,illustration3 ,,george ,,herbert ,,milton ,,young ,,cowper ,,montgomery ,,heber ,engraved by ,p4 ,p4 ,becker4 ,london1 ,groombridge and ,sons4 ,a ,,cyclop,,dia ,,of ,,sacred ,,poetical ,,quotations2 ,,consisting ,,of ,,choice ,,passages ,,from ,,the ,,sacred ,,poetry ,,of ,,all ,,ages ,,and ,,countries1 ,,classified ,,and ,,arranged1 ,,for ,,facility ,,of ,,reference1 ,,under ,,subject ,,headings2 ,,illustrated ,,by ,,striking ,,passages ,,from ,,scripture1 ,,and ,,forming ,,altogether ,a ,,complete ,,book ,,of ,,devotional ,,poetry4 ,,edited ,,by ,h4 ,g4 ,,adams4 ,,editor ,,of ,,the 8,,cyclop,,dia ,,of ,,poetical ,,quotations10 ,,etc4 ,,new ,,edition4 8,a verse may find him who a sermon flies1 ,and turn delight into a sacrifice40--,,herbert4 ,,alex4 ,,gardner1 ,,paisley2 ,,and ,,paternoster ,,row1 ,,london4 ,,preface4 ,the favour with which our former compilation--the 8,cyclopdia of ,poetical ,quotations0--was received1 and the numerous calls which we had for an extension of the plan of that work1 induced us to determine on the issue of this companion volume1 which1 although exactly similar in size and price1 and method of arrangement1 yet possesses a decidedly distinctive feature in the sacred character of all the pieces included4 ,we have endeavoured to make it one of the most complete collections of ,,religious ,,poetry ever offered to the public2 and cannot doubt that1 as such1 it will be acceptable to a very large class of readers4 ,as the matter in this volume had to be arranged under a far less number of distinct headings than that of the work above named1 there was space for the introduction of longer pieces1 and thus many of the most beautiful specimens of devotional poetry1 which are to be found in the literature of this and other nations1 are given with little or no curtailment4 ,although there is much poetry of a religious character scattered through the former volume1 yet--inasmuch as it is presumed that most persons who possess the one will also desire to have the other--none of the pieces which may there be found are admitted into this compilation1 except in some cases where it was felt that by re-uniting the portions there arranged under several headings1 so complete and beautiful a whole could be presented1 that its insertion here was almost rendered necessary4 ,as we wished to make our volume entirely unsectarian in its character1 we have endeavoured to avoid the insertion of poems which involve merely doctrinal points4 ,those grand truths and principles of ,christianity on which all denominations of the ,saviour's professed followers are agreed1 offered ample scope for poetic illustration2 and happily we could1 alike from the pages of a ,milton1 a ,watts1 a ,doddridge1 a ,wesley1 a ,montgomery1 and a ,keble1 find plenty of matter for our purpose1 without entering at all upon the thorny paths of controversy4 ,the introduction of ,scripture quotations at the head of each subject will1 we apprehend1 be considered a useful feature of our compilation4 ,as might be expected1 the noblest poetry that ever was written is to be found in the inspired volume1 and those passages which we have selected therefrom1 as specimens of poetic composition alone1 will1 we apprehend1 be considered the true gems of the collection4 ,while we are upon the subject of ,scripture quotations1 we may perhaps be allowed to place before our readers a fine passage from ,gilfillan's 8,bards of the ,bible10 in reference thereto3-- 8,the charm which ,scripture quotation adds to writing1 let those tell who have read ,milton1 ,bunyan1 ,burke1 ,foster1 ,southey1 ,croly1 ,carlyle1 ,macaulay1 yea1 and even ,byron1 all of whom have sown their pages with this #8orient pearl' and brought thus an impulse from divine inspiration1 to add to the effect of their own4 ,extracts from the ,bible always attest and vindicate their origin4 ,they nerve what else in the sentence in which they occur is pointless2 they clear a space for themselves1 and cast a wide glory around the page where they are found4 ,taken from the classics of the heart1 all hearts vibrate more or less strongly to their voice4 ,it is even as ,david felt of old toward the sword of ,goliath1 when he visited the high-priest1 and said1 #8,there is none like that1 give it me2' so writers of true taste and sympathies feel on great occasions1 when they have certain thoughts and feelings to express1 a longing for that sharp two-edged sword1 and an irresistible inclination to cry #8,none like that1 give it us2 this right ,damascus blade alone can cut the way of our thought into full utterance and victory4'0 ,from the ,psalms of ,david1 as giving expression in the most poetical and devotional form1 to almost every variety of passion and emotion of which the human mind is cognizant1 we have1 of course1 taken a large proportion of our ,scripture passages1 and therefore do we think it well to quote the above author's apostrophe to these sublime compositions4 8,wild1 holy1 tameless strains1 how have you run down through ages in which large poems1 systems1 and religions have perished1 firing the souls of poets1 kissing the lips of children1 smoothing the pillows of the dying1 stirring the warrior to heroic rage1 perfuming the chambers of solitary saints1 and clasping into one the hearts and voices of thousands of assembled worshippers2 tinging many a literature1 and finding a home in many a land2 and still ye seem as fresh1 and young1 and powerful as ever2 yea1 preparing for even mightier triumphs than when first chanted6 ,britain1 ,germany1 and ,america now sing you2 but you must yet awaken the dumb millions of ,china and ,japan40 ,it has been beautifully and truly observed by the eloquent and learned ,bishop ,lowth1 that 8,we shall think of ,poetry much more humbly than it deserves1 unless we direct our attention to that quarter where its importance is most eminently conspicuous1 or unless we contemplate it as employed on sacred subjects1 and in subservience to religion4 ,this indeed appears to have been the original office and destination of ,poetry1 and this it still so happily performs1 that in all other cases it seems out of character1 as if intended for this purpose alone4 ,in other instances ,poetry appears to want the assistance of art1 and in this to shine forth with all its natural splendour1 or rather to be animated by that inspiration1 which on other occasions is spoken of without being felt40 ,these observations apply more especially to ,hebrew ,poetry1 that loftiest and noblest manifestation of true poetic inspiration2 and are quoted by ,dr4 ,caunter in his able and judicious treatise on 8,the ,poetry of the ,pentateuch10 in reference to which the learned writer observes that 8,sacred themes have inspired the greatest poets of almost every age1 and of every civilized country where the true ,god has been adored1 the doctrine of redemption promulgated1 and the divine attributes avowed4 ,those sublime themes have called forth the highest intellectual endowments of man40 ,herder1 another profound critic1 and lover of ,poetry in its most sublime forms1 says of it1 that 8without ,god it is a showy ,papyrus without moisture2 every system of morals without ,him is a mere parasitical plant4 ,it makes a flowery display in fine words1 and sends forth its branches hither and thither2 nay1 it insinuates itself into every weak spot and crevice of the human soul2 but the sun rises and it vanishes40 ,all true ,poets have felt and known this1 although they have not always acknowledged it2 sometimes it was but a dim confused perception of the truth which they obtained2 being dazzled by the blaze of their own genius1 they have mistaken that for a divine effluence1 and worshipped it in the place of that greater glory1 of which it was but a faint reflex and emanation4 ,sometimes it was pride of intellect which forbade them to bow down to any other ,god than that which bore the impress of self3 sometimes it was a kind of pantheistic worship of nature1 as an abstract divinity2 so enamoured were they of the fair face of creation1 that they forgot the ,creator2 the works1 how beautiful6 how perfect6 ,but the workman1 what of ,him8 ,we have spoken in the past tense1 and it might be thought that our remarks were meant to apply to poets of pagan lands1 and of benighted ages of the world's history2 but alas6 they are equally applicable to all ages1 and to all lands2 and especially to our own country and age of ,christian enlightenment4 ,many of the most gifted singers of the present day1 of the most fervent and devoted spirits1 might have served as high-priests in the temple of ,apollo1 and offered adoration at the shrine of ,flora1 ,ceres1 and the ,bona ,dea1 and other pagan impersonifications of the sun1 and the earth1 with its beauties and riches4 ,to such as these the flowers1 those stars of earth1 are not the living1 glowing1 breathing 8charactery0 in which the ,almighty writes instructive lessons of ,his wisdom and goodness1 telling the sick1 the weary1 and the sad at heart1 that 8,whoso careth for the flowers ,will care much more for them40 ,to such the stars1 those flowers of heaven1 are not bright revelations of the ,deity who sustains and directs them in their courses4 8,for ever singing as they shine1 ,the hand that made us is divine40 ,to such the whispering gales1 the rustling boughs1 the humming insects1 the singing rills1 and the warbling birds1 speak not of an ever watchful1 ever wakeful ,power1 to which in every emergency the prayerful soul may turn4 ,calm and soothing as is doubtless the influence of nature1 upon the troubled souls of all who submit themselves to her gentle teachings1 yet with how much greater satisfaction and delight must those contemplate her beauties and share her calm enjoyments1 who see in her various changes and aspects but so many revelations of ,almighty love1 and read in her fair lineaments the wondrous story of redeeming grace4 8,alas6 that mankind sees ,him not1--the ,great ,and ,everlasting ,framer of all worlds2 ,who paints himself upon the leaves of flowers1 ,and flings his portrait on the breasted clouds1 ,and sheds his syllogisms in the shape ,of suns1 and moons1 and planetary systems10 as ,j4 ,stanyan ,bigg1 the latest1 but not the least1 of the true poets of the present cycle1 has finely said4 ,we must give another extract from his 8,night and the ,soul10 published too late for quotation in the body of our volume3-- 8,nature is still1 as ever1 the thin veil ,which half conceals1 and half reveals the face ,and lineaments supernal of our ,king1-- ,the modifying medium through which ,his glories are exhibited to man1-- ,the grand repository where he hides ,his mighty thoughts to be dug out like diamonds2-- ,still is the day irradiate with ,his glory1 ,flowing in steady1 sun-streaked1 ocean gush ,from ,his transcendant nature1--still at night ,o'er our horizon trail the sable robes ,of the ,eternal ,one1 with all their rich ,embroidery and emblazonment of stars40 ,this is high and holy teaching4 ,well were it if every mere nature-worshipper could be brought to the same conviction as the poet of 8,night and the ,soul10 and confess that-- 8,religion is the true ,philosophy6 ,faith is the last great link 'twixt ,god and man4 ,there is more wisdom in a whispered prayer ,than in the ancient lore of all the schools3 ,the soul upon its knees holds ,god by the hand4 ,worship is wisdom as it is in heaven6 #8,i do believe6 ,help ,thou mine unbelief6' ,is the last greatest utterance of the soul40 8,i do believe60 how few are there among the gifted children of song1 who can stoop from the lofty heights of intellectual glory1 to utter this confession of the insufficiency of human reason1 the littleness of human power4-- 8,stoop1 stoop1 proud man6 the gate of heaven is low1 ,and all who enter in thereat must bend6 ,reason has fields to play in1 wide as air1 ,but they have bounds2 and if she soar beyond1 ,lo6 there are lightnings and the curse of ,god4 ,and the old thundered #8,never6' from the jaws ,of the black darkness and the mocking waste4 ,come not to ,god with questions on thy lips1 ,he will have love--love and a holy trust4 ,and the self-abnegation of a child4 ',tis a far higher wisdom to believe1 ,than to cry #8,question' at the porch of truth4 ,think not the ,infinite will calmly brook ,the plummet of the finite in its depths40 ,god and ,his attributes are undoubtedly the poet's noblest themes1 and to celebrate the greatness and glory of ,his works1 the wonders of ,his power1 and the riches of ,his grace1 have the highest efforts of human genius in all ages been directed4 ,from the time when ,moses sung his song of triumph as the waters closed over ,pharaoh and his host1 when the ,prophets uttered their rapt predictions1 and the inspired ,psalmist sent forth those strains of supplication and thanksgiving which are still sounding daily in our ears1 and stirring our hearts to devotion1 down to the period when ,milton wrote his great epic1 8,of man's first disobedience1 and the fruit ,of that forbidden tree1 whose mortal taste ,brought death into the world10 has the lyre been consecrated to the service of religion--has religious poetry been the most beautiful and touching1 as well as the most lofty and sublime of all poetry4 ,as ,dr4 ,caunter well observes1 8,the noblest epics which have elicited the poetic genius of different countries1 have been based upon subjects either immediately connected with1 or remotely allied to1 religion4 ,the authors of the ,mahabarat and the ,ramayana1 two ,hindoo epics of high celebrity and extraordinary magnitude1 extending each to several hundred thousand lines1 of the ,iliad and the ,odyssey1 of the ,inferno1 of the ,jerusalem ,delivered1 of the ,paradise ,lost and ,regained1 have1 either directly or consequentially1 all made the ,deity and ,his illimitable perfections the subjects of their immortal song40 ,and so it is2 every true poet is essentially a religious poet2 his religion may not be ,christianity1 his views of the divine nature and attributes may be distorted1 and he may be altogether ignorant of the great truths of scripture revelation1 yet there will ever be in minds of the greatest reach and capacity1 a striving after that which is good and holy1 and a knowledge1 approximating to the truth1 of the relationship between the ,creator and the created2 for 8,spontaneously to ,god will tend the soul1 ,like the magnetic needle to the pole40 ,would that all whose 8tranced hands have woke the lyre10 and chanted such strains as the world would not willingly let die1 had had such clear views of the nature of the obligation which lay on them to dedicate their powers to the service of true religion1 as our own ,milton1 who commenced his immortal epic thus3-- 8,and chiefly ,thou1 ,o ,spirit1 that dost prefer ,before all temples1 the upright heart and pure1 ,instruct me1 for ,thou know'st3 ,thou from the first ,wast present1 and with mighty wings outspread ,dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss1 ,and mad'st it pregnant4 ,what in me is dark ,illumine2 what is low1 raise and support2 ,that to the height of this great argument ,i may assert eternal ,providence1 ,and justify the ways of ,god to men40 ,would that all could bear some such testimony to the truth as it is in ,jesus1 and exclaim with him-- 8,o1 unexampled ,love6 ,love no where to be found less than ,divine6 ,hail1 ,son of ,god1 ,saviour of men1 ,thy ,name ,shall be the copious matter of my song ,henceforth1 and never shall my harp ,thy praise ,forget1 nor from ,thy ,father's praise disjoin40 ,a similar spirit of fervent piety animated the breast of the ,italian poet ,lorenzo de ,medici1 who made this solemn request at the footstool of the ,almighty1 previous to entering on the composition of a poem3-- 8,in ardent adoration joined1 ,obedient to ,thy holy will1 ,let all my faculties combined ,thy just desires1 ,o ,god1 fulfil6 ,from thee derived1 eternal ,king1 ,to thee our noblest powers we bring3 ,o1 may thy hand direct our wandering way6 ,o1 bid thy light arise1 and chase the clouds away60 ,listen also to the author of the 8,night ,thoughts10 and hear his acknowledgment of the true sources of poetic inspiration3-- 8,o ,thou bless'd ,spirit3 whether the ,supreme1 ,great ante-mundane ,father2 in whose breast1 ,embryo creation1 unborn being1 dwelt1 ,and all its various revolutions rolled1 ,present1 though future2 prior to themselves2 ,whose breath can blow it into nought again2 ,or1 from ,his throne some delegated power2 ,who1 studious of our peace1 dost turn the thought ,from vain and vile1 to solid and sublime6 ,unseen ,thou lead'st me to delicious draughts ,of ,inspiration1 from a purer stream1 ,and fuller of the ,god1 than that which burst ,from famed ,castalia40 ,alas6 how often has been1 and is1 this noble gift of poesy abused and prostituted to base purposes2 of how few could it be said that he had written no line which dying he might wish to blot4 ,dryden1 we may remember1 exclaims 8,o gracious ,god6 ,how far have we ,profaned ,thy heavenly gift of poesy6 ,made prostitute and profligate the muse1 ,debased to each obscene and impious use1 ,whose harmony was first ordained above ,for tongues of angels1 and for hymns of love60 ,yet even he cannot altogether escape the reproach conveyed in these lines to such as have1 at times1 shown themselves unworthy of the sacred gift1 and of this he appears to be conscious when he says 8how far have we10 etc4 ,cowper might with great propriety act the censor on such a dereliction of duty1 and say-- 8,debased to servile purposes of pride1 ,how are the powers of genius misapplied6 ,the gift1 whose office is the ,giver's praise1 ,to trace ,him in ,his word1 ,his work1 ,his ways1 ,then spread the rich discovery1 and invite ,mankind to share in the divine delight2 ,distorted from its use and just design1 ,to make the pitiful possessor shine1 ,to purchase at the fool-frequented fair ,of vanity1 a wreath for self to wear1 ,is profanation of the basest kind-- ,proof of a trifling and a worthless mind40 ,so also might one of the sacred poets of our own day1 many of whose strains of simple1 earnest1 and pure devotion1 will be found in our volume4 ,he has just passed from hence to sing in a heavenly choir2 and fain would we embody in this preface a slight tribute of our admiration for his genius1 and our gratitude for the service he has rendered to the ,christian ,religion4 ,,to ,,the ,,memory ,,of ,,james ,,montgomery4 ,,sweet minstrel1 who through life hast turned thy face ,unto the city of the heavenly king2 ,of infinite mercy1 and of boundless grace1 ,and ,god's high attributes hast loved to sing2 ,e'en like a pilgrim onward journeying1 ,to whom this world was no abiding place2 ,but through whose mists of sin and sorrowing ,thou hadst a light the devious way to trace4 ,the river thou hast crossed1 the shining gate ,hath oped to bid thee welcome to thy rest2 ,thy voice1 which sounded in our ears but late1 ,now swells the chorus of the truly blest3 ,thou hast departed1 but hast left thy lays1 ,a rich bequest of holy prayer and praise4 ,,cyclop,,dia ,,of ,,sacred ,,poetical ,,quotations4 ,,aaron4 ,i will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar3 ,i will sanctify also both ,aaron and his sons1 to minister to me in the priest's office4--,exodus1 xxix4 #dd4 ,and ,moses stripped ,aaron of his garments1 and put them upon ,eleazar his son2 and ,aaron died there in the top of the mount2 and ,moses and ,eleazar came down from the mount4--,numbers1 xx4 #bh4 ,aaron the saint of the ,lord4--,psalm cvi4 #af4 ,called of ,god1 as was ,aaron4--,hebrews1 v4 #d4 ,so1 with trembling hand1 ,he hasted to unclasp the priestly robe1 ,and cast it o'er his son1 and on his head ,the mitre place2 while1 with a feeble voice1 ,he blessed1 and bade him keep his garments pure ,from blood of souls4 ,but then1 as ,moses raised ,the mystic breastplate1 and that dying eye ,caught the last radiance of those precious stones1 ,by whose oracular and fearful light ,jehovah had so oft ,his will revealed ,unto the chosen tribes1 whom ,aaron loved ,in all their wanderings--but whose promised land ,he might not look upon--he sadly laid ,his head upon the mountain's turfy breast1 ,and with one prayer1 half-wrapped in stifled groans1 ,gave up the ghost4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,,abel4 ,and ,abel brought of the firstlings of his flock1 and of the fat thereof4 ,and the ,lord had respect unto ,abel and his offering4--,genesis1 iv4 #d4 ,they were wont to speak in old time1 saying1 ,they shall surely ask counsel at ,abel4--,,ii4 ,samuel1 xx4 #ah4 ,by faith ,abel offered unto ,god a more excellent sacrifice than ,cain1 by which he obtained witness that he was righteous1 ,god testifying of his gifts3 and by it he being dead yet speaketh4--,hebrews1 xi4 #d4 ,blood has a voice to pierce the skies2 ,revenge6 the blood of ,abel cries2 ,but the dear stream when ,christ was slain1 ,speaks peace aloud from every vein4 ,watts4 ,adjacent rose a myrtle-planted mound1 ,whose spiry top a granite fragment crowned4 ,tinctured with many-coloured moss the stone1 ,rich as a cloud of summer-evening shone1 ,amid encircling verdure that arrayed ,the beauteous hillock with a cope of shade4 8,javan10 said ,enoch1 8on this spot began ,the fatal curse2--man perished here by man4 ,the earliest death a son of ,adam died ,was murder1 and that murder fratricide6 ,here ,abel fell a corse along the shore2 ,here ,cain's recoiling footsteps reeked with gore4 ,horror upraised his locks1 unloosed his knees2 ,he heard a voice1 he hid among the trees3 --#8,where is thy brother8'--from the whirlwind came ,the voice of ,god amidst enfolding flame3 --#8,am ,i my brother's keeper8'--hoarse and low1 ,cain muttered from the copse--#8that ,i should know8' 99 99 99 99 99 ,that mound of myrtles o'er her favourite child ,eve planted1 and the hand of ,adam piled ,yon mossy stone1 above his ashes raised1 ,his altar once1 with ,abel's offering blazed1 ,when ,god well pleased beheld the flames arise1 ,and smiled acceptance on the sacrifice40 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,abhorrence4 ,and now am ,i their song1 yea1 ,i am their by-word4 ,they abhor me1 they flee far from me4--,job1 xxx4 #i1 #aj4 ,i have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear3 but now mine eye seeth thee4 ,wherefore ,i abhor myself1 and repent in dust and ashes4--,job1 xlii4 #e1 #f4 ,let love be without dissimulation4 ,abhor that which is evil2 cleave to that which is good4--,romans1 xii4 #i4 ,father of lights6 from whom proceeds ,whate'er thy every creature needs2 ,whose goodness providently nigh1 ,feeds the young ravens when they cry2 ,to thee ,i look1 my heart prepare2 ,suggest1 and hearken to my prayer4 ,fain would ,i know1 as known by thee1 ,and feel the indigence ,i see3 ,fain would ,i all my vileness own1 ,and deep beneath the burden groan2 ,abhor the pride that lurks within1 ,detest and loathe myself and sin4 ,wesley4 ',tis a point ,i long to know1 ,oft it causes anxious thought1 ,do ,i love the ,lord1 or no8 ,am ,i his1 or am ,i not8 ,could ,i joy his saints to meet1 ,choose the ways ,i once abhorred1 ,find at times the promise sweet1 ,if ,i did not love the ,lord8 ,newton4 ,were half the power that fills the world with terror1 ,were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts1 ,given to redeem the human mind from error1 ,there were no need of arsenals nor forts4 ,the warrior's name would be a name abhorred2 ,and every nation that should lift again ,its hand against a brother1 on its forehead ,would wear for evermore the curse of ,cain4 ,longfellow4 ,,abide--,,abode4 ,for we are strangers before thee1 and sojourners1 as were all our fathers3 our days on the earth are as a shadow1 and there is none abiding4--,i4 ,chronicles1 xxix4 #ae4 ,the fear of the ,lord tendeth to life1 and he that hath it shall abide satisfied4--,proverbs1 xix4 #bc4 ,they that trust in the ,lord shall be as ,mount ,zion1 which cannot be removed1 but abideth for ever4--,psalm cxxv4 #a4 ,if ye abide in me1 and my words abide in you1 ye shall ask what ye will1 and it shall be done unto you4--,john1 xv4 #g4 ,eternal power6 whose high abode ,becomes the grandeur of a ,god-- ,infinite lengths beyond the bounds1 ,where stars revolve their little rounds4 ,the lowest step beneath thy seat ,rises too high for ,gabriel's feet3 ,in vain the tall archangel tries ,to reach thine height with wondering eyes4 ,watts4 8,we've no abiding city here30-- ,this may distress the worldly mind2 ,but should not cost the saint a tear1 ,who hopes a better rest to find4 8,we've no abiding city here20 ,we seek a city out of sight2 ,zion its name1--the ,lord is there1 ,it shines with everlasting light4 ,o6 sweet abode of peace and love1 ,where pilgrims freed from toil are blest2 ,had ,i the pinions of a dove1 ,i'd fly to thee and be at rest4 ,kelly4 ,sun of my soul6 ,thou ,saviour dear1 ,it is not night if ,thou be near3 ,oh1 may no earth-born cloud arise ,to hide ,thee from ,thy servant's eyes4 ,abide with me from morn till eve1 ,for without ,thee ,i cannot live4 ,abide with me when night is nigh1 ,for without ,thee ,i dare not die4 ,keble4 ,,abound--,,abundance4 ,the ,lord1 the ,lord ,god1 merciful and gracious1 longsuffering1 and abundant in goodness and truth4--,exodus1 xxxiv4 #f4 ,a faithful man shall abound with blessings2 but he that maketh haste to be rich1 shall not be innocent4--,proverbs1 xxviii4 #bj4 ,therefore as ye abound in every thing1 in faith and utterance1 and knowledge1 and in all diligence1 and in your love to us1 see that ye abound in this grace also4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 viii4 #g4 ,we beseech you brethren and exhort you by the ,lord ,jesus1 that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please ,god1 so ye would abound more and more4--,i4 ,thessalonians1 iv4 #a4 ,unto ,him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think1 according to the power that worketh in us4--,ephesians1 iii4 #bj4 ,out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh4--,matthew1 xii4 #cd4 ,god on thee ,abundantly his gifts hath also poured1 ,inward and outward both4 ,milton4 ,good the more ,communicated1 more abundant grows2 ,the author not impaired but honoured more4 ,milton4 ,the ,god of ,nature and of ,grace ,in all his works appears2 ,his goodness through the earth we trace1 ,his grandeur in the spheres4 ,behold this fair and fertile globe1 ,by ,him in wisdom planned2 ',twas ,he who girded1 like a robe1 ,the ocean round the land4 ,his blessings fall in plenteous showers ,upon the lap of earth1 ,that teems with foliage1 fruit1 and flowers1 ,and rings with infant mirth4 ,if ,god hath made this world so fair1 ,where sin and death abound2 ,how beautiful beyond compare ,will ,paradise be found6 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,above4 ,the ,lord shall make thee the head1 and not the tail2 and thou shalt be above only1 and thou shalt not be beneath2 if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the ,lord thy ,god1 which ,i command thee this day1 to observe and to do them4--,deuteronomy1 xxviii4 #ac4 ,the ,lord is high above all nations1 and his glory above the heavens4--,psalm cxiii4 #d4 ,he that cometh from above is above all3 he that is of the earth is earthly1 and speaketh of the earth3 he that cometh from heaven is above all4--,john1 iii4 #ca4 ,be this my one great business here1 ,with serious industry and fear1 ,eternal bliss to ensure3 ,thine utmost counsel to fulfil1 ,and suffer all thy righteous will1 ,and to the end endure4 ,then ,saviour1 then1 my soul receive1 ,transported from this vale to live ,and reign with thee above2 ,where faith is sweetly lost in sight1 ,and hope in full supreme delight1 ,and everlasting love4 ,wesley4 ,descend from heaven immortal ,dove1 ,stoop down and take us on thy wings1 ,and mount and bear us far above ,the reach of these inferior things4 ,beyond1 beyond this lower sky1 ,up where eternal ages roll2 ,where solid pleasures never die1 ,and fruits immortal feast the soul4 ,watts4 ,rise my soul and stretch thy wings1 ,thy better portion trace2 ,rise from transitory things1 ,towards heaven1 thy native place4 ,sun1 and moon1 and stars decay2 ,time shall soon this earth remove2 ,rise1 my soul1 and haste away ,to seats prepared above4 ,cennick4 ,,abraham4 ,by faith ,abraham1 when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance1 obeyed2 and he went out1 not knowing whither he went4 ,by faith he sojourned in the land of promise1 as in a strange country1 dwelling in tabernacles with ,isaac and ,jacob1 the heirs with him of the same promise3 ,for he looked for a city which hath foundations1 whose builder and maker is ,god4--,hebrews1 xi4 #h1 #i1 #aj4 ,abraham believed ,god1 and it was counted unto him for righteousness4--,romans1 iv4 #c4 ,him ,god the ,most ,high1 vouchsafed ,to call by vision1 from his father's house1 ,his kindred1 and false gods1 into a land ,which he did show him1 and from him did raise ,a mighty nation2 and upon him shower ,his benedictions so1 that in his seed ,all nations shall be blest2 he straight obeyed1 ,not knowing to what land1 yet firm believed3 ,he left his gods1 his friends1 and native soil1 ,ur of ,chaldea1 passing now the ford ,to ,haran2 after him a cumbrous train ,of herds and flocks1 and numerous servitude1 ,not wandering poor1 but trusting all his wealth ,to ,god1 who called him1 in a land unknown4 ,milton4 ,like ,abraham ascending up the hill ,to sacrifice1 his servants left below1 ,that he might act the great ,commander's will ,without impeach to his obedient blow3 ,even so the soul1 remote from earthly things1 ,should mount salvation's shelter1--mercy's wings4 ,robert ,southwell4 ,though round him numerous tribes1 ,sworn foes to ,heaven's dread ,ruler1 pitch their tents1 ,no wayward doubts or coward fears appal ,the ,patriarch's soul4 ,by the bright hope sustained1 ,that in his seed all nations should be blest1 ,calm and unmoved the delegated seer ,submissive bends to the ,eternal ,will4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,,absence4 ,i ,paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of ,christ1 who in presence am base among you1 but being absent am bold toward you4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 x4 #a4 ,i write these things1 being absent1 lest being present ,i should use sharpness1 according to the power which the ,lord hath given me4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 xiii4 #aj4 ,to ,jesus1 the crown of my hope1 ,my soul is in haste to be gone2 ,oh1 bear me1 ye cherubim1 up1 ,and waft me away to ,his throne6 ,my ,saviour1 whom absent1 ,i love1 ,whom not having seen1 ,i adore2 ,whose name is exalted above ,all glory1 dominion1 and pow'r4 ,cowper4 ,thus far my ,god hath led me on1 ,and made ,his truth and mercy known2 ,my hopes and fears alternate rise1 ,and comforts mingle with my sighs4 ,through this wild wilderness ,i roam1 ,far distant from my blissful home2 ,lord1 let ,thy presence be my stay1 ,and guard me in this dangerous way4 ,temptations everywhere annoy1 ,and sins and snares my peace destroy2 ,my earthly joys are from me torn1 ,and oft an absent ,god ,i mourn4 ,fawcett4 ,had ,i the tongues of ,greeks and ,jews1 ,and nobler speech than angels use1 ,if love be absent1 ,i am found1 ,like tinkling brass1 an empty sound4 ,if love to ,god and love to men ,be absent1 all my hopes are vain2 ,nor tongues1 nor gifts1 nor fiery zeal1 ,the work of love can e'er fulfil4 ,watts4 ,,acceptance4 ,thus saith the ,lord unto this people1 thus have they loved to wander1 they have not refrained their feet2 therefore the ,lord doth not accept them2 he will now remember their iniquity1 and visit their sins4--,jeremiah1 xiv4 #aj4 ,let the words of my mouth1 and the meditation of my heart1 be acceptable in thy sight1 ,o ,lord1 my strength and my ,redeemer4--,psalm xix4 #ad4 ,proving what is acceptable unto the ,lord4--,ephesians1 v4 #aj4 ,god is no respecter of persons2 but in every nation1 he that feareth him1 and worketh righteousness1 is accepted with him4--,acts1 x4 #cd1 #ce4 ,this woman1 whom thou mad'st to be my help1 ,and gav'st me as thy perfect gift1 so good1 ,so fit1 so acceptable1 so divine4 ,milton4 ,thus ,i imboldened spake1 and freedom and ,permission1 and acceptance found4 ,milton4 ,god is a spirit just and wise2 ,he sees our inmost mind2 ,in vain to heaven we raise our cries1 ,and leave our souls behind4 ,nothing but truth before his throne ,with honour can appear2 ,the painted hypocrites are known ,through the disguise they wear4 ,lord search my thoughts1 and try my ways1 ,and make my soul sincere2 ,then shall ,i stand before thy face1 ,and find acceptance there4 ,watts4 ,accept my prayer ,o ,lord1 ,a contrite spirit cries1 ,and asks1 depending on ,thy word1 ,a pardon from the skies4 ,let me acceptance find1 ,unworthy though ,i be2 ,be there a place in heaven assigned ,to me1 ,lord1 even me6 ,anon4 ,,acquaintance4 ,acquaint now thyself with him1 and be at peace3 thereby good shall come unto thee4--,job1 xxii4 #ba4 ,acquaint thee1 ,o mortal6 acquaint thee with ,god2 ,and joy1 like the sunshine1 shall beam on thy road2 ,and peace1 like the dewdrop1 shall fall on thy head2 ,and sleep1 like an angel1 shall visit thy bed4 ,acquaint thee1 ,o mortal6 acquaint thee with ,god2 ,and he shall be with thee when fears are abroad1 ,thy safeguard in danger that threatens thy path1-- ,thy joy in the valley and shadow of death4 ,knox4 ,acquaint thyself with ,god1 if thou would'st taste ,his works4 ,admitted once to his embrace1 ,thou shalt perceive that thou wast blind before3 ,thine eye shall be instructed2 and thine heart ,made pure1 shall relish with divine delight ,till then unfelt1 what hands divine have wrought4 ,brutes graze the mountain-top1 with faces prone1 ,and eyes intent upon the scanty herb ,it yields them3 or recumbent on its brow ,ruminate1 heedless of the scene outspread ,beneath1 beyond1 and stretching far away ,from inland regions to the distant main4 ,man views it and admires2 but rests content ,with what he views4 ,the landscape has his praise1 ,but not its ,author4 ,unconcerned who framed ,the ,paradise he sees1 he finds it such1 ,and such well pleased to find it1 asks no more4 ,not so the mind that has been touched from heaven1 ,and in the schools of sacred wisdom taught ,to read his wonders1 in whose thought the world1 ,fair as it is1 existed ere it was4 ,not for its own sake merely1 but for his ,much more who fashioned it1 he gives it praise2 ,praise that from earth resulting as it ought1 ,to earth's acknowledged ,sovereign1 finds at once ,its only just proprietor in ,him4 ,cowper4 ,,adam ,,and ,,eve4 ,so ,god created man in his own image1 in the image of ,god created he him2 male and female created he them4--,genesis1 i4 #bg4 ,by one man sin entered into the world1 and death by sin2 and so death passed upon all men1 for that all have sinned4--,romans1 v4 #ab4 ,for since by man came death1 by man came also the resurrection of the dead4 ,for as in ,adam all die1 even so in ,christ shall all be made alive4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xv4 #ba1 #bb4 ,the first man ,adam was made a living soul2 the last ,adam was made a quickening spirit4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xv4 #de4 ,thou man thy image mad'st1 in dignity1 ,in knowledge and in beauty like to thee2 ,placed in a heaven on earth3 without his toil1 ,the ever flourishing and fruitful soil ,unpurchased food produced3 all creatures were ,his subjects1 serving more for love than fear4 ,sandys4 ,for contemplation he1 and valour formed2 ,for softness she1 and sweet attractive grace2 ,he for ,god only1 she for ,god in him3 ,his fair large front and eye sublime1 declared ,absolute rule2 and hyacinthine locks ,round from his parted forelock manly hung ,clustering1 but not beneath his shoulders broad3 ,she as a veil down to the slender waist1 ,her unadorned golden tresses wore ,dishevelled1 but in wanton ringlets waved ,as the vine curls her tendrils3 which implied ,subjection1 but required with gentle sway1 ,and by her yielded1 by him best received4 ,milton4 ,so spake our mother ,eve2 and ,adam heard ,well pleased1 but answered not2 for now1 too nigh ,the archangel stood2 and from the other hill ,to their fixed station1 all in bright array1 ,the cherubim descended2 on the ground ,gliding mysterious1 as evening mist ,risen from a river1 o'er the marish glides1 ,and gathers round1 fast at the labourer's heel ,homeward returning4 ,high in front advanced1 ,the brandished sword of ,god before them blazed1 ,fierce as a comet2 which with torrid heat ,and vap'rous as the ,libyan air adust1 ,began to parch that temperate clime2 whereat ,on either hand the hast'ning angels caught ,our lingering parents2 and to th' eastern gate ,led them direct1 and down the cliff as fast ,to the subjected plain2 then disappeared4 ,they1 looking back1 all the eastern side beheld ,of ,paradise1 so late their happy seat1 ,waved over by that flaming brand2 the gate ,with dreadful faces thronged1 and fiery arms4 ,some natural tears they dropped1 but wiped them soon2 ,the world was all before them where to choose ,their place of rest1 and ,providence their guide2 ,they hand in hand1 with wandering steps and slow1 ,through ,eden took their solitary way4 ,milton4 ,oft hast thou heard our elder patriarchs tell ,how ,adam once by disobedience fell2 ,would that my tongue were gifted to display ,the terror and the glory of that day1 ,when seized and stricken by the hand of death1 ,the first transgressor yielded up his breath6 99 99 99 99 99 ,with him his noblest sons might not compare ,in ,god-like features and majestic air2 ,not out of weakness rose his gradual frame1 ,perfect from his ,creator's hand he came2 ,and as in form excelling1 so in mind ,the sire of men transcended all mankind2 ,a soul was in his eye1 and in his speech ,a dialect of heaven no art could reach2 ,for oft of old to him the evening breeze ,had borne the voice of ,god among the trees2 ,angels were wont their songs with his to blend1 ,and talk with him as their familiar friend4 ,but deep remorse for that mysterious crime1 ,whose dire contagion through elapsing time ,diffused the curse of death beyond control1 ,had wrought such self-abasement in his soul1 ,that he whose honour was approached by none1 ,was yet the meekest man beneath the sun4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,admonition4 ,the ,lord hath said concerning you1 ,o ye remnant of ,judah2 ,go ye not into ,egypt3 know certainly that ,i have admonished you this day4--,jeremiah1 xlii4 #ai4 ,and ,i myself also am persuaded of you1 my brethren1 that ye also are full of goodness1 filled with all knowledge1 able also to admonish one another4--,romans1 xv4 #ad4 ,now all these things happened unto them for ensamples3 and they are written for our admonition1 upon whom the ends of the world are come4--,i4 ,corinthians1 x4 #aa4 ,thou ,power ,supreme6 who aiming to rebuke ,offenders1 dost put off the gracious look1 ,and clothe thyself in terrors1 like the flood ,of ocean roused into his fiercest mood1 ,whatever discipline ,thy will ordain ,for the brief course that must for me remain2 ,teach me with quick-eared spirit to rejoice ,in admonitions of thy softest voice6 ,whate'er the path these mortal feet may trace1 ,breathe through my soul the blessing of ,thy grace2 ,glad1 through a perfect love1 a faith sincere1 ,drawn from the wisdom that begins with fear2 ,glad to expand1 and1 for a season1 free ,from finite cares1 to rest absorbed in ,thee4 ,wordsworth4 ,in every copse and sheltered dell1 ,unveiled to the observant eye1 ,are faithful monitors1 who tell ,how pass the hours and seasons by4 ,the green-robed children of the spring1 ,will mark the periods as they pass2 ,mingle with leaves time's feathered wing1 ,and bind with flowers his silent glass4 ,thus in each flower and simple bell1 ,that in our path betrodden lie2 ,are sweet remembrancers1 who tell ,how fast the winged moments fly4 ,charlotte ,smith4 ,,adoration4 ,holy1 holy1 holy1 ,lord ,god ,almighty1 which was1 and is1 and is to come4--,revelations1 iv4 #h4 ,blessing1 and honour1 and glory1 and power1 be unto ,him that sitteth upon the throne1 and unto the ,lamb for ever and ever4--,revelations1 v4 #ac4 ,in ardent adoration joined1 ,obedient to ,thy holy will1 ,let all my faculties combined ,thy just desires1 ,o ,god1 fulfil6 ,from thee derived1 ,eternal ,king1 ,to thee our noblest powers we bring3 ,o1 may thy hand direct our wandering way6 ,o1 bid thy light arise1 and chase the clouds away6 ,lorenzo de ,medici4 ,ye who spurn ,his righteous sway1 ,yet1 oh yet1 ,he spares your breath2 ,yet ,his hand1 averse to slay1 ,balances the bolt of death4 ,ere that dreadful bolt descends1 ,haste before ,his feet to fall2 ,kiss the sceptre ,he extends1 ,and adore ,him 8,lord of all40 ,sir ,r4 ,grant4 ,eternal ,power1 whose high abode ,becomes the grandeur of a ,god1 ,infinite lengths beyond the bounds ,where stars revolve their little rounds4 ,thee1 while the first archangel sings1 ,he hides his face behind his wings1 ,and ranks of shining thrones around1 ,fall worshipping and spread the ground4 ,lord1 what shall earth and ashes do8 ,we would adore our ,maker too2 ,from sin and dust to ,thee we cry1 ,the ,great1 the ,holy1 and the ,high4 ,wesley4 ,,advent4 ,prepare ye the way of the ,lord1 make straight in the desert a highway for our ,god4 ,every valley shall be exalted1 and every mountain and hill shall be made low3 and the crooked shall be made straight1 and the rough places plain4 ,and the glory of the ,lord shall be revealed1 and all flesh shall see it together3 for the mouth of the ,lord hath spoken it4--,isaiah1 xl4 #c1 #d1 #e4 ,the ,spirit of the ,lord ,god is upon me1 because the ,lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek2 ,he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted1 to proclaim liberty to the captives1 and the opening of the prison to them that are bound2 to proclaim the acceptable year of the ,lord4--,isaiah1 lxi4 #a1 #b4 ,let the floods clap their hands1 let the hills be joyful together before the ,lord2 for ,he cometh to judge the earth3 with righteousness shall ,he judge the world1 and the people with equity4--,psalm xcviii4 #h1 #i4 ,well then1 my soul1 joy in the midst of pain2 ,thy ,christ1 that conquered hell1 shall from above ,with greater triumph yet return again1 ,and conquer ,his own justice with ,his love-- ,commanding earth and seas to render those ,unto ,his bliss1 for whom he paid ,his woes4 ,henry ,wotton4 ,when ,thou1 attended gloriously from ,heaven1 ,shall in the sky appear1 and from ,thee send ,the summoning archangels to proclaim ,the dread tribunal1 forthwith from all winds ,the living1 and forthwith the cited dead ,of all past ages1 to the general doom ,shall hasten4 ,milton4 ,come then1 and added to thy many crowns1 ,deceive yet one1 the crown of all the ,earth1 ,thou who alone art worthy6 ,it was thine ,by ancient covenant1 ere ,nature's birth2 ,and thou hast made it thine by purchase since1 ,and overpaid its value with thy blood4 ,thy saints proclaim thee king2 and in their hearts ,thy title is engraven with a pen ,dipped in the fountain of eternal love4 ,thy saints proclaim thee king2 and thy delay ,gives courage to their foes1 who could they see ,the dawn of thy last advent long desired1 ,would creep into the bowels of the hills ,and flee for safety to the falling rocks4 ,cowper4 ,messiah comes6--,let furious discord cease2 ,be peace on earth before the ,prince of ,peace6 ,disease and anguish feel ,his blest control1 ,and howling fiends release the tortured soul6 ,the beams of gladness ,hell's dark caves illume1 ,and mercy broods above the distant gloom4 ,bishop ,heber4 ,the ,lord shall come6 the earth shall quake2 ,the mountains to their centre shake2 ,and withering from the vault of night1 ,the stars shall pale their feeble light4 ,the ,lord shall come6 but not the same ,as once in lowliness he came2 ,a silent ,lamb before ,his foes1 ,a weary man and full of woes4 ,the ,lord shall come6 a dreadful form1 ,with rainbow wreath1 and robes of storm2 ,on cherub wings and wings of wind1 ,appointed ,judge of all mankind6 ,bishop ,heber4 ,the chariot6 the chariot6 its wheels roll on fire1 ,as the ,lord cometh down in the pomp of his ire2 ,self-moving it drives on its pathway of cloud1 ,and the heavens with the burthen of ,godhead are bowed6 ,the glory6 the glory6 by myriads are pour'd ,the host of the angels to wait on their ,lord1 ,and the glorified saints and the martyrs are there1 ,and all who the palm-wreath of victory wear4 ,h4 ,h4 ,milman4 ,messiah comes6 ye rugged paths be plain6 ,the ,shiloh comes6 ye towering cedars bend2 ,swell forth1 ye valleys2 and1 ye rocks1 descend2 ,the withered branch let balmy fruits adorn1 ,and clustering roses twine the leafless thorn2 ,burst forth1 ye vocal groves1 your joy to tell-- ,the ,god of ,peace redeems ,his ,israel4 ,c4 ,h4 ,johnson4 ,,adversity4 ,he hath said in his heart1 ,i shall not be moved1 for ,i shall never be in adversity4--,psalm x4 #f4 ,in the day of prosperity be joyful1 but in the day of adversity consider3 ,god also hath set the one over against the other1 to the end that man should find nothing after him4--,ecclesiastes1 vii4 #ad4 ,remember them that are in bonds1 as bound with them2 and them which suffer adversity1 as being yourselves also in the body4--,hebrews1 xiii4 #c4 ,stern teacher6 should'st thou come1 and sit by me1 ,and fix upon me thy dread1 stony eyes1 ,calmly may ,i behold and welcome thee1 ,as one that hath a message from the skies1 ,fraught with intelligence to make me wise3 ,god grant me strength to view thee