,indian preacher1 the first who visited ,england4 ,born at ,mohegan near ,norwich1 ,conn41 he was educated #d years in ,wheelock's ,indian ,school at ,lebanon1 and was himself a school teacher of the ,montauk ,indians #aj or #ab years4 ,in #agei1 at the age of #cf1 he was ordained by a presbytery4 ,he preached in ,great ,britain in #agff1 #agfg1 and #agfh1 between #cjj and #djj sermons1 employed by ,mr4 ,wheelock4 ,for the remaining #bd years of his life he continued to preach2 and he died at ,new ,stockbridge1 near ,utica1 in ,july #agib1 aged #fi4 ,the author has prepared for the press a ,memoir of ,occom1 drawn from the papers of ,dr4 ,wheelock which are in his hands and from ,occom's own manuscript journals4 ,sonnet #ic4 ,as an old medal had on it for a device a bullock standing between a plough and an altar1 with the inscription1 ,ready for ,either1 the device was thought very appropriate to express the disposition of the true ,christian missionary1 ready for toil and ready also to be a sacrifice1 if called to die in his master's service1 not holding his life dear unto himself4 ,sonnet #if4 ,sickness prevented me from visiting my nephew and meeting with his guests on an interesting occasion4 ,the old house1 the home of my childhood and my dwelling for seven years of my ministry1the house built by my father1 the first minister of ,pittsfield1 in the wilderness1was superseded by an elegant mansion1 built by his grandson bearing his own name1 ,thomas ,allen4 ,the event was commemorated by a select and happy company of aged men4 ,sonnet #ih4 ,i first visited ,niagara ,falls #ef years ago4 ,having just been licensed by the ministers of ,berkshire county to preach the gospel1 ,i mounted my horse in ,aug4 #ahjd and rode out more than #djj miles through the western wilderness of ,new ,york as far as ,lake ,erie and ,niagara river1 preaching in various places to little assemblies in log cabins4 ,buffalo1 now a great city1 was then a village of #ai houses4 ,three miles below there was the ferry at ,black ,rock2 and there ,i saw the famous ,indian chief1 ,red ,jacket1 attending his little grand-daughter as from a rock she threw her hook into the great stream4 ,thence ,i rode down on the ,canada side #ae miles to the wondrous ,falls4 ,besides the lesson of solemn warning and terror another of a character acceptable and gladdening was offered to my thoughts1 as ,i stood on the river's bank at the ,falls2 for ,i beheld a rainbow of a full semi-circle or more1 the ends almost under my feet1 stretching over the awful chasm1 deepest in color low down at each extremity1 where the turmoil of mist was the thickest4 ,this lesson ,i here put in rhyme1 and with it1 in accordance with the sentiment of the hundredth sonnet which a few days ago passed through the press1 ,i now close this little book4 ,if the reader will consider1 that my threatening illness has now had a continuance of many months and that to-day closes seventy-six years of my life1 he will find reason to conclude1 that my thoughts here expressed1 although in verse1 are utterances in the sincerity of faith and the honesty of truth3 and so ,i bid him farewell1 wishing him a happy ,new ,year and a blessed ,eternity6 ,jan4 #a1 #ahfj4 ,,new ,,year',s ,,day1 #ahfj4 ,i praise thee1 ,god of love6 for this ,day's light1 ,which leads the train of days in this new year1 ,for months not seeming destin'd to me here1 ,but ah instead thereof a darksome night ,in the low grave1 of all earth's joys the blight4 ,i live6 ,and in my thoughts old scenes appear4 ,the mighty ,falls1 where gazing ,i stood near ,in happy youth1 rise up in splendor bright1 ,when1 as ,i gaz'd1 there met my wond'ring eye ,amid the wat'ry strife the beauteous ,bow1 ,as if brought down from its high place1 the sky1 ,and planted deep in the thick mist below2 ,god's bow of promise to the earth beneath1 ,symbol of ,peace 'mid ,sin and ,war and ,death6 99 99 99 99 99 ,,transcriber',s ,,notes ,punctuation has been standardized4 ,some alternate spellings have been retained4 ,this book contained an errata page at the end4 ,the errata have been applied to the e-text by the transcriber without further note4 p4 #bd3 ,aud changed to ,and 7,and with the holy who in glory shine67 p4 #ga3 ,missing word inserted3 an 7,remaining more than an hour7 p4 #id3 shewing changed to showing 7showing that the true ,supreme ,god is meant7