steadfastly1 ,and listen to thy voice1 though agonies ,should rack my soul or frame4 ,adversity6 ,full oft hast thou a friend to mortals been1 ,a blessing in disguise1 though stern thy look2 ,hard is thy hand1 but still thy palms between ,thou hold'st outspread the pages of ,god's ,book2 ,wherein who reads with humble1 prayerful mind1 ,will hope1 and ease1 and consolation find4 ,anon4 ,when first thy sire to send on earth ,virtue1 his darling child1 designed1 ,to thee he gave the heavenly birth1 ,and bade thee form her infant mind4 ,stern rugged nurse1 thy rigid lore ,with patience many a year she bore2 ,what sorrow was thou bad'st her know1 ,and1 from her own1 she learned to melt at other's woe4 ,gray4 ,adversity misunderstood1 ,becomes a double curse3 ,her chastening hand improves the good1 ,but makes the wicked worse4 ,thus clay more obdurate becomes1 ,to the fierce flame consign'd2 ,while gold in the red ordeal melts1 ,but melts to be refin'd4 ,c4 ,c4 ,colton4 ,,affection4 ,set your affection upon my words2 desire them1 and ye shall be instructed4--,wisdom1 vi4 #b4 ,set your affection on things above1 not on things on the earth4--,colossians1 iii4 #b4 ,be kindly affectioned one to another4--,romans1 xii4 #aj4 ,heavenly ,father6 ,god of love1 ,look with mercy from above2 ,let thy streams of comfort roll1 ,let them fill and cheer my soul4 ,love celestial1 ardent fire2 ,o extreme of sweet desire6 ,spread thy bright1 thy gentle flame1 ,swift o'er all my mental frame4 ,sweet affections flow from hence1 ,sweet above the joys of sense2 ,let me thus for ever be1 ,full of gladness1 full of thee4 ,parnel4 ,precious are the kind affections ,which around this life entwine1 ,making earth1 with all its troubles1 ,something more than half divine4 ,but1 alas6 they fade and perish1 ,like the bright and fragrant flowers1 ,sorrow blights1 and death destroys them1 ,and their beauty time devours4 ',tis not so with those affections1 ,that are set on heavenly things2 ,they will bloom and flourish ever1 ,watered by eternal springs2 ,warmed by everlasting sunshine1 ,sheltered from the storms of earth1 ,ever growing and increasing1 ,knowing nought of drought or dearth4 ,anon4 ,,affliction4 ,before ,i was afflicted ,i went astray2 but now have ,i kept thy word4--,psalm cxix4 #fg4 ,it is good for me that ,i have been afflicted1 that ,i might learn thy statutes4--,psalm cxix4 #ga4 ,i know that the ,lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted1 and the right of the poor4--,psalm cxl4 #ab4 ,he was oppressed1 and ,he was afflicted1 yet ,he opened not ,his mouth3 ,he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter1 and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb1 so ,he openeth not ,his mouth4--,isaiah1 liii4 #g4 ,in all their affliction ,he was afflicted1 and the angel of ,his presence saved them3 in ,his love and in ,his pity ,he redeemed them2 and ,he bare them and carried them all the days of old4--,isaiah1 lxiii4 #i4 ,come1 and let us return unto the ,lord3 for ,he hath torn1 and ,he will heal us2 ,he hath smitten1 and ,he will bind us up4--,hosea1 vi4 #a4 ,for our light affliction1 which is but for a moment1 worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 iv4 #ag4 ,affliction has a taste as sweet ,as any cordial comfort4 ,shakspere4 ,perfumes1 the more they're chafed1 the more they render ,their pleasant scents1 and so affliction ,expresseth virtue fully4 ,john ,webster4 ,afflictions clarify the soul1 ,and1 like hard masters1 give more hard directions1 ,tutoring the non-age of uncurbed affections4 ,francis ,quarles4 ,to bear affliction with a bended brow1 ,or stubborn heart1 is but to disallow ,the speedy means to health4 ,francis ,quarles4 ,a life all ease is all abused2-- ,o1 precious grace that made the wise ,to know--affliction1 rightly used1 ,is mercy in disguise4 ,g4 ,b4 ,cheever4 ,heaven but tries our virtues by affliction1 ,and oft the cloud which wraps the present hour ,serves but to brighten all our future days4 ,dr4 ,brown4 ,i cannot call affliction sweet1 ,and yet 'twas good to bear2 ,affliction brought me to ,thy feet1 ,and ,i found comfort there4 ,my wearied soul was all resigned ,to ,thy most gracious will2 ,oh6 had ,i kept that better mind1 ,or been afflicted still6 ,where are the vows which then ,i vowed1 ,the joys which then ,i knew8 ,those vanished like the morning cloud1 ,these like the early dew4 ,lord1 grant me grace for every day1 ,whate'er my state may be2 ,through life1 in death1 with truth to say1 8,my ,god is all to me60 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,come then1 ,affliction1 if my ,father bids1 ,and be my frowning friend3 a friend that frowns1 ,is better than a smiling enemy4 ,we welcome clouds that bring the former rain1 ,though they the present prospect blacken round1 ,and shade the beauties of the opening year1 ,that1 by their stores enriched1 the earth may yield ,a fruitful summer and a plenteous crop4 ,swaine4 ,mid pleasure1 plenty1 and success1 ,freely we take from ,him who lends2 ,we boast the blessings we possess1 ,yet scarcely thank the one who sends4 ,but let affliction pour its smart1 ,how soon we quail beneath the rod6 ,with shattered pride1 and prostrate heart1 ,we seek the long-forgotten ,god4 ,eliza ,cook4 ,,age4 ,great men are not always wise1 neither do the aged understand judgment4--,job1 xxxii4 #i4 ,and even to your old age ,i am he2 and even to hoar hairs will ,i carry you4--,isaiah1 xlvi4 #d4 ,cast me not off in the time of old age2 forsake me not when my strength faileth4--,psalm lxxi4 #i4 ,now also1 when ,i am old and grey-headed1 ,o ,god1 forsake me not2 until ,i have showed thy strength unto this generation1 and thy power to every one that is to come4--,psalm lxxi4 #ah4 ,they shall still bring forth fruit in old age2 they shall be fat and flourishing4--,psalm xcii4 #ad4 ,that the aged men be sober1 grave1 temperate1 sound in faith1 in charity1 in patience4 ,the aged women likewise1 that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness4--,titus1 ii4 #b1 #c4 ,ye gods6 how easily the good man bears ,his cumbrous honours of increasing years4 ,age1 oh my father1 is not1 as they say1 ,a load of evils heaped on mortal clay1 ,unless impatient folly aids the curse1 ,and weak lamenting makes our sorrows worse4 ,he1 whose soft soul1 whose temper ever even1 ,whose habits placid as a cloudless heaven1 ,approve the partial blessings of the sky1 ,smooths the rough road1 and walks untroubled by2 ,untimely wrinkles furrow not his brow1 ,and graceful wave his locks of reverend snow4 ,m41 from ,anaxandrides4 ,and next in order sad1 ,old age we found1 ,his beard all hoar1 his eyes hollow and blind2 ,with drooping cheer still pouring on the ground1 ,as on the place where nature him assign'd ,to rest1 when that the sisters had untwined ,his vital thread1 and ended with their knife ,the fleeting course of fast-declining life3 ,there heard we him with broke and hollow plaint1 ,rue with himself his end approaching fast1 ,and all for nought his wretched mind torment ,with sweet remembrance of his pleasures past1 ,and fresh delights of lusty youth forewaste2 ,recounting which1 how would he sob and shriek1 ,and to be young again of ,jove beseek6 ,crook-backed he was1 tooth-shaken1 and blear-eyed1 ,went on three feet and sometime crept on four1 ,with old lame bones that rattled by his side3 ,his scalp all piled1 and he with eld forelore1 ,his wither'd fist still knocking at death's door2 ,fumbling and drivelling as he draws his breath2 ,for brief1 the shape and messenger of death4 ,sackville4 ,so mayest thou live till1 like ripe fruit1 thou drop ,into thy mother's lap1 or be with ease ,gathered1 not harshly plucked1 for death mature4 ,this is old age1 but then thou must outlive ,thy youth1 thy strength1 thy beauty1 which will change ,to withered1 weak1 and grey4 ,milton4 ,o my coevals6 remnants of yourselves6 ,poor human ruins1 tottering o'er the grave6 ,shall we1 shall aged men1 like aged trees1 ,strike deeper their vile root1 and closer cling1 ,still more enamoured of this wretched soil8 ,shall our pale1 withered hands be still stretched out1 ,trembling at once with eagerness and age8 ,with avarice and convulsions griping hard8 ,grasping at air6 ,for what has earth beside8 ,man wants but little1 nor that little long3 ,how soon must he resign his very dust1 ,which frugal nature lent him for an hour6 ,young4 ,age should fly concourse1 cover in retreat ,defects of judgment1 and the will subdue2 ,walk thoughtful on the silent solemn shore ,of that vast ocean it must sail so soon2 ,and put good works on board2 and wait the wind ,that shortly blows us into worlds unknown4 ,young4 ,but were death frightful1 what has age to fear8 ,if prudent1 age should meet the friendly foe1 ,and shelter in his hospitable gloom4 ,young4 ,the seas are quiet when the winds are o'er1 ,so calm are we1 when passions are no more6 ,for then we know how vain it was to boast ,of fleeting things1 so certain to be lost4 ,clouds of affection from our youthful eyes ,conceal the emptiness which age descries3 ,the soul's dark cottage1 battered and decayed1 ,lets in new lights through chinks that time has made4 ,stronger by weakness1 wiser men become ,as they draw near to their eternal home2 ,leaving the old1 both worlds at once they view1 ,that stand upon the threshold of the new4 ,waller4 ,the fruits of age1 less fair1 are yet more sound ,than those a brighter season pours around2 ,and1 like the stores autumnal suns mature1 ,through wintry regions unimpaired endure4 ,cowper4 ,age1 by long experience well informed1 ,well read1 well tempered1 with religion warmed1 ,that fire abated which impels rash youth1 ,proud of his speed1 to overshoot the truth1 ,as time improves the grape's authentic juice1 ,mellows and makes the speech more fit for use1 ,and claims a reverence1 in his shortening day1 ,that 'tis an honour and a joy to pay4 ,cowper4 ,how pure ,the grace1 the gentleness of virtuous age6 ,though solemn1 not austere2 though wisely dead ,to passion1 and the wildering dreams of hope1 ,not unalive to tenderness and truth1-- ,the good old man is honoured and revered1 ,and breathes upon the young-limbed race around ,a grey and venerable charm of years4 ,robert ,montgomery4 ,youth1 with swift feet1 walks onward in the way1 ,the land of joy lies all before his eyes2 ,age1 stumbling1 lingers slower day by day1 ,still looking back1 for it behind him lies4 ,frances ,ann ,kemble4 ,oh6 ,youth is firmly bound to earth1 ,when hope beams on each comrade's glance3 ,his bosom-chords are tuned to mirth1 ,like harp-strings in the cheerful dance2 ,but ,age has felt those ties unbound1 ,which fixed him to that spot of ground ,where all his household comforts lay2 ,he feels his freezing heart grow cold1 ,he thinks of kindred in the mould1 ,and cries1 amid his grief untold1 8,i would not live alway40 ,william ,knox4 ,he passeth calmly from that sunny morn1 ,where all the buds of youth are newly born1 ,through varying intervals of onward years1 ,until the eve of his decline appears2 ,and while the shadows round his path descend1 ,and down the vale of age his footsteps tend1 ,peace o'er his bosom sheds her soft control1 ,and throngs of gentlest memories charm the soul2 ,then1 weaned from earth1 he turns his steadfast eye ,beyond the grave1 whose verge he falters nigh1 ,surveys the brightening regions of the blest1 ,and1 like a wearied pilgrim1 sinks to rest4 ,willis ,g4 ,clark4 ,the aged ,christian stands upon the shore ,of ,time1 a storehouse of experience1 ,filled with the treasures of rich heavenly lore2 ,i love to sit and hear him draw from thence ,sweet recollections of his journey past1 ,a journey crowned with blessings to the last4 ,mrs4 ,st4 ,leon ,loud4 ,why should old age escape unnoticed here1 ,that sacred era to reflection dear2 ,that peaceful shore where passion dies away1 ,like the last wave that ripples o'er the bay2 ,o1 if old age were cancelled from our lot1 ,full soon would man deplore the unhallowed blot2 ,life's busy day would want its tranquil even1 ,and earth would lose her stepping-stone to ,heaven4 ,caroline ,gilman4 ,,almighty4 ,i am the ,almighty ,god4--,genesis1 xvii4 #a4 ,if thou return to the ,almighty1 thou shalt be built up1 thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles4 ,yea1 the ,almighty shall be thy defence1 and thou shalt have plenty of silver4 ,for then shalt thou have thy delight in the ,almighty1 and shalt lift up thy face unto ,god4--,job1 xxii4 #bc1 #be1 #bf4 ,and when they went1 ,i heard the noise of their wings1 like the noise of great waters1 as the voice of the ,almighty4--,ezekiel1 i4 #bd4 ,these are thy glorious works1 ,parent of good2 ,almighty6 this thy universal frame1 ,thus wondrous fair2 thyself how wondrous then2 ,unspeakable6 who sitt'st above the heavens1 ,to us invisible1 or dimly seen ,in these thy lowest works2 yet these declare ,thy goodness beyond thought and power divine4 ,speak1 ye who best can tell1 ye sons of light1 ,angels6 for ye behold him1 and with songs ,and choral symphonies1 day without night1 ,circle his throne rejoicing3 ye in heaven1 ,on earth join all ye creatures to extol ,him first1 him last1 him midst1 and without end4 ,milton4 ,what though th' ,almighty's regal throne ,high o'er yon azure heaven's exalted dome1 ,by mortal eye unkenned2 where east1 nor west1 ,nor south1 nor blustering north has breath to blow3 ,albeit he then with angels and with saints ,holds conference1 and to his radiant host ,e'en face to face1 stands visibly confest2 ,yet know that not in presence nor in power1 ,shines he less perfect here3 'tis man's dim eye ,that makes the obscurity4 ,christopher ,stuart4 ,tell me1 hast ever thought upon the ,being ,whom we ,almighty call8 ,hast ever sent ,thy prayerful thoughts unto ,his holy throne8 ,and felt ,his power1 and trembled at the thought8 ,if not1 ,i cannot call thee man6 thou art ,a stone1 a clod1 a dull insensate thing4 ,old ,play4 ,almighty ,father1 gracious ,lord1 ,kind guardian of my days1 ,thy mercies let my heart record ,in songs of grateful praise4 ,in life's first dawn1 my tender frame1 ,was thy indulgent care1 ,long ere ,i could pronounce thy name1 ,or breathe the infant prayer4 ,each rolling year new favours brought ,from thy exhaustless store2 ,but ah6 in vain my lab'ring thought1 ,would count thy mercies o'er4 ,while sweet reflection1 through my days1 ,thy bounteous hand would trace2 ,still dearer blessings claim my praise1 ,the blessings of thy grace4 ,steele4 ,almighty ,father of mankind1 ,on thee my hopes remain2 ,and1 when the day of trouble comes1 ,i shall not trust in vain4 ,thou art our kind preserver1 from ,the cradle to the tomb1 ,and ,i was cast upon thy care1 ,e'en from my mother's womb4 ,thou wilt not cast me off1 when age ,and evil days descend2 ,thou wilt not leave me in despair ,to mourn my latter end4 ,therefore in life ,i'll trust in thee1 ,in death ,i will adore2 ,and after death will sing thy praise1 ,when time shall be no more4 ,logan4 ,,ambition4 ,a high look1 and a proud heart1 and the ploughing of the wicked is sin4--,proverbs1 xxi4 #d4 ,though thou exalt thyself as the eagle1 and though thou set thy nest among the stars1 thence will ,i bring thee down1 saith the ,lord4--,obadiah1 #d4 ,woe unto you ,pharisees1 for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues1 and greetings in the markets4--,luke1 xi4 #dc4 ,twice told the period spent on stubborn ,troy1 ,court favour1 yet untaken1 ,i besiege2 ,ambition's ill-judged efforts to be rich4 ,alas6 ,ambition makes my little1 less2 ,embittering the possessed3 why wish for more8 ,wishing1 of all employments1 is the worst4 ,young4 ,woe to thee1 wild ,ambition6 ,i employ ,despair's low notes thy dread effects to tell2 ,born in high heaven1 her peace thou could'st destroy2 ,and but for thee1 there had not been a hell4 ,through the celestial domes thy clarion pealed2 ,angels1 entranced1 beneath thy banners ranged1 ,and straight were fiends2 hurled from the shrinking field1 ,they waked in agony to wail the change4 ,darting through all her veins the subtle fire1 ,the world's fair mistress first inhaled thy breath2 ,to lot of higher beings learned to aspire2 ,dared to attempt1 and doomed the world to death4 ,maria ,a4 ,brooks4 ,the sons of earth ,who1 vexed with vain disquietude1 pursue ,ambition's fatuous light through miry pools1 ,that yawn for their destruction1 stray1 foredoomed1 ,amid delusive shadows to their end4 ,william ,herbert4 ,ambition1 when the pinnacle is gained ,with many a toilsome step1 the power it sought ,wants to support itself1 and sighs to find ,the envied height but aggravates the fall4 ,george ,bally4 ,,angels4 ,and he dreamed1 and behold a ladder set up on the earth1 and the top of it reached to ,heaven3 and behold the angels of ,god ascending and descending on it4--,genesis1 xxviii4 #ab4 ,the angel of the ,lord encampeth round about them that fear ,him1 and delivereth them4--,psalm xxxiv4 #g4 ,for ,he shall give ,his angels charge over thee1 to keep thee in all thy ways4 ,they shall bear thee up in their hands1 lest thou dash thy foot against a stone4--,psalm xci4 #aa1 #ab4 ,then the devil leaveth ,him1 and behold1 angels came and ministered unto ,him4--,matthew1 iv4 #aa4 ,thinkest thou that ,i cannot now pray to my ,father1 and ,he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels4--,matthew1 xxvi4 #ec4 ,there is joy in the presence of the angels of ,god over one sinner that repenteth4--,luke1 xv4 #aj4 ,verily1 verily1 ,i say unto you1 hereafter ye shall see ,heaven open1 and the angels of ,god ascending and descending upon the ,son of ,man4--,john1 i4 #ea4 ,and ,i beheld1 and ,i heard the voice of many angels round about the throne1 and the beasts and the elders3 and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand1 and thousands of thousands2 ,saying with a loud voice1 ,worthy is the ,lamb that was slain to receive power1 and riches1 and wisdom1 and strength1 and honour1 and glory1 and blessing4--,revelations1 v4 #aa1 #ab4 ,and ,i saw another angel fly in the midst of ,heaven1 having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth4--,revelations1 xiv4 #f4 ,and is there care in heaven8 and is there love ,in heavenly spirits to the creatures base1 ,that may compassion of their evils move8 ,there is2 else much more wretched were the case ,of men than beasts4 ,but ,o6 th' exceeding grace ,of highest ,god that loves his creatures so1 ,and all his works with mercy doth embrace1 ,that blessed angels he sends to and fro1 ,to serve to wicked men1 to serve his wicked foe4 ,spenser4 ,the multitude of angels1 with a shout ,loud as from numbers without number1 sweet ,as from blest voices uttering joy1 ,heaven rung ,with jubilee1 and loud ,hosannas filled ,the eternal regions3 lowly reverent ,towards either throne they bow1 and to the ground1 ,with solemn adoration down they cast ,their crowns inwove with amarant and gold4 ,milton4 ,angels are men of a superior kind2 ,angels are men in lighter habit clad1 ,high o'er celestial mountains winged in flight2 ,and men are angels loaded for an hour1 ,who wade the miry vale1 and climb with pain1 ,and slippery step1 the bottom of the steep4 ,angels their failings1 mortals have their praise2 ,while here1 of corps ethereal1 such enrolled1 ,and summoned to the glorious standard soon1 ,which flames eternal crimson through the skies4 ,nor are our brothers thoughtless of their kin1 ,yet absent but not absent from their love4 ,michael has fought our battles2 ,raphael sung ,our triumphs2 ,gabriel on our errands flown1 ,sent by the ,sovereign2 and are these1 ,o man6 ,thy friends and warm allies1 and thou 7shame burn ,thy cheek to cinder67 rival to the brutes6 ,young4 ,these are the haunts of meditation1 these ,the scenes where ancient bards the inspiring breath1 ,ecstatic felt3 and1 from this world retired1 ,conversed with angels1 and immortal forms1 ,on gracious errands bent3 to save the fall ,of virtue1 struggling on the brink of vice2 ,in waking whispers1 and repeated dreams2 ,to hint pure thought1 and warn the favoured soul1 ,for future trials fated1 to prepare4 ,thomson4 ,they are ,god's minist'ring spirits1 and are sent1 ,his messengers of mercy1 to fulfil ,good for salvation's heirs4 ,for us they still ,grieve when we sin1 rejoice when we repent3 ,and on the last dread day they shall present ,the severed righteous at ,his holy hill1 ,with them ,god's face to see1 to do ,his will1 ,and bear with them ,his likeness4 ,was it meant1 ,that we this knowledge should in secret seal1 ,unthought of1 unimproving8 ,rather say1 ,god deigned to man ,his angel hosts reveal1 ,that man might learn1 like angels1 to obey2 ,and those who long their bliss in ,heaven to feel1 ,might strive on earth to serve him ev'n as they4 ,bp4 ,mant4 ,when by a good man's grave ,i muse alone1 ,methinks an angel sits upon the stone2 ,like those of old on that thrice-hallowed night1 ,who sate and watched in heavenly raiment bright2 ,and with a voice inspiring joy1 not fear1 ,said1 pointing upward1 that he is not here1 ,that he is risen6 ,samuel ,rogers4 ,elysian race6 while o'er their slumbering flocks ,the ,galilean shepherds watched1 ye came ,to sing hosannas to the heaven-born ,babe1 ,and shed the brightness of your beauty round3 ,nor have ye left the world1 but still1 unseen1 ,surround the earth1 as guardians of the good1 ,inspiring souls1 and leading them to heaven2 ,and oh6 when shadows of the state unknown ,advance1 and life endures the grasp of death1 ',tis yours to hallow and illume the mind1 ,the starry wreath to bring1 by angels worn1 ,and crown the spirit for her native sphere4 ,robert ,montgomery4 ,hark6 what mean those holy voices1 ,sweetly sounding through the skies8 ,lo6 the angelic host rejoices1 ,heavenly hallelujahs rise4 ,listen to the wond'rous story1 ,which they chant in hymns of joy3 8,glory in the highest1 glory6 ,glory be to ,god most high6 ,peace on earth1 good will from heaven1 ,reaching far as man is found2 ,souls redeemed1 and sins forgiven3-- ,loud our golden harps shall sound60 ,cawood4 8,many in this world of cares10 ,truly hath the poet said1 8,sit with angels unawares20 ,round our path1 and round our bed1 ,angels ever watch and wait1 ,striving still to turn our steps unto heaven's gate4 ,anon4 ,,anger4 ,o ,lord1 rebuke me not in thine anger1 neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure4--,psalm vi4 #a4 ,a wrathful man stirreth up strife2 but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife4--,proverbs1 xv4 #ah4 ,be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry2 for anger resteth in the bosom of fools4--,ecclesiastes1 vii4 #i4 ,be ye angry1 and sin not3 let not the sun go down upon your wrath4--,ephesians1 iv4 #bf4 ,the anger of the ,lord8 ,oh1 dreadful thought6 ,how can a creature frail as man endure ,the tempest of ,his wrath8 ,ah1 whither flee ,to 'scape the punishment he well deserves8 ,flee to the cross6 the great atonement there ,will shield the sinner1 if he supplicate ,for pardon with repentance true and deep1 ,and faith that questions not4 ,then will the frown ,of anger pass from off the face of ,god1 ,like a black tempest-cloud that hides the sun4 ,anon4 ,the golden sun is going down1 ,or melting in the west away3 ,where are the clouds that seem'd to frown ,so darkly on the rising day8 ,molten is every gloomy fold1 ,in yonder sea of liquid gold4 ,the winds1 at morn so rude and hoarse1 ,make music for an angel's ear2 ,the sun1 beclouded in his course1 ,beholds the heavens1 at evening1 clear1 ,and now doth with the tempest's wreck ,his glorious pavilion deck4 ,lord1 sure thy countenance is here2 ,thy spirit all the vale informs3 ,whatever1 in this inward sphere1 ,remains to tell of angry storms1 ,oh6 let it melt away1 and leave ,no cloud to darken life's calm eve6 ,joseph ,gostick4 ,angry words are likely spoken ,in a rash and thoughtless hour2 ,brightest links of life are broken1 ,by their deep insidious power4 ,hearts inspired by warmest feeling1 ,ne'er before by anger stirred1 ,oft are rent past human healing1 ,by a single angry word4 ,poison drops of care and sorrow1 ,bitter poison drops are they1 ,weaving for the coming morrow1 ,saddest memories of to-day4 ,angry words6 oh1 let them never ,from thy tongue unbridled slip2 ,may the heart's best impulse ever1 ,check them ere they soil the lip4 ,love is much too pure and holy1 ,friendship is too sacred far1 ,for a moment's reckless folly ,thus to desolate and mar4 ,angry words are lightly spoken2 ,bitterest thoughts are rashly stirred2 ,brightest links of life are broken1 ,by a single angry word4 ,j4 ,middleton4 ,angry looks can do no good1 ,and blows are dealt in blindness1 ,words are better understood1 ,if spoken but in kindness4 ,simple love far more hath wrought1 ,although by childhood muttered1 ,then all the battles ever fought1 ,or oaths that men have uttered4 ,foolish things are frowns and sneers1 ,angry thoughts revealing2 ,better far to drown in tears1 ,harsh and angry feeling4 ,j4 ,burbridge4 ,,apostles4 ,he called unto ,him ,his disciples1 and of them ,he chose ,twelve1 whom also ,he named ,apostles4--,luke1 vi4 #ac4 ,and ,he said unto them1 ,go ye into all the world1 and preach the gospel to every creature4 ,he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved1 but he that believeth not shall be damned4--,mark1 xvi4 #ae1 #af4 ,ye shall be witnesses unto me both in ,jerusalem1 and in all ,judea1 and in ,samaria1 and unto the uttermost part of the earth4--,acts1 i4 #h4 ,by the hands of the ,apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people4--,acts1 v4 #ab4 ,and ,he gave some1 apostles2 and some1 prophets2 and some1 evangelists2 and some1 pastors and teachers4--,ephesians1 iv4 #aa4 ,and the wall of the city had twelve foundations1 and in them the names of the twelve ,apostles of the ,lamb4--,revelations1 xxi4 #ad4 ,but all his mind is bent to holiness1 ,his champions are the prophets and apostles4 ,shakspere4 ,when because faith is in too low degree1 ,i thought it some apostleship in me1 ,to speak things which by faith alone ,i see4 ,donne4 ,for them the fullness of ,his might is shown1 ,o'erleaping the strong bounds of ,nature's law2 ,grim death for them contracts his hasty stride1 ,and checks his dart1 e'en in the act to strike2 ,his horrid messengers1 disease and pain1 ,loose their remorseless grasp unwillingly1 ,and leave their prey to ease and thankfulness2 ,for them bright wisdom opens all her stores1 ,her golden treasures spreading to their view1 ,whilst ,inspiration's all enlivening light ,hangs hovering o'er their heads in glittering blaze2 ,warmed by the ray1 they pour the sacred strain ,in eloquence seraphic4 ,charles ,jenner4 ,oh6 who shall dare in this frail scene1 ,on holiest1 happiest thoughts to lean1 ,on friendship1 kindred1 or on love8 ,since not ,apostles' hands can clasp ,each other in so firm a grasp1 ,but they shall change1 and variance prove4 ,yet deem not on such parting sad1 ,shall dawn no welcome dear and glad2 ,divided in this earthly race1 ,together at the glorious goal1 ,each leading many a rescued soul1 ,the faithful champions shall embrace4 ,keble4 ,sit down1 and take thy fill of joy ,at ,god's right hand a bidden guest1 ,drink of the cup that cannot cloy1 ,eat of the bread that cannot waste4 ,o great ,apostle rightly now ,thou readest all thy ,saviour meant1 ,what time his grave1 yet gentle brow1 ,in sweet reproof on thee was bent4 ,keble4 ,rash was the tongue1 and unadvisedly bold1 ,which sought1 ,salome1 for thy favoured twain ,above their fellows1 in ,messiah's reign ,on right1 on left1 the foremost place to hold4 ,more rash1 perhaps1 and bolder1 that which told ,of power the ,saviour's bitter cup to drain1 ,and1 passing stretch of human strength1 sustain ,his bath baptismal4 ,lord1 by ,thee enrolled ,thy servant1 grant me ,thy ,almighty grace1 ,my destined portion of ,thy griefs to bear1 ,ev'n what ,thou wilt6 ,but chiefly grant1 ,thy face ,within ,thy glory's realm to see1 whene'er ,most meet ,thy wisdom deems2 whate'er the place1 ,it must be blest1 for ,thou1 my ,god1 art there4 ,bp4 ,mant4 ,thy eloquence1 ,o ,paul1 thy matchless tongue1 ,with strong persuasion1 as with magic's voice1 ,from heathen darkness to the paths of light ,led the benighted wanderers1 who1 like thee1 ,through superstition's gloomy mazes strayed1 ,till1 ,heaven's effulgence bursting on the view4 ,to thy astonished and enraptured sight ,revealed the glories of unfading day4 ,william ,bolland4 ,whose is that sword--that voice and eye of flame1 ,that heart of unextinguishable ire8 ,who bears the dungeon-keys2 and bonds1 and fire8 ,along his dark and withering path he came-- ,death in his looks1 and terror in his name1 ,tempting the might of heaven's ,eternal ,sire4 ,lo1 the ,light shone6 the sun's veiled beams expire-- ,a ,saviour's self a ,saviour's lips proclaim6 ,whose is yon form stretched on the earth's cold bed1 ,with smitten soul1 and tears of agony1 ,mourning the past8 ,bowed is the lofty head-- ,rayless the orbs that flushed with victory4 ,over the raging waves of human will ,the ,saviour's spirit walked--and all was still6 ,roscoe4 ',tis pitiful ,to court a grin when you should woo a soul2 ,to break a jest1 when pity would inspire ,pathetic exhortation2 and to address ,the skittish fancy with facetious tales1 ,when sent with ,god's commission to the heart6 ,so did not ,paul4 ,direct me to a quip ,or merry turn in all he ever wrote1 ,and ,i consent you take it for your text1 ,your only one1 till sides and benches fail4 ,no1 he was serious in a serious cause1 ,and understood too well the mighty terms ,that he had taken in charge4 ,he would not stoop ,to conquer those by jocular exploits1 ,whom truth and soberness assailed in vain4 ,cowper4 ,i think that look of ,christ might seem to say2-- #8,thou ,peter1 art thou then a common stone1 ,which ,i at last must break my head upon1 ,for all ,god's charge to ,his high angels1 may ,guard my foot better8 ,did ,i yesterday ,wash thy feet1 my beloved1 that they should run ,quick to deny me 'neath the morning sun1-- ,and do thy kisses1 like the rest1 betray8' ,the cock crows coldly4--#8,go1 and manifest ,a late contrition1 but no bootless fear6 ,for when the deathly need is bitterest1 ,thou shalt not be denied1 as ,i am here-- ,my voice1 to ,god and angels1 shall attest1-- ,because ,i knew this man1 let him be clear4' ,miss ,barrett4 ,with sudden burst1 ,a rushing noise1 through all the sacred band ,silence profound1 and fixed attention claimed4 ,a chilling terror crept through every heart1 ,mute was each tongue1 and pale was every face4 ,the rough roar ceased2 when1 borne on fiery wings1 ,the dazzling emanation from above ,in brightest vision round each sacred head ,diffused its vivid beams3 mysterious light6 ,that rushed impetuous through th' awaking mind1 ,whilst new ideas filled th' impassive soul1 ,fast crowding in1 with sweetest violence4 ',twas then amazed1 they caught the glorious flame2 ,spontaneous flowed their all-persuasive words1 ,warm from the heart1 and to the heart addressed4 ,charles ,jenner4 ,a ,csar's title less my envy moves1 ,than to be styled the man whom ,jesus loves2 ,what charms1 what beauties in his face did shine1 ,reflected ever from the face divine6 ,wesley4 ,ye hallowed martyrs1 who with fervent zeal1 ,and more than mortal courage1 greatly dared ,to preach the name of ,jesus2 ye1 who stood ,the undaunted champions of eternal truth1 ,though maddened priests conspired1 though princes frowned1 ,and persecution1 with ingenious rage1 ,prepared ten thousand torments4 ,william ,bolland4 ,these1 ,o ,lord1 ,were all ,thy scanty followers2 by ,thee ,first called1 first rescued from a world of woe1 ,to spread salvation into distant climes6 ,and tell the meanest habitant of earth 8,glad tidings of great joy40 ,madan4 ,,ascension4 ,lift up your heads1 ,o ye gates1 even lift them up1 ye everlasting doors1 and the ,king of glory shall come in4 ,who is this ,king of glory8 ,the ,lord of ,hosts1 ,he is the ,king of glory4--,psalm xxiv4 #i1 #aj4 ,thou hast ascended on high1 thou hast led captivity captive2 thou hast received gifts for men2 yea1 for the rebellious also1 that the ,lord ,god might dwell among them4--,psalm lxviii4 #ah4 ,while they beheld1 ,he was taken up1 and a cloud received ,him out of their sight4 ,and while they looked steadfastly toward ,heaven1 as ,he went up1 behold two men stood by them in white apparel2 ,which also said1 ,ye men of ,galilee1 why stand ye gazing up into ,heaven8 ,this same ,jesus1 which is taken up from you into ,heaven1 shall so come in like manner as ye have seen ,him go into ,heaven4--,acts1 i4 #i1 #aj1 #aa4 ,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 also that ascended up far above all heavens1 that he might fill all things4--,ephesians1 iv4 #i1 #aj4 ,lift up your heads1 ye everlasting gates1 ,and give the ,king of glory to come in2 ,who is the ,king of glory8 ,he who left ,his throne of glory for the pang of death2 ,lift up your heads1 ye everlasting gates1 ,and give the ,king of glory to come in2 ,who is the ,king of glory8 ,he who slew ,the ravenous foe that gorged all human race6 ,the ,king of glory1 ,he whose glory filled ,heaven with amazement at ,his love to man1 ,and with divine complacency beheld ,powers most illumined wildered in the theme4 ,young4 ,lift up your heads1 ye gates1 and ,o prepare1 ,ye living orbs1 your everlasting doors1 ,the ,king of glory comes6 ,what ,king of glory8 ,he1 whose puissant might ,subdued ,abaddon1 and the infernal powers ,of darkness bound in adamantine chains3 ,who1 wrapt in glory1 with the ,father reigns1 ,omnipotent1 immortal1 infinite6 ,james ,scott4 ,majestical ,he rose ,upborne1 and steered a flight of gentlest wing ,his native ,heaven to gain2 whilst from their eye1 ,that to its centre fixed1 in mute survey ,pursued the ascending glory1 a bright cloud1 ,of bidden access1 his latest presence caught3 ,by angel forms supported1 who in song1 ,not unperceived1 and choral symphony1 ,through ,heaven's wide empyrean loud rejoiced4 ,thomas ,hughes4 ,now1 ,o my soul1 ,on the blest summit light a holy flame6 ,from the last foot-print of the ,prince of ,peace1 ,the conqueror of death1 let incense rise1 ,and enter ,heaven with thine ascending ,lord6 ,shake off the chains1 and all the dust of earth6 ,go up and breathe in the sweet atmosphere ,his presence purified1 as ,he arose6 ,hannah ,f4 ,gould4 ,oh6 what a night was that which wrapt ,the heathen world in gloom3 ,oh6 what a sun that broke this day ,triumphant from the tomb6 ,jesus1 the friend of human kind1 ,with strong compassion moved1 ,descended1 like a pitying ,god1 ,to save the souls ,he loved4 ,the powers of darkness leagued in vain ,to bind ,his soul in death2 ,he shook their kingdom1 when ,he fell1 ,with ,his expiring breath4 ,and now ,his conquering chariot wheels ,ascend the lofty skies2 ,while broke beneath ,his powerful cross1 ,death's iron sceptre lies4 ,mrs4 ,barbauld4 ,,atheism4 ,the wicked1 through the pride of his countenance1 will not seek after ,god3 ,god is not in all his thoughts4--,psalm x4 #d4 ,the fool hath said in his heart1 ,there is no ,god4--,psalm xiv4 #a4 ,and they say1 ,how doth ,god know2 and is there knowledge in the ,most ,high8--,psalm lxxiii4 #aa4 ,is not ,god in the height of ,heaven8 and behold the height of the stars1 how high they are6 ,and thou sayest1 ,how doth ,god know8 can he judge through the dark cloud8--,job1 xxii4 #ab1 #ac4 ,for this they willingly are ignorant of1 that by the word of ,god the heavens were of old1 and the earth standing out of the water1 and in the water4--,,ii4 ,peter1 iii4 #e4 ,having no hope1 and without ,god in the world4--,ephesians1 ii4 #ab4 8,there is no ,god10 the fool in secret said3 8,there is no ,god that rules or earth or sky40 ,tear off the band that binds the wretch's head1 ,that ,god may burst upon his faithless eye6 ,is there no ,god8--,the stars in myriads spread1 ,if he look up1 the blasphemy deny2 ,while his own features1 in the mirror read1 ,reflect the image of ,divinity4 ,is there no ,god8--,the stream that silver flows1 ,the air he breathes1 the ground he treads1 the trees1 ,the flowers1 the grass1 the sands1 each wind that blows1 ,all speak of ,god2 throughout1 one voice agrees1 ,and1 eloquent1 ,his dread existence shows3 ,blind to thyself1 ah1 see him1 fool1 in these6 ,giovanni ,cotta4 ,hardening by degrees1 till double steel'd1 ,take leave of ,nature's ,god1 and ,god reveal'd-- ,then laugh at all you trembled at before2 ,and joining the freethinker's brutal war4 ,swallow the two grand nostrums they dispense-- ,that ,scripture lies1 and blasphemy is sense2 ,if clemency1 revolted by abuse ,be damnable1 then damn'd without excuse4 ,cowper4 ,these are they ,that strove to pull ,jehovah from ,his throne1 ,and in the place of ,heaven's ,eternal ,king1 ,set up the phantom ,chance4 ,glynn4 ,the owlet ,atheism1 ,sailing on obscene wings across the noon1 ,drops his blue-fringed lids1 and shuts them close1 ,and1 hooting at the glorious sun in ,heaven1 ,cries out1 8,where is it80 ,coleridge4 ,they eat ,their daily bread1 and draw the breath of ,heaven ,without or thought or thanks2 ,heaven's roof1 to them1 ,is but a painted ceiling hung with lamps1 ,no more1 that lights them to their purposes4 ,they wander loose about2 they nothing see1 ,themselves except1 and creatures like themselves1 ,short-lived1 short-sighted1 impotent to save4 ,so on their dissolute spirits1 soon or late1 ,destruction cometh1 like an armed man1 ,or like a dream of murder in the night1 ,withering their mortal faculties1 and breaking ,the bones of all their pride4 ,charles ,lamb4 ,no ,god6 ,who warms the heart to heave ,with thousand feelings1 soft and sweet1 ,and prompts the aspiring soul to leave ,the earth we tread beneath our feet1 ,and soar away on pinions fleet1 ,beyond the scene of mortal strife1 ,with fair ethereal forms to meet1 ,that tell us of an after life8 ,william ,knox4 8,there is no ,god10 the foolish saith-- ,but none1 8there is no sorrow30 ,and ,nature oft the cry of ,faith ,in bitter need will borrow4 ,eyes which the preacher could not school1 ,by way-side graves are raised2 ,and lips say 8,god be pitiful10 ,that ne'er said1 8,god be praised40 ,miss ,barrett4 ,an ,atheist's laugh's a poor exchange1 ,for ,deity offended4 ,burns4 ,,atonement4 ,as he hath done this day1 so the ,lord hath commanded to do1 to make an atonement for you4--,leviticus1 viii4 #cd4 ,wherewith shall ,i make the atonement1 that ye may bless the inheritance of the ,lord8--,,ii4 ,samuel1 xxi4 #c4 ,we also joy in ,god through our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 by whom we have now received the atonement4--,romans1 v4 #aa4 ,whom ,god hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood1 to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past4--,romans1 iii4 #be4 ,he is the propitiation for our sins2 and not for ours only1 but for the sins of the whole world4--,i4 ,john1 ii4 #b4 ,who ,his own self bare our sins in ,his own body on the tree1 that we being dead to sins1 should live unto righteousness3 by whose stripes ye were healed4--,i4 ,peter1 ii4 #bd4 ,so ,man1 as is most just1 ,shall satisfy for man1 be judged and die1 ,and dying1 rise1 and rising1 with ,him raise ,his brethren1 ransomed with ,his own dear life4 99 99 99 99 99 ,nor can this be1 ,but by fulfilling that which ,thou didst want1 ,obedience to the law of ,god1 imposed ,on penalty of death1 and suffering death1 ,the penalty to ,thy transgression due3 ,so only can high justice rest appaid4 ,milton4 ',tis nothing thou hast given2 then add thy tears ,for a long race of unrepenting years2 ',tis nothing yet1 yet all thou hast to give2 ,then add those may-be years thou hast to live2 ,yet nothing still2 then poor and naked come2 ,thy ,father will receive his unthrift home1 ,and thy blest ,saviour's blood discharge the mighty sum4 ,dryden4 ,look humbly upward1 see ,his will disclose ,the forfeit first1 and then the fine impose2 ,a mulct thy poverty could never pay1 ,had not eternal wisdom found the way1 ,and with celestial wealth supplied thy store2 ,his justice makes the fine1 ,his mercy quits the score4 ,see ,god descending in the human frame2 ,the offended suffering in the offender's name3 ,all thy misdeeds to ,him imputed see1 ,and all his righteousness devolved on thee4 ,dryden4 ,thou1 rather than thy justice should be stained1 ,did stain the cross4 99 99 99 99 99 ,o1 what a groan was there6 a groan not ,his4 ,he seized our dreadful right2 the load sustained1 ,and heaved the mountain from a guilty world4 ,young4 ,what needs my blood1 since thine will do1 ,to pay the debt to justice due8 ,o1 tender mercy's art divine6 ,thy sorrow proves the cure of mine6 ,thy dropping wounds1 thy woeful smart1 ,allay the bleedings of my heart3 ,thy death1 in death's extreme of pain1 ,restores my soul to life again6 ,parnell4 ,the ,son of ,god ,only begotten1 and well-beloved1 between ,men and ,his ,father's justice interposed2 ,put human nature on1 ,his wrath sustained1 ,and in their name suffered1 obeyed1 and died2 ,making ,his soul an offering for sin1 ,just for unjust1 and innocence for guilt4 99 99 99 99 99 ,thus ,truth with ,mercy met1 and ,righteousness1 ,stooping from highest heaven1 embraced fair ,peace1 ,that walked the earth in fellowship and love4 ,pollok4 ,god's own son1 unblemished victim1 gave ,himself a sacrifice1 and by ,his blood1 ,upon the cross poured forth1 washed out the stain ,of primal sin4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,and shall the sinful heart1 alone1 ,behold1 unmoved1 the atoning hour1 ,when ,nature trembles on her throne1 ,and death resigns his iron power8 ,o1 shall the heart1--whose sinfulness ,gave keenness to ,his sore distress1 ,and added to ,his tears of blood-- ,refuse its trembling gratitude8 ,whittier4 ,jesus1 thy name beyond all nature loud1 ,peals like the trumpet of eternity1 ,through all the chambers of responsive faith1 ,making them echo with the name of ,christ6 ,nature was forfeit when the first man fell ,to sin1 and whatsoe'er in nature lives1 ,in reason1 morals1 or in mind enacts ,dominion1 from ,his vast atonement flows4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,advance1 ,o hopeless mortal1 steeled in guilt1 ,behold1 and if thou canst1 forbear to melt6 ,shall ,jesus die1 thy freedom to regain1 ,and wilt thou drag the voluntary chain8 ,wilt thou refuse thy kind assent to give1 ,when1 dying1 ,he looks down to bid thee live8 ,perverse1 wilt thou reject the proffered good1 ,bought with ,his life1 and streaming in ,his blood8 ,whose virtue can thy deepest crimes efface1 ,re-heal thy nature1 and confirm thy peace6 ,can all the errors of thy life atone1 ,and raise thee from a rebel to a son4 ,boyse4 ,lamb of ,god6 ,our ,priest and ,pastor1 ,who canst bid all evil cease1 ,ever dear and holy ,master1 ,make our feeble love increase6 ,so that when we seek ,thee1 owning ,that ,thy wrath is our deserts1 ,thou1 blest ,lord1 at whose atonement ,all iniquity departs1 ,mayest speak forth from ,thine enthronement1 ,to our rent and wearied hearts1 8,sinner1 go in peace60 ,c4 ,d4 ,mc' ,leod4 ,tune your harps anew1 ye seraphs1 ,join to sing the pleasing theme2 ,all on earth and all in heaven ,join to praise ,immanuel's name6 ,hallelujah6 ,glory to the bleeding ,lamb6 ,j4 ,evans4 ,,avarice4 ,some remove the landmarks2 they violently take away flocks1 and feed thereof4 ,they drive away the ass of the fatherless1 they take the widow's ox for a pledge4 ,they turn the needy out of the way2 the poor of the earth hide themselves together4--,job1 xxiv4 #b1 #c1 #d4 ,woe unto them that join house to house1 that lay field to field1 till there be no place1 that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth6--,isaiah1 v4 #h4 ,your gold and silver is cankered1 and the rust of them shall be a witness against you1 and shall eat your flesh as it were fire4 ,ye have heaped treasure together for the last days4 ,behold1 the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields1 which is of you kept back by fraud1 crieth3 and the cries of them which have reaped1 are entered into the ears of the ,lord of ,sabaoth4--,james1 v4 #c1 #d4 ,for of his wicked pelf his god he made1 ,and unto hell himself for money sold3 ,accursed usury was all his trade1 ,and right and wrong alike in equal balance weighed4 ,spenser4 ,if thou art rich1 thou art poor2 ,for1 like an ass1 whose back with ingots bows1 ,thou bearest thy heavy riches but a journey1 ,and death unloads thee4 ,shakspere4 ,woe to the worldly man1 whose covetous ,ambition labours to join house to house2 ,lay field to field1 till the enclosures edge ,the plain1 girdling a country with one hedge3 ,they leave no place unbought2 no piece of earth ,which they will not engross2 making a dearth ,of all inhabitants2 until they stand ,unneighboured as unblest within the land4 ,bishop ,king4 ,gold glitters most where virtue shines no more1 ,as stars from absent suns1 have leave to shine4 ,young4 ,o cursed lust of gold6 when for thy sake ,the fool throws up his interest in both worlds2 ,first starved in this1 then damned in that to come4 ,blair4 ,starve beside the chests1 whose every corn ,at the last day1 shall in the court of ,heaven ,witness against thee4 ,sir ,e4 ,b4 ,lytton4 ,avarice o'ershoots ,its destined mark2 and with abundance cursed1 ,in wealth1 the ills of poverty endures4 ,george ,bally4 ,the thirst for gold ,hath made men demons1 till the heart that feels ,the impulse of impartial love1 nor kneels ,in worship foul to ,mammon1 is contemned4 ,w4 ,h4 ,burleigh4 ,but should my destiny be quest of wealth1 ,kind ,heaven1 oh6 keep my tempted soul in health6 ,and should'st thou bless my toil with ample store1 ,keep back the madness that would seek for more6 ,thomas ,ward4 ,oh6 life misspent--,oh6 foulest waste of time6 ,no time has he his grovelling mind to store ,with history's truths1 or philosophic lore4 ,no charms for him has ,god's all-blooming earth-- ,his only question this--8,what are they worth80 ,art1 nature1 wisdom1 are no match for gain2 ,and even religion bids him pause in vain4 ,thomas ,ward4 ,the miser comes1 his heart to mammon sold-- ,his life1 his hope1 his god1 his all is gold4 8,to-morrow1 and to-morrow10 he will say1 8,soul1 take thine ease1 for thou hast many a day ,whose smiling dawns will make thee to rejoice40 ,hush6 ,hark the echoes of that awful voice6 8,thou fool6 ,this night yield up thy earthly trust60 ,gaze once again1 his treasures are but dust4 ,b4 ,d4 ,winslow4 ,gold6 gold6 in all ages the curse of mankind1 ,thy fetters are forged for the soul and the mind3 ,the limbs may be free as the wings of a bird1 ,and the mind be the slave of a look or a word4 ,to gain thee1 men barter eternity's crown1 ,yield honour1 affection1 and lasting renown4 ,park ,benjamin4 ,,awake--,,arise4 ,awake up1 my glory2 awake psaltery and harp2 ,i myself will awake early4--,psalm lvii4 #h4 ,arise1 shine2 for thy light is come1 and the glory of the ,lord is risen upon thee4 ,and the ,gentiles shall come to thy light1 and kings to the brightness of thy rising4--,isaiah1 lx4 #a1 #c4 ,arise ye1 and depart1 for this is not your rest2 because it is polluted4--,micah1 ii4 #aj4 ,awake1 my soul1 and with the sun1 ,thy daily stage of duty run2 ,shake off dull sloth1 and early rise1 ,to pay thy morning sacrifice4 ,wake1 and lift up thyself1 my heart1 ,and with the angels bear a part1 ,who all night long unwearied sing ,high praises to the eternal ,king4 ,glory to ,god1 who safe hath kept1 ,and hath refreshed me while ,i slept1 ,grant ,lord1 when ,i from death shall wake1 ,i may of endless life partake4 ,kenn4 ,awake our souls1 and bless his name1 ,whose mercies never fail2 ,who opens wide a door of hope1 ,in ,achor's gloomy vale4 ,behold the portal wide displayed1 ,the buildings strong and fair2 ,within are pastures fresh and green1 ,and living streams are there4 ,enter my soul with cheerful haste1 ,for ,jesus is the door2 ,nor fear the serpent's wily arts1 ,nor fear the lion's roar4 ,o may thy grace the nations lead1 ,and ,jews and ,gentiles come1 ,all travelling in one narrow path1 ,to one eternal home4 ,doddridge4 ,arise1 thou bright and morning star1 ,and send thy silvery beams afar2 ,dispel the shades of dreary night1 ,and let me hail the dawning light4 ,blinded by sin ,i went astray1 ,and1 wand'ring1 left the heavenly way2 ,dart forth thy soul-reviving rays1 ,and guide me all my future days4 ,with growing strength may ,i pursue ,the course which heavenly wisdom drew1 ,till ,i shall reach the blissful shore1 ,where pilgrims rest1 and stray no more4 ,beddome4 ,deathless principle arise6 ,soar thou native of the skies6 ,pearl of price by ,jesus bought1 ,to his glorious likeness wrought2 ,go1 to shine before his throne1 ,deck his mediatorial crown1 ,go1 his triumphs to adorn1 ,made for ,god1 to ,god return4 ,see the haven full in view1 ,love divine shall bear thee through2 ,trust to that propitious gale1 ,weigh thy anchor1 spread the sail1 ,saints in glory perfect made1 ,wait thy passage through the shade1 ,ardent for thy coming o'er1 ,see they throng the distant shore6 ,mount1 their transports to improve1 ,join the longing choirs above1 ,swiftly to their wish be given1 ,kindle higher joys in heaven6 --,such the prospects that arise ,to the dying christian's eyes6 ,such the glorious vista1 faith ,opens through the shades of death4 ,toplady4 ,,awe4 ,stand in awe and sin not2 commune with your own heart upon your bed1 and be still4--,psalm iv4 #d4 ,princes have persecuted me without a cause3 but my heart standeth in awe of thy word4--,psalm cxix4 #afa4 ',t is dreadful6 ,how reverend is the place of this tall pile1 ,whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads1 ,to bear aloft the arched and pond'rous roof1 ,by its own weight made steadfast and immoveable6 ,looking tranquillity2 it strikes an awe ,and terror to my aching sight4 ,the tombs ,and monumental caves of death look cold1 ,and shoot a chillness to my trembling heart4 ,congreve4 ,so in the faces of all these there grew1 ,as by one impulse1 a dark1 freezing awe1 ,which1 with a fearful fascination1 drew ,all eyes towards the altar2 damp and raw ,the air grew suddenly1 and no man knew ,whether perchance his silent neighbour saw ,the dreadful thing1 which all were sure would rise ,to scare the strained lids wider from their eyes4 ,the incense trembled as it upward sent ,its slow1 uncertain thread of wandering blue1 ,as 'twere the only living element ,in all the church1 so deeply the stillness grew2 ,it seemed one might have heard it1 as it went1 ,give out an audible rustle1 curling through ,the midnight silence of the awe-struck air1 ,more hushed than death1 though no such life was there4 ,jas4 ,r4 ,lowell4 ,when on ,sinai's top ,i see ,god descend in majesty1 ,to proclaim ,his holy law1 ,all my spirit sinks with awe4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,with sacred awe pronounce ,his name1 ,whom words nor thoughts can reach4 ,needham4 ,,baptism4 ,go ye therefore1 and teach all nations1 baptizing them in the name of the ,father1 and of the ,son1 and of the ,holy ,ghost4--,matthew1 xxviii4 #ai4 ,one ,lord1 one ,faith1 one ,baptism4--,ephesians1 iv4 #e4 ,buried with ,him in ,baptism1 wherein also ye are risen with ,him through the faith of the operation of ,god1 who hath raised ,him from the dead4--,colossians1 ii4 #ab4 ,the like figure whereunto1 even ,baptism doth also now save us1 not the putting away the filth of the flesh1 but the answer of a good conscience toward ,god4--,i4 ,peter1 iii4 #ba4 ,then who shall believe ,baptizing in the profluent stream1 the sign ,of washing them from guilt of sin1 to life ,pure1 and in mind prepared1 if so befal1 ,for death like that which the ,redeemer died4 ,milton4 ,since ,lord to ,thee ,a narrow way and little gate ,is all the passage2 on my infancy ,thou didst lay hold1 and antedate ,my faith in me4 ,o let me still ,write ,thee1 great ,god1 and me1 a child3 ,let me be soft and supple to ,thy will1 ,small to myself1 to others mild1 ,be-hither ill4 ,george ,herbert4 ,baptized as for the dead1 ,he rose ,with prayer from ,jordan's hallowed flood3 ,ere long by persecuting foes1 ,to be baptized in ,his own blood3 ,the ,father's voice proclaimed the ,son1 ,the ,spirit witnessed2--these are one4 ,james ,montgomery4 ,thus1 made partakers of ,thy love1 ,the ,baptism of the ,spirit ours1 ,our grateful hearts shall rise above1 ,renewed in purposes and powers2 ,and songs of joy again shall ring ,triumphant through the arch of heaven2-- ,the glorious song which angels sing1 ,exulting over souls forgiven6 ,w4 ,h4 ,burleigh4 ,the heir of ,heaven1 henceforth ,i dread not ,death6 ,in ,christ ,i live1 in ,christ ,i draw the breath ,of the true life4 ,let ,sea1 and ,earth1 and ,sky1 ,wage war against me3 on my front ,i show ,the mighty ,master's seal6 ,in vain they try ,to end my life1 who can but end its woe4 ,coleridge4 ,ere ,christ ascended to his throne1 ,he issued forth his great command-- ,go preach the gospel to the world1 ,and spread my name to every land4 ,to men declare their sinful state1 ,the methods of my grace explain2 ,he that believes1 and is baptized1 ,shall everlasting life obtain4 ,dear ,saviour1 we thy will obey1 ,not of constraint1 but with delight2 ,hither thy servants come to-day1 ,to honour thine appointed rite4 ,descend again1 celestial ,dove1 ,on these dear followers of the ,lord2 ,exalted head of all the ,church1 ,thy promised aid to them afford4 ,let faith1 assisted now by signs1 ,the mysteries of thy love explore2 ,and washed1 in thy redeeming blood1 ,let them depart1 and sin no more4 ,beddome4 ,the cross of ,christ6 ,the cross of ,christ6 ,while yet my days were few1 ',twas traced upon my infant brow1 ,fresh with life's morning dew2 ,in token that in after years1 ,strong in its power and might1 ,i should beside ,christ's followers stand1 ,under ,his banners fight4 ,matilda ,f4 ,dana4 ,,baptist1 ,,john ,,the4 ,in those days came ,john the ,baptist1 preaching in the wilderness of ,judea4--,matthew1 iii4 #a4 ,and it came to pass in those days1 that ,jesus came from ,nazareth of ,galilee1 and was baptized of ,john in ,jordan4 ,and straightway coming up out of the water1 he saw the ,heavens opened1 and the ,spirit like a dove descending upon ,him3 ,and there came a voice from ,heaven1 saying1 ,thou art ,my ,beloved ,son1 in whom ,i am well pleased4--,mark1 i4 #i1 #aj1 #aa4 ,i say unto you1 among those that are born of women1 there is not a greater prophet than ,john the ,baptist2 but he that is least in the kingdom of ,god is greater than he4--,luke1 vii4 #bh4 ,now had the great ,proclaimer1 with a voice ,more awful than the sound of trumpet1 cried ,repentance1 and ,heaven's kingdom nigh at hand ,to all baptized3 to his great baptism flocked ,with awe1 the regions round1 and with them came ,from ,nazareth1 the ,son of ,joseph deemed1 ,to the flood ,jordan1 came as then obscure1 ,unmarked1 unknown3 but him the ,baptist soon ,descried1 divinely warned2 and witness bore ,as to his worthier1 and would have resigned ,to ,him this heavenly office1 nor was long ,his witness unconfirmed2 on ,him baptized ,heaven opened1 and in likeness of a dove ,the ,spirit descended1 while the ,father's voice ,from heaven pronounced ,him ,his ,beloved ,son4 ,milton4 ,well mayest thou tremble1 ,baptist2 well thy cheek1 ,now flushed1 now pale1 thy labouring soul bespeak6 ',tis ,he1 the ,christ1 by every bard foretold6 ,hear ,him1 ye nations1 and ye ,heavens behold6 ,the ,virgin-born1 to bruise the ,serpent's head1 ,the ,paschal ,lamb1 to patient slaughter led1 ,the ,king of kings1 to crush the gates of ,hell1 ,messiah1 ,shiloh1 ,jah1 ,emmanuel6 ,see1 o'er ,his head1 soft sinking from above1 ,with hovering radiance hangs the mystic ,dove3 ,dread from the cloud ,jehovah's voice is known1 8,this is my ,son1 my own1 my well-loved ,son60 ,c4 ,h4 ,johnson4 ,why crowd ye cities forth8 some reed to find1 ,some vain reed trembling to the careless wind8 ,or throng ye here to view with doting eye1 ,some chieftain stand in purple pageantry8 ,some dwell in kingly domes--no silken form ,woos the stern wind and braves the mountain storm4 ,what rush ye there to seek8 some ,prophet-seer8 ,one mightier than the ,prophets find ye here-- ,the loftiest bard that waked the sacred lyre1 ,to him in rapture poured his lips of fire2 ,attuned to him the voice of ,sion fell-- ,thy name1 ,elias1 closed the mystic shell4 ,c4 ,h4 ,johnson4 ,in ,judah's rugged wilderness1 ,where ,jordan rolls his flood1 ,in manners strict1 and rude of dress1 ,the holy ,baptist stood4 ,and while upon the river's side1 ,the people thronged to hear1 8,repent10 the sacred preacher cried1 8,the heavenly kingdom's near40 ,now ,jesus to the stream descends2 ,his feet the waters lave2 ,and o'er his head1 that humbly bends1 ,the ,baptist pours the wave4 ,when1 lo6 a heavenly form appears1 ,descending as a dove2 ,and wondrous sounds the assembly hears1 ,proclaiming from above4-- 8,this is my well-beloved ,son1 ,on him my spirit rests2 ,now is his reign of grace begun1 ,attend his high behests40 ,the sacred voice has reached our ear1 ,and still through distant lands ,shall sound1 till all ,his name revere1 ,and honour ,his commands4 ,t4 ,fletcher4 ,,beautiful4 ,one thing have ,i desired of the ,lord1 that will ,i seek after2 that ,i may dwell in the house of the ,lord all the days of my life1 to behold the beauty of the ,lord1 and to inquire in his temple4--,psalm xxvii4 #d4 ,when thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity1 thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth4--,psalm xxxix4 #aa4 ,favour is deceitful1 and beauty is vain3 but a woman that feareth the ,lord1 she shall be praised4--,proverbs1 xxxi4 #cj4 ,i have seen the travail1 which ,god hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it4 ,he hath made every thing beautiful in his time4--,ecclesiastes1 iii4 #aj1 #aa4 ,oh1 what is ,beauty's power8 ,it flourishes and dies2 ,will the cold earth its silence break4 ,to tell how soft1 how smooth a cheek ,beneath its surface lies8 ,mute1 mute is all1 ,o'er ,beauty's fall2 ,her praise resounds no more1 when mantled in her pall4 ,the most beloved on earth ,not long survives to-day2 ,so music past is obsolete1 ,and yet 'twas sweet1 'twas passing sweet1 ,but now 'tis gone away4 ,thus does the shade ,in evening fade1 ,when in forsaken tomb the form beloved is laid4 ,h4 ,k4 ,white4 ,at ,thy rebuke1 the bloom ,of man's vain beauty flies2 ,and grief shall1 like a moth1 consume ,all that delights our eyes4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,a sinful soul possessed of many gifts1 ,a spacious garden full of flowering weeds1 ,a glorious devil1 large in heart and brain4 ,that did love beauty only1 7beauty seen ,in all varieties of mould and mind17 ,and knowledge for its beauty2 or if good1 ,good only for its beauty4 ,tennyson4 ,the beautiful1 the beautiful6 ,where do we find it not8 ,it is an all-pervading grace1 ,and lighteth every spot4 ,it sparkles on the ocean-wave-- ,it glitters in the dew2 ,we see it in the glorious sky1 ,and in the flow'ret's hue4 ,on mountain-top1 in valley deep1 ,we find its presence there2 ,the beautiful1 the beautiful6 ,it liveth every where4 ,the glories of the noontide-day1 ,the still and solemn night1 ,the changing seasons1 all can bring ,their tribute of delight4 ,there's beauty in the dancing beam ,that brightens childhood's eye1 ,and in the ,christian's parting glance1 ,whose hope is fix'd on high4 ,and in the being whom our love ,hath chosen for its own1 ,how beautiful6 how beautiful6 ,is every look and tone4 ',twas in that glance that ,god threw o'er ,the young created earth1 ,when he pronounced it 8very good10 ,the beautiful had birth4 ,then who shall say this world is dull1 ,and all to sadness given1 ,while yet there lives on every side ,the smile that came from heaven8 ,if so much loveliness is sent ,to grace our earthly home1 ,how beautiful--how beautiful ,will be the world to come6 ,anon4 ,,belief--,,unbelief4 ,if ye will not believe1 surely ye shall not be established4--,isaiah1 vii4 #i4 ,lord1 ,i believe2 help thou mine unbelief4--,mark1 ix4 #bd4 ,let not your heart be troubled3 ye believe in ,god1 believe also in me4--,john1 xiv4 #a4 ,for what1 if some did not believe8 shall their unbelief make the faith of ,god without effect8 ,god forbid4--,romans1 iii4 #c1 #d4 ,god hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation1 through sanctification of the ,spirit and belief of the truth4--,,ii4 ,thessalonians1 ii4 #ac4 ,such my belief4 ,oh1 that thou would'st thy bold1 ,infatuated1 withering doubt discard6 ,the flower would be more sweet1 the moon more fresh1 ,the sun more bright1 the sky more blue1 the night 7,the natural season for deep thought7 less dark3 ,life's cares1 and wan disease1 would blessings be1 ,and death 7annihilation's herald now7 ,the harbinger of everlasting bliss4 ,dare then be wise4 ,dash down the subtle web1 ,thy pride of intellect had round thee wove1 ,despised into the dust2 believe in ,god2 ,obey ,his will2--and then thy rescued soul ,shall1 on angelic pinions1 wing its way ,to heaven's bright realms of pure beatitude4 ,t4 ,l4 ,merritt4 ,believe and fear not6 ,in the blackest cloud ,a sunbeam hides2 and from the deepest pang ,some hidden mercy may a ,god declare6 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,since fools alone all things believe ,in cloister hatch'd1 or college1 ,some1 by believing nothing1 think ,they're at the height of knowledge4 ,and yet to have no faith demands ,more faith than is supposed1 ,for sceptics have their creed1--of things ,incredibly composed4 ,some truths above our reason1 we ,reject not1 but receive3 ,against all reason1 infidels ,unnumber'd lies believe4 ,c4 ,c4 ,colton4 ,,bells4 ,and beneath upon the hem of it1 thou shalt make pomegranates of blue1 and of purple1 and of scarlet1 round about the hem thereof2 and bells of gold between them round about4 ,and it shall be upon ,aaron to minister3 and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the ,lord1 and when he cometh out1 that he die not4--,exodus1 xxviii4 #cc1 #ce4 ,in that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses1 ,holiness unto the ,lord4--,zechariah1 xiv4 #bj4 ,what a deep murmur on the night-air swells1 ,what a clear tone draws irresistibly ,the goblet from my mouth4 ,ye hollow bells1 ,proclaim ye ,easter's dawn is drawing nigh8 ,the word of hope in that sweet music ringing1 ,that once1 when o'er his sepulchre did close ,the shades of night1 from angel lips arose1 ,assurance of a covenant renew'd to mortals bringing4 99 99 99 99 99 ,what in your mighty sweetness1 do you seek1 ,ye tones of ,heaven1 with me that dwell in dust8 ,seek elsewhere mortals flexible and weak4 ,i hear the message1 but ,i cannot trust2 ,faith's chosen child is the miraculous4 ,i dare not strive those distant spheres to gain1 ,from whence these holy tidings came to us2 ,and yet it seems that long-remembered strain1 ,in youth1 recalls me back to life again4 ,the kiss of heavenly love upon me fell1 ,in the deep stillness of the sabbath calm1 ,the heartfelt fullness of the sabbath bell1 ,a prayer to my glad soul sufficient balm1 ,beyond conception sweet2 a holy longing ,drove me to wander forth through wood and mead2 ,and in the thousand tear-drops warmly thronging1 ,i felt a world grow up1 mine own indeed4 ,the joyous sports of youth those tones revealing1 ,of the spring feast once more the joy unfolds1 ,and recollection1 fraught with childish feeling1 ,me from the last dread step of all withholds4 ,oh sound1 sound on1 thou sweet celestial strain1 ,the tears well forth1 the earth hath me again4 ,goethe's 8,faust40 ,list not those cries6 ,how strangely do they blend ,with the sweet bells from yonder gothic tower1 ,pealing athwart the water4 ,such the contrast ,of wild religious awe to earthly clamour1 ,for on the morrow1 and the morrow's morrow1 ,at this still hour those bells will still peal on2 ,but these harsh sinful cries1 the moment's offspring1 ,will with the moment pass to nought away1 ,they1 and the passions1 even as briefly raging2 ,and1 as the echo of those cries1 borne far ,up the deep silvery ,thames1 there dies in air ,in the dim distance1 seeming well to blend ,with the calm beauty of the hour1 and heighten ,the melody of silence2 so the thought ,on this vain uproar shall in future years ,prove but a gentle memory6 since we shared ,the cares it wooed to life1 together4 ,archer ,gurney4 ,stop1 ,o stop the passing bell6 ,painfully1 too painfully1 ,it strikes against the heart1 that knell1 ,i cannot bear its tones--they tell ,of misery1 of misery6 ,all that soothed and sweetened life1 ,in the mother and the wife-- ,all that would a charm have cast ,o'er the future1 as the past-- ,all is torturing in that knell6 ,stop1 ,o stop the passing bell6 ,stop it6 no--but change the tone1 ,and joyfully1 ah1 joyfully1 ,let the altered chimes ring on1 ,for the spirit that hath flown1 ,exultingly1 exultingly6 ,she hath left her couch of pain1 ,she shall never feel again1 ,but as angels feel6--afar1 ,chimed beyond the morning star1 ,agony and death unknown6 ,let the joyful chimes ring on6 ,robert ,story4 ,,beneficence--,,benevolence4 ,thou openest thine hand1 they are filled with good4--,psalm civ4 #bh4 ,give1 and it shall be given unto you4--,luke1 vi4 #ch4 ,let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence3 and likewise also the wife unto the husband4--,i4 ,corinthians1 vii4 #c4 ,be rich in good works1 ready to distribute4--,i4 ,timothy1 vi4 #ah4 ,nature all ,is blooming and beneficent1 like ,thee4 ,thomson4 ,some high or humble enterprise of good ,contemplate1 till it shall possess thy mind1 ,become thy study1 pastime1 rest1 and food1 ,and kindle in thy heart a flame refined4 ,pray ,heaven for firmness thy whole soul to bind ,to this thy purpose--to begin1 pursue1 ,with thoughts all fixed1 and feelings purely kind2 ,strength to complete1 and with delight review1 ,and grace to give the praise where all is ever due4 ,rouse to some work of high and holy love1 ,and thou an angel's happiness shalt know1-- ,shall bless the earth1 while in the world above ,the good begun by thee shall onward flow ,in many a branching stream1 and wider grow2 ,the seed that in these few and fleeting hours ,thy hands unsparing and unwearied sow1 ,shall deck thy grave with amaranthine flowers1 ,and yield thee fruits divine in heaven's immortal bowers4 ,charles ,wilcox4 ,the heart has tendrils like the vine1 ,which round another's bosom twine1 ,outspringing from the parent tree ,of deeply-planted sympathy1 ,whose flowers are hope1 its fruits are bliss2 ,beneficence its harvest is4 ,j4 ,bowring4 ,trees1 and flowers1 and streams1 ,are social and benevolent2 and he ,who oft communeth in their language pure1 ,roaming among them at the cool of day1 ,shall find1 like him who ,eden's garden dressed1 ,his ,maker there to teach his listening heart4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,,benefit4 ,blessed be the ,lord1 who daily loadeth us with benefits1 even the ,god of our salvation4--,psalm lxviii4 #ai4 ,bless the ,lord1 ,o my soul1 and forget not all his benefits4--,psalm ciii4 #b4 ,without thy mind would ,i do nothing2 that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity1 but willingly4--,philemon1 #ad4 ,offered life ,neglect not1 and the benefit embrace ,by faith1 not void of works4 ,milton4 ,i gaze upon the thousand stars ,that fill the midnight sky2 ,and wish1 so passionately wish1 ,a light like theirs on high4 ,i have such eagerness of hope ,to benefit my kind2 ,i feel as if immortal power ,were given to my mind4 ,miss ,landon4 ,why are springs enthroned on high1 ,where the mountains kiss the sky8 ',tis that thence their streams may flow1 ,fertilizing all below4 ,why have clouds such lofty flight1 ,basking in the golden light8 ',t is to send down genial showers ,on this lower world of ours4 ,why does ,god exalt the great8 ',t is that they may prop the state2 ,so that toil its sweets may yield1 ,and the sower reap the field4 ,riches why doth ,he confer8 ,that the rich may minister ,to the children of distress1 ,to the poor and fatherless4 ,does ,he light a ,newton's mind8 ',t is to shine on all mankind4 ,does ,he give to ,virtue birth8 ',t is the salt of this poor earth4 ,josiah ,conder4 ,,benignity4 ,surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life4--,psalm xxiii4 #f4 ,thou ,lord art good1 and ready to forgive1 and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee4--,psalm lxxxvi4 #e4 ,the ,lord is good to all3 and his tender mercies are over all his works4--,psalm cxlv4 #i4 ,this turn hath1 made amends6 ,thou hast fulfilled ,thy words1 ,creator bounteous and benign1 ,giver of all things fair6 ,milton4 ,he comes not in the pride of martial pomp1 ,high in triumphal chariot1 while around ,the poor remains of vanquished kingdoms grace ,the trophied car2 not such as ,judah's sons1 ,by empire's flattering dreams misled1 conceived1 ,vindictive monarch over prostrate ,rome4 ,beyond the confines of this nether world4 ,at the right hand of the ,almighty ,sire1 ,enthroned he sits2 no partial ,king1 to all ,who unfeigned homage offer1 ,he1 benign1 ,the treasure of his boundless love vouchsafes4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,divinest creed6 and worthy to be taught ,by ,him1 the ,saviour1 who thy tidings brought2 ,thou wert the first1 descending from above1 ,to teach the nations that their ,god was love2 ,that ire eternal dwelt not on ,his face1 ,but love and pity1 and redeeming grace4 ,and all the joy this world since then has known1 ,springs from this creed1 and springs from this alone2 ,whatever triumphs have been gained by mind ,o'er ,error1 ,hate1 and ,ignorance combined2 ,whatever progress man may yet have made1 ,owes all its worth to ,thy benignant aid4 ,c4 ,mackay4 ,o1 ,saviour1 gracious and benign1 ,warm and illume this heart of mine1 ,disperse the fogs and mists of sin1 ,and let no evil lurk therein3 ,let me ,thy love and goodness see-- ,thy merciful benignity4 ,anon4 ,,the ,,bible4 ,and beginning at ,moses and all the prophets1 he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning ,himself4--,luke1 xxiv4 #bg4 ,search the scriptures2 for in them ye think ye have eternal life3 and they are they which testify of me4--,john1 v4 #ci4 ,the holy scriptures1 which are able to make thee wise unto salvation1 through faith which is in ,christ ,jesus4 ,all scripture is given by inspiration of ,god1 and is profitable for doctrine1 for reproof1 for correction1 for instruction in righteousness4--,,ii4 ,timothy1 iii4 #ae1 #af4 ,for whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning1 that we1 through patience and comfort of the scriptures1 might have hope4--,romans1 xv4 #d4 ,the sword of the ,spirit1 which is the word of ,god4--,ephesians1 vi4 #ag4 ,whence1 but from ,heaven1 could men unskilled in arts1 ,in several ages born1 in several parts1 ,weave such agreeing truths8 or how1 or why1 ,should all conspire to cheat us with a lie6 ,unasked their pains1 ungrateful their advice1 ,starving their gain1 and martyrdom their price4 ,dryden4 ,so has this book entitled us to ,heaven4 ,and rules to guide us to that mansion given2 ,tells the conditions how our peace was made1 ,and is our pledge for the great ,author's aid4 ,his power in nature's ample book we find1 ,but the less volume doth express his mind4 ,waller4 ,a critic on the sacred book should be ,candid and learned1 dispassionate and free3 ,free from the wayward bias bigots feel1 ,from fancy's influence1 and intemperate zeal4 ,cowper4 ,within this ample volume lies ,the mystery of mysteries2 ,happiest they of human race ,to whom their ,god has given grace1 ,to read1 to fear1 to hope1 to pray1 ,to lift the latch1 to force the way3 ,and better had they ne'er been born1 ,that read to doubt1 or read to scorn4 ,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,most wondrous book6 bright candle of the ,lord6 ,star of eternity6 the only star ,by which the bark of man could navigate ,the sea of life1 and gain the coast of bliss ,securely2 only star which rose in time ,and on its dark and troubled billows1 still ,as generation driving swiftly by1 ,succeeding generation1 threw a ray ,of heaven's own light1 and to the hills of ,god-- ,the everlasting hills--pointed the sinner's eye4 ,by prophets1 seers1 and priests1 and sacred bards1 ,evangelists1 apostles1 men inspired1 ,and by the ,holy ,ghost anointed1 set ,apart and consecrated to declare ,on earth the counsels of the ,eternal one1 ,this book--this holiest1 this sublimest book ,was sent4 ,heaven's will1 ,heaven's code of laws entire ,to man1 this book contained2 defined the bounds ,of vice and virtue1 and of life and death2 ,and what was shadow1 what was substance taught4 ,this book--this holy book1 in every line ,marked with the seal of high divinity1 ,on every leaf bedewed with drops of love ,divine1 and with the eternal heraldry ,and signature of ,god ,almighty stamped1 ,from first to last2 this ray of sacred light1 ,this lamp from off the everlasting throne1 ,mercy brought down1 and in the night of time ,stands casting on the dark her gracious bow1 ,and evermore beseeching men with tears ,and earnest sighs1 to read1 believe1 and live4 ,hast thou ever heard ,of such a book8 ,the author ,god ,himself2 ,the subject1 ,god and man1 salvation1 life1 ,and death--eternal life--eternal death4 ,pollok4 ,the priest-like father reads the sacred page1 ,how ,abram was the friend of ,god on high2 ,or ,moses bade eternal warfare wage ,with ,amalek's ungracious progeny2 ,or how the ,royal ,bard did groaning lie1 ,beneath the stroke of ,heaven's avenging ire2 ,or ,job's pathetic plaint and wailing cry2 ,or wrapt ,isaiah's wild seraphic fire2 ,or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre4 ,perhaps the ,christian volume is the theme1 ,how guiltless blood for guilty man was shed2 ,how ,he who bore in ,heaven the second name1 ,had not1 on earth1 whereon to lay ,his head2 ,how ,his first followers and servants sped2 ,the precepts sage they wrote to many a land3 ,how he who1 lone in ,patmos banished1 ,saw1 in the sun1 a mighty angel stand2 ,and heard great ,bab'lon's doom pronounced by ,heaven's command4 ,burns4 ,look1 ,christian6 in thy ,bible1 and that glass ,which sheds its sands through minutes1 hours1 and days1 ,and years2 it speaks not3 yet methinks it says ,to every human heart--8so mortals pass ,on to their dark and silent grave60 ,alas6 ,for man3--an exile upon earth he stays1 ,weary1 and wandering through benighted ways2 ,to-day in strength1 to-morrow like the grass ,that withers at his feet4 ,lift up thy head1 ,poor pilgrim1 toiling in this vale of tears2 ,that book declares whose blood for thee was shed1 ,who died to give thee life2 and though thy years ,pass like a shade1 pointing to thy death-bed1 ,out of the deep thy cry an angel hears1 ,and by his guiding hand to heaven thy steps are led4 ,w4 ,lisle ,bowles4 ,a book there is1 of ancient date1 ,where all the truly wise and great ,have found the pearls of wisdom spread1 ,like gems upon the ocean-bed4 ,brighter than ,californian gold1 ,are deeds inspired apostles told1 ,greater than all that ,milton thought1 ,are truths that saints and prophets taught4 ,oh6 be it ours from tender age1 ,to gather wisdom from its page4 ,j4 ,burbidge4 ,the sacred page ,with calm attention scan6 ,if on thy soul1 ,as thou dost read1 a ray of purer light ,break in1 ,o1 check it not1 give it full scope6 ,admitted1 it will break the clouds which long ,have dimmed thy sight1 and lead thee1 till at last1 ,convictions like the sun's meridian beams1 ,illuminate thy mind4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,father6 that book ,with whose worn leaves the careless infant plays1 ,must be the ,bible4 ,therein thy dim eyes ,will meet a cheering light2 and silent words ,of mercy breathed from ,heaven1 will be exhaled ,from the blest page unto thy withered heart4 ,john ,wilson4 ,what is this world8 a wildering maze ,where sin hath tracked ten thousand ways1 ,her victims to ensnare4 ,all broad1 all winding1 and aslope1 ,all tempting with perfidious hope1 ,all ending in despair4 ,millions of pilgrims throng those roads1 ,bearing their baubles or their loads1 ,down to eternal night2 ,our humble path that never bends1 ,narrow1 and rough1 and steep1 ascends ,from darkness into light4 ,is there a guide to show that path8 ,the ,bible6 ,he alone who hath ,the ,bible1 need not stray2 ,yet he who hath1 and will not give ,that heavenly guide to all that live1 ,himself shall lose the way4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,the ,bible8 ,that's the ,book1 ,the ,book indeed1 ,the ,book of ,books2 ,on which who looks1 ,as he should do1 aright1 shall never need ,wish for a better light ,to guide him in the night4 ,or1 when he hungry is1 for better food ,to feed upon1 ,than this alone1 ,if he bring stomach and digestion good3 ,and if he be amiss1 ,this the best physic is4 ,it is the looking-glass of souls1 wherein ,all men may see1 ,whether they be ,still1 as by nature they are1 deform'd with sin2 ,or in a better case1 ,as new adorn'd with grace4 ',tis the great ,magazine of spiritual arms1 ,wherein doth lie ,the ,artillery ,of heaven1 ready charged against all harms1 ,that might come by the blows ,of our infernal foes4 ,god's cabinet of reveal'd counsel 'tis3 ,where weal and woe ,are order'd so1 ,that every man may know which shall be his2 ,unless his own mistake ,false application make4 ,it is the index of ,eternity4 ,he cannot miss ,of endless bliss1 ,that takes this chart to steer his voyage by1 ,nor can he be mistook1 ,that speaketh by this ,book4 ,a ,book to which no other ,book can be compared ,for excellence2 ,pre-eminence ,is proper to it1 and cannot be shared4 ,divinity alone ,belongs to it1 or none4 ,it is the ,book of ,god4 ,what if ,i should ,say1 ,god of ,books8 ,let him that looks ,angry at this expression1 as too bold ,his thoughts in silence smother1 ,till he find such another4 ,george ,herbert4 ,but to outweigh all harm1 the sacred book1 ,in dusty sequestration wrapped too long1 ,assumes the accent of our native tongue2 ,and he who guides the plough1 or wields the crook1 ,with understanding spirit now may look ,upon her records1 listen to her song1 ,and sift her laws--much wondering that the wrong ,which faith hath suffered1 ,heaven could calmy brook4 ,transcendent ,boon6 nobler than earthly ,king ,ever bestowed to equalize and bless1 ,under the weight of mortal wretchedness6 ,but passions spread like plagues1 and thousands wild ,with bigotry shall tread the offering ,beneath their feet1 detested and defiled4 ,wordsworth4 ,what household thoughts around thee1 as their shrine1 ,cling reverently6 ,of anxious looks beguiled4 ,my mother's eyes upon thy page divine ,were daily bent2 her accents1 gravely mild1 ,breathed out thy love2--whilst ,i a dreaming child1 ,on breeze-like fancies wandered oft away ,to some lone tuft of gleaming spring flowers wild1 ,some fresh-discovered nook for woodland play1 ,some secret nest3 yet would the solemn word ,at times with kindlings of young wonder heard1 ,fall on my wakened spirit1 there to be ,a seed not lost2 for which in darker years1 ,o ,book of ,heaven6 ,i pour1 with grateful tears1 ,heart-blessings on the holy dead and thee4 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,friend of my early days1 ,thou old1 brown1 folio tome1 ,oft opened with amaze1 ,within my childhood's home2 ,thy many-pictured pages1 ,beheld with glad surprise1 ,would lure me from my playmates1 ,to oriental skies4 ,i found in thee for friends1 ,the wise and valiant men ,of ,israel1 whose heroic deeds ,are writ with holy pen2 ,and dark brown ,jewish maidens1 ,with festive dance and song1 ,or fairly dressed for bridal1 ,thy pictured leaves among4 ,the old life patriarchal ,did beautifully shine1 ,with angels hovering over1 ,the good old men divine2 ,their long long pilgrimages ,i traced through all the way2 ,while on the stool before me ,the pages open lay4 ,from the ,german of ,freiligrath4 ,fancy1 ,hope1 and ,conscience could not prove ,a future state1 without the ,word of ,god4 ,this is ,hope's charter1 this gives ,fancy power1 ,and this arms ,conscience with authority4 ,this partly lifts the veil which else had hung ,before our eyes1 concealing from our view ,the ,spirit ,land4 ,joseph ,h4 ,wythes4 ,thou truest friend man ever knew1 ,thy constancy ,i've tried2 ,when all were false ,i found thee true1 ,my counsellor and guide4 ,the mines of earth no treasures give ,that could this volume buy3 ,in teaching me the way to live1 ,it taught me how to die4 ,geo4 ,p4 ,morris4 ,,birds--,,fowls4 ,and ,god said1 ,let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life1 and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven4 ,and ,god blessed them1 saying1 ,be fruitful1 and multiply1 and fill the waters in the seas1 and let fowl multiply in the earth4--,genesis1 i4 #bj1 #bb4 ,where is ,god my maker1 who giveth songs in the night2 who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth1 and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven8--,job1 xxxv4 #aj1 #aa4 ,in the ,lord put ,i my trust3 how say ye to my soul4 ,flee as a bird to your mountain8--,psalm xi4 #a4 ,i know all the fowls of the mountains3 and the wild beasts of the field are mine4--,psalm l4 #aa4 ,our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers4--,psalm cxxiv4 #g4 ,as a bird hasteth to the snare1 and knoweth not that it is for his life4--,proverbs1 vii4 #bc4 ,as the bird by wandering1 as the swallow by flying1 so the curse causeless shall not come4--,proverbs1 xxvi4 #b4 ,curse not the rich in thy bedchamber3 for a bird of the air shall carry the voice1 and that which hath wings shall tell the matter4--,ecclesiastes1 x4 #bj4 ,behold the fowls of the air2 for they sow not1 neither do they reap1 nor gather into barns2 yet your heavenly ,father feedeth them4 ,are ye not much better than they8--,matthew1 vi4 #bf4 ,the foxes have holes1 and the birds of the air have nests2 but the ,son of man hath not where to lay his head4--,matthew1 viii4 #bj4 ,consider the ravens3 for they neither sow nor reap3 which neither have storehouse nor barn2 and ,god feedeth them3 how much more are ye better than the fowls8--,luke1 xii4 #bd4 ,sweet bird6 thou sing'st away the early hours ,of winter past1 or coming1 void of care1 ,well pleased with delights1 which present are1-- ,fair seasons1 budding sprays1 sweet smelling flowers1 ,to rocks1 to springs1 to rills1 from leafy bowers1 ,thou thy ,creator's goodness dost declare1 ,and what dear gifts on thee he did not spare1 ,a stain to human sense in sin that lowers2 ,what soul can be so sick1 which by thy songs 7,alter'd in sweetness17 sweetly is not driven ,quite to forget earth's turmoils1 spites1 and wrongs1 ,and lift a reverend eye and thought to ,heaven8 ,sweet artless songster1 thou my mind dost raise ,to air of spheres1 yes1 and to angels' lays4 ,w4 ,drummond4 ,behold6 and look away your low despair1 ,see the light tenants of the barren air3 ,to them no stores nor granaries belong1 ,nought but the woodland and the pleasing song2 ,yet your kind ,heavenly ,father bends his eye ,on the least wing that flits along the sky2 ,he hears their gay and their distressful call1 ,and with unsparing bounty fills them all4 ,thomson4 ,what is this mighty breath1 ye sages1 say1 ,that in a powerful language1 felt1 not heard1 ,instructs the fowls of ,heaven8 ,what but ,god6 ,inspiring ,god6 whose boundless spirit all ,and unremitting energy pervades1 ,adjusts1 sustains1 and agitates the whole4 ,thomson4 ,like an unfledged hungry bird1 that in its nest ,hears its returning mother flap her wings1 ,circling around when some choice food she brings2 ,the nestling's love for both is then exprest-- ,it strives to reach the food and be carest1 ,and rustles to begin its wanderings1 ,and thanks her with unwonted chiruppings1 ,in notes that seem too sweet for its young breast3-- ,so do ,i feel whene'er the brilliant light ,of the almighty sun to which ,i gaze1 ,cheers with unusual warmth my fainting soul2 ,urged by internal love to bless and praise1 ,i take the pen1 with joy beyond controul1 ,and fluttering1 praise my ,god with all my might4 ,vittoria ,colonna4 ,beautiful birds of lightsome wing1 ,bright creatures that come with the voice of spring2 ,we see you arrayed in the hues of the morn1 ,yet ye dream not of pride1 and ye wist not of scorn1 ,though rainbow splendour around you glows1 ,ye vaunt not the beauty which nature bestows3 ,oh6 what a lesson for glory are ye1 ,how ye preach the grace of humility4 ,swift birds that skim o'er the stormy deep1 ,who steadily onward your journey keep1 ,who neither for rest nor for slumber stay1 ,but press still forward1 by night or day-- ,as on your unwearying course ye fly1 ,beneath the clear and unclouded sky2 ,oh6 may we1 without delay1 like you1 ,the path of duty and right pursue4 ,sweet birds that breathe the spirit of song1 ,and surround heaven's gate in melodious throng2 ,who rise with the earliest beams of day1 ,your morning tribute of thanks to pay1 ,you remind me that we should likewise raise ,the voice of devotion1 and song of praise2 ,there's something about you that points on high1 ,ye beautiful tenants of earth and sky4 ,c4 ,w4 ,thompson4 ,birds1 joyous birds1 of the wandering wing6 ,whence is it ye come with the flowers of spring8 --8,we come from the shores of the green old ,nile1 ,from the land where the roses of ,sharon smile1 ,from the palms that wave through the ,indian sky1 ,from the myrrh trees of glowing ,araby4 ,a change we have found1 and many a change6 ,faces1 and footsteps1 and all things strange6 ,gone are the heads of the silvery hair1 ,and the young that were have a brow of care1 ,and the place is hushed where the children played-- ,nought looks the same1 save the nests we made60 ,sad is your tale of the beautiful earth1 ,birds that o'ersweep it in power and mirth6 ,yet through the wastes of the trackless air ,ye have a guide1 and shall we despair8 ,ye over desert and deep have passed-- ,so shall we reach our bright home at last4 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,what time thy heavenly voice preludes ,unto the fair and silent night1 ,winged minstrel of my solitudes1 ,unknown to thee ,i trace its flight4 ,thy voice so touching and sublime1 ,seems far too pure for this gross earth2 ,surely we well may deem the chime ,an instinct which with ,god has birth4 ,thy warblings and thy murmurs sweet1 ,into melodious union bring ,all fair sounds that in nature meet1 ,or float from heaven on wand'ring wing4 ,and that mysterious voice1 that sound ,which angels listen to with me1-- ,that sigh of pious night is found ,in thee1 melodious bird1 in thee4 ,lamartine4 ,ye gentle birds1 that perch aloof1 ,and smooth your pinions on my roof1 ,preparing for departure hence1 ,ere winter's angry threats commence3 ,like you my soul would smooth her plume1 ,for longer flights beyond the tomb4 ,may ,god1 by whom is seen and heard ,departing man and wandering bird1 ,in mercy mark me for ,his own1 ,and guide me to the land unknown6 ,hayley4 ,the bird1 let loose in eastern skies1 ,when hastening fondly home1 ,ne'er stoops to earth her wing1 nor flies ,where idler warblers roam4 ,so grant me1 ,lord6 from every stain ,of sinful passion free1 ,aloft through virtue's purer air1 ,to steer my course to ,thee4 ,no sin to cloud1 no lure to stay ,my soul1 as home she springs2 ,the sunshine on her joyful way2 ,thy freedom on her wings4 ,moore4 ,the wild bird's song is a song of praise1 ,which1 thankful1 he uplifts2 ,ever1 like him1 thy voice upraise1 ,to the giver of all good gifts4 ,egone4 ,,birth--,,born4 ,judah prevailed above his brethren1 and of him came the chief ruler2 but the birthright was ,joseph's4--,i4 ,chronicles1 v4 #b4 ,shall ,i bring to the birth1 and not cause to bring forth8 saith the ,lord4--,isaiah1 lxvi4 #i4 ,and thou shalt have joy and gladness2 and many shall rejoice at his birth4--,luke1 i4 #ad4 ,marvel not that ,i said unto thee1 ,ye must be born again4 ,the wind bloweth where it listeth1 and thou hearest the sound thereof1 but canst not tell whence it cometh1 and whither it goeth3 so is every one that is born of the spirit4--,john1 iii4 #g1 #h4 ,my little children1 of whom ,i travail in birth again until ,christ be formed in you4--,galatians1 iv4 #ai4 ,whosoever is born of ,god doth not commit sin2 for his seed remaineth in him3 and he cannot sin1 because he is born of ,god4--,i4 ,john1 iii4 #i4 ,orient light1 ,exhaling first from darkness1 they beheld1 ,birthday of heaven and earth4 ,milton4 ,thou hast been found ,by merit1 more than birthright1 ,son of ,god4 ,milton4 ,while no baseness in my breast ,i find1 ,i have not lost the birthright of my mind4 ,dryden4 ,they tell me 'tis my birthday1 and ,i'll keep it ,with double pomp of sadness2 ',tis what the day deserves which brought me forth4 ,dryden4 ,mysterious love6 that thou must recommence ,life and existence1 and be born anew1 ,born both of water and of spirit1 whence ,spirit comes only1 as flesh must flesh ensue3 ,and where it lists the wind shall blow1 whose sound ,thou hearest1 but know'st not--none-- ,whence cometh it1 nor whither it is bound2 ,and no man hath ascended into heaven ,but he who thence came down1 and bore the wound1 ,and perished that the world might be forgiven4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,let us learn the wondrous story1 ,of our great ,redeemer's birth2 ,spread the brightness of ,his glory1 ,till it cover all the earth4 ,hasten mortals to adore ,him1 ,till in heaven ye sing before ,him4 ,cawood4 ,are all the memories of life ,buried when life has fled8 ,are we forbid to keep again ,the birthdays of the dead8 ,time was when each successive year ,brought one bright day of mirth1 ,the looked-for anniversary ,of some belov'd one's birth4 ,the birthday feasts of childhood's age1 ,the feasts of riper years1 ,remind us of like youthful joys ,remembered now with tears4 ,for they with whom those days were spent1 ,have done with all on earth1 ,the fond home circle's broken up ,that hailed each day of birth4 ,yet as the days come round again ,marked with affection's seal1 ,once more we think of those we've lost1 ,once more their presence feel4 ,the blessed spirits now in ,heaven1 ,may not such cycles keep1 ,time metes not out their happiness1 ,they know not night or sleep4 ,yet may they still retain the thoughts ,commemorating birth1 ,and haply still they keep in ,heaven ,the calender of ,earth4 ,far off are they1 but still towards them ,our loving arms we spread1 ,and ever in our hearts we'll keep ,the birthdays of the dead4 ,george ,e4 ,shirley4 ,,blessing--,,blessedness--,,bless4 ,i will bless the ,lord at all times3 his praise shall continually be in my mouth4--,psalm xxxiv4 #a4 ,blessed are they that dwell in thy house3 they will be still praising thee4 ,blessed is the man whose strength is in thee4--,psalm lxxxiv4 #d1 #e4 ,blessings are upon the head of the just1 but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked4--,proverbs1 x4 #f4 ,the blessing of the ,lord1 it maketh rich1 and he addeth no sorrow with it4--,proverbs1 x4 #bb4 ,blessed are the pure in heart3 for they shall see ,god4--,matthew1 v4 #h4 ,i say unto you1 love your enemies1 bless them that curse you1 do good to them that hate you1 and pray for them which despitefully use you4--,matthew1 v4 #dd4 ,blessing2 knowing that ye are thereunto called1 that ye should inherit a blessing4--,i4 ,peter1 iii4 #i4 ,o ,all-,sufficient1 ,all-,beneficent6 ,thou ,god of ,goodness and of glory1 hear6 ,thou who to lowest minds dost condescend1 ,assuming passions to enforce thy laws1 ,adopting jealousy to prove thy love6 ,thou who resigned humility upholdest1 ,e'en as the florist props the drooping rose2 ,but quellest tyrannic pride with peerless power1 ,e'en as the tempest drives the stubborn oak6 ,o ,all-,sufficient1 ,all-,beneficent6 ,thou ,god of goodness and of glory1 hear6 ,bless all mankind1 and bring them in the end ,to heaven1 to immortality1 and ,thee6 ,smart4 ,o my soul1 with all thy powers1 ,bless the ,lord's most holy name2 ,o my soul1 till life's last hours1 ,bless the ,lord1 his praise proclaim2 ,thine infirmities ,he healed2 ,he thy peace and pardon sealed4 ,as in ,heaven1 ,his throne and dwelling4 ,king on earth ,he holds his sway2 ,angels1 ye in strength excelling1 ,bless the ,lord1 his voice obey2 ,all his works beneath the pole1 ,bless the ,lord1 with thee1 my soul4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,author of being6 life-sustaining king6 ,lo6 want's dependant eye from ,thee implores ,the seasons1 which provide nutritious stores2 ,give to her prayers the renovating spring1 ,and summer's heats all perfecting1 that bring ,the fruits which autumn1 from a thousand shores ,selecteth provident6 when earth adores ,her ,god1 and all her vales exultory sing4 ,without thy blessing the submissive steer ,bends to the ploughman's galling yoke in vain2 ,without thy blessing on the varied year1 ,can the swarth reaper grasp the golden grain8 ,without thy blessing all is blank and drear2 ,with it the joys of ,eden bloom again4 ,wordsworth4 ,blessed be thy name for ever1 ,thou of life the guard and giver2 ,thou canst guard the creatures sleeping1 ,heal the heart long broke with weeping4 ,god of stillness and of motion1 ,of the desert and the ocean1 ,of the mountain1 rock1 and river1 ,blessed be thy name for ever4 ,thou who slumberest not1 nor sleepest1 ,blest are they thou kindly keepest2 ,god of evening's parting ray1 ,of midnight's gloom1 and dawning day1 ,that rises from the azure sea1 ,like breathings of eternity2 ,god of life6 that fade shall never1 ,blessed be thy name for ever4 ,james ,hogg4 ,oh6 'tis a sight the soul to cheer1 ,the promise of the fruitful year1 ,when ,god abroad his bounty flings1 ,and answering nature laughs and sings6 ,he1 8for the evil and the good10 ,for them1 who with heart's gratitude1 ,for them1 who thanklessly receive ,the blessings ,he vouchsafes to give1 ,bids from his storehouse in the skies1 8,his rain descend1 his sun arise40 ,mant4 ,thrice blessed they who dwell ,within thine house1 my ,god1 ,where daily praises swell1 ,and still the floor is trod ,by those who in thy presence bow1 ,by those whose ,king and ,god art thou4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,blessed are the pure in heart1 ,for they shall see our ,god2 ,the secret of the ,lord is theirs1 ,their soul is ,christ's abode4 ,spotless their robes and pure1 ,dipped in the sea of light1 ,that hides the unapproached shrine ,from men's and angels' sight4 ,keble4 ,from darkness here1 and dreariness1 ,we ask not full repose1 ,only be thou at hand to bless ,our trial hour of woes4 ,is not the pilgrim's toil o'erpaid ,by the clear rill and palmy shade8 ,and see we not1 up earth's dark glade1 ,the gate of ,heaven unclose8 ,keble4 ,thou that created'st all6 ,thou fountain ,of our sun's light--who dwellest far ,from man1 beyond the farthest star1 ,yet1 ever present2 who dost heed ,our spirits in their human need2 ,we bless thee1 ,father1 that we are6 ,we bless thee for our inward life2 ,for its immortal date decreeing2 ,for that which comprehendeth thee1 ,a spark of thy divinity1 ,which is the being of our being6 ,we bless thee for this bounteous earth2 ,for its increase--for corn and wine2 ,for forest-oaks1 for mountain-rills2 ,for cattle 8on a thousand hills20 ,we bless thee--for all good is thine6 ,mary ,howitt4 ,we have the promise of th' eternal truth1 ,those who live well1 and pious paths pursue1 ,to man and to their ,maker true2 ,let them expire in age or youth1 ,can never miss ,their way to everlasting bliss2 ,but from a world of misery and care1 ,to mansions of eternal ease repair2 ,where joy in full perfection flows1 ,and in an endless circle moves ,through the vast round of beatific love1 ,which no cessation knows4 ,john ,pomfret4 ,no1 'tis in vain to seek for bliss1 ,for bliss can ne'er be found ,till we arrive where ,jesus is1 ,and tread on heav'nly ground4 ,watts4 ,when we have slept that dreamless sleep1 ,which dearest hearts must sever2 ,o may we wake no more to weep1 ,but live in bliss for ever4 ,john ,linden4 ,true bliss1 the flower of ,paradise1 ,lives not in this ungenial clime2 ,it blossoms in celestial skies1 ,beyond the ravages of time2 ,the joy to christian pilgrims given1 ,is but the rich perfume of heaven4 ,w4 ,j4 ,brock4 ,true bliss1 the flower of ,paradise1 ,why seek it here below8 ,it groweth only 'neath those skies ,with love divine that glow4 ,warmed by the sun of righteousness1 ,and watered by the dews ,of mercy1 and redeeming grace1 ,how lively are its hues6 ,in heaven1 an amaranthine flower1 ,on earth1 it blossoms but an hour4 ,egone4 ,,blindness4 ,the ,lord openeth the eyes of the blind4--,psalm cxlvi4 #h4 ,then the eyes of the blind shall be opened4--,isaiah1 xxxv4 #e4 ,he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted1 to preach deliverance to the captives1 and recovering of sight to the blind4--,luke1 iv4 #ah4 ,having the understanding darkened1 being alienated from the life of ,god through the ignorance that is in them1 because of the blindness of their heart4--,ephesians1 iv4 #ah4 ,when ,i consider how my light is spent ,ere half my days in this dark world and wide1 ,and that one talent which is death to hide1 ,lodged with me useless1 though my soul more bent ,to serve therewith my ,maker1 and present ,my true account1 lest he returning chide2 8,doth ,god exact day-labour1 light denied80 ,i fondly ask3 but patience1 to prevent ,that murmur1 soon replies1 8,god doth not need ,either man's works1 or his own gifts2 who best ,bear ,his mild yoke1 they serve ,him best3 ,his state ,is kingly1 thousands at his bidding speed1 ,and post o'er land and ocean without rest2 ,they also serve1 who only stand and wait40 ,milton4 ,there is a poor ,blind ,man1 who every day1 ,in summer sunshine1 or in winter's rain1 ,duly as tolls the bell to the high fane1 ,explores1 with faltering footsteps1 his dark way1 ,to kneel before his ,maker1 and to hear ,the chanted service pealing full and clear4 ,ask why1 alone1 in the same spot he kneels ,through the long year8 ,oh6 the wide world is cold1 ,as dark to him2 here1 he no longer feels ,his sad bereavement--,faith and ,hope uphold ,his heart--he feels not he is poor and blind1 ,amid the unpitying tumult of mankind3 ,as thro' the aisles the choral anthems roll1 ,his soul is in the choirs above the skies1 ,and songs1 far off1 of angel companies4 ,oh6 happy1 if the ,rich--the ,vain--the ,proud-- ,the plumed ,actors in life's motley crowd1-- ,since pride is dust1 and life itself a span1-- ,would learn one ,lesson from a poor ,blind ,man4 ,lisle ,bowles4 ,i see1 and yet ,i see not2 outward things ,are visible unto me3 ,i behold ,the fresh1 cool verdure of succeeding springs2 ,the glories of the summer manifold2 ,the forests rich with their autumnal gold2 ,the creatures beautiful1 that spread their wings ,in the warm sunshine2 blossoms that unfold ,bright as man's hopes and vain imaginings4 ,the glories of the universe are spread ,before me1 and ,i see them with delight3 ,yet am ,i blind of heart1 and cold1 and dead ,to spiritual things4 ,god grant me light ,to understand1 and warmth to feel1 and grace ,thy message to receive--,thy wondrous power to trace4 ,egone4 ,but in ,god's temple the great lamp is out1 ,and he must worship glory in the dark6 ,till death1 in midnight mystery1 hath brought ,the veiled soul's re-illuminating spark-- ,the pillar of the cloud enfolds the ,ark6 ,and1 like a man that prayeth underground ,in ,bethlehem's rocky shrine1 he can but mark ,the lingering hours by circumstance and sound1 ,and break1 with gentle hymns1 the solemn silence round4 ,yet still life's better light shines out above6 ,and in that village church1 where first he learned ,to bear his cheerless doom1 for heaven's dear love1 ,he sits1 with wistful face1 for ever turned ,to hear of those who heavenly pity earned2 ,blind ,bartimus1 and him desolate1 ,who for ,bethesda's waters vainly yearned3 ,and only sighs1 condemned so long to wait1 ,baffled and helpless still1 beyond the ,temple gate6 ,mrs4 ,norton4 ,,blood4 ,and ,moses took the blood1 and sprinkled it on the people1 and said1 ,behold the blood of the covenant1 which the ,lord hath made with you4--,exodus1 xxiv4 #h4 ,deliver me from blood-guiltiness1 ,o ,god1 thou ,god of my salvation3 and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness4--,psalm li4 #ad4 ,by the blood of thy covenant ,i have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit4--,zechariah1 ix4 #aa4 ,god hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth4--,acts1 xvii4 #bf4 ,neither by the blood of goats and calves1 but by his own blood1 he entered in once into the holy place1 having obtained eternal redemption for us4--,hebrews1 ix4 #ab4 ,almost all things are by the law purged with blood2 and without shedding of blood is no remission4--,hebrews1 ix4 #bb4 ,the blood of ,jesus ,christ1 his son1 cleanseth us from all sin4--,i4 ,john1 i4 #g4 ,strange is it that our bloods1 ,of colour1 weight1 and heat1 poured all together1 ,would quite confound distinction1 yet stand off ,in difference so mighty4 ,shakspere4 ,ye ,sacred ,writings6 on whose antique leaves ,the wondrous deeds of heaven recorded lie1 ,say1 what might be the cause1 that mercy heaves ,the dust of sin above the starry sky1 ,and lets it not in dust and ashes fly8 ,could ,justice be of sin so over-wooed1 ,or so great ill because of so great good1 ,that1 bloody man to save1 man's ,saviour shed his blood4 ,giles ,fletcher4 ,o1 thou great ,power6 in whom we move1 ,by whom we live1 to whom we die1 ,behold me through thy beams of love1 ,whilst on this couch of tears ,i lie1 ,and cleanse my sordid soul within ,by thy ,christ's blood1 the bath of sin4 ,no hallowed oils1 no gums ,i need1 ,no new-born drams of purging fire3 ,one rosy drop from ,david's seed ,was worlds of seas to quench thine ire3 ,o1 precious ransom6 which once paid1 ,the ,consummatum est was said4 ,and said by him1 that said no more1 ,but sealed it with his sacred breath3 ,thou1 then1 thus hast dispurged our score1 ,and dying wert the death of death2 ,be now whilst on thy name we call1 ,our life1 our strength1 our joy1 our all4 ,sir ,henry ,wotton4 ,stretched on the cross1 the ,saviour dies1 ,hark6 his expiring groans arise6 ,see1 how the sacred crimson tide ,flows from his hands1 his feet1 his side4 ,but life attends the deathful sound1 ,and flows from every bleeding wound2 ,the vital stream1 how free it flows1 ,to save and cleanse his rebel foes6 ,lord6 didst thou bleed8 for sinners bleed8 ,and could the sun behold the deed8 ,no6 he withdrew his sickening ray1 ,and darkness veiled the mourning day4 ,steele4 ,there is a fountain filled with blood1 ,drawn from ,immanuel's veins2 ,and sinners plunged beneath that flood1 ,lose all their guilty stains4 ,the dying thief rejoiced to see ,that fountain in his day2 ,o may ,i there1 though vile as he1 ,wash all my sins away6 ,dear dying ,lamb6 thy precious blood ,shall never lose its power1 ,till all the ransomed church of ,god ,be saved1 to sin no more4 ,cowper4 ,not all the blood of beasts ,on ,jewish altars slain1 ,could give the guilty conscience peace1 ,or wash away the stain4 ,but ,christ the heavenly ,lamb1 ,takes all our sins away2 ,a sacrifice of nobler name1 ,and richer blood than they4 ,watts4 ,,blossom4 ,therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble1 and the flame consumeth the chaff1 so their root shall be as rottenness1 and their blossom shall go up as dust3 because they have cast away the law of the ,lord of hosts1 and despised the word of the ,holy ,one of ,israel4--,isaiah1 v4 #bd4 ,the wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them2 and the desert shall rejoice1 and blossom as the rose4 ,it shall blossom abundantly4--,isaiah1 xxxv4 #a1 #b4 ,fair pledges of a fruitful tree1 ,why do you fall so fast8 ,your date is not so past ,but you may stay yet here awhile1 ,to blush and gently smile1 ,and go at last4 ,what6 were ye born to be ,an hour and half's delight ,and so to bid good-night8 ',twas pity nature brought ye forth ,merely to show your worth1 ,and lose you quite4 ,but you are lovely leaves1 where we ,may read how soon things have ,their end1 though ne'er so brave1 ,and after they have shown their pride ,like you awhile1 they glide ,into the grave4 ,herrick4 ,our life hath many a wintry scene1 ,deciduous are our sweetest joys2 ,and blossoms that have loveliest been1 ,some withering demon oft destroys4 ,but there are germs that inly lie1 ,waiting the touch of some kind hand1 ,germs that destruction's power defy1 ,and soon in bloom of hope expand4 ,w4 ,j4 ,brock4 ,lo1 the arid desert ,shall blossom as the rose1 ,wheresoe'er the messenger ,of the ,saviour goes4 ,egone4 ,,boldness4 ,i speak as concerning reproach1 as though we had been weak4 ,howbeit whereinsoever any is bold1 7,i speak foolishly17 ,i am bold also4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 xi4 #ba4 ,great is my boldness of speech towards you4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 vii4 #d4 ,christ ,jesus our ,lord3 ,in whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him4--,ephesians1 iii4 #aa1 #ab4 ,herein is our love made perfect1 that we may have boldness in the day of judgment3 because as he is1 so are we in this world4--,i4 ,john1 iv4 #ag4 ,we were bold in our ,god to speak unto you the gospel of ,god with much contention4--,i4 ,thessalonians1 ii4 #b4 ,the wicked flee when no man pursueth3 but the righteous are bold as a lion4--,proverbs1 xxviii4 #a4 ,where high the heavenly temple stands1 ,the house of ,god not made with hands1 ,a great ,high ,priest our nature wears1 ,the guardian of mankind appears4 ,he who for men their surety stood1 ,and poured on earth ,his precious blood1 ,pursues in heaven ,his mighty plan1 ,the ,saviour and the friend of man4 ,with boldness1 therefore1 at the throne ,let us make all our sorrows known1 ,and ask the aid of heavenly power ,to help us in the evil hour4 ,logan4 ,jesus6 ,thy blood and righteousness ,my beauty are my glorious dress2 ',midst flaming worlds1 in these array'd1 ,with joy shall ,i lift up my head4 ,bold shall ,i stand in ,thy great day2 ,for who aught to my charge shall lay8 ,fully absolv'd through these ,i am ,from sin and fear1 from guilt and shame4 ,wesley4 ,the man is bold who fronts the cannon's mouth1 ,and trembles not when danger leads the way2 ,but bolder far is he who speaks the truth ,regardless who may stand around and hear1 ,and with a kindly spirit dares reprove ,the fool that cavils at a world to come4 ,j4 ,burbidge4 ,,bondage4 ,the bondage was heavy upon this people4--,nehemiah1 v4 #ah4 ,they answered him1 ,we be ,abraham's seed1 and were never in bondage to any man3 how sayest thou1 ,ye shall be made free4--,john1 viii4 #cc4 ,and ,god spake on this wise1 ,that his seed should sojourn in a strange land3 and that they should bring them into bondage1 and entreat them evil four hundred years4--,acts1 vii4 #f4 ,the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of ,god4--,romans1 viii4 #ba4 ,put on charity1 which is the bond of perfectness4--,colossians1 iii4 #ad4 ,deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage4--,hebrews1 ii4 #ae4 ,get up1 my soul2 redeem thy sluggish eyes ,from drowsy bondage3 ,o beware2 be wise3 ,thy foe's before thee2 thou must fight or fly3 ,life lies most open in a closed eye4 ,quarles4 ,lamb of ,god1 for sinners slain1 ,to thee ,i feebly pray2 ,heal me of my grief and pain1 ,o take my sins away2 ,from this bondage ,lord release2 ,no longer let me be opprest2 ,jesus1 ,master1 seal my peace1 ,and take me to thy breast4 ,wesley4 ,my ,god1 what silken cords are thine6 ,how soft1 and yet how strong6 ,while power1 and truth1 and love combine1 ,to draw our souls along4 ,thou sawest us crushed beneath the yoke ,of ,satan and of sin3 ,thy hand the iron bondage broke1 ,our worthless hearts to win4 ,drawn by such cords1 we onward move1 ,till round thy throne we meet2 ,and1 captive in the chains of love1 ,embrace our conqueror's feet4 ,doddridge4 ,,book4 ,and he took the book of the covenant1 and read in the audience of the people4--,exodus1 xxiv4 #g4 ,ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people2 7for he was above all the people27 and when he opened it1 all the people stood up4--,nehemiah1 viii4 #e4 ,oh that my words were now written6 oh that they were printed in a book6--,job1 xix4 #bc4 ,of making many books there is no end2 and much study is a weariness of the flesh4--,ecclesiastes1 xii4 #ab4 ,there shall in no wise enter into it 7the holy city7 any thing that defileth1 neither whatsoever worketh abomination1 or maketh a lie3 but they which are written in the ,lamb's book of life4--,revelation1 xxi4 #bg4 ,thy glass will shew thee how thy beauties wear1 ,thy dial how thy precious minutes waste1 ,thy vacant leaves thy mind's imprint will bear1 ,and of this book this learning may'st thou taste3 ,the wrinkles which thy glass will truly show1 ,of mouthed graves will give thee memory2 ,thou by the dial's shady stealth may'st know ,time's thievish progress to eternity2 ,look1 what thy memory cannot contain1 ,commit to these waste blanks1 and thou shall find ,those children nursed delivered from thy brain ,to take a new acquaintance of thy mind4 ,these offices so oft as thou wilt look1 ,will profit thee1 and much enrich thy book4 ,shakspere4 ,but what strange art1 what magic can dispose ,the troubled mind to change its native woes1 ,or lead us willing from ourselves1 to see ,others more wretched1 more undone than we8 ,this books can do2--nor this alone1 they give ,new views of life1 and teach us how to live4 ,they soothe the grieved1 the stubborn they chastise1 ,fools they admonish1 and confound the wise2 ,their aid they lead to all2 they never shun ,the man of sorrow1 nor the wretch undone4 ,unlike the hard1 the selfish1 and the proud1 ,they fly not sullen from the suppliant crowd2 ,nor tell to various people various things1 ,but show to subjects what they show to kings4 ,blessed be the gracious ,power6 who taught mankind ,to stamp a lasting image of the mind4 ,beasts may convey and tuneful birds may sing their mutual feelings in the opening spring1 ,but man alone has skill and power to send ,the heart's warm dictates to a distant friend2 ',tis his alone to please1 instruct1 advise ,ages remote1 and nations yet to rise4 ,crabbe4 ,i love the sacred book of ,god1 ,no other can its place supply2 ,it points me to the saints' abode1 ,it gives me wings1 and bids me fly4 ,blest book6 in thee my eyes discern ,the image of my absent ,lord2 ,from thine instructive page ,i learn ,the joys his presence will afford4 ,then shall ,i need thy light no more1 ,for nothing shall be there concealed2 ,when ,i have reached the heavenly shore ,the ,lord himself will stand revealed4 ,when1 'midst the throng celestial placed1 ,the bright original ,i see1 ,from which thy sacred page was traced1 ,blest book6 ,i've no more need of thee4 ,but while ,i'm here thou shalt supply ,his place1 and tell me of ,his love2 ,i'll read with faith's discerning eye1 ,and thus partake of joys above4 ,kelly4 ,there is a book1 who runs may read1 ,which heavenly truth imparts1 ,and all the lore its scholars need ,pure eyes and ,christian hearts4 ,the works of ,god above1 below1 ,within us1 and around1 ,are pages in that book1 to show ,how ,god ,himself is found4 ,keble4 ,,bounty4 ,i will sing unto the ,lord1 because he hath dealt bountifully with me4--,psalm xiii4 #f4 ,return unto thy rest1 ,o my soul2 for the ,lord hath dealt bountifully with thee4--,psalm cxvi4 #g4 ,being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness1 which causeth through us thanksgiving to ,god4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 ix4 #aa4 ,this goodly frame of temperance1 ,formerly grounded1 and fast settled ,on firm foundation of true bountihood4 ,spenser4 ,those godlike men1 to wanting virtue kind1 ,bounty well placed preferred1 and well designed1 ,to all their titles4 ,dryden4 ,how full of cheer1 ,joyous1 devout1 and grateful is the soul ,to see again its unexhausted ,god ,thus pile the table of a world with bread6 ,for what's the globe on which we all subsist8 ,the table of immortal bounty 'tis1 ,a feast perpetual1 where unnumbered sons ,sit down to banquet as their sires withdraw1 ,and in succession generations feed1 ,contented rise1 give thanks1 and pass away4 ,hurdis4 ,the hand that built the palace of the sky1 ,formed the light wings that decorate a fly2 ,the power that wheels the circling planets round1 ,rears every infant floweret on the ground2 ,that bounty which the mightiest beings share1 ,feeds the least gnat that gilds the evening air4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,i love the ,lord2--he lent an ear ,when ,i for help implored2 ,he rescued me from all my fear1 ,therefore ,i love the ,lord4 99 99 99 99 99 ,return1 my soul1 unto my rest1 ,from ,god no longer roam2 ,his hand hath bountifully blest1 ,his goodness called thee home4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,bread4 ,then said the ,lord unto ,moses1 ,behold1 ,i will rain bread from heaven for you2 and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day1 that ,i may prove them1 whether they will walk in my law1 or no4--,exodus1 xvi4 #d4 ,man doth not live by bread only1 but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the ,lord doth man live4--,deuteronomy1 viii4 #c4 ,bread which strengtheneth man's heart4--,psalm civ4 #ae4 ,cast thy bread upon the waters3 for thou shalt find it after many days4--,ecclesiastes1 xi4 #a4 ,he that walketh righteously1 and speaketh uprightly2 he that despiseth the gain of oppressions1 that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes1 that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood1 and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil2 he shall dwell on high3 his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks3 bread shall be given him2 his waters shall be sure4--,isaiah1 xxxiii4 #ae1 #af4 ,give us this day our daily bread4--,matthew1 vi4 #aa4 ,the bread of ,god is he which cometh down from heaven1 and giveth life unto the world4--,john1 vi4 #cc4 ,o ,king of earth1 and air1 and sea6 ,the hungry ravens cry to thee2 ,to thee the scaly tribes that sweep ,the bosom of the boundless deep4 ,thy bounteous hand with food can bless ,the bleak and lonely wilderness2 ,and thou has taught us1 ,lord1 to pray ,for daily bread from day to day4 ,and ,o1 when through the wilds we roam1 ,that part us from our heavenly home2 ,when lost in danger1 want1 and woe1 ,our faithless tears begin to flow2 ,do thou thy gracious comfort give1 ,by which alone the soul may live2 ,and grant thy servants1 ,lord1 we pray1 ,the bread of life1 from day to day4 ,heber4 ,bread of ,heaven6 on thee ,i feed1 ,for thy flesh is meat indeed4 ,ever may my soul be fed ,with this true and living bread2 ,day by day with strength supplied1 ,through the life of ,him who died4 ,conder4 8,give us our daily bread10--and was that prayer ,unanswered from high ,heav'n's eternal dome8 ,no1 poor man1 no6--its music entered there1 ,and blessings dropp'd upon our earthly home3 ,let thy sad eye look round thee everywhere1 ,when the rich showers or golden sunbeams come1 ,and plenty greets thee from the teeming sod-- ,the fruit that blossoms from the hand of ,god8 8,give us our daily bread20 ,heaven whispers1 8,yes40 8,give us our daily bread20 ,earth mutters1 8,no10 ,and mocks the weepings of her sons' distress3 ,bright hours of change are coming1 sure though slow1 ,when pride1 and want1 and error shall be less1 ,and more of ,heaven be registered below2 ,even now the half of ,slavery's flag is furled1 ,and ,thought's free sunshine circles the wide world4 ,burrington4 ,kill not the flower that feeds the useful bee1 ,for more than beauteous is that sweet flower's blush2 ',tis toil's reward that sweetens industry1 ,as love inspires with strength th' enraptured thrush4 ,to fall'n humanity our ,father said1 ,that food and bliss should not be found unsought3 ,that man should labour for his daily bread2 ,but not that man should toil and sweat for nought4 ,not that the best should live a living death1 ,to give the worst a beastly sense of life2 ,and waste in servitude their fleeting breath1 ,weeping with care and want a hopeless strife4 ,e4 ,elliott4 ,father in heaven6 thy sacred name ,in hallowed strains be sung6 ,thy kingdom spread o'er all the earth2 ,thy praise fill every tongue4 ,by happy spirits round thy throne1 ,as thy commands are done2 ,so be thy perfect will obeyed ,by all beneath the sun4 ,our numerous wants are known to thee1 ,who canst alone supply2 ,o grant each day our daily bread1 ,nor other good deny4 ,hancox4 ,,break--,,breaking4 ,our heart is not turned back1 neither have our steps declined from thy way2 though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons1 and covered us with the shadow of death4--,psalm xliv4 #ah1 #ai4 ,the ,lord doth build up ,jerusalem2 he gathereth together the outcasts of ,israel4 ,he healeth the broken in heart1 and bindeth up their wounds4--,psalm cxlvii4 #b1 #c4 ,the ,lord hath annointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek2 he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted1 to proclaim liberty to the captives1 and the opening of the prison to them that are bound4--,isaiah1 lxi4 #a4 ,a bruised reed shall he not break4--,isaiah1 xlii4 #c4 ,for circumcision verily profiteth1 if thou keep the law2 but if thou be a breaker of the law1 thy circumcision is made uncircumcision4--,romans1 ii4 #be4 ,o many ,have broke their backs with laying manors on 'em ,for this great journey4 ,shakspere4 ,virtues like these ,make human nature shine1 reform the soul1 ,and break our fierce barbarians into men4 ,addison4 ,unhappy man1 to break the pious laws ,of nature1 pleading in his children's cause4 ,dryden4 ,almighty ,power1 by whose most wise command1 ,helpless1 forlorn1 uncertain1 here ,i stand2 ,take this faint glimmering of thyself away1 ,and break into my soul with perfect day6 ,arbuthnot4 ,see ,heaven its sparkling portals wide display1 ,and break upon thee in a flood of day4 ,pope4 ,not streaming blood1 nor purging fire1 ,thy righteous anger can appease2 ,burnt-offerings thou dost not require1 ,or gladly ,i would render these4 ,the broken heart in sacrifice1 ,alone may thine acceptance meet2 ,my heart1 ,o ,god1 do not despise1 ,broken and contrite1 at thy feet4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,breath--,,breathing4 ,by the blast of ,god they perish1 and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed4--,job1 iv4 #i4 ,thou hidest thy face1 they are troubled3 thou takest away their breath1 they die1 and return to their dust4--,psalm civ4 #bi4 ,behold1 the name of the ,lord cometh from far1 burning with his anger1 and the burden thereof is heavy3 his lips are full of indignation1 and his tongue as a devouring fire4 ,and his breath1 as an overflowing stream1 shall reach to the midst of the neck4--,isaiah1 xxx4 #bg1 #bh4 ,thou hast heard my voice3 hide not thine ear at my breathing1 at my cry4--,lamentations1 iii4 #ef4 ,since ,i in storms most used to be1 ,and seldom yielded flowers1 ,how shall ,i get a wreath for thee ,from those rude barren hours8 ,the softer dressings of the spring1 ,or summer's later store1 ,i will not for thy temples bring1 ,which thorns1 not roses1 wore3 ,but a twined wreath of grief and praise1 ,praise soiled with tears1 and tears again ,shining with joy1 like dewy days1 ,this day ,i bring for all thy pain1 ,thy causeless pain2 and as sad death1 ,which sadness breeds in the most vain1 ,o not in vain2 now beg thy breath1 ,thy quick'ning breath1 which gladly bears ,through saddest clouds to that glad place ,where cloudless quires sing without tears1 ,sing thy just praise1 and see thy face4 ,henry ,vaughan4 ,as those we love decay1 we die in part1 ,string after string is severed from the heart2 ,till loosened life1 at last1 but breathing clay1 ,without one pang is glad to fall away4 ,unhappy he who latest feels the blow1 ,whose eyes have wept o'er every friend1 laid low1 ,dragged lingering on1 from partial death to death1 ,till1 dying1 all he can resign is breath4 ,thomson4 ,,brightness4 ,through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled4--,,ii4 ,samuel1 xxii4 #ac4 ,god came from ,teman1 and the ,holy ,one from ,mount ,paran4 ,his glory covered the heavens1 and the earth was full of his praise4 ,and his brightness was as the light4--,habakkuk1 iii4 #c1 #d4 ,then shall that wicked be revealed1 whom the ,lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth1 and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming4--,,ii4 ,thessalonians1 ii4 #h4 ,impotent words1 weak lines1 that strive in vain1 ,in vain1 alas6 to tell so heavenly sight6 ,so heavenly sight as none can greater feign1 ,feign what he can1 that seems of greatest might3 ,could any yet compare with ,infinite8 ,infinite sure these joys2 my words but light3 ,light is the palace where she dwells--,o then how bright6 ,giles ,fletcher4 ,through a cloud1 ,drawn round about thee like a radiant shrine1 ,dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear4 ,milton4 ,hope elevates1 and joy ,brightens his crest4 ,milton4 ,high in yonder realms of light1 ,far above these lower skies1 ,fair and exquisitely bright1 ,heaven's unfading mansions rise4 ,built of pure and massy gold1 ,strong and durable are they2 ,deck'd with gems of worth untold1 ,subjected to no decay4 ,raffles4 ,my ,father's house on high1 ,home of my soul1 how near ,at times1 to faith's foreseeing eye1 ,thy golden gates appear6 ,ah6 then my spirit faints ,to reach the land ,i love1 ,the bright inheritance of saints1 ,jerusalem above4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,brotherhood4 ,thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart4--,leviticus1 xix4 #ag4 ,if thy brother be waxen poor1 and hath sold away some of his possession1 and if any of his kin come to redeem it1 then shall he redeem that which his brother sold4--,leviticus1 xxv4 #be4 ,if there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates1 in thy land which the ,lord thy ,god giveth thee1 thou shalt not harden thine heart1 nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother3 but thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him1 and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need1 in that which he wanteth4--,deuteronomy1 xv4 #g1 #h4 ,if thou bring thy gift to the altar1 and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee2 leave there thy gift before the altar1 and go thy way2 first be reconciled to thy brother1 and then come and offer thy gift4--,matthew1 v4 #bc1 #bd4 ,then came ,peter to him1 and said1 ,lord1 how oft shall my brother sin against me1 and ,i forgive him8 till seven times8 ,jesus saith unto him1 ,i say not unto thee1 ,until seven times3 but1 ,until seventy times seven4--,matthew1 xviii4 #ba1 #bb4 ,whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of ,god1 neither he that loveth nor his brother4--,i4 ,john1 iii4 #aj4 ,come1 ,christian brethren1 ere we part1 ,join every voice and every heart1 ,our solemn hymn to ,god we raise ,our final song of grateful praise4 ,christians we here may meet no more1 ,but there is yet a happier shore2 ,and there1 released from toil and pain1 ,brethren1 we all shall meet again4 ,h4 ,kirke ,white4 ,even now a radiant angel goeth forth1 ,a spirit that hath healing in its wings-- ,and flyeth east and west1 and south and north1 ,to do the bidding of the ,king of ,kings2 ,stirring men's hearts to compass better things1 ,and teaching ,brotherhood as that sweet source1 ,which holdeth in itself all blessed springs2 ,and showeth how to guide its silver course1 ,when it shall flood the world with deep exulting force4 ,mrs4 ,norton4 ,a brother's grave oft leads the soul ,up to a brother's joys2 ,joys which ne'er yield to time's controul1 ,beyond the jewelled skies4 ,w4 ,j4 ,brock4 ,oh1 if the thought be beautiful1 if it be wise and kind1 ,to weave the bond of brotherhood1 the whole wide world to bind2 ,and if to sheathe the murderous sword be called a holy deed1 ,let all the praise be given to ,thee1 from whom all such proceed6 ,hail1 manifested ,saviour ,king6 ,brother of every man6 ,of the poor negro in his chains1 the roving mountain clan2 ,redeemer of the forest child1 and of the fettered slave2 ,lover of every human soul1 in city1 waste1 or wave4 ,emma ,tatham4 ,give me thy hand1 brother--give me thy hand1 ,but not as our fathers did1 dropping with gore2 ,dash down the gauntlet1 and shiver the brand1 ,but not in the fashion they did so of yore2 ,throw away war's array1--come let us prove ,which has the heart that is strongest in love4 ,dost thou come from ,columbia1 afar o'er the deep1 ,where the forest its requiem sings in the storm2 ,where the bison and elk o'er the broad prairie sweep1 ,and the hero of labour has conquered a farm8 ,ah1 then come away1 as a brother should come1 ,for our fathers had birth in the same island home4 ,j4 ,b4 ,syme4 ,oh6 never let us lightly fling ,the barb of woe to wound another2 ,oh6 let us never haste to bring ,the cup of sorrow to a brother4 ,each has the power to wound1 but he ,who wounds that he may witness pain1 ,has learnt no law of charity1 ,which ne'er inflicts a pang in vain4 ',tis godlike to awaken joy1 ,or sorrow's influence to subdue3 ,but not to wound1 nor to annoy1 ,is part of virtue's lesson too2-- ,peace1 winged in fairer worlds above1 ,shall lend her dawn and brighten this1 ,when all man's labour shall be love1 ,and all his thoughts a brother's bliss4 ,j4 ,bowring4 ,in all around we see ,links of the chain that binds the soul of man ,unto his brother man4 ,no human eye ,can gaze undazzled where those links begin1 ,nor trace them to their end4 ,alone to ,faith1 ,with her far eagle-gaze1 'tis given to see ,that the all-loving heart of ,nature's ,god1 ,and man's ,redeemer1 is the burning clasp ,that joins in one that all-embracing zone1 ,round as the circle of eternity4 99 99 99 99 99 ,this truth1 more beautiful than all beside1 ,that ,he1 whose name is ,love1 and from whose heart1 ,as from a living and immortal root1 ,the whole fair universe hath budded forth1 ,hath granted him the high and holy right ,to call him 8,father0--,so all things speak ,god's ,fatherhood1 and ,brotherhood of man4 ,h4 ,m4 ,p4 ,not with the flashing steel1 ,not with the cannon's peal1 ,nor stir of drum2 ,but in the bonds of love1 ,our white flag floats above2 ,its emblem is the dove1-- ,thus we come4 ,oh1 then6 in ,god's great name1 ,let each pure spirit's flame ,burn bright and clear2 ,stand firmly in your lot1 ,cry ye aloud1 doubt not1 ,be every fear forgot1 ,christ leads us here4 ,so shall earth's distant lands1 ,in happy1 holy bands1 ,one brotherhood1 ,together rise and sing1 ,gifts to one altar bring1 ,and heaven's eternal ,king ,pronounce it good4 ,elnathan ,davis4 ,in these romantic regions man grows wild3 ,here dwells the ,negro1 nature's outcast child2 ,scorned by his brethren2 but his mother's eye1 ,that gazes on him from her warmest sky1 ,sees in his flexile limbs untutored grace1 ,power on his forehead1 beauty in his face2 ,sees in his breast1 where lawless passions rove1 ,the heart of friendship1 and the home of love2 ,sees in his mind1 where desolation reigns1 ,fierce as his clime1 uncultured as his plains1 ,a soil where virtue's fairest flowers might shoot1 ,and trees of science bend with glorious fruit2 ,sees in his soul1 involved in thickest night1 ,an emanation of eternal light1 ,ordained1'midst sinking worlds1 his dust to fire1 ,and shine for ever when the stars expire4 ,is he not man1 though ,knowledge never shed ,her quickening beams on his neglected head8 ,is he not man1 though sweet ,religion's voice ,ne'er made the mourner in his ,god rejoice8 ,is he not man1 by sin and suffering tried8 ,is he not man1 for whom the ,saviour died8 ,belie the ,negro's powers3--in headlong will1 ,christian6 thy brother thou shalt prove him still3 ,belie his virtues2 since his wrongs began1 ,his follies and his crimes have stamped him man4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,for ,god1 who made this teeming earth so full1 ,and made the proud dependent on the dull-- ,the strong upon the weak1 thereby would show ,one common bond should link us all below4 ,mrs4 ,norton4 ,if ,i were a voice1 a convincing voice1 ,i'd travel with the wind1 ,and wherever ,i saw the nations torn ,by warfare1 jealousy1 or scorn1 ,or hatred of their kind1 ,i'd fly1 ,i'd fly1 on the thunder crash1 ,and into their blinded bosoms flash2 ,and all their evil thoughts subdued1 ,i'd teach them ,christian ,brotherhood4 ,c4 ,mackay4 ,,calamity4 ,they prevented me in the day of my calamity3 but the ,lord was my stay4--,,ii4 ,samuel1 xxii4 #ai4 ,oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed1 and my calamity laid in the balances together6--,job1 vi4 #b4 ,be merciful unto me1 ,o ,god1 be merciful unto me3 for my soul trusteth in thee3 yea1 in the shadow of thy wings will ,i make my refuge1 until these calamities be overpast4--,psalm lvii4 #a4 ,he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished4--,proverbs1 xvii4 #e4 ,strict necessity ,subdues me1 and calamitous constraint6 ,lest in my hand both sin and punishment1 ,however insupportable1 be all ,devolved4 ,milton4 ,much rather ,i shall choose ,to live the poorest in my tribe1 than richest ,to be in that calamitous prison left4 ,milton4 ,from adverse shores in safety let her hear ,foreign calamity1 and distant war2 ,of which1 great heav'n1 let her no portion bear4 ,prior4 ,friends counsel quick dismission of our grief2 ,mistaken kindness6 ,our hearts heal too soon1 ,are they more kind than ,he who struck the blow8 ,who bids it do ,his errand in our hearts1 ,and banish peace till nobler guests arrive1 ,and bring it back1 a true and endless peace8 ,calamities are friends4 ,young4 ,when great calamities afflict the soul1 ,then1 ,god of ,mercy1 then1 we cry to ,thee6 ,thou the physician art to make us whole2 ,thou art the help in our calamity4 ,but when the clouds of grief be overpast1 ,and we may bask in sunshine once again1 ,then praise and prayer become a weary task2 ,thee we forget1 and so neglect to ask ,the aid we implored amid our grief and pain4 ,calamities are links of that bright chain ,of love divine around us ever cast1 ,weaning us from the world1 and all things light and vain4 ,egone4 ,,calmness4 ,then said they unto him1 ,what shall we do unto thee1 that the sea may be calm unto us8 for the sea wrought1 and was tempestuous4 ,and he said unto them1 ,take me up1 and cast me forth into the sea2 so shall the sea be calm unto you3 for ,i know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you4 ,so they took up ,jonah1 and cast him forth into the sea3 and the sea ceased from her raging4--,jonah1 i4 #aa1 #ab1 #ae4 ,as they sailed he fell asleep3 and there came down a storm of wind on the lake2 and they were filled with water1 and were in jeopardy4 ,and they came to him1 and awoke him1 saying1 ,master1 master1 we perish6 ,then he arose1 and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water3 and they ceased1 and there was a calm4--,luke1 viii4 #bc1 #bd4 ,be calm in arguing--for fierceness makes ,error a fault1 and truth discourtesy4 ,why should ,i feel another man's mistakes1 ,more than his sicknesses or poverty8 ,in love ,i should1 but anger is not love1 ,nor wisdom neither3 therefore gently move4 ,calmness is great advantage--he that lets ,another chafe1 may warm him at his fire1 ,mark all his wanderings1 and enjoy his frets1 ,as cunning fencers suffer heat to tire4 ,truth dwells not in the clouds3 the bow that's there ,doth often aim at1 never hit the sphere4 ,herbert4 ,there is a calm the poor in spirit know1 ,that softens sorrow1 and that sweetens woe2 ,there is a peace that dwells within the breast1 ,when all without is stormy and distrest2 ,there is a light that gilds the darkest hour1 ,when dangers thicken1 and when tempests lower2 ,that calm is faith1 and hope and love is given2 ,that peace remains when all beside is riven1 ,that light shines down to man direct from heaven4 ,james ,edmeston4 ,the roaring tumult of the billowed sea ,awakes him not3 high on the crested surge1 ,now heaved1 his locks flowed streaming to the blast3 ,and now descending1 'tween the sheltering waves1 ,the falling tresses veil the face divine3 ,meek through that veil1 a momentary gleam1 ,benignant shines2 he dreams that he beholds ,the opening eyes1--that hopeless long had rolled ,in darkness1--look around bedimmed with tears ,of joy2 but suddenly the voice of fear ,dispelled the happy vision4 ,awful he rose1 ,rebuked the wind1 and said unto the sea1 8,peace1 be thou still60 and straight there was a calm4 ,with terror-mingled gladness in their looks1 ,the mariners exclaim--8,what man is this1 ,that even the wind and sea obey his voice80 ,grahame4 ,earth has not anything to show more fair6 ,dull would he be of soul who could pass by ,a sight so touching in its majesty6 ,this city now doth like a garment wear ,the beauty of the morning2 silent1 bare1 ,ships1 towers1 domes1 theatres1 and temples lie ,open unto the fields and to the sky-- ,all bright and glittering in the smokeless air1 ,never did sun more beautifully steep ,in his first splendour valley1 rock1 or hill2 ,ne'er saw ,i1 never felt1 a calm so deep6 ,the river glideth at its own sweet will2 ,dear ,god6 the very houses seem asleep2 ,and all that mighty heart is lying still4 ,wordsworth4 ,like a frail bark upon an angry sea ,is man1 o'erburdened with a weight of sin2 ,tossed to and fro1 and like to perish1 he ,seeks how he best may 'scape1 and safety win3 ,what trembling ,jonah is it hides within1 ,that from the ,lord would vainly strive to flee8 ,seek till ye find him1 straight the quest begin6 ,and cast him forth that ye may lightened be4 ,then with a prayer approach the throne of grace1 ,the ,saviour's with thee1 though he seems to sleep2 ,have ye but faith1 and wait a little space1 ,he will arise1 and say unto the deep-- 8,be still60 ,the waves will sink1 like your alarm1 ,o'er troubled heart and soul will come a mighty calm4 ,egone4 ,,calvary4 ,and when they were come to the place which is called ,calvary1 there they crucified him4--,luke1 xxiii4 #cc4 ,o ,calvary6 how blessed are thy borders1 ,more holy than ,god's sanctuary mount1 ,of whose high praise be ,angels the recorders2 ,but grateful ,man thy praises shall recount1 ,there ,jesus is adored1 but here he died6 ,o ,calvary6 that road is as a fount1 ,whence with a sanguine stream thou art supplied1 ,yet healing as ,bethesda4--,calvary6 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,from ,calvary a cry was heard1 ,a long reiterated cry2 ,my ,saviour's every mournful word ,bespeaks thy soul's deep agony4 99 99 99 99 99 ,let the dumb world her silence break2 ,let pealing anthems rend the sky6 ,awake1 my sluggish soul1 awake6 ,he died1 that we may never die4 ,cunningham4 ,when on ,sinai's top ,i see ,god descend in ,majesty1 ,to proclaim ,his holy law1 ,all my spirit sinks with awe4 ,when1 in ecstacy sublime1 ,tabor's glorious steep ,i climb1 ,at the too transporting light1 ,darkness rushes o'er my sight4 ,when on ,calvary ,i rest1 ,god1 in flesh made manifest1 ,shines in my ,redeemer's face1 ,full of beauty1 truth1 and grace4 ,here ,i would for ever stay1 ,weep and gaze my soul away2 ,thou art heaven on earth to me1 ,lovely1 mournful ,calvary4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,canaan4 ,and ,i have also established my covenant with them1 to give them the land of ,canaan1 the land of their pilgrimage1 wherein they were strangers4--,exodus1 vi4 #d4 ,behold the land of ,canaan1 which ,i give unto the children of ,israel for a possession4--,deuteronomy1 xxxii4 #di4 ,unto thee will ,i give the land of ,canaan1 the lot of your inheritance4--,i4 ,chronicles1 xvi4 #ah4 ,o6 could we make our doubts remove ,those gloomy doubts that rise1 ,and see the ,canaan that we love1 ,with unbeclouded eyes4 ,could we but climb where ,moses stood1 ,and view the landscape o'er2 ,nor ,jordan's streams1 nor death's cold flood1 ,should fright us from the shore4 ,watts4 ,on ,jordan's stormy banks ,i stand1 ,and cast a wishful eye ,to ,canaan's fair and happy land1 ,where my possessions lie4 ,o the transporting1 rapt'rous scene1 ,that rises to my sight6 ,sweet fields1 arrayed in living green1 ,and rivers of delight4 ,all o'er those wide extended plains1 ,shines one eternal day2 ,there ,god the ,son for ever reigns1 ,and scatters night away4 ,when shall ,i reach that happy place1 ,and be for ever blest8 ,when shall ,i see my ,father's face1 ,and in his bosom rest8 ,stennet4 ,tell me1 where is the promised land-- ,the ,canaan of our earthly hopes1 ,where ,peace and ,joy go hand in hand1 ,by sparkling streams1 and flowery slopes8 ,it may be far1 it may be near1 ,oh1 ,pilgrim1 faith must be thy guide ,across the desert wild and drear1 ,and o'er the ,jordan's swelling tide4 ,egone4 ,,captivity4 ,by the rivers of ,babylon there we sat down1 yea1 we wept1 when we remembered ,zion4 ,we hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof4 ,for there they that carried us away captive required of us a song1 saying1 ,sing us one of the songs of ,zion4 ,how shall we sing the ,lord's song in a strange land8--,psalm cxxxvii4 #a1 #b1 #c1 #d4 ,the ,lord their ,god shall visit them1 and turn away their captivity4--,zephaniah1 ii4 #g4 ,that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil who are taken captive by him at his will4--,,ii4 ,timothy1 ii4 #bf4 ,he that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity4--,revelations1 xiii4 #aj4 ,we sat by ,babel's waters2 and our tears ,mingled in silence with the silent stream2 ,for1 oh6 our hearts went back to happier years1 ,and brighter scenes1 that faded like a dream4 ,our harps1 neglected1 hung upon the trees1 ,that threw their shadows o'er the wave's dark rest1 ,and sighed1 responsive to each passing breeze ,that stirred a ripple on its slumbering breast4 ,but they who led us captive touched the string1 ,and waked its music with unhallowed hand1 ,and--mocking all our sadness--bade us sing ,the song of ,zion in a foreign land4 ,oh6 never1 never6--hushed be now its strains1 ,far1 far away her exiled children roam2 ,and never will they sound on other plains1 ,the holy music of their native home4 ,t4 ,k4 ,hervey4 ,thousands of ,angels at ,thy gate1 ,and great archangels stand1 ,and twenty thousand chariots wait1 ,great ,lord1 ,thy dread command6 ,through all ,thy great1 ,thy vast domain1 ,with ,godlike honours clad1 ,captivity in captive chains ,triumphing ,thou hast led4 ,mickle4 ,,care--,,careful4 ,and the cares of this world1 and the deceitfulness of riches1 and the lusts of other things entering in1 choke the word1 and it becometh unfruitful4--,mark1 iv4 #ai4 ,that there should be no schism in the body2 but that the members should have the same care one for another4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xii4 #be4 ,be careful for nothing2 but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto ,god4--,philippians1 iv4 #f4 ,casting all your care upon him2 for he careth for you4--,i4 ,peter1 v4 #g4 ,esteem none happy by their outward air2 ,all have their portion of allotted care1 ,though wisdom wears the semblance of content1 ,when the full heart with agony is rent1 ,secludes its anguish from the public view1 ,and by secluding1 learns to conquer too2 ,denied the fond indulgence to complain1 ,the aching heart its peace may best regain4 ,by love directed1 and in mercy meant1 ,are trials suffer'd1 and afflictions sent2 ,to stem imperious passion's furious tide1 ,to curb the insolence of prosperous pride1 ,to wean from earth1 and bid our wishes soar ,to that blest clime where pain shall be no more2 ,where wearied virtue shall for refuge fly1 ,and every tear be wiped from every eye4 ,hannah ,more4 ,the insect that with puny wing1 ,just shoots along one summer ray2 ,the flow'ret1 which the breath of spring ,wakes into life for half a day4 ,the smallest mote1 the tenderest hair1 ,all feel our heavenly ,father's care4 ,e'en from the glories of ,his throne1 ,he bends to view this earthly ball2 ,sees all as if that all were one1 ,loves as if that one were all2 ,rolls the swift planets in their spheres1 ,and counts the sinner's lonely tears4 ,cunningham4 ,will then the merciful ,one1 who stamped our race ,with his own image1 and who gave them sway ,o'er earth1 and the glad dwellers on her face1 ,now that our flourishing nations far away ,are spread1 where'er the moist earth drinks the day1 ,forget the ancient care that taught and nursed ,his latest offspring8 will he quench the ray ,infused by his own forming smile at first1 ,and leave a work so fair all blighted and accursed8 ,oh1 no6 a thousand cheerful omens give ,hope of yet happier days whose dawn is nigh4 ,he who has tamed the elements1 shall not live ,the slave of his own passions2 he whose eye ,unwinds the eternal dances of the sky1 ,and in the abyss of brightness dares to span ,the sun's broad circle1 rising yet more high1 ,in ,god's magnificent works his will shall scan-- ,and love and peace shall make their paradise with man4 ,w4 ,c4 ,bryant4 ,father of earth and heaven1 ,whose arm upholds creation1 ,to thee we raise the voice of praise1 ,and bend in adoration4 ,we praise the ,power that made us1 ,we praise the love that blesses1 ,while every day that rolls away1 ,thy gracious care confesses4 ,henry ,ware1 ,jun4 ,faithful servant of the ,lord1 ,sower of the gracious ,word1 ,scattering thy seed abroad1-- ,much of it will fall1 and sink ,where the cattle come to drink1 ,trodden in the river's brink2 ,much of it on bogs unsound1 ,much on hard and stony ground1 ,much where thorns and briers abound4 ,in the path of daily life ,worldly cares1 like thorns1 are rife1 ,ever with the word at strife4 ,egone4 ,,change4 ,because they have no changes1 therefore they fear not ,god4--,psalm lv4 #ai4 ,my son1 fear thou the ,lord and the king3 and meddle not with them that are given to change4--,proverbs1 xxiv4 #ba4 ,for ,i am the ,lord1 ,i change not2 therefore ye sons of ,jacob are not consumed4--,malachi1 iii4 #f4 ,behold1 ,i shew you a mystery2 ,we shall not all sleep1 but we shall all be changed4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xv4 #ea4 ,emblem of life6 see changeful ,april sail ,in varying vest along the shadowy skies1 ,now bidding summer's stormy zephyrs rise1 ,anon1 recalling winter's softest gale1 ,and pouring from the cloud her sudden hail2 ,then1 smiling through the tear that dims her eyes1 ,while ,iris with her braid the welkin dyes1 ,promise of sunshine1 not so prone to fail4 ,so to us sojourners in life's low vale1 ,the smiles of fortune flatter to deceive1 ,while still the fates the web of misery weave2 ,so hope exultant spreads her airy sail1 ,and from the present gloom the soul conveys ,to distant summers1 and far happier days4 ,h4 ,k4 ,white4 ,still on its march1 unnoticed and unfelt1 ,moves on our being4 ,we do live and breathe1 ,and we are gone4 ,the spoiler heeds us not4 ,we have our spring-time and our rottenness2 ,and as we fall1 another race succeeds1 ,to perish likewise4 ,meanwhile nature smiles-- ,the seasons run their round--the sun fulfils ,his annual course--and heaven and earth remain ,still changing1 yet unchang'd--still doomed to feel ,endless mutation in perpetual rest4 ,h4 ,k4 ,white4 ,not seldom1 clad in radiant vest1 ,deceitfully goes forth the morn2 ,not seldom1 evening in the west1 ,sinks smilingly forsworn4 ,the smoothest seas will sometimes prove ,to the confiding bark untrue2 ,and if she trust the stars above1 ,they can be treacherous too4 ,the umbrageous oak1 in pomp outspread1 ,full oft when storms the welkin rend1 ,draws lightening down upon the head ,it promised to defend4 ,but ,thou art true1 incarnate ,lord6 ,who didst vouchsafe for man to die2 ,thy smile is sure1 thy plighted word ,no change can falsify4 ,i bent before ,thy gracious throne1 ,and asked for peace with suppliant knee2 ,and peace was given1--nor peace alone1 ,but faith1 and hope1 and ecstacy6 ,wordsworth4 ,of chance1 or change1 ,o let not man complain1 ,else shall he never1 never cease to wail2 ,for1 from the imperial dome1 to where the swain ,rears the lone cottage in the silent dale1 ,all feel the assault of fortune's fickle gale2 ,art1 empire1 earth itself1 to change are doomed2 ,earthquakes have raised to heaven the humble vale1 ,and gulfs the mountain's mighty mass entombed1 ,and where the ,atlantic rolls1 wide continents have bloomed4 ,beattie4 ,the day was dark and stormy2 but the night ,dawns into brightness1 and the silvery moon ,pours over sea and land her urn of light1 ,making of midnight a most pleasant noon4 ,the autumn blasts were withering1 and their blight ,brought desolation3 but a richer boon ,the balmy showers and breathing zephyrs bring2 ,and the cold earth1 fanned by the breath of spring1 ,again shall start into luxuriant life1 ,deformity and beauty--storm and calm-- ,the day-dawn and the darkness--quiet and calm-- ,throughout all nature1 mix and mingle rife4 ,then why should man expect a fixed state1 ,where all is change--or shrink beneath his fate8 ,a4 ,bethune4 ,,charity4 ,charity suffereth long and is kind2 charity envieth not2 charity vaunteth not itself1 is not puffed up1 ,doth not behave itself unseemly1 seeketh not her own1 is not easily provoked1 thinketh no evil2 ,rejoiceth not in iniquity1 but rejoiceth in the truth2 ,beareth all things1 believeth all things1 hopeth all things1 endureth all things4 ,and now abideth faith1 hope1 charity1 these three2 but the greatest of these is charity4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xiii4 #d1 #e1 #f1 #g1 #ac4 ,above all these things put on charity1 which is the bond of perfectness4--,colossians1 iii4 #ad4 ,now the end of the commandment is charity4--,i4 ,timothy1 i4 #e4 ,above all things have fervent charity among yourselves2 for charity shall cover the multitude of sins4--,i4 ,peter1 iv4 #h4 ,attain the sum ,of ,wisdom2 hope no higher1 though all the stars ,thou knew'st by name1 and all the ethereal powers1 ,all secrets of the deep1 all ,nature's works1 ,or works of ,god in heaven1 air1 earth1 and sea1 ,and all the riches of the world enjoyedst1 ,and all the rule1 one empire2 only add ,deeds to thy knowledge answerable2 add faith1 ,add virtue1 patience1 temperance2 add love1 ,by name to some called charity1 the soul ,of all the rest4 ,milton4 ,did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue ,than ever man pronounced1 or angel sung2 ,had ,i all knowledge1 human and divine1 ,that thought can reach1 or ,science can define3 ,and had ,i power to give that knowledge birth ,in all the speeches of the babbling earth2 ,did ,shadrach's zeal my glowing breast inspire1 ,to weary tortures1 and rejoice in fire3 ,or had ,i faith like that which ,israel saw1 ,when ,moses gave them miracles and law2 ,yet gracious ,charity1 indulgent guest1 ,were not thy power exerted in my breast1 ,those speeches would send up unheeded prayer1 ,that scorn of life would be but wild despair2 ,a tymbal's sound were better than my voice2 ,my faith were form2 my eloquence were noise4 99 99 99 99 99 ,each other gift1 which ,god on man bestows1 ,its proper bounds and due restriction knows1 ,to one fixt purpose dedicates its power1 ,and finishing its act1 exists no more4 ,thus in obedience to what heaven decrees1 ,knowledge shall fail1 and prophecy decrease1 ,but lasting ,charity's more ample sway1 ,ne'er bound by time1 nor subject to decay1 ,in happy triumph shall for ever live1 ,and endless good diffuse1 and endless praise receive4 ,prior4 ,here see1 acquitted of all vain pretence1 ,the reign of genuine charity commence4 ,though scorn repay her sympathetic tears1 ,she still is kind and still she perseveres2 ,the truth she loves a sightless world blaspheme1 ',tis childish dotage1 a delirious dream2 ,the danger they discern not1 they deny2 ,laugh at their only remedy1 and die4 ,but still a soul thus touch'd can never cease1 ,whoever threatens war1 to speak of peace4 ,pure in her aim1 and in her temper mild1 ,her wisdom seems the weakness of a child3 ,she makes excuses where she might condemn1 ,reviled by those that hate her1 prays for them2 ,suspicion lurks not in her artless breast1 ,the worst suggested1 she believes the best2 ,not soon provoked1 however stung and teazed1 ,and if perhaps made angry1 soon appeased1 ,she rather waives than will dispute her right1 ,and1 injured1 makes forgiveness her delight4 ,cowper4 ,man is dear to man2 the poorest poor ,long for some moments in a weary life1 ,when they can know and feel what they have been2 ,themselves the fathers and the dealers out ,of some small blessings1 have been kind to such ,as needed kindness1 for this single cause ,that we have all of us one human heart4 ,such pleasure is to one kind being known1 ,my neighbour1 when with punctual care1 each week ,duly as ,friday comes1 though press'd herself ,by all her wants1 she from her store of meal ,takes one unsparing handful for the scrip ,of this old mendicant1 and from her door ,returning with exhilarated heart1 ,sits by her fire1 and builds her hope in heaven4 ,wordsworth4 ,gentle reader1 see in me1 ,an emblem of true charity2 ,that while my bounty ,i bestow1 ,i'm neither heard nor seen to flow2 ,and ,i have fresh supplies from heaven ,for every cup of water given4 ,bishop ,hoadly1 on a ,spring4 ,were we as rich in charity of deed ,as gold--what rock would bloom not with the seed8 ,we give our alms1 and cry 8,what can we more80 ,one hour of time were worth a load of ore6 ,give to the ignorant our wisdom6--give ,sorrow our comfort6--lend to those who live ,in crime1 the counsels of our virtue6--share ,with souls our souls1 and ,satan shall despair6 ,alas6 what converts one man1 who would take ,the cross1 and staff1 and house with ,guilt1 could make6 99 99 99 99 99 ,search the material tribes of earth1 sea1 air1 ,and the fierce ,,self1 which strives and slays1 is there2 ,what but that ,,self to man doth ,nature teach8 ,where the charmed link that binds the all to each8 ,where the sweet law1 7doth ,nature boast its birth87 8,good will to man1 and charity on earth80 ,sir ,e4 ,b4 ,lytton4 ,what though to poverty's imploring voice ,i give my earthly goods2 though to the pile ,i yield my body1 if thy genuine love ,inspire not1 this alike is void and vain4 99 99 99 99 99 ,thou1 mild and gentle nature1 art estranged ,from envy1 hatred1 insolence1 or pride2 ,thou seekest not thy own1 but others' weal2 ,slow to reprove1 but studious to applaud1 ,and from the eyes of malice to conceal ,the weakness thou lamentest to behold3 ,for thou of each forgiv'st and hop'st the best1 ,forbearing and forgiving every ill4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the time shall come when prophecy itself1 ,and all the knowledge which exalts mankind1 ,shall lose their use2 these1 while the state of man ,in imperfection lies1 by ,heaven are made ,to compass ends sublime2 but when that state ,imperfect1 for perfection shall be changed1 ,shall fade away1 and boast that use no more4 ,but1 subject to no change1 through endless time ,shall ,faith1 and ,hope1 and ,charity endure2 ,and thou1 ,o ,charity1 of these the chief1 ,in high pre-eminence shalt ever reign6 ,c4 ,p4 ,layard4 ,the consciousness of wrong1 in wills not evil ,brings charity4 ,leigh ,hunt4 ,when prophecies shall fail1 ,when tongues shall cease1 when knowledge is no more1 ,and the ,great ,day is come1 thou by the throne ,shalt sit triumphant4 ,glynn4 8,chief grace below1 and all in all above60 ,what shall ,i call thee8 ,charity or ,love8 ,thy name is bliss2 for let but grace remove ,the ,serpent1 ,selfishness1 and lo6 the ,dove1 ,cover'd with silver wings1 or plumes of gold1#a ,enters the rescued heart1 and keeps her hold3 ,then love to ,god on high1 good will to men1 ,with all the gentle virtues in their train1 ,flourish together1 and together prove ,that bliss is but another name for ,love6 ,blest affluence of that bright flame that glows ,amid the ,seraphim1 8in burning rows10 ,fill my whole soul6 since who has most of ,love1 ,knows most of ,heaven1 and of the joys above4 ,mary ,milner4 #a ,psalm lxviii4 #ac4 ,,charge4 ,the ,lord spake unto ,moses and unto ,aaron1 and gave them a charge unto the children of ,israel4--,exodus1 vi4 #ac4 ,he shall give his angels charge over thee1 to keep thee in all thy ways4--,psalm xci4 #aa4 ,who shall lay any thing to the charge of ,god's elect4 ,it is ,god that justifieth4--,romans1 viii4 #cc4 ,a charge to keep ,i have1 ,a ,god to glorify2 ,a never-dying soul to save1 ,and fit it for the sky4 ,to serve the present age1 ,my calling to fulfil2-- ,o may it all my powers engage ,to do my ,master's will4 ,arm me with jealous care1 ,as in thy sight to live2 ,and ,oh6 thy servant ,lord prepare1 ,a strict account to give4 ,help me to watch and pray1 ,and on thyself rely2 ,assured if ,i my trust betray1 ,i shall for ever die4 ,wesley4 ,since1 with pure and firm affection1 ,thou on ,god hast set thy love1 ,with the wings of ,his protection1 ,he will shield thee from above3 ,thou shalt call on ,him in trouble1 ,he will hearken1 ,he will save1 ,here for grief reward thee double1 ,crown with life beyond the grave4 ,he shall charge ,his angel legions ,watch and ward o'er thee to keep1 ,though thou walk through hostile regions1 ,though in desert wilds thou sleep2 ,on the lion vainly roaring1 ,on his young1 thy foot shall tread1 ,and1 the dragon's den exploring1 ,thou shalt bruise the serpent's head4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,chastening4 ,o ,lord1 rebuke me not in thine anger1 neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure4--,psalm vi4 #a4 ,blessed is the man whom thou chastenest1 ,o ,lord1 and teachest him out of thy law4--,psalm xciv4 #ab4 ,whom the ,lord loveth he chasteneth1 and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth4--,hebrews1 xii4 #f4 ,o keep up life and peace within1 ,if ,i must feel thy chastening rod6 ,yet kill not me1 but kill my sin2 ,and let me know ,thou art my ,god4 ,o give my soul some sweet foretaste ,of that which ,i shall shortly see6 ,let faith and love cry to the last1 8,come1 ,lord1 ,i trust myself with ,thee60 ,baxter4 ,when urged by strong temptation to the brink ,of guilt and ruin1 stands the virtuous mind ,with scarce a step between2 all-pitying ,heaven1 ,severe in mercy1 chastening in its love1 ,ofttimes in dark and awful visitation1 ,doth interpose1 and call the wanderer back ,to the straight path1 to be for ever after ,a firm1 undaunted1 onward-bearing traveller1 ,strong in humility1 who swerves no more4 ,joanna ,baillie4 ,so1 ,christian6 though gloomy and sad be thy days1 ,and the tempest of sorrow encompass thee black2 ,though no sunshine of promise or hope sheds its rays ,to illumine and cheer thy life's desolate track3 ,though thy soul writhes in anguish1 and bitter tears flow ,o'er the wreck of fond joys from thy bleeding heart riven1 ,check thy murmuring sorrows1 thou lorn one1 and know ,that the chastened on earth are the purest for ,heaven2 ,and remember1 though gloomy thy present may be1 ,that 8the ,master is coming10 and coming to thee4 ,s4 ,d4 ,patterson4 ,,cherub--,,seraph4 ,give ear1 ,o ,shepherd of ,israel1 thou that leadest ,joseph like a flock2 thou that dwellest between the cherubims1 shine forth4--,psalm lxxx4 #a4 ,i saw also the ,lord sitting upon a throne1 high and lifted up4444 ,above it stood the seraphims4444 ,and one cried unto another1 and said1 ,holy1 holy1 holy1 is the ,lord of hosts3 the whole earth is full of his glory4--,isaiah1 vi4 #a1 #b1 #c4 ,and the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court1 as the voice of the ,almighty ,god when he speaketh4--,ezekiel1 x4 #e4 ,thou shepherd that doth ,israel keep1 ,give ear in time of need1 ,who leadeth like a flock of sheep ,thy loved of ,joseph's seed2 ,that sitt'st between the cherubs bright-- ,between their wings outspread1 ,shine forth1 and from ,thy cloud give light1 ,and on ,thy foes ,thy dread4 ,milton4 ,the ,lord descended from above1 ,and bowed the heavens most high2 ,and underneath ,his feet ,he cast ,the darkness of the sky4 ,on cherub and on cherubim ,full royally ,he rode2 ,and on the wings of mighty winds ,came flying all abroad4 ,sternhold4 ,high on a throne of burnish'd gold1 ,with rays of ,godhead crown'd1 ,jehovah sat2 ,his thunders roll'd1 ,and glory sparkled round4 ,his flowing train1 of glittering white1 ,the spacious temple fill'd2 ,the angels1 dazzled at the sight1 ,with wings their faces veil'd4 ,around the throne1 in burning row1 ,the six-winged seraphs stood2 ,while millions1 flying to and fro1 ,tun'd all their harps to ,god4 ,thrice holy1 holy1 ,lord1 they cry1 ,the ,god of ,sabaoth's ,thou2 ,thy glory fills the worlds on high1 ,and fills the world below4 ,cowper4 ,,childhood--,,infancy4 ,verily ,i say unto you1 except ye be converted1 and become as little children1 ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven4--,matthew1 xviii4 #c4 ,take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones2 for ,i say unto you1 ,that in ,heaven their angels do always behold the face of my ,father which is in ,heaven4--,matthew1 xviii4 #aj4 ,have ye never read1 ,out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise8--,matthew1 xxi4 #af4 ,and they brought unto him also infants1 that he would touch them3 but when his disciples saw it1 they rebuked them4 ,but ,jesus called them unto him1 and said1 ,suffer little children to come unto me1 and forbid them not2 for of such is the kingdom of ,god4--,luke1 xviii4 #ae1 #af4 ,when little tripping children follow ,god1 ,and leave old doting sinners to his rod1 ',tis like those days wherein the young ones cried1 ,hosanna6 while the old ones did deride4 ,bunyan4 ,at his first aptness the maternal love ,those rudiments of wisdom did improve2 ,the tender age was pliant to command2 ,like wax it yielded to the forming hand3 ,true to the artificer1 the laboured mind ,with ease was pious1 generous1 just1 and kind2 ,soft for impression1 from the first prepared1 ,till virtue1 with long exercise1 grew hard2 ,with every act confirmed and made at last1 ,so durable as not to be effaced1 ,it turned to habit2 and from vices free1 ,goodness resolved into necessity4 ,dryden4 ,the child between her parents knelt1 ,who prayed the more to ,god above1 ,because so close to them they felt ,the dearest gift of ,heavenly love4 99 99 99 99 99 ,to her new beauty largely given ,from deeper fountains1 looked and smiled1 ,and1 like a morning dream from heaven1 ,the woman gleamed within the child4 ,john ,sterling4 ,o6 how ,i love the prattling of that child1 ,frisking so blithely in its nurse's hand6 ,fair as her face who first in ,eden smiled1 ,ere blissful innocence had left the land6 ,thy dimpled cheeks remind me of a time1 ,when first ,i ventured on life's thorny way6 ,may no false joys consume thy early prime1 ,no friend mislead thee1 and no friend betray2 ,thy bark1 like mine1 is on a rocky sea2 ,for life's a voyage far from shore to shore1 ,no resting-place1 unless thine anchor be ,the hope of glory when the course is o'er2 ,blest hope for thee1 just entering into bloom1 ,thrice blessed hope for me just hast'ning to the tomb4 ,j4 ,mayne4 8,suffer these little ones to come to me10 ,was the command of ,him who1 on the cross1 ,bowed ,his anointed head1 and with ,his blood ,purchased redemption for our fallen race-- ,and blessed they1 who to that holy task ,devote the energies of their young years1 ,teaching1 with pious care1 the dawning light ,of infant intellect to know the ,lord4 ,c4 ,huntingdon4 ,the life that makes the heart to beat1 ,the light that from the heavens doth shine1 ,my daily strength1--the bread ,i eat1-- ,all1 all1 great ,lord of ,life1 are thine4 ,then let me seek ,thee daily1 ,lord1 ,at morn1 at noontide1 and at even2 ,and do ,thy will1 and know ,thy word1 ,that ,i may be ,thy child in heaven6 ,w4 ,martin4 ,i remember1 ,i remember1 ,the fir-trees dark and high1 ,i used to think their tiny tops ,were close against the sky3 ,it was a childish ignorance1 ,but now 'tis little joy1 ,to know ,i'm farther off from heaven ,than when ,i was a boy6 ,t4 ,hood4 ,blessed ,jesus ever loved to trace ,the innocent brightness of an infant's face2 ,he raised them in ,his holy arms2 ,he blessed them from the world and all its harms3 ,heirs though they were of sin and shame1 ,he blessed them in ,his own1 and in ,his ,father's ,name4 ,keble4 ,christian6 thy dream is now--it was not then3 ,o1 it were strange if childhood were a dream4 ,strife1 and the world1 are dreams3 to wakeful men ,childhood and home as jealous angels seem3 ,like shapes and hues that play in clouds at even1 ,they have but shifted from ,thee into ,heaven6 ,f4 ,w4 ,faber4 ,something divine about an ,infant seems ,to them1 who watch it in that holy light ,of meaning1 caught from these celestial words ,of ,christ--8,forbid them not1 but let them come40 ,fresh buds of being6 beautiful as frail4 ,types of that kingdom which our souls profess ,to enter6 ,symbols of that docile love ,and meek compliancy of creed and mind1 ,which ,heaven hath canonized1 and for its own ,acknowledged1--well may thoughtful hearts perceive ,a mystery1 beyond mere nature's law1 ,around them girdled like a moral zone4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,death found strange beauty on that polished brow1 ,and dashed it out4 ,there was a tint of rose ,on cheek and lip4 ,he touched the veins with ice1 ,and the rose faded4 ,forth from those blue eyes ,there spake a wishful tenderness--a doubt ,whether to grieve or sleep--which innocence ,alone may wear4 ,with ruthless hand he bound ,the silken fringes of those curtaining lids ,for ever4 ,there had been a murmuring sound ,with which the babe would claim its mother's ear1 ,charming her even to tears4 ,the spoiler set ,the seal of silence4 ,but there beamed a smile ,so fixed1 so holy1 from that cherub brow1 ,death gazed1 and left it there4 ,he dared not steal ,the signet-ring of heaven4 ,l4 ,h4 ,sigourney4 ,child1 there is ,one1 the ,high above all ,height1 ,who doth not scorn thee-- ,ever1 from ,him1 may beams of ,heavenly light ,comfort--but warn thee-- ,that from youth's innocence each proud removal ,is a departure from ,his best approval4 ,h4 ,h4 ,weld4 ,the ,lord of ,heaven1 who1 from his throne above1 ,governs the universe1 yet deigns to hear ,the praise which from the mouths of sucklings flows1 ,and from the lisping babe ordaineth strength4 ,c4 ,p4 ,layard4 ,there are smiles and tears in the mother's eyes1 ,for her new-born infant beside her lies4 ,o1 hour of bliss6 when the heart o'erflows ,with rapture a mother only knows4 ,let it gush forth in words of fervent prayer2 ,let it swell up to heaven for her precious care4 ,henry ,ware1 ,jun4 ,how soft and fresh he breathes6 ,look1 he is dreaming6 ,visions sure of joy ,are gladdening his rest2 and ah1 who knows ,but waiting angels do converse in sleep ,with babes like this6 ,arthur ,c4 ,coxe4 ,little children1 not alone ,on the wide earth are ye thrown1 ',mid its labour and its cares2 ',mid its sufferings and its snares1 ,free from sorrow1 free from strife1 ,in the world of love and life1 ,where no sinful thing has trod ,in the presence of our ,god6 ,spotless1 blameless1 glorified1 ,little children1 ye abide6 ,mary ,howitt4 ,how oft1 heart-sick and sore1 ,i've wished ,i were1 once more1 ,a little child6 ,mrs4 ,southey4 ,,christ--,,christmas4 ,we have heard out of the law that ,christ abideth for ever4--,john1 xii4 #cd4 ,we preach ,christ crucified1 unto the ,jews a stumbling-block1 and unto the ,greeks foolishness2 ,but unto them which are called1 both ,jews and ,greeks1 ,christ the power of ,god1 and the wisdom of ,god4--,i4 ,corinthians1 i4 #bc1 #bd4 ,we preach not ourselves1 but ,christ ,jesus the ,lord4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 iv4 #e4 ,christ is all1 and in all4--,colossians1 iii4 #aa4 ,for even hereunto were ye called3 because ,christ also suffered for us1 leaving us an example1 that ye should follow ,his steps2 ,who did no sin1 neither was guile found in ,his mouth3 ,who1 when he was reviled1 reviled not again2 when ,he suffered1 ,he threatened not2 but committed ,himself to ,him that judgeth righteously--,i4 ,peter1 ii4 #ba1 #bb1 #bc4 ,with force of arms we nothing can1 ,full soon were we down-ridden2 ,but for us fights the proper man1 ,whom ,god himself hath bidden4 ,ask ye1 who is the same8 ,christ ,jesus is ,his name1 ,the ,lord ,zebaoth's ,son1 ,he1 and no other one1 ,shall conquer in the battle4 ,martin ,luther4 ,christ is a path1--if any be misled2 ,he is a robe1--if any naked be2 ,if any chance to hunger1--,he is bread2 ,if any be a bondman1--,he is free2 ,if any be but weak1--how strong is he6 ,to dead men life he is2 to sick men health2 ,to blind men sight2 and to the needy wealth2 ,a pleasure without loss1 a pleasure without stealth4 ,giles ,fletcher4 ,he that alone would wise and mighty be1 ,commands that others love1 as well as ,he4 ,love as ,he loved6 how can we soar so high8 ,he can add wings when ,he commands to fly4 ,nor should we be with this command dismayed1 ,he that examples gives1 will give ,his aid2 ,for ,he took flesh1 that where ,his precepts fail1 ,his practice as a pattern might prevail4 ,waller4 ,in what torn ship soever ,i embark1 ,that ship shall be an emblem of ,thy ark2 ,what sea soever swallow me1 that flood ,shall be to me an emblem of ,thy blood3 ,though ,thou with clouds of anger do disguise ,thy face1 yet through that mask ,i know those eyes1 ,which1 though they turn away sometimes1 ,they never will despise4 ,i sacrifice this ,island unto ,thee1 ,and all whom ,i loved there1 and who loved me2 ,when ,i have put our seas 'twixt them and me1 ,put ,thou ,thy seas betwixt my sins and ,thee3 ,as the tree's sap doth seek the root below ,in winter1 in my winter now ,i go ,where none but ,thee1 th' eternal root ,of true love1 ,i may know4 ,dr4 ,donne4 ,without ,christ all gain is loss1 ,all hope despair1 that stands not on his cross2 ,except the few his ,god may have impress'd1 ,a tenfold phrenzy seizes all the rest4 ,cowper4 ,father6 in ,christ we live1 and ,christ in ,thee6 ,eternal ,thou1 and everlasting we4 ,the heir of heaven1 henceforth ,i fear not death3 ,in ,christ ,i live6 in ,christ ,i draw the breath ,of the true life6 ,let then earth1 sea1 and sky ,make war against me6 on my front ,i show ,their mighty ,master's seal4 ,in vain they try ,to end my life1 that can but end its woe4 ,is that a death-bed where the ,christian lies8 ,yes6 but not his--'tis death itself there dies4 ,s4 ,t4 ,coleridge4 ,heaven is within of magnitude immense2 ,no human thought can its dimensions grasp2 ,yet heaven has but one door4 ,christ is the way-- ,the only way--to ,god4 ,whoever seeks ,by other ways to enter1 must1 ashamed1 ,confused1 and disappointed1 see too late ,the gates of hell expanded to his view6 ,no other name is published under heaven1 ,wherein salvation can be found1 but ,his4 ,anon4 ,some say that ever 'gainst that season comes ,wherein our ,saviour's birth is celebrated1 ,the bird of dawning singeth all night long3 ,and then they say no spirit walks abroad2 ,the nights are wholesome2 then no planets strike2 ,no fairy tales2 no witch has power to charm2 ,so hallowed and so gracious is the time6 ,shakspere4 ,sweet rest ye1 happie ,christians1 ',tis earlie ,christmas daye1 ,when ,christ our ,lord and ,savioure ,became the sinner's staye4 ,arise1 and for such benefits ,his precepts all obeye4 ,joyful tidings let us singe1 ,christ our refuge1 ,christ our kinge1 ,to hallowe ,christmas daye4 ,in ,judah's lands1 in ,bethlehem1 ,the lovelie babe was born1 ,upon a manger poorlie laid1 ,on ,christmas happie morn4 ,god speed ye1 merrie gentlemen1 ,and ,christian grace adorn4 ,joyful tidings let us singe1 ,christ our refuge1 ,christ our kinge1 ,to hallowe ,christmas morn4 ,stuart ,farquharson4 ,hark6 what mean those holy voices1 ,sweetly sounding through the skies8 ,lo6 the angelic host rejoices2 ,heavenly hallelujahs rise4 ,listen to the wondrous story1 ,which they chant in hymns of joy3-- 8,glory in the highest1 glory6 ,glory be to ,god most high6 ,christ is born1 the ,great ,anointed1 ,heaven and earth ,his praises sing2 ,o receive whom ,god appointed1 ,for your ,prophet1 ,priest1 and ,king60 ,cawood4 ,,christianity4 ,and the disciples were called ,christians first in ,antioch4--,acts1 xi4 #bf4 ,stand fast1 therefore1 in the liberty wherewith ,christ hath made us free4--,galatians1 v4 #a4 ,walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called4--,ephesians1 iv4 #a4 ,yet if any man suffer as a christian1 let him not be ashamed2 but let him glorify ,god on this behalf4--,i4 ,peter1 iv4 #af4 ,but for that contention and brave strife ,the ,christian hath to enjoy1 the future life1 ,he were the wretchedest of the race of men2 ,but as he soars at that1 he bruiseth then ,the serpent's head2 gets above death and sin1 ,and1 sure of ,heaven1 rides triumphing in4 ,ben ,jonson4 ,all faiths beside1 or did by arms ascend2 ,or sense indulged has made mankind their friend3 ,this only doctrine does our lusts oppose2 ,unfed by nature's soil in which it grows2 ,cross to our interests1 curbing sense and sin2 ,oppressed without and undermined within1 ,it thrives through pain1 its own tormentors tires2 ,and with a stubborn patience still aspires4 ,to what can reason such effects assign1 ,transcending nature1 but to laws divine1 ,which in that sacred volume are contained1 ,sufficient1 clear1 and for that use ordained8 ,dryden4 ,well hast thou fought ,the better fight1 who1 singly1 hast maintained ,against revolted multitudes the cause ,of truth1 in word mightier than they in arms2 ,and for the testimony of truth hast borne ,universal reproach1 far worse to bear ,than violence4 ,milton4 ,a ,christian is the highest style of man2 ,and is there who the blessed cross wipes of ,as a foul blot from his dishonour'd brow8-- ,if angels tremble1 'tis at such a sight4 ,young4 ,o ,antioch1 thou teacher of the world6-- ,from out thy portals passed the feet of those1 ,who1 banished and despised1 have made thy name ,the next in rank to proud ,jerusalem4 ,within thy gates the persecuted few1 ,who dared to rally round the ,holy ,cross1 ,and worship ,him whose sacred form it bore1 ,were first called ,christians4 ,in thy sad conceit1 ,thou mad'st a stigma of reproach and shame1 ,this noblest title of the sons of earth3 ,while1 save for this1 thy name were scarcely known1 ,except among the mouldering vestiges ,of dim antiquity4 ,so doth our ,god ,make all men's folly ever praise ,his name4 ,j4 ,l4 ,chester4 ,to be an humble follower of ,him1 ,who left the bliss of ,heaven1 to be for us ,a man on earth in spotless virtue living ,as man ne'er lived2 such words of comfort speaking1 ,to raise1 and elevate1 and cheer the heart1 ,as man ne'er spake2 and suffering poverty1 ,contempt1 and wrong1 and pain1 and death itself1 ,as man ne'er suffered4 ,joanna ,baillie4 ,the ,christian's faith had many mysteries too4 ,the uncreated ,holy ,three in ,one2 ,divine ,incarnate1 ,human in ,divine2 ,the inward call2 the ,sanctifying ,dew2 ,coming unseen1 unseen departing thence2 ,anew creating all1 and yet not heard2 ,compelling1 yet not felt3--mysterious these2 ,not that ,jehovah to conceal them wished2 ,not that ,religion wished4 ,the ,christian faith1 ,unlike the timorous creeds of ,pagan priest1 ,was frank1 stood forth to view1 invited all ,to prove1 examine1 search1 investigate1 ,and gave herself a light to see her by4 ,mysterious these--because too large for eye ,of man1 too long for human arm to mete4 ,pollok4 ,,church4 ,whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in ,heaven3 and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in ,heaven4--,matthew1 xvi4 #ai4 ,lo1 ,i am with you alway1 even unto the end of the world4--,matthew1 xxviii4 #bj4 ,so were the churches established in the faith1 and increased in number daily4--,acts1 xvi4 #e4 ,and ,god hath set some in the church1 first1 apostles1 secondarily1 prophets1 thirdly1 teachers4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xii4 #bh4 ,and hath put all things under his feet1 and gave him to be the head over all things to the church1 ,which is his body1 the fulness of him that filleth all in all4--,ephesians1 i4 #bb1 #bc4 ,christ also loved the church1 and gave himself for it4--,ephesians1 v4 #be4 ,that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of ,god1 which is the church of the living ,god1 the pillar and ground of the truth4--,i4 ,timothy1 iii4 #ae4 ,not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together1 as the manner of some is4--,hebrews1 x4 #be4 ,the solemn scene ,the sun1 through storied panes1 surveys with awe1 ,and bashfully withholds each bolder beam4 ,smart4 ,think1 when the bells do chime1 ',tis angels' music2 therefore come not late4 ,god then deals blessings3 if a king did so1 ,who would not haste1 nay give1 to see the show8 ,when once thy foot enters the church1 be bare4 ,god is more there than thou3 for thou art there ,only by ,his permission4 ,then beware2 ,and make thyself all reverence and fear4 ,kneeling ne'er spoil'd silk stocking4 ,quit thy state4 ,all equal are within the church's gate4 ,resort to sermons1 but to prayers most3 ,praying's the end of preaching4 ,o be drest2 ,stay not for the other pin3 why thou hast lost ,a joy for it worth worlds4 ,thus hell doth jest ,away thy blessings1 and extremely flout thee1 ,thy clothes being fast1 but thy soul loose about thee4 ,in time of service seal up both thine eyes1 ,and send them to thy heart2 that spying sin1 ,they may weep out the stains by them did rise3 ,those doors being shut1 all by the ear comes in4 ,who marks in church-time others' symmetry1 ,makes all their beauty his deformity4 ,let vain or busy thoughts have there no part2 ,bring not thy plots1 thy plough1 thy pleasure thither4 ,christ purged ,his temple--so must thou thy heart4 ,all worldly thoughts are but thieves met together ,to cozen thee4 ,look to thy actions well1 ,for churches either are our heaven or hell4 ,george ,herbert4 ,dear is the ancient village church1 which rears ,by the lone yew1 or lime1 or elm-girt mound1 ,its modest fabric3 clear1 and pleasant sound ,of bells1 the grey embattled tower that wears ,of changeful hue the marks of bye-gone years1 ,buttress1 and porch1 and arch with mazy round ,of curious feet or shapes fantastic crown'd2 ,tall pinnacles and mingled window tiers1 ,norman1 or misnamed ,gothic4 ,fairer spot ,thou givest not1 ,england1 to the tasteful eye1 ,nor to the heart more soothing4 ,blest their lot6 ,know they their bliss1 who own their dwelling nigh ,such resting-place2 there by the world forgot1 ,in life to worship1 and when dead to lie6 ,bishop ,mant4 ,some there are ,who hold it meet to linger now at home1 ,and some o'er fields and the wide hills to roam1 ,and worship in the temple of the air6 ,for me1 not heedless of the lone address1 ,nor slack to meet my ,maker on the height1 ,by wood1 or living stream2 yet not the less ,seek ,i ,his presence in each social rite ,of ,his own temple3 that ,he deigns to bless1 ,there still ,he dwells1 and that is ,his delight4 ,bishop ,mant4 ,i love to hear the sound of holy bell1 ,and peaceful men1 their praises lift to ,heaven4 ,joanna ,baillie4 ,clad in a robe of pure and spotless white1 ,the youthful bride1 with timid steps1 comes forth ,to greet the hand to which she plights her troth1 ,her soft eyes radiant with a strange delight4 ,the snowy veil which circles her around1 ,shades the sweet face from every gazer's eye1 ,and thus enwrapt1 she passes calmly by-- ,nor casts a look1 but on the unconscious ground4 ,so should the ,church1 the bride elect of ,heaven1-- ,remembering whom she goeth forth to meet1 ,and with a truth that cannot brook deceit1 ,holding the faith which unto her is given-- ,pass through this world1 which claims her for a while1 ,nor cast about her longing look nor smile4 ,mrs4 ,neal4 ,thy best type1 ,desire ,of the sad heart1--the ,heaven-ascending spire6 ,sir ,e4 ,b4 ,lytton4 ,to ,thee the churches here rejoice1 ,the solemn organs aid the voice2 ,to sacred roofs the sound we raise1 ,the sacred roofs re-sound ,thy praise2 ,and while our notes in one agree1 ,oh6 bless the church that sings to ,thee6 ,parnell4 ,the ,church of ,christ1 the school of grace1 ,the ,spirit teaching by the ,word2 ,in these our ,saviour's steps we trace1 ,by this ,his living voice is heard4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,so shall her holy bounds increase1 ,with walls of praise and gates of peace2 ,so shall the ,vine which martyr tears ,and blood sustained1 in other years1 ,with fresher life be clothed upon2 ,and to the world in beauty show ,like the rose-plant of ,jericho1 ,and glorious as ,lebanon4 ,j4 ,g4 ,whittier4 ,o1 prayer is good when many pour ,their voices in one solemn tone2 ,conning their sacred lessons o'er1 ,or yielding thanks for mercies shown4 ',tis good to see the quiet train ,forget their worldly joy and care1 ,while loud response1 and choral strain1 ,re-echo in the ,house of ,prayer4 ,eliza ,cook4 ,there is a ,presence spiritually vast ,around ,thy ,church1 arisen ,saviour6 cast2 ,a holy effluence1 an unspoken awe1 ,a sanctity which carnal eye ne'er saw1-- ,a pure1 impalpable1 almighty sense ,of peace1 by reconciled ,omnipotence1-- ,that hallows1 haunts1 and makes a ,christian mind ,rich in all grace1 celestially refined3 ,mere ,nature's worshippers can never feel ,the fulness of that high seraphic zeal ,which veileth all things with religious light1 ,and works unwearied in ,jehovah's sight2 ,thought1 dream1 and action1 ev'ry pulse of soul ,the awe of ,christ will solemnly control3 ,girt by the ,spirit1 wheresoe'er they rove1 ,true faith is feeding on ,his breath of love4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,how sweetly wide this ,sabbath morn ,the chime of village bells is sent ,o'er the hamlets1 o'er the fields1 ,with ,sabbath sunshine blent4 ,the noble hears and quits his hall-- ,the peasant quits his cottage-home2 ,all cheerfully1 all pleasantly1 ,to church the people come4 ,they come from far-off heathy moors1 ,from lonely farms1 from quiet dells1 ,led strongly1 irresistibly1 ,by the sweet chime of ,sabbath bells4 ,across the fields1 across the green1 ,from shades emerge they to the light2 ,and seen in groups1 or singly seen1 ,it is a charming sight4 ,richard ,howitt4 ,,city4 ,beautiful for situation1 the joy of the whole earth1 is mount ,zion1 the city of the great ,king4--,psalm xlviii4 #b4 ,except the ,lord keep the city1 the watchman waketh but in vain4--,psalm cxxvii4 #a4 ,thou shalt be called ,the city of righteousness2 the faithful city4--,isaiah1 i4 #bf4 ,how doth the city sit solitary that was full of people6 ,all her gates are desolate4--,lamentations1 i4 #a1 #d4 ,for he looked for a city which hath foundations1 whose builder and maker is ,god4--,hebrews1 xi4 #aj4 ,and the city had no need of the sun1 neither of the moon1 to shine in it2 for the glory of ,god did lighten it1 and the ,lamb is the light thereof4--,revelations1 #ba1 #bc4 ,where are the cities which of old in mighty grandeur rose6 ,amid the desert's burning sands1 or girt with frozen snows2 ,is there no vestige now remains their wondrous tale to tell1 ,of how they blazed1 like meteor-stars1 and how1 like them1 they fell8 ,hark6 hark6 the voice of prophecy comes o'er the desert wide1 ,come down1 come down1 and in the dust thy virgin beauties hide2 ,oh 8,daughter of ,chaldea10 thou no more enthroned shall be1 ,for the desert and the wilderness alone shall tell of thee4 ,though old ,euphrates still rolls in his everlasting stream1 ,thy brazen gates and golden halls1 as though they ne'er had been2 ,where stood thy massy tower-crowned walls1 and palaces of pride1 ,the dragon and the wild beast now therein securely hide4 ,the 8besom of destruction0 o'er thee hath swept its way ,in wrath1 because thine impious hand on ,god's ,anointed lay4 ,h4 ,brownlee4 ,this is the city ,john did once discern ,descend from heaven apocalyptical1 ,whereof 8his thoughts do breathe1 his words do burn40 ,beautiful city6 ,mother of us all6 ,vision of ,peace6 white bride of ,deity6 ,whose ,glory clothes thine apostolic walls6 ,angels thy gates encompass lovingly1 ,equal in all dimensions as beseems1 ,and like an angel's thy capacity4 ,death is not in thee1 nor the fierce extremes ,of pain or sorrow1 nor anxiety4 ,here evil comes not1 neither evil dreams2 ,no temple hast thou1 for the ,lord ,most ,high ,thy temple is4 ,no sun thou hast1 nor moon1 ,his ,glory is thy light eternally4 ,lo6 every nation brings to thee a boon2 ,thy gates shall not be shut at all by day1 ,nor night be thine1 land of perpetual noon2 ,the kings of earth to thee their homage pay4 ,but no defiled thing shall enter thee1 ,loving a lie1 or tempting to betray4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,jehovah is great1 and great be his praise2 ,in the city of ,god ,he is ,king2 ,proclaim ye his triumphs in jubilant lays1 ,on the mount of his holiness sing4 ,the joy of the earth1 from her beautiful height1 ,is ,zion's impregnable hill2 ,the ,lord in her temple still taketh delight1 ,god reigns in her palaces still4 ,go walk about ,zion1 and measure the length1 ,her walls and her bulwarks mark well2 ,contemplate her palaces1 glorious in strength1 ,her towers and her pinnacles tell4 ,then say to your children3--,our stronghold is tried2 ,this ,god is our ,god to the end2 ,his people for ever his counsel shall guide2 ,his arm shall for ever defend4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,clothes4 ,then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones1 and lay away their robes1 and put off their broidered garments3 they shall clothe themselves with trembling4--,ezekiel1 xxvi4 #af4 ,take no thought1 saying1 ,what shall we eat8 or1 ,what shall we drink8 or1 ,wherewithal shall we be clothed8 for your heavenly ,father knoweth that ye have need of all these things4--,matthew1 vi4 #ca1 #cb4 ,for we that are in this tabernacle do groan1 being burdened3 not for that we would be unclothed1 but clothed upon1 that mortality might be swallowed up of life4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 v4 #d4 ,if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring1 in goodly apparel1 and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment3 ,and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing1 and say unto him1 ,sit thou here in a good place2 and say to the poor1 ,stand thou there1 or sit here under my footstool3 ,are ye not then partial in yourselves1 and are become judges of evil thoughts8--,james1 ii4 #b1 #c1 #d4 ,if thou beest he2 but ,o how fall'n6 how changed ,from him who in the happy realms of light1 ,clothed with transcendent brightness1 did'st outshine ,myriads1 though bright6 ,milton4 ,the golden palace of my ,god1 ,towering above the clouds ,i see2 ,beyond the cherub's bright abode1 ,higher than angels' thoughts can be6 ,how can ,i in those courts appear ,without a wedding garment on8 ,conduct me1 ,thou life-giver1 there1 ,conduct me to thy glorious throne6 ,and clothe me with thy robes of light1 ,and lead me through sin's darksome night4 ,bowring1 from the ,russian4 ,all clothed with majesty and power1 ,the ,lord of glory and of might1 ,he comes1 who can abide the hour8 ,who can behold the dreadful sight8 ,he1 even he1 who hath put on ,the spotless robe of righteousness1 ,washed in the blood of ,god's dear ,son3 ,thus clothed1 the ransomed soul may press ,into the presence bright with songs of thankfulness4 ,egone4 ,,clouds4 ,behold1 ,god is great1 and we know him not1 neither can the number of ,his years be searched out4 ,for ,he maketh small the drops of water3 they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof2 ,which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly4 ,with clouds ,he covereth the light2 and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt4--,job1 xxxvi4 #bf1 #bg1 #bh1 #cb4 ,who maketh the clouds ,his chariot2 who walketh upon the wings of the wind4--,psalm civ4 #c4 ,while they beheld1 ,he was taken up2 and a cloud received ,him out of their sight4--,acts1 i4 #i4 ,behold ,he cometh with clouds2 and every eye shall see ,him4--,revelation1 i4 #g4 ,a cloud lay cradled near the setting sun1 ,a gleam of crimson tinged its braided snow1 ,long had ,i watch'd the glory moving on1 ,o'er the still radiance of the lake below3 ,tranquil its spirit seem'd1 and floated slow1 ,even in its very motion there was rest1 ,while every breath of eve that chanced to blow1 ,wafted the traveller to the beauteous west4 ,emblem1 methought1 of the departed soul1 ,to whose white robe the gleam of bliss is given1 ,and by the breath of mercy made to roll ,right onward to the golden gates of heaven1 ,where to the eye of faith it peaceful lies1 ,and tells to man his glorious destinies4 ,j4 ,wilson4 ,see'st yon light cloud1 the wind is hurrying by8 ,the eagle's scarce more rapid in his flight1 ',tis thus the years of youth1--hope--rapture fly1 ,clad in attractive hues and robes of light1 ,swiftly they fly1 but ah6 a weary night ,their reign succeeds--a more than midnight gloom1 ,that gives no peace to morn's uprising bright1 ,nor bids sweet ,hope her wonted smile resume4 ,ah6 yes2 though dark our night and drear the tomb1 ,through its long vista1 lo6 the glorious star1 ,whose rays from heaven's bright vestibule illume ,death's deepest vaults with radiance from afar1 ,sun of immortal day6 victorious faith ,eyes thy uprising blaze1 and triumphs over death4 ,g4 ,m4 ,j4 ,i asked the clouds1 in their pomp of light1 ,as they sat in the crimson west at night1 ,wherefore they gathered around the sun1 ,and brightened although his race was run2 ,when1 perhaps1 the breezes of night might strew ,their fragile folds into mist and dew8 ,the clouds replied1 8,though we should be driven ,away from our rest1 we shall still be in heaven40 ,m4 ,a4 ,browne4 ,when gathering clouds around ,i view1 ,and days are dark1 and friends are few2 ,on ,him ,i lean1 who not in vain ,experienced every human pain3 ,he sees my wants1 allays my fears1 ,and counts and treasures up my tears4 ,and1 oh6 when ,i have safely past ,through every conflict--but the last2 ,still1 still unchanging1 watch beside ,my dying bed1--for thou hast died4 ,then point to realms of cloudless day1 ,and wipe the latest tear away4 ,grant4 ,see where yonder cloudlet lingers ,on the tranquil verge of day2 ,the golden sunset with its fingers1 ,gilds it with its burnished ray2 ,swiftly1 calmly1 on it glides1 ,mingling1 melting1 into air1 ,fainter1 fainter--now it hides ,in the bosom of its lair4 ,so ,i've seen the gentle spirit ,linger as it pass'd away1 ,softly1 brightly glowing1 ere it ,faded in eternal day4 ,glowing with the light of ,heaven-- ,light of ,god's eternal love3-- ,like the cloudlet of the even1 ,so it pass'd to realms above4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,case4 ,,comfort4 ,yea1 though ,i walk through the valley of the shadow of death1 ,i will fear no evil3 for ,thou art with me3 thy rod and thy staff they comfort me4--,psalm xxiii4 #d4 ,this is my comfort in my affliction3 for thy word hath quickened me4--,psalm cxix4 #ej4 ,comfort ye1 comfort ye my people1 saith your ,god4--,isaiah1 xl4 #a4 ,i1 even ,i1 am ,he that comforteth you3 who art thou1 that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die1 and of the ,son of ,man which shall be made as grass2 and forgettest the ,lord thy ,maker4--,isaiah1 li4 #ab1 #ac4 ,the ,spirit of the ,lord ,god is upon me2 because the ,lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek2 he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted1 to proclaim liberty to the captives1 and the opening of the prison to them that are bound2 ,to proclaim the acceptable year of the ,lord1 and the day of vengeance of our ,god2 to comfort all that mourn4--,isaiah1 lxi4 #a1 #b4 ,blessed be ,god1 even the ,father of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 the ,father of mercies1 and the ,god of all comfort2 ,who comforteth us in all our tribulation1 that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble1 by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of ,god4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 i4 #c1 #d4 ,there is a haven yet to rest my soul on1 ,in midst of all unhappiness1 which ,i look on ,with the same comfort as a distressed seaman ,afar off views the coast he would enjoy1 ,when yet the seas do toss his reeling barque1 ',twixt hope and danger4 ,shirley4 ,in the hour of my distress1 ,when temptations me oppress1 ,and when ,i my sins confess1 ,sweet ,spirit1 comfort me6 ,when ,i lie within my bed1 ,sick in heart and sick in head1 ,and with doubts discomforted1 ,sweet ,spirit1 comfort me6 ,when the house doth sigh and weep1 ,and the world is drowned in sleep1 ,yet mine eyes the watch do keep1 ,sweet ,spirit1 comfort me6 ,when the priest his last hath prayed1 ,and ,i nod to what is said1 ',cause my speech is now decayed1 ,sweet ,spirit1 comfort me6 ,when the judgment is revealed1 ,and that open which was sealed1 ,when to thee ,i have appealed1 ,sweet ,spirit1 comfort me6 ,robert ,herrick4 ,the voice which ,i did more esteem ,than music in her sweetest key2 ,those eyes which unto me did seem ,more comfortable than the day6 ,those now by me1 as they have been1 ,shall never more be heard or seen2 ,but what ,i once enjoyed in them1 ,shall seem hereafter as a dream4 ,all earthly comforts vanish thus2 ,so little hold of them have we1 ,that we from them1 or they from us1 ,may in a moment ravished be4 ,yet we are neither just nor wise1 ,if present mercies we despise2 ,or mind not how there may be made ,a thankful use of what we had4 ,wither4 ,beside the bed where parting life was laid1 ,and sorrow1 guilt1 and pain by turns dismay'd1 ,the reverend champion stood4 ,at his control1 ,despair and anguish fled the struggling soul3 ,comfort came down1 the trembling wretch to raise1 ,and his last1 faltering accents whisper'd praise4 ,goldsmith4 ,comfort1 ye ministers of grace1 ,comfort my people1 saith your ,god6 ,ye soon shall see his smiling face1 ,his golden sceptre1 not his rod2 ,and own1 when now the cloud's removed1 ,he only chasten'd whom he loved4 ,who sow in tears1 in joy shall reap1 ,the ,lord shall comfort all that mourn1 ,who now go on their way and weep1 ,with joy they doubtless shall return1 ,and bring their sheaves with vast increase1 ,and have their fruit to holiness4 ,wesley4 ,they sank amid the wilderness1 ,the weary and forsaken2 ,she gave the boy one faint caress1 ,and prayed it might not waken4 ,far1 far away the desert spread2 ,ah6 love is fain to cherish ,the vainest hopes1 but now she said1 8,let me not see him perish40 ,then spoke the ,lord1 and at his word ,sprang forth a little fountain1 ,pure1 cold as those whose crystal hoard ,is in some pine-clad mountain4 ,o blessed ,god6 thus doth thy power1 ,when1 worn and broken-hearted1 ,we sink beneath some evil hour1 ,and deem all hope departed4 ,then doth the fountain of thy grace ,rise up within the spirit1 ,and we are strengthened for that race1 ,whose prize we shall inherit4 ,when least we hope1 our prayer is heard1 ,the judgment is averted1 ,and comes the comfort of thy word1 ,when most we seem deserted4 ,miss ,landon4 ,on wings of everlasting love ,the ,comforter is come2 ,all terrors at his voice disperse1 ,and endless pleasures bloom4 ,doddridge4 ,,command--,,commandment4 ,moses went up unto mount ,sinai1 as the ,lord had commanded him1 and took in his hand the two tables of stone4 ,and he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant1 the ten commandments4--,exodus1 xxxiv4 #d1 #bh4 ,jesus said1 ,thou shalt love the ,lord thy ,god with all thy heart1 and with all thy soul1 and with all thy mind4 ,this is the first and great commandment4 ,and the second is like unto it1 ,thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself4 ,on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets4--,matthew1 xxii4 #cg1 #ch1 #ci1 #dj4 ,how1 in one house1 ,should many people1 under two commands ,hold amity8 ,shakspere4 ,whatever hypocrites austerely talk ,of purity1 and place1 and innocence1 ,reforming as impure what ,god declares ,pure1 and commands to some1 leaves free to all ,our ,maker bids increase2 who bids abstain ,but our destroyer1 foe to ,god and man4 ,milton4 ,heralds of creation cry1 --,praise the ,lord1 the ,lord most high2 ,heaven and earth1 obey the call1 ,praise the ,lord1 the ,lord of all4 ,for ,he spake1 and forth from night ,sprang the universe to light2 ,he commanded1--,nature heard1 ,and stood fast upon his word4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,what is the first and great command8-- ,to love thy ,god above3 ,and what the second8--,as thyself ,thy neighbour thou shalt love3 ,who is my neighbour8--,he who wants ,the help that thou canst give3 ,jesus1 our blessed ,saviour1 said-- ,this do1 and thou shalt live4 ,anon4 ,,compassion4 ,thou ,o ,lord1 art a ,god full of compassion1 and gracious1 long-suffering1 and plenteous in mercy and truth4--,psalm lxxxvi4 #ae4 ,it is of the ,lord's mercies that we are not consumed1 because his compassions fail not4--,lamentations1 iii4 #bb4 ,have compassion on us1 and help us4--,mark1 ix4 #bb4 ,ye had compassion of me in my bonds4--,hebrews1 x4 #cd4 ,be ye all of one mind1 having compassion one of another4--,i4 ,peter1 iii4 #h4 ,jesus1 the friend of human kind1 ,with strong compassion moved1 ,descended1 like a pitying ,god1 ,to save the souls he loved4 ,exalted high at ,god's right hand1 ,and ,lord of all below1 ,through him is pardoning love dispensed1 ,and boundless blessings flow4 ,and still1 for erring1 guilty man1 ,a brother's pity flows2 ,and still his bleeding heart is touched ,with memory of our woes4 ,barbauld4 ,the light of love and glory ,has shone through ,christ the ,saviour1 ,the holy ,guide1 who lived and died1 ,that we might live for ever4 ,and since thy great compassion ,thus brings thy children near thee1 ,may we to praise devote our days1 ,and love as well as fear thee4 ,henry ,ware1 ,jun4 ,lord1 what offerings shall we bring1 ,at thine altars when we bow8 ,hearts1 the pure unsullied spring1 ,whence the kind affections flow2 ,soft compassion's feeling soul1 ,by the melting eye exprest1 ,sympathy1 at whose control ,sorrow leaves the wounded breast4 ,john ,taylor4 ,,concord4 ,what concord hath ,christ with ,belial8--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 vi4 #ae4 ,but lovely concord1 and most sacred peace1 ,doth nourish virtue1 and fast friendship breedes2 ,weake she makes strong1 and strong things does increase1 ,till it the pitch of highest praise exceedes-- ,brave be her warres1 as honourable deedes1 ,by which she triumphs over ire and pride1 ,and winnes an olive garden for her meedes4 ,spenser4 ,one shall rise ,of proud ambitious heart1 who1 not content ,with fair equality1 fraternal state1 ,will arrogate dominion undeserved ,over his brethren1 and quite dispossess ,concord1 and law of nature from the earth4 ,milton4 ,e'en as the dew1 that1 at the break of morning1 ,all nature with its beauty is adorning1 ,and flows for ,heaven1 calm and still1 ,and bathes the tender grass on ,zion's hill1 ,and to the young and withering herb resigns ,the drops for which it pines3 ,so are fraternal peace and concord ever ,the cherishers without whose guidance1 never ,would sainted quiet seek the breast1-- ,the life1 the soul of unmolested rest1-- ,the antidote to sorrow and distress1 ,and prop of human happiness4 ,kamphuyzen4 ,it is not once an age two hearts are set ,so well in unison1 that not a note ,jars in their music2 but a skilful hand ,slurs lightly over the discordant tones1 ,and wakens only the full power of those ,that sound in concord4 ,happy1 happy those ,who thus perform in the grand concert--life4 ,mrs4 ,southey4 ,,conquest4 ,as it is written1 ,for thy sake we are killed all the day long2 we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter4 ,nay1 in all these things we are more than conquerors through ,him that loved us4--,romans1 viii4 #cf1 #cg4 ,and ,i saw1 and behold a white horse2 and he that sat on him had a bow2 and a crown was given unto him2 and he went forth conquering and to conquer4--,revelations1 vi4 #b4 ,the conquered also1 and enslaved by war1 ,shall1 with their freedom lost1 all virtue lose1 ,and fear of ,god4 ,milton4 ,well then1 my soul1 joy in the midst of pain2 ,thy ,christ1 that conquered hell1 shall from above ,with greater triumph yet return again1 ,and conquer his own justice with his love-- ,commanding earth and seas to render those ,unto ,his bliss1 for whom ,he paid ,his woes4 ,henry ,wotton4 ,strange conquest1 when the conqueror must die1 ,and he is slain who wins the victory1 ,and yet another conquest he must gain1 ,or all our faith and highest hopes are vain4 ,anon4 ,he on whose eyes sweet light revealed hath been1 ,he on whose ears the mysteries of sound1 ,the lame who now can walk1 he who hath seen ,the gate of death and he whom death hath bound1 ,rejoice aloud--a choral company6 ,and had they not1 the stones from out the ground ,witness of ,him1 whom ,patriarchs longed to see1 ,had borne2 such was the aspiration then1 ,the rapture and procession4 ,and lo1 ,he ,went like a conqueror on his way1 while men ,cowered as before a ,god4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,to ,thee1 who dying1 conquerest1 all hail6 ,son of the virgin6 ,hero of the blest6 ,over the gates of death and hell prevail2 ,warrior who hast alone the wine-press trod4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,,conscience4 ,and herein do ,i exercise myself1 to have always a conscience void of offence toward ,god1 and toward men4--,acts1 xxiv4 #af4 ,their conscience also bearing witness1 and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another4--,romans1 ii4 #ae4 ,ye must needs be subject1 not only for wrath1 but also for conscience sake4--,romans1 xiii4 #e4 ,holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience4--,i4 ,timothy1 iii4 #i4 ,purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living ,god4--,hebrews1 ix4 #ad4 ,we trust we have a good conscience4--,hebrews1 xiii4 #ah4 ,guilt still alarms1 and conscience1 ne'er asleep1 ,wounds with incessant strokes1 not loud but deep2 ,while the vexed mind her own tormentor flies1 ,a scorpion scourge unmark'd by human eyes6 ,trust me no tortures that the poets feign1 ,can match the fierce1 the unutterable pain ,he feels1 who day and night1 devoid of rest1 ,carries his own accuser in his breast4 ,juvenal4 ,study conscience1 more than thou wouldst fame2 ,though both be good1 the latter yet is worst1 ,and ever is ill got1 without the first4 ,ben ,jonson4 ,for though the plain judge1 ,conscience1 makes no show1 ,but silently to her dark session comes1 ,not as red law does to arraignment go1 ,or war to execution1 with loud drums2 ,though she on hills sets not her gibbets high1 ,where frightful law sets hers2 nor bloody seems1 ,like war in colours spread1 yet secretly ,she does her work1 and many men condemns2 ,chokes in the seed what law1 till ripe1 ne'er sees2 ,what law would punish1 ,conscience can prevent2 ,and so the world from many mischiefs frees2 ,known by her cures1 as law by punishment4 ,sir ,william ,davenant4 ,so gnaws the grief of conscience evermore1 ,and in the heart it is so deeply grave1 ,that they may never sleep nor rest therefor1 ,nor think one thought but on the dread they have4 ,earl of ,dorset4 ,the soul's rough file that smoothness does impart2 ,the hammer that does break the stony heart6 ,the worm that never dies6 the 8thorn within10 ,that pricks and pains6 the whip and scourge of sin6 ,the voice of ,god in man6 that without rest ,does softly cry within a troubled breast-- 8,to all temptations is that soul set free ,that makes not to itself a curb of me40 ,sir ,e4 ,sherburne4 ,for him a waking bloodhound1 yelling loud1 7,that in his bosom long had sleeping laid1 ,a guilty conscience lurking after blood17 ,pursued eagerly1 nor ever stayed1 ,till the betrayer's self it had betrayed2 ,oft changed he place in hope away to wind1 ,but change of place could never change his mind1 ,himself he flies to lose1 but follows but to find4 ,giles ,fletcher4 ,there is a kind of conscience some men keep1 ,is like a member that's benumbed with sleep2 ,which1 as it gathers blood1 and wakes again1 ,it shoots1 and pricks1 and feels as big as ten4 ,quarles4 ,the swelling of an outward fortune can ,create a prosperous1 not a happy1 man2 ,a peaceful conscience is the true content1 ,and wealth is but her golden ornament4 ,quarles4 ,divine authority1 within man's breast1 ,brings every thought1 word1 action1 to the test2 ,warns him or prompts1 approves him or restrains1 ,as reason1 or as passion takes the reins4 ,heaven from above1 and ,conscience from within1 ,cries in his startled ear1--,abstain from sin4 ,cowper4 ,from behind her secret stand1 ,the sly informer minutes every fault1 ,and her dread diary with horror fills4 ,not the gross act alone employs her pen2 ,she reconnoitres fancy's airy band1 ,our dawning purposes of heart explores1 ,and steals our embryos of iniquity4 ,young4 ',tis ever thus ,with noble minds2 if chance they slide to folly1 ,remorse stings deeper1 and relentless conscience ,pours more of gall into the bitter cup ,of their severe repentance4 ,mason4 ,knowledge or wealth to few are given1 ,but mark how just the ways of heaven3 ,true joy to all is free4 ,nor wealth nor knowledge grant the boon1 ',tis thine1 ,o ,conscience6 thine alone-- ,it all belongs to thee4 ,mickle4 ,what terrestial woe can match ,the self-convicted bosom1 which hath wrought ,the bane of others1 or enslaved itself ,with shackles vile8 ,not poison1 nor sharp fire1 ,nor the worst pangs that ever monkish hate ,suggested1 or despotic rage imposed1 ,were at that season an unwished exchange2 ,when the soul loathes herself1 when flying thence1 ,to crowds1 on every brow she sees pourtrayed ,fell demons1 hate or scorn1 which drive her back ,to solitude1 her ,judge's voice divine1 ,to hear in secret1 haply sounding through ,the troubled dreams of midnight1 and still1 still ,demanding for his violated laws ,fit recompense2 or charging her own tongue ,to speak the award of justice on herself4 ,akenside4 ,conscience distasteful truths may tell1 ,but mark her sacred lessons well1 ,with her whoever lives at strife1 ,loses his better friend for life4 ,anon4 ,conscience1 tremendous conscience1 in his fits ,of inspiration1 whencesoe'er it came1 ,rose like a ghost1 inflicting fear of death ,on those who feared not death in fiercest battle1 ,and mocked him in their martyrdoms of torments2 ,that secret1 swift1 and silent messenger1 ,broke on them in their lonely hours2--in sleep1 ,in sickness2 haunting them with dire suspicions ,of something in themselves that would not die-- ,of an existence elsewhere1 and hereafter2 ,of which tradition was not wholly silent1 ,yet spake not out2 its dreary oracles ,confounded superstition to conceive1 ,and baffled scepticism to reject1 ,what fear of death is like the fear beyond it8 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,nothing they saw1 but a low voice was heard ,threading the ominous silence of that fear1 ,gentle and terrorless1 as if a bird1 ,wakened by some volcano's glare1 should cheer ,the murk air with his song2 yet every word ,in the cathedral's farthest arch seemed near1 ,as if it spoke to every one apart1 ,like the clear voice of conscience to each heart4 ,lowell4 ,lest too powerful passions should propel ,headlong to acts immoral1 nor allow ,time for slow ,reason to deduce a rule ,to curb their mad career1 ,conscience kind heaven ,appointed her assistant2 ,conscience quick ,to heed the call of duty1 to discern ',twixt right and wrong1 and bias to the best4 ,william ,gibson4 ,oh1 that folk would well consider ,what it is to lose a name1 ,what this world is altogether1 ,if bereft of honest fame4 ,poverty ne'er brings dishonour1 ,hardship ne'er breeds sorrow's smart1 ,if bright conscience takes upon her ,to shed sunshine round the heart4 ,hector ,mc' ,neill4 ,,consolation4 ,are the consolations of ,god small with thee8--,job1 xv4 #aa4 ,woe unto you that are rich2 for you have received your consolation4--,luke1 vi4 #bd4 ,barnabas1 which is1 being interpreted1 the son of consolation4--,acts1 iv4 #cf4 ,for as the sufferings of ,christ abound in us1 so our consolation also aboundeth by ,christ4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 i4 #e4 ,many are the sayings of the wise1 ,in ancient and in modern books enroll'd1 ,extolling patience as the truest fortitude2 ,and to the bearing well of all calamities1 ,all chances incident to man's frail life ,consolatories writ ,with studied argument1 and much persuasion sought ,lenient of grief and anxious thought2 ,but with the afflicted1 in his pangs their sound ,little prevails1 or rather seems a time ,harsh1 and of dissonant mood from his complaint2 ,unless he feels within ,some source of consolation from above1 ,secret refreshings1 that repair his strength1 ,and fainting spirits uphold4 ,milton4 ,a faded flower1 a bud of beauty blasted1 ,a broken lute1 a precious diamond shattered1 ,a stream of purest water1 early wasted1 ,a priceless essence on the desert scattered1 ,like these thou hast perished1 in thy beauty mild4 ,to which shall we compare thee1 lovely child8 ,if to the faded flower1 we know its fruit ,is garner'd up midst ,heaven's holy treasures2 ,if to the lovely-toned1 but broken lute1 ,its echo mingleth now1 in heavenly measures2 ,the diamond is not lost2 its fragments gather ,into a star before the ,eternal ,father4 ,the stream beside the stream of life is flowing1 ,and ever fed from their celestial springs2 ,the essence round the ,throne eternal1 going ,embodied on a ,seraph's radiant wings2 ,oh1 lost one6--let us call thee what we will1 ,the very name hath consolation still4 ,anon4 ,,content4 ,but godliness1 with contentment1 is great gain4 ,for we brought nothing into this world1 and it is certain we can carry nothing out4 ,and having food and raiment1 let us be therewith content4--,i4 ,timothy1 vi4 #f1 #g1 #h4 ,i have learned1 in whatsoever state ,i am1 therewith to be content4--,philippians1 iv4 #aa4 ,let your conversation be without covetousness2 and be content with such things as ye have3 for ,he hath said1 ,i will never leave thee1 nor forsake thee4--,hebrews1 xiii4 #e4 ,poor and content is rich and rich enough4 ,shakspere4 ,my conscience is my crown1 ,contented thoughts my rest2 ,my heart is happy in itself1 ,my bliss is in my breast4 ,enough ,i reckon wealth1 ,a mean the surest lot2 ,that lies too high for base contempt1 ,too low for envy's shot4 ,robert ,southwell4 ,though still thou get'st1 yet is thy want not spent1 ,but1 as thy wealth1 so grows thy wealthy itch2 ,but with my little ,i have much content-- ,content hath all2 and who hath all1 is rich3 ,then this in reason thou must needs confess-- ,if ,i have little1 yet that thou hast less4 ,whatever man possesses1 ,god hath lent1 ,and to his audit liable is1 ever1 ,to reckon how1 and when1 and where he spent2 ,then this thou bragg'st--thou art a great receiver3 ,little my debt1 when little is my store-- ,the more thou hast1 the debt still grows the more4 ,phineas ,fletcher4 ,i grieve1 and dare not show my discontent2 ,i love1 and yet am forced to seem to hate2 ,i do1 yet dare not say ,i ever meant1 ,i seem stark mute1 but inwardly do prate3 ,i am1 and not1 ,i freeze1 and yet am burn'd1 ,since from myself my other self ,i turn'd4 ,my care is like my shadow in the sun-- ,follows me flying1 flies when ,i pursue it2 ,stands and lies by me1 does what ,i have done1 ,this too-familiar care does make me rue it4 ,no means ,i find to rid him from my breast1 ,till by the end of things it is suppress'd4 ,some gentler passions slide into my mind1 ,for ,i am soft1 and made of melting snow2 ,or be more cruel1 love1 and so be kind1 ,let me or float or sink1 be high or low1 ,or let me live with some more sweet content1 ,or die1 and so forget what love e'er meant4 ,queen ,elizabeth4 ,welcome pure thoughts1 welcome ye silent groves1 ,these guests1 these courts1 my soul most dearly loves3 ,now the wing'd people of the sky shall sing ,my cheerful anthems to the gladsome spring3 ,a prayer book now shall be my looking-glass1 ,in which ,i will adore sweet virtue's face4 ,here dwell no hateful looks1 no palace-cares1 ,no broken vows dwell here1 no pale-faced fears3 ,then here ,i'll sit1 and sigh my hot love's folly1 ,and learn 't affect an holy melancholy2 ,and if ,contentment be a stranger then1 ,i'll ne'er look for it but in ,heaven again4 ,sir ,henry ,wotton4 ,there's discontent from sceptre to the swain1 ,and from the peasant to the king again4 ,then whatsoever in thy will afflict thee1 ,or in thy pleasure seem to contradict thee1 ,give it a welcome as a wholesome friend1 ,that would instruct thee to a better end4 ,since no condition from defect is free1 ,think not to find what here can never be4 ,alexander ,nicholas4 ,unfit for greatness1 ,i her snares defy1 ,and look on riches with untainted eye4 ,to others let the glittering baubles fall1 ,content shall place us far above them all4 ,churchill4 ,o may ,i with myself agree1 ,and never covet what ,i see6 ,content me with an humble shade2 ,my passions tamed1 my wishes laid2 ,for while our wishes idly roll1 ,we banish quiet from the soul2 ',tis then we busy beat the air1 ,and misers gather wealth and care4 ,dyer4 ,happy is he1 who1 though the cup of bliss ,has ever shunn'd him when he thought to kiss1 ,who still in abject poverty or pain1 ,can count with pleasure what small joys remain2 ,though1 were his sight convey'd from zone to zone1 ,he would not find one spot of ground his own2 ,yet as he looks around1 he cries with glee1 ,these bounding prospects all are made for me3 ,for me yon waving fields their burden bear1 ,for me yon labourer guides the shining share2 ,while happy ,i1 in idle ease recline1 ,and mark the glorious visions as they shine4 ,this is the charm1 by sages often told1 ,converting all it touches into gold4 ,content can soothe1 where'er by fortune placed1 ,can rear a garden in the desert waste4 ,h4 ,k4 ,white4 ,o ,thou1 who kindly dost provide ,for every creature's want6 ,we bless ,thee1 ,god of ,nature wide1 ,for all thy goodness lent2 ,and if it please ,thee1 ,heavenly ,guide1 ,may never worse be sent2 ,but whether granted1 or denied1 ,lord6 bless us with content6 ,burns4 ,there is a jewel which no ,indian mine can buy1 ,no chemic art can counterfeit2 ,it makes men rich in greatest poverty1 ,makes water wine1 turns wooden cups to gold1 ,the homely whistle to sweet music's strain2 ,seldom it comes1 to few from heaven sent1 ,that much in little--all in nought--content4 ,anon4 ,ye venerable groves6 whose open glades ,invite the musing wanderer to your shades1 ,ye birds6 whose honied notes enthral the ear1 ,wake the bright morn1 the darksome evening cheer1 ,ye fountains6 murmuring music as ye flow1 ,ye flowers6 that on their purple margins glow1 ,ye winds6 that o'er those flowers soft breathing play1 ,calm the hot sky1 and mitigate the day2-- ,take me1 ,o take me to your loved retreats2 ,all1 all conspire to bless me with your sweets4 ,here in your soft enclosure let me prove ,the shade and silence of the life ,i love6 ,not idle here2--for1 as ,i rove along1 ,i form the verse1 and meditate the song2 ,or mend my mind by what the wise have taught1 ,studious to be the very thing ,i ought ,here will ,i taste the blessings of content1 ,no hope shall flatter1 and no fear torment3 ,unlike the sea1 the sport of every wind1 ,and rich with wrecks1 the ruin of mankind1 ,my life an honest1 humble praise shall claim1 ,as the small stream1 scarce honoured with a name1 ,whose gladdening waters through my garden play1 ,give a few flowers to smile1 then glide away4 ,bishop ,hurd4 ,the wisest1 happiest1 of our kind are they ,that ever walk content with ,nature's way1 ,god's goodness measuring bounty as it may2 ,for whom the gravest thought of what they miss1 ,chastening the fulness of a present bliss1 ,is with that wholesome office satisfied2 ,while unrepining sadness is allied ,in thankful bosoms to a modest pride4 ,wordsworth4 ,grant1 gracious ,lord1 as through this troubled scene ,i walk unsafely1 stumbling as ,i go1 ,glimpses of hope1 the murky clouds between1 ,may break at times1 and light the way below2 ,but if ,i may not such sweet solace find1 ,give me a prayerful and contented mind4 ,egone4 ,,contrition4 ,the ,lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart2 and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit4--,psalm xxxiv4 #ah4 ,the sacrifices of ,god are a broken spirit2 a broken and a contrite heart1 ,o ,god1 ,thou wilt not despise4--,psalm li4 #ag4 ,thus saith the high and lofty ,one that inhabiteth eternity1 whose name is ,holy2 ,i dwell in the high and holy place1 with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit1 to revive the spirit of the humble1 and to revive the heart of the contrite ones4--,isaiah1 lvii4 #ae4 ,to this man will ,i look1 even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit1 and trembleth at my word4--,isaiah1 lxvi4 #b4 ,fruits of more pleasing savour from thy seed ,sown with contrition in his heart1 than those ,which1 his own hand manuring1 all the trees ,of ,paradise could have produced4 ,milton4 ,i1 who have gone so far and long astray1 ,adding to primal guilt the mountains high ,of trespass day by day1 as if to try ,thy long forbearance1 still for mercy pray2 ,for mercy even yet4 ,look ere thou slay1 ,great ,god6 upon my tears2 look where ,i lie ,repentant2 give1 ,o give1 before ,i die1 ,thy grace1 and guide my feet into thy way4 ,reveal thy sufferings1 thy blood and sweat3 ,short is my time2 reveal thy bitter cross ,to my dark eyes1 all used to other sight4 ,quench1 ,o my ,god6 all that unhallowed heat ,of former life1 which now ,i count but loss3 ,lord1 thou hast ne'er despised a heart contrite4 ,from the ,italian of ,gabriel ,fiamma4 ,where sad contrition harbours1 there the heart ,is truly acquainted with the secret smart ,of past offences1 hates the bosom sin ,the most1 which most the soul took pleasure in2 ,no crime unsifted1 no sin unpresented ,can lurk unseen1 and seen1 none unlamented2 ,the troubled soul's amazed with dire aspects ,of lesser sins committed1 and detects ,the wounded conscience2 it cries amain ,for mercy--mercy2 cries1 and cries again4 ,it sadly grieves1 and soberly laments1 ,it yearns for grace1 reforms1 returns1 repents4 ,aye1 this is incense whose accepted savour ,mounts up the heavenly throne1 and findeth favour3 ,aye1 this it is whose valour never fails-- ,with ,god it stoutly wrestles and prevails3 ,aye1 this it is that pierces heaven above1 ,never returning home1 7like ,noah's dove17 ,but brings an olive leaf1 or some increase1 ,that works salvation and eternal peace4 ,quarles4 ,all powerful is the penitential sigh ,of true contrition2 like the placid wreaths ,of incense1 wafted from the righteous shrine ,where ,abel ministered1 to the blest seat ,of ,mercy1 an accepted sacrifice1 ,humiliation's conscious plaint ascends4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,lord6 who art merciful as well as just1 ,incline thine ear to me1 a child of dust6 ,not what ,i would1 ,o ,lord6 ,i offer thee1 ,alas6 but what ,i can4 ,father ,almighty1 who hast made me man1 ,and bade me look to heaven1 for thou art there1 ,accept my sacrifice and humble prayer4 ,four things which are not in my treasury1 ,i lay before thee1 ,lord1 with this petition3-- ,my nothingness1 my wants1 ,my sins1 and my contrition4 ,southey1 imitated from the ,persian4 ,o1 my soul6 thy lost condition ,brought the gentle ,saviour low6 ,hast thou felt one hour's contrition ,for those sins that pierced him so8 ,dost thou bear the love thou owest ,for such proof of grace divine8 ,can'st thou answer1--,lord thou knowest ,that this heart is wholly ,thine8 ,c4 ,bowles4 ,,courage4 ,wait on the ,lord3 be of good courage4--,psalm xxvii4 #ad4 ,be of good courage1 and ,he shall strengthen your heart1 all ye that hope in the ,lord4--,psalm xxxi4 #bd4 ,and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day1 saith the ,lord4--,amos1 ii4 #af4 ,when the brethren heard of us they came to meet us3 whom when ,paul saw1 he thanked ,god1 and took courage4--,acts1 xxviii4 #ae4 ,that courage which the vain for valour take1 ,who proudly danger seek for glory's sake1 ,is impudence2 and what they rashly do1 ,has no excuse1 but that 'tis madness too4 ,sir ,william ,davenant4 ,stand but your ground1 your ghostly foes will fly-- ,hell trembles at a heaven-directed eye2 ,choose rather to defend than to assail-- ,self-confidence will in the conflict fail3 ,when you are challenged1 you may dangers meet-- ,true courage is a fixed1 not sudden heat2 ,is always humble1 lives in self-distrust1 ,and will itself into no danger thrust4 ,devote yourself to ,god1 and you will find ,god fights the battles of a will resigned4 ,love ,jesus6 ,love will no base fear endure-- ,love ,jesus6 ,and of conquest rest secure4 ,bishop ,ken4 ,true courage is not moved by breath of words2 ,while the rash bravery of boiling blood1 ,impetuous1 knows no settled principle4 ,a feverish tide1 it has its ebbs and flows1 ,as spirits rise or fall1 as wine inflames1 ,or circumstances change3 but inborn courage1 ,the generous child of fortitude and faith1 ,holds its firm empire in the constant soul2 ,and like the steadfast pole-star1 never once ,from the same fixed and faithful point declines4 ,hannah ,more4 ,,court4 ,blessed is the man whom ,thou choosest1 and causest to approach unto ,thee1 that he may dwell in ,thy courts4--,psalm lxv4 #d4 ,those that be planted in the house of the ,lord shall flourish in the courts of our ,god4--,psalm xcii4 #ac4 ,make a joyful noise unto the ,lord1 all ye lands4 ,enter into ,his gates with thanksgiving1 and into ,his courts with praise4--,psalm c4 #a1 #d4 ,it shall be an habitation of dragons1 and a court for owls4--,isaiah1 xxxiv4 #ac4 ,gaze but upon the house where man doth live1 ,with flowers and verdure to adorn his way2 ,where all the creatures due obedience give2 ,the winds to sweep his chambers every day2 ,the clouds to wash his rooms1 the ceiling gay ,with glittering stars1 that night's dark empire brave2 ,if such an house ,god to another gave1 ,how shine those splendid courts ,he for ,himself will have8 ,and if a heavy cloud1 opaque at night1 ,in which the sun may seem embodied1 ,deprived of all its dregs we see so white1 ,burning in liquid gold its watery head1 ,or round with ivory edges silvered2 ,what lustre supereminent will ,,he ,lighten on those who shall his sunshine see ,in that all-glorious court1 in which all glories be4 ,giles ,fletcher4 ,quivering fears1 heart-tearing cares1 ,anxious sighs1 untimely tears4 ,fly1 fly to courts2 ,fly to fond worldlings' sports1 ,where strain'd sardonic smiles are glossing still1 ,and grief is forced to laugh against her will2 ,where mirth's but mummery2 ,and sorrows only real be6 ,sir ,walter ,raleigh4 ,,covenant--,,rainbow4 ,and ,god said unto ,noah1 ,the end of all flesh is come before me4 ,but with thee will ,i establish my covenant4--,genesis1 vi4 #ac1 #ah4 ,and it shall come to pass1 when ,i bring a cloud over the earth1 that the bow shall be seen in the cloud4 ,and ,i will remember my covenant1 which is between me and you1 and every living creature of all flesh2 and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh4--,genesis1 ix4 #ad1 #ae4 ,know therefore that the ,lord thy ,god1 he is ,god1 the faithful ,god1 which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love ,him and keep ,his commandments to a thousand generations4--,deuteronomy1 vii4 #i4 ,for if that first covenant had been faultless1 then should no place have been sought for the second4--,hebrews1 viii4 #g4 ,still young and fine1 but what is still in view1 ,we slight as old and soil'd1 though fresh and new2 ,how bright wert thou when ,shem's admiring eye ,thy burnished flaming arch did first descry2 ,when ,zarah1 ,nahor1 ,haran1 ,abram1 ,lot1 ,the youthful world's grey fathers1 in one knot1 ,did1 with intentive looks1 watch every hour ,for thy new light1 and trembled at each shower6 ,when thou dost shine1 darkness looks white and fair2 ,forms turn to music1 clouds to smiles and air2 ,rain gently spreads his honey-drops1 and pours ,balm on the cleft earth1 milk on grass and flowers4 ,bright pledge of peace and sunshine1 the sure tye ,of the ,lord's hand1 the object of his eye2 ,when ,i behold thee1 though my light be dim1 ,distant1 and low1 ,i can in thine see ,him ,who looks upon thee from ,his glorious throne1 ,and minds the covenant betwixt all and ,one4 ,henry ,vaughan4 ,the rainbow bending in the sky1 ,bedecked with sundry hues1 ,is like the seat of ,god on high1 ,and seems to tell these news3-- ,that as1 thereby1 ,he promised ,to drown the world no more1 ,so1 by the blood which ,christ has shed1 ,he will our souls restore4 ,george ,gascoigne4 ,when ,science from ,creation's face ,enchantment's veil withdraws1 ,what lovely visions yield their place1 ,to cold material laws6 ,and yet1 fair bow1 no fabling beams1 ,but words of the ,most ,high1 ,have told why first thy robe of beams ,was woven in the sky4 ,when o'er the green undeluged earth1 ,heaven's covenant thou didst shine1 ,how came the world's grey fathers forth1 ,to watch thy sacred sign6 ,and when the yellow lustre smiled ,o'er mountains yet untrod1 ,each mother held aloft her child1 ,to bless the bow of ,god4 ,methinks1 thy jubilee to keep1 ,the first-made anthem rang ,on earth delivered from the deep1 ,and the first poet sang4 ,nor ever shall the ,muse's eye1 ,unraptured greet thy beam3 ,theme of primeval prophecy1 ,be still the poet's theme6 ,campbell4 ,bow in the cloud1 what token dost thou bear8 --,that justice still cries 8strike10 and mercy 8spare40 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,such thou hast shone1 bright rainbow6 when the sky ,has clothed in clouds its blue serenity2 ,and such shall shine1 while1 grateful for the vow4 ,all nations of the earth to heaven shall bow4 ,curbing the tempest on its thunder path1 ,chaining the boisterous billows in their wrath2 ,majestic symbol of their ,maker's might6 ,girdle of beauty6 coronal of light6 ,god's own blest handmark1 mystic1 sure1 sublime1 ,graven in glory to the end of time6 ,anon4 ,,creation4 ,in the beginning1 ,god created the heavens and the earth4--,genesis1 i4 #a4 ,let them praise the name of the ,lord3 for ,he commanded1 and they were created4--,psalm cxlviii4 #e4 ,remember now thy ,creator in the days of thy youth4--,ecclesiastes1 xii4 #a4 ,lift up your eyes on high1 and behold who hath created these things4 ,hast thou not known8 hast thou not heard1 that the everlasting ,god1 the ,lord1 the ,creator of the ends of the earth1 fainteth not1 neither is weary8--,isaiah1 xl4 #bf1 #bh4 ,have we not all one father8 hath not one ,god created us8--,malachi1 ii4 #aj4 ,thou art worthy1 ,o ,lord1 to receive glory and honour and power3 for ,thou hast created all things1 and for ,thy pleasure they are and were created4--,revelation1 iv4 #aa4 ,here finished he1 and all that he had made ,viewed1 and behold all is entirely good2 ,so even and morn accomplished the sixth day2 ,yet not till the ,creator from his work ,desisting1 though unwearied1 up returned1 ,up to the heaven of heavens his high abode1 ,thence to behold his new created world1 ,th' addition of his empire1 how it showed ,in prospect from his throne1 how good1 how fair1 ,answering his great idea4 ,up he rode1 ,followed by acclamation1 and the sound ,symphonious of ten thousand harps1 that tuned ,angelic harmonies2 the earth1 the air1 ,resounded1 ,the heavens and all the constellations rang1 ,the planets in their stations listening stood1 ,while the bright pomp ascended jubilant3-- ,open1 ye everlasting gates1 they sang1 ,open1 ye heavens1 your everlasting doors2 let in ,the great ,creator from his work returned ,magnificent1 his six days' work--a world4 ,milton4 ,my heart is awed within me1 when ,i think ,of the great miracle that still goes on1 ,in silence1 round me--the perpetual work ,of thy creation1 finished1 yet renewed ,for ever4 ,w4 ,c4 ,bryant4 ,from the throne of the ,highest the mandate came forth1 ,from the word of ,omnipotent ,god2 ,and the elements fashioned his footstool the earth1 ,and the ,heavens his holy abode3 ,and his ,spirit moved over the fathomless flood ,of waters that fretted in darkness around1 ,until at his bidding1 their turbulent mood ,was hushed to a calm1 and obedient they stood ,where he fixed their perpetual bound4 ,from the work of creation1 which rose by his word1 ,when finished the heavens and the earth2 ,on the seventh day rested th' ,omnipotent ,lord1 ,as he looked on each beautiful birth3-- ,on the firmament1 stretched from the east to the west1 ,on the far flowing sea1 and the fast teeming land1 ,and he saw they were good1 and the ,sabbath was blest1 ,the ,sabbath6 the sanctified season of rest ,to the creatures that came from his hand4 ,knox4 ,mysterious power6 which guides by night ,through darkest wood the illumined sight2 ,which prompts them1 by the unerring smell1 ,the appointed prey's abode to tell2 ,bore with long bill the investing mould1 ,and feel1 and from the secret hold ,dislodge the reptile spoil6 ,but who ,can look ,creation's volume through1 ,and not fresh proofs1 at every turn1 ,of the ,creator's mind discern3 ,the end to which his actions tend1 ,the means adapted to the end1 ,the reasoning thought1 the effective skill1 ,and1 ruling all1 the ,almighty will4 ,bishop ,mant4 ,in the ,beginning primal darkness flung ,her veil o'er chaos1 void and formless all2 ,the brooding ,spirit o'er the waters hung2 ,the father's fiat moved the empty pall3 8,let there be ,light60 ,forthwith ,creation sprung ,glad into being4 ,thy ,creating ,love1 ,lord1 ,i believe6 ,mine unbelief remove4 ,h4 ,h4 ,weld4 ,,crown4 ,in that day shall the ,lord of ,hosts be for a crown of glory1 and for a diadem of beauty1 unto the residue of his people4--,isaiah1 xxviii4 #e4 ,know ye not that they which run in a race run all1 but one receiveth the prize8 ,now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown2 but we an incorruptible4--,i4 ,corinthians1 ix4 #bd1 #be4 ,i have fought a good fight1 ,i have finished my course1 ,i have kept the faith3 ,henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness4--,,ii4 ,timothy1 iv4 #g1 #h4 ,they who die in ,christ are bless'd-- ,ours be1 then1 no thought of grieving6 ,sweetly with their ,god they rest1 ,all their toils and troubles leaving3 ,so be ours the faith that saveth1 ,hope that every trial braveth1 ,love that to the end endureth1 ,and1 through ,christ1 the crown secureth6 ,bishop ,doane4 ,the way to bliss lies not on bed of down1 ,and he that had no cross deserves no crown4 ,quarles4 ,how much do they mistake1 how little know ,of kings1 and kingdoms1 and the pains which flow ,from royalty1 who fancy that a crown1 ,because it glistens1 must be lin'd with down4 ,with outside show1 and vain appearance caught1 ,they look no further1 and by folly taught1 ,prize high the toys of thrones1 but never find ,one of the many cares which lurk behind4 ,the gem they worship1 which a crown adorns1 ,nor once suspects that crown is lin'd with thorns4 ,o might reflection folly's place supply1 ,would we one moment use her piercing eye1 ,then should we know what woe from grandeur springs1 ,and learn to pity1 not to envy kings4 ,churchill4 ,,cross--,,crucifixion4 ,and he that taketh not his cross1 and followeth after me1 is not worthy of me4--,matthew1 x4 #ch4 ,pilate saith unto them1 ,what shall ,i do then with ,jesus which is called ,christ8 ,they all say unto him1 ,let ,him be crucified4 ,and the governor said1 ,why1 what evil hath ,he done8 ,but they cried out the more1 saying1 ,let ,him be crucified4--,matthew1 xxxvii4 #bb1 #bc4 ,for the preaching of the cross1 is to them that perish1 foolishness2 but unto us1 which are saved1 it is the power of ,god4--,i4 ,corinthians1 i4 #ah4 ,but we preach ,christ crucified1 unto the ,jews a stumbling-block1 and unto the ,greeks foolishness2 ,but unto them which are called1 both ,jews and ,greeks1 ,christ the power of ,god1 and the wisdom of ,god4--,i4 ,corinthians1 i4 #bc1 #bd4 ,i am crucified with ,christ3 nevertheless ,i live2 yet not ,i1 but ,christ liveth in me4--,galatians1 ii4 #bj4 ,but ,god forbid that ,i should glory1 save in the cross of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 by whom the world is crucified unto me1 and ,i unto the world4--,galatians1 vi4 #ad4 ,now my frail bark through this tempestuous flood ,is steered1 and full in view that port is seen1 ,where all must answer what their course has been1 ,and every work be tried if bad or good4 ,now do those lofty dreams1 my fancy's brood1 ,which made of art an idol and a queen1 ,melt into air2 and now ,i feel1 how keen6 ,that what ,i needed most ,i most withstood4 ,ye fabled joys1 ye tales of empty love1 ,what are ye now if two-fold death be nigh8 ,the first is certain1 and the last ,i dread4 ,ah6 what does sculpture1 what does painting prove1 ,when we have seen the cross1 and fixed our eye ,on him whose arms of love were thus outspread4 ,from the ,italian of ,michael ,angelo4 ,my trust is in the ,cross1 there lies my rest1 ,my fast1 my sole delight4 ,let cold-mouthed ,boreas1 or the hot-mouthed ,east1 ,blow till they burst with spite2 ,let earth and hell conspire their worst1 their best1 ,and join their twisted might2 ,let showers of thunderbolts dart round and round me1 ,and troops of fiends surround me3 ,all this may well confront2 all this shall ne'er confound me4 ,francis ,quarles4 ,christ1 when he died1 ,denied the cross1 ,and on death's side1 ,threw all the loss3 ,the captive world awak'd and found ,the prisoners loose1 the jailor bound4 ,o dear and sweet dispute1 ',twixt death's and love's far different fruit1 ,different as far ,as antidotes and poisons are3 ,by the first fatal tree1 ,both life and liberty ,were sold and slain2 ,by this1 they both look up and live again4 ,o strange mysterious strife1 ,of open death and hidden life6 ,when on the cross my kind did bleed1 ,life seemed to die1 death died indeed4 ,richard ,crawshaw4 ,the sun beheld it--,no1 the shocking scene ,drove back his chariot3 midnight veiled his face2 ,not such as this2 not such as nature makes2 ,a midnight nature shuddered to behold2 ,a midnight new6 a dread eclipse 7without ,opposing spheres47 from her ,creator's frown6 ,sun6 didst thou fly thy ,maker's pain8 or start ,at that enormous load of human guilt1 ,which bowed his blessed head2 o'erwhelmed his cross2 ,made groan the centre2 burst earth's marble womb ,with pangs1 strange pangs6 delivered of her dead8 ,hell howled1 and ,heaven that hour let fall a tear2 ,heaven wept that man might smile6 ,heaven bled that man ,might never die6 ,young4 ,my soul is caught3 ,heaven's sovereign blessings1 clustering from the cross1 ,rush on her in a throng1 and close her round1 ,the prisoner of amaze6--,in his blessed life ,i see the path1 and1 in ,his death1 the price1 ,and in ,his great ascent1 the proof supreme ,of immortality4 ,young4 ,man1 know thyself2 all wisdom centres there1 ,to none man seems ignoble but to man2 ,angels that grandeur1 men o'erlook1 admire1 ,how long shall human nature be their book1 ,degenerate mortal6 and unread by thee8 ,the beam dim reason sheds1 shows wonders there2 ,what high contents6 illustrious faculties6 ,but the grand comment which displays at full ,our human height1 scarce sever'd from divine1 ,by heaven composed1 was publish'd on the cross4 ,young4 ,there1 where the cross in hoary ruin nods1 ,and weeping yews o'ershade the lettered stones2 ,while midnight silence wraps these dark abodes1 ,and soothes me1 wand'ring o'er my kindred bones2 ,let kindled fancy view the glorious morn1 ,when from the bursting graves the dust shall rise1 ,all nature smiling2 and1 by angels borne1 ,messiah's cross1 far blazing o'er the skies4 ,mickle4 ,hear the just law1 the judgment of the skies2 ,he that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies2 ,and he that will be cheated to the last1 ,delusions strong as hell shall bind him fast4 ,but if the wanderer his mistake discern1 ,judge his own ways1 and sigh for a return1 ,bewildered once1 must he bewail his loss ,for ever and for ever8 ,no--the cross6 ,there1 and there only1 7though the ,deist rave1 ,and ,atheist1 if earth bear so base a slave27 ,there1 and there only1 is the power to save4 ,there no delusive hope invites despair2 ,no mockery meets you1 no delusion there2 ,the spells and charms that blinded you before1 ,all vanish there1 and fascinate no more4 ,cowper4 ,the cross once seen is death to every vice3 ,else ,he that died there suffered all ,his pain1 ,bled1 groaned1 and agonized1 and died1 in vain4 ,cowper4 ,thou who for me didst feel such pain1 ,whose precious blood the cross did stain1 ,let not those agonies be vain4 ,roscommon4 ,guide me there1 for here ,i burn ,to make my ,saviour some return4 ,i'll rise 7if that will please thee1 still1 ,and sure ,i've heard thee own it will27 ,i'll trace ,his steps and bear my cross1 ,despising every grief and loss3 ,since ,he1 despising pain and shame1 ,first took up ,his1 and did the same4 ,parnell4 ,how blessed the man1 how fully so1 ,as far as man is blessed below1 ,who1 taking up his cross1 essays ,to follow ,jesus all his days4 ,parnell4 ,through cross to crown6 ,and1 through the spirit's life1 ,trials untold assail with giant strength4 ,good cheer6 good cheer6 ,soon ends the bitter strife1 ,and thou shalt reign1 in peace1 with ,christ1 at length4 ,rosegarten4 ,or if1 at times1 wild storms shall hover1 dark1 ,still fix thy gaze upon that hallowed mark ,which gilds the tempest with hope's bow divine-- ,cling to the ,cross1 and conquer in that sign4 ,b4 ,d4 ,winslow4 ,lovely was the death ,of ,him whose life was love6 ,holy1 with power1 ,he on the thought-benighted sceptic beamed ,manifest ,godhead4 ,coleridge4 ,thou palsied earth1 with noon-day night o'erspread2 ,thou sickening sun1 so dark1 so deep1 so red6 ,ye hovering ghosts1 that throng the starless air1 ,why shakes the earth8 ,why fades the light8 ,declare6 ,are those ,his limbs1 with ruthless scourges torn8 ,his brows1 all bleeding with the twisted thorn8 ,his the pale form1 the meek1 forgiving eye1 ,raised from the cross in patient agony8 ,bishop ,heber4 ,,danger4 ,ye have heard that it was said by them of old time1 ,thou shalt not kill2 and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment3 ,but ,i say unto you1 ,that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment3 and whosoever shall say to his brother1 ,raca1 shall be in danger of the council3 but whosoever shall say1 ,thou fool1 shall be in danger of hell fire4--,matthew1 v4 #ba1 #bb4 ,what is danger ,more than the weakness of our apprehension8 ,a poor cold part o' the blood2 whom takes it hold of8 ,cowards and wicked livers2 valiant minds ,were made the masters of it4 ,beaumont and ,fletcher4 ,dangers of every shape and name ,attend the followers of the ,lamb1 ,who leave the ,world's deceitful shore1 ,and leave it to return no more4 ,cowper4 ,dangers stand thick through all the ground ,to push us to the tomb1 ,and fierce diseases wait around ,to hurry mortals home4 ,waken1 ,o ,lord1 our drowsy sense ,to walk this dangerous road1 ,and if our souls be hurried hence1 ,may they be found with ,god4 ,watts4 ,when dangers compass me around1 ,and unto ,thee ,i cry1 ,an ark of safety will be found1 ,whereto my soul may fly4 ,i know that my ,redeemer's hand ,will be outstretched to save1 ,if dangers meet me on the land1 ,or on the stormy wave4 ,and wheresoe'er my feet may go1 ,though perilous the road1 ,my soul assured will keep1 and know ,that there ,his feet have trod4 ,egone4 ,,darkness4 ,in the beginning ,god created the heaven and the earth4 ,and the earth was without form1 and void2 and darkness was upon the face of the deep4--,genesis1 i4 #a1 #b4 ,thou makest darkness1 and it is night3 wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth4--,psalm civ4 #bj4 ,the people which sat in darkness saw great light2 and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up4--,matthew1 iv4 #af4 ,but the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness3 there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth4--,matthew1 viii4 #ab4 ,he here with us to be ,forsook the courts of everlasting day1 ,and chose with us a darksome house of mortal clay4 ,milton4 ,when joy no longer soothes or cheers1 ,and even the hope that threw ,a moment's sparkle o'er our tears ,is dimm'd and vanish'd too6 ,o who would bear life's stormy doom1 ,did not thy wing of love ,come brightly wafting through the gloom ,one peace-branch from above6 ,then sorrow touched by thee grows bright ,with more than rapture's ray1 ,as darkness shows us worlds of light ,we never saw by day4 ,moore4 ',tis gone1 that bright and orbed blaze1 ,fast fading from our wistful gaze2 ,yon mantling cloud has hid from sight ,the last faint pulse of quivering light4 ,in darkness and in weariness ,the traveller on his way must press1 ,no gleam to watch on tree or tower1 ,whiling away the lonesome hour4 ,thou ,framer of the light and dark1 ,steer through the tempest thine own ark3 ,amid the howling wintry sea ,we are in port if we have ,thee4 ,keble4 ,,david4 ,david1 the son of ,jesse1 the man who was raised up on high1 the anointed of the ,god of ,jacob1 and the sweet psalmist of ,israel4--,,ii4 ,samuel1 xxiii4 #a4 ,he chose ,david also his servant1 and took him from the sheep-folds3 ,from following the ewes great with young1 he brought him to feed ,jacob his people1 and ,israel his inheritance4--,psalm lxxviii4 #gj1 #ga4 ,i have found ,david my servant2 with my holy oil have ,i anointed him4--,psalm lxxxix4 #bj4 ,blessed be the ,lord ,god of ,israel2 for he hath visited and redeemed his people1 ,and hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant ,david4--,luke1 i4 #fh1 #fi4 ,for ,david speaketh concerning him1 ,i foresaw the ,lord always before my face4--,acts1 ii4 #be4 ,beauteous and bright is he among the tribes2 ,as when the sun attired in glistering robe ,comes dancing from his oriental gate1 ,and1 bridegroom-like1 hurls through the gloomy air ,his radiant beams3 such doth ,king ,david show1 ,crowned with the honour of his enemies' town1 ,shining in riches like the firmament1 ,the starry vault that overhangs the earth3 ,so looketh ,david1 ,king of ,israel4 ,george ,peele4 ,see ,judah's promised king bereft of all3 ,driven out an exile from the face of ,saul4 ,to distant caves the lonely wanderer flies1 ,to seek that peace a tyrant's frown denies4 ,hear the sweet accents of his tuneful voice2 ,hear him1 o'erwhelmed with sorrows1 yet rejoice2 ,no womanish or wailing grief has part1 ,no1 not a moment1 in his royal heart2 ',tis manly music1 such as martyrs make1 ,suffering with gladness for a ,saviour's sake2 ,his soul exults2 hope animates his lays2 ,the sense of mercy kindles into praise2 ,and wilds1 familiar with the lion's roar1 ,ring with ecstatic sounds unheard before4 ,cowper4 ,and lo6 the glories of the illustrious line ,at their first dawn with ripened splendours shine1 ,in ,david all expressed2 the good1 the great1 ,the king1 the hero1 and the man1 complete4 ,serene he sits1 and sweeps the golden lyre1 ,and blends the prophet's with the poet's fire4 ,see1 with what art he strikes the vocal strings ,the ,god1 his theme1 inspiring what he sings6 ,bishop ,lowth4 ,thy living lyre alone1 whose dulcet sounds ,in gentlest murmurs floating on the air1 ,could calm the fury of the woe-struck king1 ,and soothe the agony which pierced his heart4 ,or when thou swept the master strings1 and rolled'st ,the deep impetuous tide along with more ,than mortal sound1 could'st raise his raptured soul ,to ecstacy2 or from the tortured strings ,harsh discord shaking1 sink him in the gulf ,of dire despair1 while horror chilled his blood1 ,and from each pore the agonizing sweat ,distilled6 that deep-toned lyre alone can sing ,thy fervent piety1 thy glowing zeal4 ,william ,hodson4 ,one struggle of might1 and the giant of ,gath ,with a crash like the oak in the hurricane's path1 ,and a clangour of arms1 as of hosts in the fray1 ,at the feet of the stripling of ,ephratah lay4 ,a hush of amazement2--a calm as of death1 ,when the watcher lists long for that spasm-drawn breath1 ,then a shout like the roll of artillery rose1 ,and the armies of ,israel swept on to their foes4 ,for a space the ,philistine had paused1 as in doubt1 ,ere the ,israelite triumph rang gloriously out2 ,then1 scattering his arms on the mountains1 he fled1 ,till the valley of ,elah was strewn with the dead4 ,the carnage moved on1 and alone in the vale1 ,the ,shepherd knelt down by the dead in his mail1 ,and there1 with his arm on that still reeking sword1 ,poured forth his thanksgiving in prayer to the ,lord4 ,anon4 ,,day4 ,and ,god called the light ,day4--,genesis1 i4 #e4 ,the day of the ,lord is great and very terrible2 and who can abide it8--,joel1 ii4 #aa4 ,but of that day and hour knoweth no man1 no1 not the angels of heaven1 but my ,father only4--,matthew1 xxiv4 #cf4 ,the dayspring from on high hath visited us4--,luke1 i4 #gh4 ,behold1 now is the accepted time2 behold1 now is the day of salvation4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 vi4 #b4 ,how many hours bring about the day8 ,how many days will finish up the year8 ,shakspere4 ,the breath of heaven1 blowing pure and sweet1 ,with dayspring born1 here leaves us to respire4 ,milton4 ,yet are we able only to survey ,dawnings of beams1 and promises of day4 ,prior4 ,once more1 my soul1 the rising day ,salutes my waking eyes2 ,once more1 my voice1 thy tribute pay ,to ,him that rules the skies4 ,night unto night ,his name repeats1 ,the day renews the sound1 ,wide as the heaven on which he sits1 ,to turn the seasons round4 ,watts4 ,see1 where the falling day ,in silence steals away1 ,behind the western hills withdrawn2 ,her fires are quench'd1 her beauty fled1 ,with blushes all her face o'erspread1 ,as conscious she had ill fulfill'd ,the promise of the dawn4 ,another morning soon shall rise1 ,another day salute our eyes1 ,as smiling and as fair as she1 ,and make as many promises3 ,but do not thou ,the tale believe4 ,they're sisters all1 ,and all deceive4 ,barbauld4 ,sudden in the sky ,stands the great sun6 ,like the first glorious breath ,of ,freedom to the slave1 like ,hope upon ,the hush of woe1 or through the mists of death ,the pardoning ,angel--comes to earth the ,sun4 ,ice still on land--still vapour in the air1 ,but ,light--the victor ,lord--but ,light is there6 ,on siege-worn cities1 when their war is spent1 ,from the far hill as gleam on gleam1 arise ,the spears of some great aiding armament1 ,grow the dim splendours1 broadening up the skies2 ,till1 bright and brighter1 the sublime array ,flings o'er the world the banners of the ,day6 ,sir ,e4 ,bulwer ,lytton4 ,that day of wrath1 that dreadful day1 ,when heaven and earth shall pass away2 ,what power shall be the sinner's stay8 ,how will ye meet that dreadful day8 ,when shrivelling like a parched scroll1 ,the flaming heavens together roll2 ,when louder yet1 and yet more dread1 ,swells the high trump that wakes the dead4 ,o6 on that day1 that wrathful day1 ,when man to judgment wakes from clay2 ,be ,thou the trembling sinner's stay1 ,though heaven and earth shall pass away4 ,scott4 ,oh6 day of days6 shall hearts set free1 ,no 8minstrel rapture0 find for thee8 ,thou art the ,sun of other days1 ,they shine by giving back thy rays3 ,enthroned in thy sovereign sphere1 ,thou shedd'st thy light on all the year1 ,sundays by thee more glorious break1 ,an ,easter day in every week4 ,and week days following in their train1 ,the fullness of thy blessing gain1 ,till all1 both resting and employ1 ,be one ,lord's day of holy joy4 ,keble4 ,,death4 ,let me die the death of the righteous1 and let my last end be like his6--,numbers1 xxiii4 #aj4 ,but now he is dead1 wherefore should ,i fast8 ,can ,i bring him back again8 ,i shall go to him1 but he shall not return to me4 ,,ii4 ,samuel1 xii4 #bc4 ,what man is he that liveth1 and shall not see death8 ,shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave8--,psalm lxxxix4 #dh4 ,precious in the sight of the ,lord is the death of ,his saints4--,psalm cxvi4 #ae4 ,weep ye not for the dead1 neither bemoan him3 but weep sore for him that goeth away3 for he shall return no more1 nor see his native country4--,jeremiah1 xxii4 #aj4 ,o death1 where is thy sting8 ,o grave1 where is thy victory8 ,the sting of death is sin2 and the strength of sin is the law4 ,but thanks be to ,god1 which giveth us the victory through our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xv4 #ee1 #ef1 #eg4 ,but ,i would not have you to be ignorant1 brethren1 concerning them which are asleep1 that ye sorrow not1 even as others which have no hope4 ,for if we believe that ,jesus died and rose again1 even so them also which sleep in ,jesus will ,god bring with him4--,i4 ,thessalonians1 iv4 #ac1 #ad4 ,forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood1 ,he also himself likewise took part of the same2 that through death ,he might destroy him that had the power of death1 that is1 the devil1 ,and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage4--,hebrews1 ii4 #ad1 #ae4 ,blessed are the dead which die in the ,lord from henceforth3 ,yea1 saith the ,spirit1 that they may rest from their labours2 and their works do follow them4--,revelations1 xiv4 #ac4 ,ah1 but to die1 and go we know not where2 ,to lie in cold obstruction1 and to rot2 ,this sensible warm motion to become ,a kneaded clod2 and the delighted spirit ,to bathe in fiery floods1 or to reside ,in thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice3 ,to be imprison'd in the viewless winds1 ,and blown with restless violence round about ,the pendant world2 or to be worse than worst ,of those1 that lawless and uncertain thoughts ,imagine howling6 'tis too horrible6 ,the weariest and most loathed worldly life ,that age1 ache1 penury1 imprisonment1 ,can lay on nature1 is a paradise ,to what we fear of death4 ,shakspere4 ,o harmless ,death6 whom still the valiant brave1 ,the wise expect1 the sorrowful invite2 ,and all the good embrace1 who know the ,grave1 ,a short dark passage to eternal light4 ,sir ,w4 ,davenant4 ,this world death's region is1 the other1 life's3 ,and here it should be one of our first strifes1 ,so to front death1 as each might judge us past it3 ,for good men but see death1 the others taste it4 ,ben ,jonson4 ,the glories of our birth and state ,are shadows1 not substantial things2 ,there is no armour against fate3 ,death lays his icy hands on kings3 ,sceptre and crown ,must tumble down1 ,and in the dust be equal made ,with the poor crooked scythe and spade4 ,some men with swords may reap the field1 ,and plant fresh laurels where they kill2 ,but their strong nerves at last must yield1 ,they tame but one another still4 ,early or late ,they stoop to fate1 ,and must give up their murmuring breath1 ,when they1 pale captives1 creep to death4 ,the garlands wither on your brow1 ,then boast no more your mighty deeds1 ,upon death's purple altar now ,see where the victor victim bleeds3 ,all heads must come ,to the cold tomb3 ,only the actions of the just ,smell sweet1 and blossom in the dust4 ,shirley4 ,he patient show'd us the wise course to steer1 ,a candid censor1 and a friend sincere2 ,he taught us how to live2 and 7,oh6 too high ,the price of knowledge17 taught us how to die4 ,tickell4 ,that ,i must die1 it is my only comfort2 ,death is the privilege of human nature1 ,and life without it were not worth our taking2 ,thither the poor1 the prisoner1 and the mourner1 ,fly for relief1 and lay their burdens down4 ,come then1 and take me into thy cold arms1 ,thou meagre shade2 here let me breathe my last4 ,charmed with my ,father's pity and forgiveness1 ,more than if angels tuned their golden viols1 ,and sung a requiem to my parting soul4 ,rowe4 ,death comes with irrespective feet ,and beats upon the door1 ,that shuts the palace of the great1 ,the cabin of the poor4 ,howell1 from ,horace4 ,and since 'tis certain then that we must die1 ,no hope1 no chance1 no prospect of redress2 ,be it our constant aim1 unswervingly1 ,to tread ,god's narrow path of holiness3 ,for ,he is first1 last1 midst--,o1 let us press ,onwards--and when death's monitory glance ,shall summon us to join his mortal dance1 ,even then shall hope and joy our footsteps bless4 ,from the ,spanish of ,r4 de ,carrion4 ,i fled and cried out ,death-- ,hell trembled at the hideous name1 and sighed ,from all her caves1 and back resounded ,death4 ,milton4 ,thou dost1 ,o ,death1 a peaceful harbour lie ,upon the margin of ,eternity2 ,where the rough waves of ,time's impetuous tide ,their motion lose1 and quietly subside4 ,weary1 they roll their drowsy heads asleep ,at the dark entrance of ,duration's deep4 ,hither our vessels in their turn retreat2 ,here still they find a safe untroubled seat1 ,when worn with adverse passions1 furious strife1 ,and the hard passage of tempestuous life4 ,blackmore4 ,dear1 beauteous ,death1 the jewel of the just1 ,shining nowhere but in the dark1 ,what mysteries do lie beyond thy dust1 ,could man outlook that mark6 ,he that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest may know ,at first sight1 if the bird be flown2 ,but what fair field or grove he sings in now1 ,that is to him unknown4 ,henry ,vaughan4 ,the man1 how wise1 who1 sick of gaudy scenes1 ,is led by choice to take his favourite walk ,beneath death's gloomy1 silent cypress shades1 ,unpierced by vanity's fantastic ray6 ,to read his monuments1 to weigh his dust1 ,visit his vaults1 and dwell among the tombs6 ,young4 ,why should man's high aspiring mind ,burn in him1 with so proud a breath3 ,when all his haughty views can find ,in this world1 yields to death2 ,the fair1 the brave1 the vain1 the wise1 ,the rich1 the poor1 the great1 and small1 ,are each1 but worm's anatomies1 ,to strew his quiet hall4 ,power may make many earthly gods1 ,where gold1 and bribery's guilt1 prevails2 ,but death's unwelcome honest odds1 ,kicks o'er the unequal scales4 ,the flatter'd great1 may clamours raise ,of power1--and their own weakness hide2 ,but death shall find unlooked-for ways ,to end the farce of pride4 ,death levels all things1 in his march ,nought can resist his mighty strength2 ,the palace proud1--triumphal arch1 ,shall mete their shadow's length3 ,the rich1 the poor1 one common bed ,shall find1 in the unhonoured grave1 ,where weeds shall crown alike the head ,of tyrant1 and of slave4 ,andrew ,marvell4 ,the prince1 who kept the world in awe1 ,the judge1 whose dictate fix'd the law1 ,the rich1 the poor1 the great1 the small1 ,are levell'd3 death confounds them all4 ,gay4 ,there was1 'tis said1 and ,i believe1 a time ,when humble ,christians died with views sublime2 ,when all were ready for their faith to bleed1 ,and few to write or wrangle for their creed2 ,when lively faith upheld the sinking heart1 ,and friends assured to meet prepared to part2 ,when love felt hope1 when sorrow grew serene1 ,and all felt comfort in the death-bed scene4 ,crabbe4 ,on this side1 and on that1 men see their friends ,drop off1 like leaves in autumn2 yet launch out ,into fantastic schemes1 which the long-livers1 ,in the world's hale and degenerate days1 ,could scarce have leisure for3 fools that we are6 ,never to think of death1 and of ourselves1 ,at the same time6 ,as if1 to learn to die1 ,were no concern of ours6 ,blair4 ,sweet day1 so cool1 so calm1 so bright1 ,bridal of earth and sky1 ,the dew shall weep thy fall to-night1 ,for thou1 alas6 must die6 ,sweet rose1 in air whose odours wave1 ,and colour charms the eye1 ,thy root is ever in its grave1 ,and thou1 alas6 must die6 ,sweet spring1 of days and roses made1 ,whose charms for beauty vie2 ,thy days depart1 thy roses fade-- ,thou1 too1 alas6 must die6 ,be wise1 then1 christian1 while you may1 ,for swiftly time is flying2 ,the thoughtless man may laugh to-day1 ,to-morrow may be dying6 ,bishop ,horne4 ,death distant6--no alas6 he's ever with us1 ,and shakes the dart at us in all our actings2 ,he lurks within our cup1 while we're in health2 ,sits by our sick-bed1 mocks our medicines2 ,we cannot walk1 or sit1 or ride1 or travel1 ,but death is by to seize us when he lists4 ,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,since we can die but once1 and after death ,our state no alteration knows1 ,but when we have resign'd our breath1 ,th' immortal spirit goes ,to endless joys1 or everlasting woes2 ,wise is the man who labours to secure ,that mighty and important stake2 ,and by all methods strives to make ,his passage safe1 and his reception sure4 ,j4 ,pomfret4 ,death rides on every passing breeze1 ,he lurks in every flower2 ,each season has its own disease1 ,its perils every hour6 ,our eyes have seen the rosy light ,of youth's soft cheek decay1 ,and fate descend in sudden night ,on manhood's middle day4 ,heber4 ,death's but a path that must be trod1 ,if man would ever pass to ,god2 ,a port of calms1 a state to ease ,from the rough rage of swelling seas4 ,parnell4 ,happy the babe1 who1 privileged by fate ,to shorter labour1 and a lighter weight1 ,received but yesterday the gift of breath1 ,ordered to-morrow to return to ,death4 ,prior4 ,leaves have their time to fall1 ,and flowers to wither at the north wind's breath1 ,and stars to set--but all1 ,thou hast all seasons for thine own1 ,o ,death6 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,o what is ,death8 ',tis life's last shore1 ,where vanities are vain no more6 ,where all pursuits their goal obtain1 ,and life is all retouched again2 ,where1 in their bright results1 shall rise ,thought1 virtues1 friendships1 griefs1 and joys4 ,leigh ,richmond4 ,cold hand1 ,i touch thee6 ,perished friend6 ,i know ,what years of mutual joy are gone with thee2 ,and yet from those benumbed remains there flow ,calm thoughts1 that best with chastened hopes agree4 ,how strange is ,death to life6 and yet how sure ,the law which dooms all living things to die6 ,whate'er is outward cannot long endure1 ,and all that lasts1 eludes the subtlest eye4 ,john ,sterling4 ,ere sin could blight1 or sorrow fade1 ,death came with friendly care1 ,the opening bud to ,heaven conveyed1 ,and bade it blossom there4 ,coleridge4 ,o ,death6 ,thou great invisible1 ,pale monarch of the unending ,past1 ,who shall thy countless trophies tell1 ,or when shall be thy last6 ,by thee high thrones to earth are flung-- ,by thee the sword and sceptre rust-- ,by thee the beautiful and young ,lie mouldering in the dust4 ,into thy cold and faded reign ,all glorious things of earth depart2 ,the fairest forms are early slain1 ,and quenched the fiery heart4 ,but in yon world thou hast not been1 ,where joy can fade1 nor beauty fall3 ,o1 mightiest of the things unseen1 ,save ,one that ruleth all6 ,geo4 ,h4 ,colton4 ,to die is landing on some peaceful shore1 ,where billows never beat1 nor tempests roar1 ,ere well we feel the friendly stroke 'tis o'er4 ,garth4 ,the air of death breathes through our souls1 ,the dead all round us lie2 ,by day and night the death-bell tolls1 ,and says1 8,prepare to die60 ,the loving ones we love the best1 ,like music all are gone6 ,and the wan moonlight bathes in rest ,their monumental stone4 ,but not when the death-prayer is said1 ,the life of life departs2 ,the body in the grave is laid1 ,its beauty in our hearts4 ,professor ,wilson4 ,sleep on1 sleep on1 ye resting dead2 ,the grass is o'er ye growing ,in dewy greenness4 ,ever fled ,from you hath ,care2 and in its stead ,peace hath with you its dwelling made1 ,where tears do cease from flowing-- ,sleep on6 ,robert ,nicol4 ,all at rest now--all dust6--wave flows on wave2 ,but the sea dries not6--what to us the grave8 ,it brings no real homily2 we sigh1 ,pause for awhile and murmur1 8all must die60 ,then rush to pleasure1 action1 sin once more1 ,swell the loud tide1 and fret unto the shore4 ,sir ,e4 ,bulwer ,lytton4 ,ah6 it is sad when one thus link'd departs6 ,when ,death1 that mighty sev'rer of true hearts1 ,sweeps through the halls so lately loud in mirth1 ,and leaves pale ,sorrow weeping by the hearth6 ,mrs4 ,norton4 ,so live1 that when thy summons comes1 ,the innumerable caravan that moves ,to that mysterious realm1 where each shall take ,his chamber in the silent halls of death1 ,that thou1 sustained and soothed1 approach thy grave ,like one who wraps the drapery of his couch ,around him1 and lies down to pleasant dreams4 ,w4 ,c4 ,bryant4 ,,defence4 ,be thou my strong rock1 for an house of defence to save me4--,psalm xxxi4 #b4 ,deliver me from my enemies1 ,o my ,god3 defend me from them that rise up against me4--,psalm lix4 #a4 ,who trust in thee1 ,o let not shame deject6 ,thou ever just1 my chased soule secure3 ,lord lend a willing eare1 with speede protect2 ,be thou my rock2 with thy strong arme immure4 ,my rock1 my fortresse1 for thy honour aid1 ,and my engaged feet from danger guide1 ,pull from their subtile snares in secret laid1 ,o thou1 my only strength1 so often try'd4 ,o let thy face upon thy servant shine2 ,save for thy mercies sake1 from shame defend4 ,shame cover those who keepe no lawes of thine1 ,and undeplored to the grave descend6 ,sandys4 ,how are thy servants blest ,o ,lord6 ,how sure is their defence6 ,eternal wisdom is their guide1 ,their help omnipotence4 ,in midst of dangers1 fears1 and death1 ,thy goodness ,i'll adore2 ,and praise thee for thy mercies past1 ,and humbly hope for more4 ,my life1 if thou preserv'st my life1 ,thy sacrifice shall be2 ,and death1 if death must be my doom1 ,shall join my soul to ,thee4 ,addison4 ,from common accidents of life ,his care shall guard thee still2 ,from the blind strokes of chance1 and foes ,that lie in wait to kill4 ,at home1 abroad1 in peace1 in war1 ,thy ,god shall thee defend2 ,conduct thee1 through life's pilgrimage1 ,safe to thy journey's end4 ,brady and ,tate4 ,,delight4 ,delight thyself also in the ,lord2 and he shall give thee the desire of thine heart4--,psalm xxxvii4 #d4 ,then ,i was by him1 as one brought up with him2 and ,i was daily his delight1 rejoicing always before him2 rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth2 and my delights were with the sons of men4--,proverbs1 viii4 #cj1 #ca4 ,correct thy son1 and he shall give thee rest2 yea1 he shall give delight unto thy soul4--,proverbs1 xxix4 #ag4 ,o voice6 once heard ,delightfully1 increase and multiply2 ,now death to him4 ,milton4 ,holy and reverend is the name ,of our ,eternal ,king3 ,thrice holy ,lord6 the angels cry2 ,thrice holy let us sing4 ,holy is ,he in all ,his works1 ,and truth is ,his delight6 ,but sinners and their wicked ways1 ,shall perish from ,his sight4 ,needham4 ,and was the day of my delight ,as pure and perfect as ,i say8 ,we know the very ,lord of ,day ,is dash'd with wandering isles of night4 ,if all was good and fair we met1 ,this earth had been a paradise2 ,it never look'd to human eyes ,since ,adam left his garden yet4 ,tennyson4 ,amid a round of vain delights he lived1 ,and took his fill of pleasure2 never thought ,that life had higher objects1 nobler aims ,than just to eat1 and drink1 and pass away ,the precious hours in revelry and mirth4 ,born to a priceless heritage1 he went ,down to his grave1 and knew it not1 and all ,the everlasting pleasures and delights ,of heaven he forfeited--great loss was his6 ,egone4 ,,deliverance4 ,thou art my ,king1 ,o ,god3 command deliverances for ,jacob4--,psalm xliv4 #d4 ,deliver me1 ,o my ,god1 out of the hand of the wicked1 out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man4--,psalm lxxi4 #d4 ,and it shall come to pass1 that whosoever shall call on the name of the ,lord shall be delivered3 for in ,mount ,zion and in ,jerusalem shall be deliverance1 as the ,lord hath said4--,joel1 ii4 #cb4 ,the ,spirit of the ,lord is upon me1 because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor2 he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted1 to preach deliverance to the captives1 and recovering of sight to the blind1 to set at liberty them that are bruised4--,luke1 iv4 #ah4 ,break off your tears1 ye saints1 and tell ,how high our great ,deliverer reigns2 ,sing how ,he spoiled the hosts of hell1 ,and led the monster1 ,death1 in chains4 ,watts4 ,lord1 ,i have put my trust in ,thee1 ,turn not my confidence to shame2 ,thy promise is a rock to me1 ,a tower of refuge is ,thy name4 ,thou hast upheld me from the womb2 ,thou wert my strength and hope in youth2 ,now1 trembling1 bending o'er the tomb1 ,i lean upon ,thine arm of truth4 ,cast me not off in mine old age1 ,forsake me not in my last hour2 ,the foe hath not forgone his rage1 ,the lion ravens to devour4 ,me1 through what troubles hast ,thou brought6 ,me1 with what consolations crown'd6 ,now be ,thy last deliverance wrought3 ,my soul in peace with ,thee be found6 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,open now the crystal fountain1 ,whence the healing streams do flow2 ,let the fiery cloudy pillar ,lead me all my journey through3 ,strong ,deliverer1 ,be thou still my strength and shield4 ,oliver4 ,,delusions4 ,i also will choose their delusions1 and will bring their fears upon them2 because when ,i called1 none did answer2 when ,i spake1 they did not hear3 but they did evil before mine eyes1 and chose that in which ,i delighted not4--,isaiah1 lxvi4 #d4 ,god shall send them strong delusion1 that they should believe a lie4--,,ii4 ,thessalonians1 ii4 #aa4 ,who therefore seeks in these ,true wisdom1 finds her not1 or by delusion4 ,milton4 ,dreams and delusions play ,with man3 he thinks not of his mortal fate3 ,death treads his silent way2 ,the earth turns round1 and then1 too late1 ,man finds no beam is left of all his fancied state4 ,rise from your sleep1 vain men6 ,look round1 and ask if spirits born of ,heaven1 ,and bound to ,heaven again1 ,were only lent or given ,to be in this mean round of shades and follies driven4 ,turn your unclouded eye ,up to yon bright1 to yon eternal spheres2 ,and spurn the vanity ,of time's delusive years1 ,and all its flattering hopes1 and all its frowning fears4 ,what is the ground ye tread ,but a mere point compared with that vast space ,around1 above you spread-- ,where1 in the ,almighty's face1 ,the present1 future1 past1 hold an eternal place8 ,from the ,spanish of ,luis ,ponce de ,leon4 ,we walk amid delusions here1 ,our joys are unsubstantial things1 ,though glorious our dreams appear1 ,they have their quick evanishings2 ,they cheat the sense1 with vain pretence1 ,the heart that on them leans deceive2 ,delusive all1 they rise and fall1 ,and nought but sad remembrance leave4 ,egone4 ,,denial4 ,whosoever shall deny me before men1 him will ,i also deny before my ,father which is in heaven4--,matthew1 x4 #cc4 ,peter answered and said unto him1 ,though all men shall be offended because of thee1 yet will ,i never be offended4 ,jesus said unto him1 ,verily ,i say unto thee1 that this night1 before the cock crow1 thou shalt deny me thrice4 ,peter said unto him1 ,though ,i should die with thee1 yet will ,i not deny thee4 ,likewise also said all the disciples4--,matthew1 xxvi4 #cc1 #cd1 #ce4 ,i think that look of ,christ might seem to say3-- 8,thou1 ,peter6 art thou then a common stone1 ,which ,i at last must break my heart upon1 ,for all ,god's charge to ,his high angels may ,guard my foot better8 ,did ,i yesterday ,wash my feet1 my beloved1 that they should run ,quick to deny me1 'neath the morning sun1-- ,and do thy kisses1 like the rest1 betray8 ,the cock crows coldly1--,go1 and manifest ,a late contrition1 but no bootless fear6 ,for when thy deathly need is bitterest1 ,thou shalt not be denied1 as ,i am here-- ,my voice to ,god and angels shall attest1-- #8,because ,i know this man let him go clear4'0 ,elizabeth ,barrett4 ,she in her ,saviour's ranks had done ,a veteran's service1 and with ,polycarp ,might say to ,death1 8,for more than fourscore years ,he was my ,lord--shall ,i deny ,him now80 ,no6 no6 thou could'st not turn away from ,him ,who was thy hope in youth1 and on whose arm ,the feebleness of hoary hairs were staid4 ,before ,his ,father1 and the ,angel host1 ,he will adjudge thee faithful4 ,so farewell1 ,blessed and full of days4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,numbers before have try'd1 ,and found the promise true2 ,nor yet one been deny'd1 ,then why should ,i or you8 ,let us by faith our footsteps trace1 ,and hasten to the throne of grace4 ,john ,newton4 ,,desire--,,desires4 ,lord1 all my desire is before thee2 and my groaning is not hid from thee4--,psalm xxxviii4 #i4 ,and ,i will shake all nations1 and the desire of all nations shall come3 and ,i will fill this house with glory1 saith the ,lord of hosts4--,haggai1 ii4 #g4 ,for ,i am in a strait betwixt two1 having a desire to depart1 and to be with ,christ2 which is far better4--,philippians1 i4 #bc4 ,but our desires' tyrannical extortion ,doth force us there to set our chief delightfulness1 ,when but a baiting-place is all our portion4 ,sir ,p4 ,sidney4 ,thou blind man's mark2 thou fool's self-chosen snare1 ,fond fancy's scum1 and dregs of scatter'd thought2 ,band of all evils2 cradle of causeless care2 ,thou web of ill1 whose end is never wrought1 ,desire6 ,desire6 ,i have too dearly bought1 ,with price of mangled mind thy worthless ware2 ,too long1 too long1 asleep thou hast me brought1 ,who should'st my mind to higher things prepare4 ,sir ,p4 ,sidney4 ,desire's the vast extent of human mind1 ,it mounts above1 and leaves poor hope behind4 ,dryden4 ,how large are our desires6 and yet how few ,events are answerable6 ,so the dew1 ,which early on the top of mountains stood1 ,meaning1 at least1 to imitate a flood2 ,when once the sun appears1 appears no more1 ,and leaves that parch'd which was too moist before4 ,gomersall4 ,sages leave your contemplations1 ,brighter visions beam afar2 ,seek the great ,desire of nations1 ,ye have seen its natal star2 ,come and worship1 ,worship ,christ the new-born ,king4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,the desire of the moth for the star-- ,of the night for the morrow-- ,the devotion to something afar ,from the sphere of our sorrow4 ,shelley4 ,,desolation4 ,be not afraid of sudden fear1 neither of the desolation of the wicked1 when it cometh4--,proverbs1 iii4 #be4 ,and what will ye do in the day of visitation1 and in the desolation which shall come from far8 to whom will ye flee for help8 and where will ye leave your glory8--,isaiah1 x4 #c4 ,o my ,god1 incline thine ear1 and hear2 open thine eyes and behold our desolations1 and the city which is called by thy name4--,daniel1 ix4 #ah4 ,how is ,babylon become a desolation among the nations6--,jeremiah1 l4 #bc4 ,let us seek some desolate shades1 and there ,weep our sad bosoms empty4 ,shakespere4 ,my desolation does begin to make ,a better life4 ,shakespere4 ,god hath created nights ,as well as days to deck the varied globe2 ,grace comes as oft clad in the dusky robe ,of desolation1 as in white attire4 ,john ,beaumont4 ',tis well to be a mourner1 well to feel ,my glad hope die2 ,and sicken at the tears that daily steal ,o'er the dimmed eye1 ,if this strong desolation should reveal ,where my sins lie4 ,e4 ,l4 ,montague4 ,i sometimes deem their pleasant smiles ,still on me sweetly fall1 ,their tones of love ,i faintly hear ,my name in sadness call4 ,i know that they are happy ,with their angel plumage on1 ,but my heat is very desolate1 ,to think that they are gone4 ,park ,benjamin4 ,but this was like those sudden blasts that ,unlook'd for1 wonder on the face of spring2 ,and worst woe for the heart1 whose early fate ,leaves it so young1 and1 oh1 so desolate4 ,miss ,landon4 ,,destruction4 ,is not destruction to the wicked8 and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity8--,job1 xxxi4 #c4 ,o thou enemy1 destructions are come to a perpetual end2 and thou hast destroyed cities2 their memorial is perished with them4--,psalm ix4 #f4 ,enter ye in at the strait gate3 for wide is the gate1 and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction1 and many there be which go in thereat4--,matthew1 vii4 #ac4 ',tis safer far to be that which we destroy1 ,than by destruction swell in doubtful joy4 ,shakspere4 ,what a scene of misery ,hath thine obdurate frowardness1 old man1 ,drawn on thy country's bosom6 and1 for that1 ,thy proud ambition could not mount so high ,as to be styled thy country's only patron2 ,thy malice hath descended to the depth ,of hell1 to be renowned in the title ,of her destroyer4 ,beaumont and ,fletcher4 ,to destruction1 sacred and devote1 ,he with his whole posterity must die4 ,milton4 ,thus saith the righteous ,lord1 ,my vengeance shall unsheath the flaming sword1 ,o'er all thy realms my fury shall be poured4 ,where yon proud city stood1 ,i'll spread the stagnant flood6 ,and there the bittern in the sedge shall lurk1 ,moaning with sullen strain1 ,while sweeping o'er the plain1 ,destruction ends her work4 ,mason4 ,while like a tide our minutes flow1 ,the present and the past1 ,he fills his own immortal now1 ,and sees our ages waste4 ,the sea and sky must perish too1 ,and vast destruction come2 ,the creatures--look1 how old they grow1 ,and wait their fiery doom6 ,watts4 ,,devotion--,,devout4 ,no devoted thing1 that a man shall devote unto the ,lord of all that he hath1 both of man and beast1 and of the field of his possession1 shall be sold or redeemed3 every devoted thing is most holy unto the ,lord4--,leviticus1 xxvii4 #bh4 ,a devout man1 and one that feared ,god with all his house1 which gave much alms to the people1 and prayed to ,god alway4--,acts1 x4 #b4 ,for as ,i passed by1 and beheld your devotions1 ,i found an altar with this inscription1 ,to the ,unknown ,god4 ,whom therefore ye ignorantly worship1 him declare ,i unto you4--,acts1 xvii4 #bc4 ,an aged holy man1 ,that day and night said his devotion1 ,no other worldly business did apply4 ,spenser4 ,one grain of incense with devotion offer'd1 ',s beyond all perfumes or ,saban spices1 ,by one that proudly thinks he merits it4 ,massinger4 ,i fly ,those wicked tents devoted1 lest the wrath ,impendent1 raging into sudden flame1 ,distinguish not4 ,milton4 ,in vain doth man the name of just expect1 ,if he devotion to his ,god neglect4 ,denham4 ,man at home1 within himself1 may find ,the ,deity immense1 and in that frame ,so fearfully1 so wonderfully made1 ,see and adore ,his providence and power4 ,i see1 and ,i adore6 ,o ,god most bounteous6 ,o ,infinite of goodness and of glory6 ,the knee that ,thou hast shaped1 shall bend to ,thee2 ,the tongue which ,thou hast tuned1 shall chant ,thy praise4 ,and ,thine own image1 the immortal soul1 ,shall consecrate herself to ,thee1 for ever6 ,christopher ,smart4 ,devotion1 when lukewarm1 is undevout2 ,but when it glows1 its heat is struck to heaven3 ,to human hearts her golden harps are strung2 ,high ,heaven's orchestra chants ,amen to man4 ,young4 ,,dew4 ,therefore ,god give thee of the dew of heaven1 and the fatness of the earth1 and plenty of corn and wine4--,genesis1 xxviii4 #bh4 ,my doctrine shall drop as the rain1 my speech shall distil as the dew4--,deuteronomy1 xxxii4 #b4 ,as the dew of ,hermon1 and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of ,zion3 for there the ,lord commanded the blessing1 even life for evermore4--,psalm cxxxiii4 #c4 ,o ,ephraim1 what shall ,i do unto thee8 ,o ,judah1 what shall ,i do unto thee8 ,for your goodness is as a morning cloud1 and as the early dew it goeth away4--,hosea1 vi4 #d4 ,see how the orient dew1 ,shed from the bosom of the morn1 ,into the blowing roses1 ,yet careless of its mansion new1 ,for the clear region where 'twas born1 ,round in itself incloses3 ,and in its little globe's extent1 ,frames as it can its native element4 ,how it the purple flower does slight6 ,scarce touching where it lies2 ,but gazing back upon the skies1 ,shines with a mournful light1 ,like its own tear1 ,because so long divided from the sphere4 ,restless it rolls and insecure1 ,trembling lest it grow impure1 ,till the warm sun pities its pain1 ,and to the skies exhales it back again4 ,so the soul1 that drop1 that ray ,of the clear fountain of eternal day1 ,could it within the human flower be seen1 ,remembering still its former height1 ,shuns the sweet leaves and blossoms green4 ,and recollecting its own light1 ,does in its pure and circling thoughts express ,the greater heaven in an heaven less4 ,in how coy a figure wound1 ,every way it turns away2 ,so the world excluding round1 ,yet receiving in the day2 ,dark beneath but bright above1 ,here disdaining1 there in love3 ,how loose and easy hence to go2 ,how girt and ready to ascend2 ,moving but on a point below1 ,it all about does upwards bend1 ,such did the manna's sacred dew distil1 ,white and entire although congeal'd and chill2 ,congeal'd on earth2 but does dissolving run ,into the glories of the ,almighty sun4 ,andrew ,marvell4 ,the starlight dews ,all silently their tears of love instil1 ,weeping themselves away1 till they infuse1 ,deep into nature's breast1 the spirit of her hues4 ,byron4 ,within these leaves the holy dew ,that falls from heaven1 hath won anew ,a glory--in declining4 ,miss ,barrett4 ,those verdant hills now bathed in morning dews1 ,whose every drop outvies ,golconda's gem4 ,lo6 one hangs glittering on yon blade of grass3 ,spurn not that lucid trembler1 but admire ,its glorious hues1 and trace them to their source2 ,the nice arrangement of its particles4 ,draw nigh2--through microscopic lens inspect ,that single drop's profound elaborateness-- ,most delicate1 and wonderfully wrought4 ,is it a work of chance8 ,it is a world ,replete with life1 and love1 and feud4 ,its crowds ,dart swift from verge to verge 7their ocean depths47 ,how nervous and minute each supple fin6 ,what made that film-like hinge on which it plays8 ,what hand1 what eye1 save ,god's could fashion it8 ,t4 ,l4 ,merritt4 ,dews of the morning6 wherefore were ye given8 --,to shine on earth1 then rise to heaven4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,see how the dewdrops in the morning flowers ,stand glistening1 brighter than the precious gem ,whose worth exalts the kingly diadem6 ,clear1 tiny droplets1 which some ,april showers ,born of big1 listed clouds1 did weep o'er them1 ,in their pure joy that summer's rosy bowers ,were bursting into bloom4 ,oh6 dewdrops pale1 ,how bountiful ,his hand1 who sends the blessing ,of your surpassing coolness to th' oppressing ,thirst of the dying flowers1 whose juices fail 7,but for such timely aid7 'neath noontide's sun4 ,there is no storm-wind with its rushing wail1 ,there is no storm-cloud lowers o'er the vale1 ,but scatters blessings as it passeth on4 ,g4 ,j4 ,o4 ,allmann4 ,but1 ah6 what numbers still are dead1 ,though under means of grace they lie6 ,the dew still falling round their head1 ,and yet their heart untouched and dry4 ,dear ,saviour6 hear us when we call1 ,to wrestling pray'r an answer give2 ,pour down thy dew upon us all1 ,that all may feel1 and all may live4 ,john ,newton4 ,one morn ,i mark'd two dewdrops bright1 ,impendent on a thorny spray3 ,the gems had caught my roving sight1 ,gay glittering in the sunny ray4 ,a sudden breeze pass'd o'er the ground1 ,and shook their faithless resting-place2 ,they trembled--waver'd--with a bound1 ,commingled in a kind embrace1 ',tis thus1 thought ,i1 with loving hearts1 ,when adverse storms sweep o'er their sky1 ,in closer union1 each imparts ,to each1 aid1 comfort1 soothing joy4 ,the mingled dewdrops by the sun ,were cherish'd1 then exhaled together3 ,thus virtuous love1 on earth begun1 ,renew'd in ,heaven1 exists for ever4 ,george ,taylor4 ,,distress4 ,let us arise1 and go up to ,bethel2 and ,i will make there an altar unto ,god1 who answered me in the day of my distress1 and was with me in the way which ,i went4--,genesis1 xxxv4 #c4 ,i called upon the ,lord in distress3 the ,lord answered me1 and set me in a large place4--,psalm cxviii4 #e4 ,there shall be great distress in the land1 and wrath upon this people4--,luke1 xxi4 #bc4 ,through all the changing scenes of life1 ,in trouble and in joy1 ,the praises of my ,god shall still ,my heart and tongue employ4 ,of ,his deliverance ,i will boast1 ,till all who are distrest ,from my example comfort take1 ,and charm their griefs to rest4 ,brady and ,tate4 ,he can1 ,he will1 from out the dust1 ,raise the blest spirits of the just2 ,heal every wound1 hush every fear1 ,from every eye wipe every tear2 ,and place them where distress is o'er1 ,and pleasures dwell for evermore4 ,bishop ,mant4 ,lo6 through the gloom of guilty fears1 ,my faith discerns a dawn of grace2 ,the ,sun of ,righteousness appears ,in ,jesus' reconciling face4 ,my suffering1 slain1 and risen ,lord6 ,in deep distress ,i turn to ,thee-- ,i claim acceptance in thy word1 ,my ,god6 my ,god6 forsake not me6 ,james ,montgomery4 ,teach me in times of deep distress ,to own ,thy hand1 my ,god6 ,and in submissive silence learn ,the lessons of ,thy rod4 ,heginbotham4 ,,doubt4 ,and when they saw him1 they worshipped him3 but some doubted4--,matthew1 xxviii4 #ag4 ,then came the ,jews round about ,him1 and said unto ,him1 ,how long dost thou make us to doubt8 ,if thou be the ,christ1 tell us plainly4--,john1 x4 #bd4 ,now when the high priest and the captain of the temple1 and the chief priests heard these things1 they doubted of them whereunto this would grow4--,acts1 v4 #bd4 ,attempt the end1 and never stand to doubt2 ,nothing's so hard1 but search will find it out4 ,herrick4 ,but desperate is their doom whom doubt has driven ,to censure fate1 and pious hope forego2 ,like yonder blasted boughs by lightning riven1 ,perfection1 beauty1 life1 they never know1 ,but frown on all who pass1 a monument of woe4 ,beattie4 ,ah6 thou knowest not the war of struggling thought ,that agitates my soul4 ,i find in all ,some peril still to dread4 ,i choose1 and then ,my choice repent2 and then again regret ,having repented2 while protracted doubt ,wearies her mind1 so that the ill from good ,no longer ,i distinguish2 till at length ,the flight of time impels me to the worst6 ,from the ,italian of ,pietre ,metastasio4 ,doubt6 anarch old1 that staggers all-- ,the mighty vulgar as the small1 ,claims from all hearts th' allegiance won1 ,yet satisfaction gives to none2 ,and still resisted1 still must reign1 ,dreaded1 abhorred1 reviled in vain2 ,sole tyrant he1 that still must thrive1 ,while any of his subjects live2 ,the stoutest arm he fastest binds1 ,still strongest in the strongest minds2 ,who struggles hardest1 suffers most2 ,and tightens bands be cannot burst4 ,c4 ,c4 ,colton4 ,,dread--,,dreadful4 ,shall not his excellency make you afraid8 and his dread fall upon you8--,job1 xiii4 #aa4 ,withdraw thine hand far from me3 and let not thy dread make me afraid4--,job1 xiii4 #ba4 ,they were so high1 that they were dreadful4--,ezekiel1 i4 #ah4 ,i am a great ,king1 saith the ,lord of hosts1 and my name is dreadful among the heathen4--,malachi1 i4 #ad4 ,next saw we ,dread1 all trembling1 how he shook1 ,with foot uncertain1 proffer'd here and there2 ,benumb'd with speech2 and with a ghastly look1 ,search'd every place1 all pale and dread for fear2 ,his cap borne up with starting of his hair2 ',stoun'd and amazed at his own share for dread1 ,and fearing greater dangers than was need4 ,sackville4 ,thou attended gloriously from ,heaven1 ,shall in the sky appear1 and from thee send ,the summoning archangels to proclaim ,thy dread tribunal4 ,milton4 ,who the ,creator love1 created might ,dread not2 within their tents no terrors walk4 ,coleridge4 ,as if a lark should suddenly drop dead ,while the blue air yet trembled with his song1 ,so snapped at once that music's golden thread1 ,struck by a nameless fear1 that leapt along ,from heart to heart1 and like a shadow sped ,with instantaneous shiver through the throng2 ,so that some glanced behind1 as half aware ,a hideous shape of dread were standing there4 ,as when a crowd of pale men gather round1 ,watching an eddy in the leaden deep1 ,from which they deemed the body of one drowned ,will be cast forth2 from face to face doth creep ,an eager dread1 that holds all tongues fast bound1 ,until the horror1 with a ghastly leap1 ,starts up1 its dead blue arms stretched aimlessly1 ,heaved with the swinging of the careless sea4 ,j4 ,r4 ,lowell4 ,,dust4 ,in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread1 till thou return unto the ground2 for out of it wast thou taken3 for dust thou art1 and unto dust shalt thou return4--,genesis1 iii4 #ai4 ,all flesh shall perish together1 and man shall turn again unto dust4--,job1 xxxiv4 #ae4 ,all go unto one place2 all are of the dust1 and all turn to dust again4--,ecclesiastes1 iii4 #bj4 ,then shall the dust return to the earth as it was3 and the spirit shall return unto ,god who gave it4--,ecclesiastes1 xii4 #g4 ,fear no more the frown o' the great1 ,thou art past the tyrant's stroke3 ,care no more to clothe and eat1 ,to thee the reed is as the oak4 ,the sceptre1 learning1 physic1 must ,all follow this1 and come to dust4 ,shakspere4 ,why all this toil for triumphs of an hour8 ,what though we wade in wealth1 or soar in fame1 ,earth's highest station ends in 8here he lies20 ,and 8dust to dust0 concludes her noblest song4 ,young4 ,what is this passing scene8 ,a peevish ,april day6 ,a little sun--a little rain1 ,and then night sweeps along the plain1 ,and all things fade away4 ,man 7soon discussed17 ,yields up his trust1 ,and all his hopes and fears lie with him in the dust4 ,then1 since this world is vain1 ,and volatile and fleet1 ,why should ,i lay up worldly joys1 ,when dust corrupts1 and moth destroys1 ,and cares and sorrows eat8 ,why fly from ill ,with anxious skill1 ,when soon the hand will freeze1 the throbbing heart be still8 ,h4 ,k4 ,white4 ,,duty4 ,fear ,god1 and keep his commandments3 for this is the whole duty of man4--,ecclesiastes1 xii4 #ac4 ,so likewise ye1 when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you1 say1 ,we are unprofitable servants3 we have done that which was our duty to do4--,luke1 xvii4 #aj4 ,who shall1 ,o ,god6 ascend thy holy hill8 ,ev'n he whose hands are clean1 whose heart is pure1 ,faithful of ,word1 and dutiful of ,will4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,between ourselves and our desires1 too oft1 ,we build a wall impassable4 ,we mar ,by futile artifice what honest skill ,in either would alone effect4--,straight on1 ,and up the mountain1 heavenwards aloft1 ,should be the chosen path2 however far ,the goal may be2 to reach it wants but will ,to trust in ,god1 and prudent courage drawn ,from honourable purpose4 ,hard may be ,the track1 and steep to climb1 but walls are none ,to scale1 nor ladders lack we1 'midst the chill ,of mental ,alps1 but only eyes to see ,these words of truth light-written in the sun-- 8,the path of duty aye runs up the hill40 ,calder ,campbell4 ,rugged strength and radiant beauty-- ,these were one in nature's plan2 ,humble toil and heavenward duty-- ,these will form the perfect man4 ,mrs4 ,hale4 ,stern daughter of the voice of ,god6 ,o ,duty6 if that name thou love ,who art a light to guide1 a rod ,to check the erring1 and reprove2 ,thou who art victory and law ,when empty terrors overawe1 ,give unto me1 made lowly wise1 ,the spirit of self-sacrifice4 ,wordsworth4 ,,dwell--,,dwelling4 ,depart from evil1 and do good2 and dwell for evermore4--,psalm xxxvii4 #bg4 ,my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation1 and in sure dwellings1 and in quiet resting-places4--,isaiah1 xxxii4 #ah4 ,no man hath seen ,god at any time4 ,if we love one another1 ,god dwelleth in us1 and his love is perfected in us4 ,hereby know we that we dwell in him1 and he in us1 because he hath given us of his ,spirit4--,i4 ,john1 iv4 #ab1 #ac4 ,i prais'd the sea1 whose ample field ,shone glorious as a silver shield2 ,i prais'd the earth in beauty seen1 ,with garlands gay of various green2 ,and earth and ocean seem'd to say1 8,our beauties are but for a day40 ,i prais'd the sun1 whose chariot roll'd ,on wheels of amber and of gold3 ,i prais'd the moon1 whose softer eye ,gleam'd sweetly through the summer sky2 ,and moon and sun in answer said1 8,our days of light are numbered40 ,o ,god6 ,o good beyond compare6 ,if thus thy meaner works are fair2 ,if thus thy bounties gild the span ,of ruin'd earth and sinful man1 ,how glorious must the mansion be1 ,where thy redeem'd shall dwell with thee4 ,bishop ,heber4 ,o1 come and dwell with me1 ,spirit of power within1 ,and bring the glorious liberty ,from sorrow1 fear1 and sin4 ,wesley4 ,think on th' eternal home ,the ,saviour left for you2 ,think on the ,lord most holy1 come ,to dwell with hearts untrue4 ,so shall ye tread untired his pastoral ways1 ,and in the darkness sing your carol of high praise4 ,keble4 ,,earth4 ,and ,god called the dry land ,earth4--,genesis1 i4 #aj4 ,the earth is the ,lord's1 and the fulness thereof2 the world1 and they that dwell therein4--,psalm xxiv4 #a4 ,the earth1 ,o ,lord1 is full of thy mercy4--,psalm cxix4 #fd4 ,the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the ,lord1 as the waters cover the sea4--,isaiah1 xi4 #i4 ,the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up4--,,ii4 ,peter1 iii4 #aj4 ,unconstant ,earth6 why do not mortals cease ,to build their hopes upon so short a lease8 ,uncertain lease1 whose term but once begun1 ,tells never when it ends till it be done3 ,we dote upon thy smiles1 not knowing why1 ,and whiles we but prepare to live1 we die3 ,we spring like flowers for a day's delight1 ,at noon we flourish1 and we fade at night3 ,we toil for kingdoms1 conquer crowns1 and then ,we that were ,gods1 but now1 now less than men4 ,if wisdom1 learning1 knowledge1 cannot dwell ,secure from change1 vain bubble earth1 farewell4 ,francis ,quarles4 ,earth's cup ,is poisoned2 her renown1 most infamous2 ,her gold1 seem as it may1 is really dust2 ,her titles1 slanderous names2 her praise1 reproach2 ,her strength1 an idiot's boast2 her wisdom1 blind2 ,her gain1 eternal loss2 her hope1 a dream2 ,her love1 her friendship1 enmity with ,god2 ,her promises1 a lie2 her smile1 a harlot's2 ,her beauty1 paint1 and rotten within2 her pleasures1 ,deadly assassins masked2 her laughter1 grief2 ,her breasts1 the stings of death2 her total sum1 ,her all1 most total vanity4 ,pollok4 ,and had earth1 then1 no joys8 no native sweets1 ,no happiness1 that one who spoke the truth1 ,might call her own8 ,she had1 true native sweets1 ,indigenous delights1 which up the ,tree ,of ,holiness1 embracing as they grew1 ,ascended1 and bore fruit of ,heavenly taste4 ,pollok4 ,lean not on earth2 't will pierce thee to the heart3 ,a broken reed at best1 but oft a spear3 ,on its sharp point peace bleeds1 and hope expires4 ,there's nothing here but what as nothing weighs2 ,the more our joy1 the more we know it vain2 ,and by success are tutored to despair4 ,nor is it only thus1 but must be so4 ,who knows not this1 though grey1 is still a child2 ,loose then from earth the grasp of fond desire1 ,weigh anchor1 and some happier clime explore4 ,young4 ,earth1 thou great footstool of our ,god ,who reigns on high2 thou fruitful source ,of all our raiment1 life1 and food1 ,our house1 our parent1 and our nurse4 ,mighty stage of mortal scenes1 ,drest with strong and gay machines1 ,hung with golden lamps around1 ,and flowery carpets spread the ground-- ,thou bulky globe1 prodigious map1 ,that hangs unpillared in an empty space1 ,while thy unwieldly weight hangs in the feeble air1 ,bless that ,almighty word that fix'd and holds thee there4 ,watts4 ,a puff of honour fills the mind1 ,and yellow dust is solid good2 ,thus1 like the ass of savage kind1 ,we snuff the breezes of the wind1 ,or steal the serpent's food4 ,could all the choirs ,that charms the poles ,but strike one doleful sound1 ',t would be employed to mourn our souls2 ,souls that were formed of sprightly fires ,in floods of folly drowned4 ,souls made of glory seek a brutal joy2 ,how they disclaim their heavenly birth1 ,melt their bright substance down with drossy earth1 ,and hate to be refined from that impure alloy4 ,watts4 ,there are wondrous things on the aged earth2 'tis speeding to its close2 ,from the very heart of the prosperous world the prophet-thunder grows2 ,and as this sphere whirls round and round upon its endless way1 ,and as the laws of the universe from their boundless centres sway1 ,from the everlasting hills of heaven look down a seraph-race1 ,and gaze upon the mighty change that speaks aloud through space3 ,with joy they hymn the ,eternal1 in whose embrace they live1 ,and strike the harp to him who loves to pity and forgive4 ,stands the archangel ,lucifer on a stormy planet near1 ,and the hollow sound of his mighty voice fills many worlds with fear2 8,vain earth10 he said1 8thy pigmy lords may strive from thee to rise1 ,may gasp their hopes in frequent verse1 they half philosophize1 ,build temples to the monarch steam1 be victors o'er the sea-- ,their pride1 their power shall disappear at one dark glance from me6 ,o for the fierce wild rapture of that fast approaching day1 ,when man and his brief dwelling in the storm are swept away40 ,far in the centre of all space burns the eternal throne1 ,where ,god1 unseen1 ineffable1 dwells in his light alone4 8,my ,son10 the one existence saith1 8earth speeds its course to thee1 ,and soon beneath thy rule of love its kingdoms shall be free4 ,the demons dream of fury1 of swift1 consuming fire1 ,dream that the spirit of the ,lord is stern resentful ire3 ,but the whole universe shall know that mercy is divine-- ,beloved ,son6 ,men1 angels1 friends1 for evermore are thine40 ,carrera4 ,i believe this earth on which we stand ,is but the vestibule to glorious mansions1 ,through which a moving crowd for ever press4 ,joanna ,baillie4 ,as trees beneath the soil must shoot1 ,before they form the grove1 ,so man in earth must spread his root1 ,that hopes to bloom above4 ,thomas ,ward4 ,earth hath of thee had glimpses1 shaped to suit ,the contemplative ,spirit1 suffering ,from occultation of the absolute1 ,the shadow of the spiritual thing ,that passing1 veils the ,truth4 ,let it pass on6 ,shine forth1 ,o ,sun6 the universal ,king1 ,intelligible ,god4 ,thy steadfast ,throne ,for ever is immovable1 and ,earth ,light from thine aspect borrows1 and1 anon1 ,in constant revolution1 giveth birth ,to darkness1 not forsaken3 for the ,moon ,and ,stars reflect thy glory faintly forth1 ,in night1 most holy night1 in whose high noon ,majestic ,heaven itself alone reveals ,to faith1--a starry spell1--a visible tune1-- ,until thy reappearing opes the seals ,of the mysterious ,tome1 and supersedes ,their borrowed lights--their spirit-motioned wheels4 ,yet are they ,god's6 how happy he who reads ,their office rightly2--oracles ,earth hears ,in visionary slumber1 hears and heeds2 ,the ,deities of darkness1 on the spheres ,enthroned1 ,angels of ,night1 whose choral gleams ,echo the word unto the worlds ,he cheers4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,,elements4 ,even so we1 when we were children1 were in bondage under the elements of the world4--,galatians1 iv4 #c4 ,but now1 after that ye have known ,god1 or rather are known of ,god1 how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements1 whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage8--,galatians1 iv4 #i4 ,but the day of the ,lord will come as a thief in the night2 in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise1 and the elements shall melt with fervent heat4--,,ii4 ,peter1 iii4 #aj4 ,i cavilled at the elements--what is earth8 ,a huge congestion of unmethodized matter ,with but a skin of life--a mighty solid1 ,which nature's prodigal of space provides ,for superficial uses2 and what air8 ,a motion and a pressure2 fire8 a change2 ,and light8 the language of the things called dumb4 ,last came the troubled question--what am ,i8 ,a blade1 a sapling of the growth of life ,wherewith the outside of the earth is covered2 ,a comprehensive atom1 all the world ,in act of thought embracing2 in the world ,a grain scarce filling a particular place4 ,henry ,taylor4 ,father1 ,i know my frame is all composed ,of elements that perish2 and ,i know ,the bondage whereunto my grovelling soul ,still turns1 in spite of higher aspirations4 ,oh1 grant me strength to burst the chains of sense6 ,that in the elemental wreck to come1 ,i may not perish utterly1 but live ,to praise and bless ,thee for my great salvation4 ,egone4 ,let every element rejoice2 ,ye thunders1 burst with awful voice ,to ,him who bade you roll4 ,his praise in softened notes declare1 ,each whispering breeze of yielding air1 ,and breathe it to the soul4 ,ogilvie4 ,,envy4 ,be not thou envious against evil men1 neither desire to be with them4--,proverbs1 xxiv4 #a4 ,wrath is cruel1 and anger is outrageous2 but who is able to stand before envy8--,proverbs1 xxvii4 #d4 ,but ,pilate answered them1 saying1 ,will ye that ,i release unto you the ,king of the ,jews8 ,for he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy4--,mark1 xv4 #i1 #aj4 ,for where envying and strife is1 there is confusion and every evil work4--,james1 iii4 #af4 ,and next to him malicious ,envy rode ,upon a ravenous wolfe1 and still did chaw ,between his cankered teeth a venomous tode1 ,that all the poison ran about his jaw3 ,but inwardly he chawed his own maw ,at neighbour's wealth that made him ever sad1 ,for death it was when any good he saw2 ,and wept1 that cause of weeping none he had2 ,and when he heard of harme he waxed wondrous glad4 ,spenser4 ,i envy not their hap ,whom favour doth advance2 ,i take no pleasure in their pain ,that have less happy chance4 ,to rise by others' fall ,i deem a losing gain2 ,all states with others' ruin built1 ,to ruin run amain4 ,southwell4 ,here are no false entrapping baits1 ,to hasten too1 too hasty fates2 ,unless it be ,the fond credulity ,of silly fish1 which1 worldling like1 still look ,upon the bait1 but never on the hook3 ,nor envy1 unless among ,the birds1 for prize of their sweet song4 ,sir ,walter ,raleigh4 ,for every thing contains within itself ,the seeds and sources of its own corruption2 ,the cankering rust corrodes the brightest steel2 ,the moth frets out your garment1 and the worm ,eats its slow way into the solid oak3 ,but ,envy1 of all evil things the worst1 ,the same to-day1 to-morrow1 and for ever1 ,saps and consumes the heart in which it works4 ,cumberland4 ,envy's a sharper spur than pay1 ,and1 unprovok'd1't will court the fray4 99 99 99 99 99 ,fools may our scorn1 not envy1 raise1 ,for envy is a kind of praise4 99 99 99 99 99 ,canst thou discern another's mind8 ,what is't you envy8 ,envy's blind4 ,tell ,envy1 when she would annoy1 ,that thousands want what you enjoy4 ,gay4 ,the lion craved the fox's art2 ,the fox the lion's force and heart2 ,the cock implored the pigeon's flight1 ,whose wings were rapid1 strong1 and light2 ,the pigeon strength of wing despised1 ,and the cock's matchless valour prized4 ,the fishes wish'd to graze the plain2 ,the beasts to skim beneath the main4 ,thus1 envious of another's state1 ,each blam'd the partial hand of fate4 ,gay4 ,slander'd in vain1 enjoy the spleen of foes2 ,let these from envy hate--from interest those6 ,guilt1 like the first1 your gratitude requires1 ,since none can envy till he first admires2 ,and nature tells the last his crime is none1 ,who to your interest but prefers his own4 ,aaron ,hill4 ,what made the man of ,envy what he was1 ,was worth in others1 vileness in himself1 ,a lust of praise1 with undeserving deeds1 ,and conscience poverty of soul2 and still ,it was his earnest work and daily toil1 ,with lying tongue1 to make the noble seem ,mean as himself4 ,pollok4 ,,error4 ,who can understand his errors8 cleanse thou me from secret faults4--,psalm xix4 #ab4 ,for the vile person will speak villany1 and his heart will work iniquity1 to practise hypocrisy1 and to utter error against the ,lord4--,isaiah1 xxxii4 #f4 ,beware lest ye also1 being led away with the error of the wicked1 fall from your own stedfastness4--,,ii4 ,peter1 iii4 #ag4 ,a good that never satisfies the mind1 ,a beauty fading like the ,april flowers1 ,a sweet with floods of gall that runs combined1 ,a pleasure passing ere in thought made ours1 ,an honour that more fickle is than wind1 ,a glory at opinion's frown that lowers1 ,a treasury which bankrupt time devours1 ,a knowledge than grave ignorance more blind2 ,a vain delight our equals to command1 ,a style of greatness1 in effect a dream1 ,a swelling thought of holding sea and land1 ,a servile lot1 decked with a pompous name2 ,are the strange ends we toil for here below1 ,till wisest death makes us our errors know4 ,drummond4 ,swifter than feathered arrow in the wind1 ,than winged vessel on the yielding tide1 ,than river shooting down the mountain side1 ,than foot o'er champaign of the slender hind1 ,to error's flowery vale1 the headlong mind ,is prone1 without a curb1 to fly aside2 ,neither by dangers of the path untried1 ,nor roughest road1 nor highest ,alp confined4 ,but if the way of truth upon the right ,it follows1 like slow worm1 or bird unfledged1 ,at every twig it checks1 and stone1 and rill4 ,great guide6 make strong my pinions for the flight ,in that true course2 by every other hedged1 ,and lift and bring me to thy holy hill6 ,from the ,italian of ,tarsia4 8,but what is error8--,answer he who can60 ,the ,sceptic somewhat haughtily exclaimed3 8,love1 ,hope1 and ,admiration--are they not ,mad ,fancy's favourite vassals8 ,does not life ,use them1 full oft1 as pioneers to ruin1 ,guides to destruction8 ,is it well to trust ,imagination's light when ,reason's fails1 ,the unguarded taper where the guarded faints8 --,stoop from those heights1 and soberly declare ,what error is2 and of our errors1 which ,doth most debase the mind2 the genuine seats ,of power1 where are they8 ,who shall regulate1 ,with truth1 the scale of intellectual rank80 ,wordsworth4 ,thus error's monstrous shapes from earth are driven2 ,they fade1 they fly--but truth survives their flight2 ,earth has no shades to quench that beam of heaven2 ,each ray that shone1 in early time1 to light ,the faltering footsteps in the path of right1 ,each gleam of clearer1 brightness1 shed to aid ,in man's maturer day his bolder sight1 ,all blended1 like the rainbow's radiant braid1 ,pour yet1 and still shall pour1 the blaze that cannot fade4 ,w4 ,c4 ,bryant4 ,error is a hardy plant2 it flourisheth in every soil2 ,in the heart of the wise and good1 alike with the wicked and foolish3 ,for there is no error so crooked1 but it hath in it some lines of truth3 ,nor is any poison so deadly1 that it serveth not some wholesome use3 ,and the just man1 enamoured of the right1 is blinded by the speciousness of wrong1 ,and the prudent1 perceiving an advantage1 is content to overlook the harm4 ,on all things created remaineth the half-effaced signature of ,god1 ,somewhat of fair and good1 though blotted by the finger of corruption3 ,and if error cometh in like a flood1 it mixeth with the streams of truth2 ,and the adversary loveth to have it so1 for thereby many are decoyed4 ,martin ,f4 ,tupper4 ,,estate4 ,o give thanks unto the ,god of ,gods3 for ,his mercy endureth for ever4 ,who remembered us in our low estate3 for ,his mercy endureth for ever4--,psalm cxxxvi4 #b1 #bc4 ,and ,mary said1 ,my soul doth magnify the ,lord1 ,and my spirit hath rejoiced in ,god my ,saviour4 ,for he hath regarded the low estate of ,his handmaiden4--,luke1 i4 #df1 #dg1 #dh4 ,mind not high things1 but condescend to men of low estate4--,romans1 xii4 #af4 ,go1 miser6 go2 for lucre sell thy soul2 ,truck wares for wares1 and trudge from pole to pole1 ,that men may say1 when thou art dead and gone1 ,see what a vast estate he left his son4 ,dryden4 ,wherever in the world ,i am1 ,in whatsoe'er estate1 ,i have a fellowship with hearts ,to keep and cultivate2 ,and a work of lowly love to do1 ,for the ,lord on whom ,i wait4 ,ann ,l4 ,waring4 ,oh yes6 ,i have a goodly heritage1 ,a vast estate is mine2 ,my title deeds are on the sacred page1 ,writ by a hand divine4 ,the land is fruitful1 yielding all things good1 ,an overflowing store2 ,to satisfy the utmost wish1 nor could ,my spirit ask for more4 ',tis in a pleasant country--this estate-- ,of ever-new delight2 ,no storms are there to chill and devastate1 ,there comes no gloomy night4 ,my tenor is inviolate2 for death ,signs1 seals1 and opes the door1 ,that me into possession ushereth1 ,there to dwell evermore4 ,egone4 ,,eternity4 ,for thus saith the high and lofty ,one that inhabiteth eternity1 whose name is ,holy2 ,i dwell in the high and holy place4--,isaiah1 lvii4 #ae4 ,for we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved1 we have a building of ,god1 an house not made with hands1 eternal in the heavens4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 v4 #a4 ,of that same time when no more change shall be1 ,but stedfastly rest all things1 firmly stayed ,upon the pillars of eternity1 ,that is contraire to mutability2 ,for all that moveth doth in change delight2 ,but thenceforth all shall rest eternally1 ,with ,him that is the ,god of ,sabaoth hight4 ,spenser4 ,him1 blessed ,shepherd1 ,his flocks shall follow through the maze of life1 ,and shades that tend to day spring from on high2 ,and as the radiant roses1 after fading1 ,in fuller foliage1 and more fragrant breath1 ,revive in smiling spring1 so shall it be ,with those that love ,him3 for sweet is their savour1 ,and all eternity shall be their spring4 ,smart4 ,man1 7mortal creature17 fram'd to feel decays1 ,thine unresisted power at pleasure sways1 ,thou say'st return1 and parting souls obey1 ,thou say'st return1 and bodies fall to-day4 ,for what's a thousand fleeting years with ,thee8 ,or ,time compared with long eternity8 ,whose wings expanding infinitely vast1 ,o'erstretched its utmost ends of first and last4 ,parnell4 ,we strive with earthly imagings1 ,to reach and understand ,the wondrous and the fearful things ,of an eternal land4 ,but soon the doubt1 the toil1 the strife ,of earth shall all be done1 ,and knowledge of our endless life ,be in a moment won4 ,otway ,curry4 ,why shrinks the soul ,back on herself1 and startles at destruction8 ',tis the ,divinity that stirs within us2 ',tis ,heaven itself that points out an hereafter1 ,and intimates eternity to man4 ,addison4 ,the ,eternal ,life1 beyond the sky1 ,wealth cannot purchase1 nor the high ,and proud estate2 ,the soul in dalliance laid1--the spirit ,corrupt with sin1--shall not inherit ,a joy so great4 ,longfellow1 from the ,spanish4 ,our better nature pineth--let it be6 ,thou human soul--earth is no home for thee2 ,thy starry rest is in eternity4 ,miss ,landon4 ,he of the lion-voice1 the rainbow-crowned1 ,shall stand upon the mountains and the sea1 ,and swear by earth1 by ,heaven's throne1 and ,him ,who sitteth on the throne1 there shall be ,time ,no more1 no more6 ,then veiled ,eternity ,shall straight unveil her awful countenance ,unto the reeling world1 and take the place ,of seasons1 years and ages4 ,aye and aye ,shall be the time of day6 ,miss ,barrett4 ,time6 whither dost thou flee8 --,i travel to eternity1 ,eternity6 what art thou8--say6 --,time past--time present--time to come--to-day4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,see1 how beneath the moonbeams' smile ,yon little billow heaves its breast1 ,and foams and sparkles for awhile1 ,and murmuring then subsides to rest4 ,thus man1 the sport of bliss and care1 ,rises on time's eventful sea2 ,and having swelled a moment there1 ,thus melts into eternity4 ,moore4 ,,evening4 ,evening1 and morning1 and at noon1 will ,i pray1 and cry aloud3 and he shall hear my voice4--,psalm lv4 #ag4 ,it shall come to pass1 that at evening time it shall be light4--,zechariah1 xiv4 #g4 ,abide with us3 for it is toward evening1 and the day is far spent4--,luke1 xxiv4 #bi4 ,now came still evening on1 and twilight grey ,had in her sober livery all things clad2 ,silence accompanied2 for beast and bird-- ,they to their grassy couch1 these to their nests-- ,were shrunk1 all but the wakeful nightingale3 ,she all night long her beauteous descant sung3 ,silence was pleased4 ,now glow'd the firmament ,with living sapphires4 ,hesperus1 that led ,the starry host1 rode brightest1 till the moon1 ,rising in clouded majesty1 at length1 ,apparent queen1 unveil'd her peerless light1 ,and o'er the dark her silver mantle threw3 ,when ,adam thus to ,eve1 8,fair consort1 the hour ,of night1 and all things now retired to rest1 ,mind us of long repose1 since ,god has set ,labour and rest1 as day and night to men ,successive1 and the timely dew of sleep1 ,now falling with soft cumbrous weight1 inclines ,our eyelids4 ,other creatures all day long ,rove idle unemployed1 and less need rest3 ,man hath his daily work of body or mind ,appointed1 which declares his dignity1 ,and the regard of heaven on all his ways1 ,while other animals inactive range1 ,and of their doings ,god takes no account40 ,milton4 ,then is the time ,for those whom wisdom1 and whom nature charm1 ,to steal themselves from the degenerate crowd1 ,and soar above this little scene of things2 ,to tread low-thoughted vice beneath their feet1 ,to soothe the throbbing passions into peace1 ,and woo lone quiet in her silent walks4 ,thomson4 ,the sun hath sunk behind the hill1 ,but over earth1 and sky1 and air1 ,eve's crimson tints are glowing still1 ,and tidings of to-morrow bear4 ,thus hope1 when sinks life's happiness1 ,upon our night of sorrow glows1 ,promising brighter1 endless bliss1 ,after our pilgrimage of woes4 ,the longing heart1 whose wishes spring ,to fond foreboding's unknown land1 ,borrows imagination's wing1 ,though fettered here in reason's band4 ,presumptuous6 whither would'st thou fly8 ,earth's vapours mock thine eye of clay4 ,mark crimson evening's golden sky1 ,and hope the morrow's promised day4 ,from the ,swedish of ,ingelgren4 ,few bring back at eve1 ,immaculate1 the manners of the morn4 ,something we thought is blotted2 we resolved1 ,is shaken2 we renounced1 returns again4 ,young4 ,sweet after showers1 ambrosial air1 ,that rollest from the gorgeous gloom ,of evening1 over brake1 and bloom1 ,and meadow1 slowly breathing bare ,the round of space1 and rapt below ,through all the dewy-tassell'd wood1 ,and shadowing down the horned flood ,in ripples1 fan my brows and blow ,the fever from my cheek1 and sigh ,the full new life that feeds thy breath ,throughout my frame1 till doubt and death1 ,ill brethren1 let the fancy fly ,from belt to belt of crimson seas ,on leagues of odour streaming far1 ,to where in yonder orient star ,a hundred spirits whisper 8,peace40 ,tennyson4 ,pleasantly comest thou1 ,dew of the evening1 to the crisp'd up grass2 ,and the curl'd corn-blades bow1 ,and the light breezes pass1 ,that their parch'd lips may feel thee1 and expand1 ,thou sweet reviver of the fever'd land4 ,so1 to the thirsting soul1 ,cometh the dew of the ,almighty's love2 ,and the scathed heart1 made whole1 ,turneth in joy above1 ,to where the spirit freely may expand1 ,and rove1 untrammelled1 in that better 8land40 ,w4 ,d4 ,gallagher4 ,behold the western evening-light6 ,it melts in deepening gloom2 ,so calmly ,christians sink away1 ,descending to the tomb4 ,the winds breathe low2 the withering leaf ,scarce whispers from the tree2 ,so gently flows the parting breath1 ,when good men cease to be4 ,how beautiful on all the hills ,the crimson light is shed6 ',tis like the peace the ,christian gives ,to mourners round his bed4 ,how mildly on the wandering cloud ,the sunset beam is cast2 ',tis like the memory left behind1 ,when loved ones breathe their last4 ,and now above the dews of night1 ,the yellow star appears2 ,so faith springs in the heart of those ,whose eyes are bathed in tears4 ,but soon the morning's happier light ,its glory shall restore1 ,and eyelids that are seal'd in death4 ,shall wake1 to close no more4 ,peabody4 ,,example4 ,if ,i then1 your ,lord and ,master1 have washed your feet3 ye also ought to wash one another's feet4 ,for ,i have given you an example1 that ye should do as ,i have done to you4--,john1 xiii4 #ad1 #ae4 ,be thou an example of the believers1 in word1 in conversation1 in charity1 in spirit1 in faith1 in purity4--,i4 ,timothy1 iv4 #ab4 ,take1 my brethren1 the prophets1 who have spoken in the name of the ,lord1 for an example of suffering affliction1 and of patience4--,james1 v4 #aj4 ,sodom and ,gomorrha1 and the cities about them in like manner1 giving themselves over to fornication1 and going after strange flesh1 are set forth for an example1 suffering the vengeance of eternal fire4--,jude1 i4 #g4 ,taught this by his example1 whom ,i now ,acknowledge my ,redeemer1 ever blest6 ,milton4 ,since great examples justify command1 ,let glorious acts more glorious acts inspire1 ,and catch from breast to breast the noble fire4 ,pope1 from ,homer4 ,his faults1 that in a private station sits1 ,do mainly harm him only that commits3 ,those placed on high a bright example owe1-- ,much to themselves1 more to the crowd below4 ,a paltry watch1 in private pocket borne1 ,misleads but him alone by whom 'tis worn3 ,but the town-clock that domes or towers display1 ,by going wrong1 leads half the world astray4 ,c4 ,c4 ,colton4 ,ye who look for great examples ,o'er the wide historic page3-- ,teachers1 who with good ensamples ,would the thoughts of youth engage6 ,to the sacred record turning1 ,there behold the perfect man6 ,there the light1 for ever burning2 ,match its lustre1 if you can6 ,imitate the ,great ,example1 ,humbly as a ,christian should1 ,ever like that bright ensample1 ,speaking well and doing good4 ,egone4 ,,faith4 ,for therein is the righteousness of ,god revealed from faith to faith3 as it is written1 the just shall live by faith4--,romans1 i4 #ag4 ,so then faith cometh by hearing1 and hearing by the word of ,god4--,romans1 x4 #ag4 ,by grace are ye saved through faith4--,ephesians1 ii4 #h4 ,the shield of faith1 wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked4--,ephesians1 vi4 #af4 ,now faith is the substance of things hoped for1 the evidence of things not seen4--,hebrews1 xi4 #a4 ,but without faith it is impossible to please ,him3 for he that cometh to ,god1 must believe that ,he is1 and that ,he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek ,him4--,hebrews1 xi4 #f4 ,for as the body without the spirit is dead1 so faith without works is dead also4--,james1 ii4 #bf4 ,if bliss had lien in art or strength1 ,none but the wise and strong had gained it2 ,where now1 by faith1 all arms are of a length2 ,one size doth all conditions fit4 ,a peasant may believe as much ,as a great clerk1 and reach the highest stature2 ,thus dost thou make proud knowledge bend and crouch1 ,while grace fills up uneven nature4 ,faith makes me any thing1 or all ,that ,i believe is in the sacred story2 ,and when sin placeth me in ,adam's fall1 ,faith sets me higher in his glory4 ,george ,herbert4 ,from purer manners to sublimer faith1 ,is nature's unavoidable ascent2 ,an honest deist1 where the gospel shines1 ,matured to nobler1 in the christian ends4 ,young4 ,if weak thy faith1 why choose the harder side8 ,we nothing know but what is marvellous2 ,yet what is marvellous1 we can't believe4 ,so weak our reason1 and so great our ,god1 ,what most surprises in the sacred page1 ,or full as strange1 or stranger1 must be true4 ,faith is not reason's labour1 but repose4 ,young4 ,o ye1 whom1 struggling on life's craggy road1 ,with obstacles and dangers1 secret foes ,supplant1 false friends betray1 disastrous rage ,of elements1 of war1 of civil broil ,brings down to ,poverty's cold floor1 while grief ,preys on the heart1 and dims the sinking eye2 ,faint not6 ,there is1 who rules the storm1 whose hand ,feeds the young ravens1 nor permits blind chance ,to close one sparrow's flagging wing in death4 ,trust in the rock of ages4 ,now1 even now ,he speaks1 and all is calm4 ,or if1 to prove ,your inmost soul1 the hurricane still spread ,its licensed ravages4 ,he whispers hope1 ,earnest of comfort2 and through blackest night ,bids keen-eyed ,faith on heaven's pure sunshine gaze1 ,and learn the glories of her future home4 ,gisborne4 ,the pious man ,in this bad world1 when mists and couchant storms ,hide heaven's fine circlet1 spring aloft in faith ,above the clouds that threat him1 to the fields ,of ether1 where the day is never veiled ,with intervening vapours1 and looks down ,serene upon the troublous sea1 which hides ,the earth's fair breast2 that sea whose nether face ,to grovelling mortals frowns and darkens all1 ,but on whose billowy back1 from man conceal'd ,the glowing sunbeams play4 ,h4 ,k4 ,white4 ,through ,faith on earth1 man holds a life sublime1 ,and in the past and future1 as he lists1 ,expatiates1 and confers with every clime4 ,through faith he knows whereby the frame subsists1 ,of the expanded universe1 by whom ,created1 and whereto it yet exists2 ,a stranger and a pilgrim till the tomb ,opens the way to the celestial land1 ,where ,god prepares a city1 as a womb4 ,so hopeful o'er the grave the faithful stand1 ,wherein their brethren in the dust repose1 ,grasped in the ,father's ,omnipresent hand4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,i saw in visions of still thought reveal'd1 ,two silent forms before me2 both were fair1 ,but yet how much unlike that voiceless pair1 ,except in outward beauty4 ,one appeal'd ,to all1 save hearts by pride and passion steel'd1 ,with meek-eyed gentleness2 and seem'd to wear ,mixt with each human charm1 an heavenlier air1 ,to which humanity had wisely kneel'd4 ,beautiful was the other's speechless shade1 ,and called herself ,philosophy2 but proud1 ,cold1 statue-like1 she look'd upon the crowd1 ,who to the lovelier spirit homage paid-- ,her name was ,scepticism6 ,that gentler maid ,was titled ,faith by acclamation loud6 ,b4 ,barton4 ,behold the chamber where the ,christian sleeps1 ,and where1 from year to year1 he prays and weeps2 ,whence1 in the midnight watch1 his prayers arise ,to those bright mansions where his treasure lies1 ,how near it is to all that ,faith can see2 ,how short and peaceful may his passage be6 ,one beating pulse1 one feeble struggle o'er1 ,may open wide the everlasting door2 ,yes1 for that bliss unspeakable unseen1 ,is ready1 and the veil of flesh between ,a gentle sigh may rend1 and then display ,the broad full splendour of an endless day4 --,this bright conviction elevates his mind1 ,he presses forward1 leaving all behind4 ,thus from his throne the tyrant foe is hurl'd-- ,this is the ,faith that overcomes the world4 ,jane ,taylor4 ,thou ask'st why ,christ so lenient to the deed1 ,so sternly claims the ,faith which founds the creed2 ,because1 reposed in ,faith1 the soul has calm2 ,the hope a haven1 and the wound a balm2 ,because the light1 dim seen in ,reason's dream1 ,on all alike1 through faith alone1 could stream4 ,god willed support to weakness1 joy to grief1 ,and so descended from ,his throne1 ,,belief6 ,sir ,e4 ,b4 ,lytton4 ,to reason less is to imagine more2 ,they most aspire1 who1 meekly1 most adore-- ,therefore the ,god-like ,comforter's decree-- 8,his sins be loosened who hath faith in me40 ,sir ,e4 ,b4 ,lytton4 ,o1 thou that rearest with celestial aim ,thy future seraph in my mortal frame1 ,thrice holy ,faith6 whatever thorns ,i meet1 ,as on ,i totter with unpractised feet1 ,still let me stretch my arms1 and cling to thee1 ,meek nurse of souls1 through my long infancy6 ,coleridge4 ,as evening's pale and solitary star ,but brightens while the darkness gathers round2 ,so ,faith1 unmoved amid surrounding storms1 ,is fairest seen in darkness most profound4 ,however deep be the mysterious word1 ,however dark1 she disbelieves it not2 ,where reason would examine1 ,faith obeys1 ,and 8,it is written0 answers every doubt4 ,caroline ,fry4 ,lo1 when dangers closer threaten1 ,and thy soul draws near to death2 ,when assaulted sore by ,satan1 ,then present the shield of ,faith3 ,fiery darts of fierce temptations1 ,intercepted by thy ,god1 ,then shall lose their force in patience1 ,sheathed in love1 and quenched in blood4 ,hart4 ,redeemed from fear1 and washed from lustful blot1 ,by ,faith we then might rise above our lot2 ,and like ,thy chosen few1 restored within1 ,by hearts1 as morning pure1 might conquer sin4 99 99 99 99 99 ,faith1 ,hope1 and ,love1 together work in gloom2 ,what ,faith believes1 ,hope shapes in form and bloom1 ,and ,love sends forth to daylight from the tomb4 ,john ,sterling4 ,o thou of little faith1 lift up thine eyes6 ,are the ten thousand glorious stars of night ,but a vain dream1 because thy feeble sight ,may not behold them in the noon-day skies8 ,mary ,howitt4 ,the steps of ,faith ,fall on the seeming void1 and find ,the ,rock beneath4 ,j4 ,g4 ,whittier4 ,lady1 there is one star1 and one alone1 ,that tells the future4 ,its interpreter ,is in man's heart1 and is called ,conscience3 ,the star1 ,true ,faith2 the future that it shows ,is beyond human life4 ,g4 ,p4 ,r4 ,james4 ,faith is the ,spirit's sweet control1 ,from which assurance springs1 ,faith is the pencil of the soul1 ,that pictures heavenly things4 ,faith is the conq'ring host that storms ,the battlements of sin1 ,faith is the quick'ning fire that warms ,the trembling heart within4 ,o ,rock of ,ages1 ,fount of ,bliss1 ,thy needful help afford1 ,and let our constant prayer be this-- 8,increase my faith1 ,o ,lord40 ,j4 ,burbidge4 ,we walk by faith1 and not by sight1 ,along this vale of tears1 ',till our wrapt souls shall wing their flight ,to ,heaven's unclouded spheres4 ,triumphant then o'er sin and death1 ,we'll praise our living head1 ,and1 looking back1 behold the path1 ,through which we have been led4 ,w4 ,j4 ,brock4 ,,fall4 ,the steps of a good man are ordered by the ,lord3 and he delighteth in his way4 ,though he fall1 he shall not be utterly cast down3 for the ,lord upholdeth him with his hand4--,psalm xxxvii4 #bc1 #bd4 ,and every one that heareth these sayings of mine1 and doeth them not1 shall be likened unto a foolish man1 which built his house upon the sand3 ,and the rain descended1 and the floods came1 and the winds blew1 and beat upon that house2 and it fell3 and great was the fall of it4--,matthew1 vii4 #bf1 #bg4 ,and ,simeon blessed them1 and said unto ,mary his mother1 ,behold1 this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in ,israel4--,luke1 ii4 #cd4 ,poor race of men6 said the pitying ,spirit1 ,dearly ye pay for your primal ,fall-- ,some flowerets of ,eden ye still inherit1 ,but the trail of the serpent is over them all6 ,thomas ,moore4 ,alas--the evil that we fain would shun ,we do1 and leave the wished-for good undone2 ,our strength to-day ,is but to-morrow's weakness1 prone to fall2 ,poor1 blind1 unprofitable servants1 all1 ,are we alway4 ,j4 ,g4 ,whittier4 ,grim-hearted world1 that look'st with ,levite eyes ,on those poor fallen by too much faith in man1 ,she that upon thy freezing threshold lies1 ,starved to more sinning by thy savage ban1-- ,seeking that refuge because foulest vice ,more godlike than thy virtue is1 whose span ,shuts out the wretched only1--is more free ,from all her crimes than thou wilt ever be4 ,thou wilt not let her wash thy dainty feet ,with such salt things as tears1 or with rude hair ,dry them1 soft ,pharisee1 that sit'st at meat ,with him who made her such1 and speak'st him fair1 ,leaving ,god's wandering lamb the while to bleat ,unheeded1 shivering in the pitiless air3 ,thou hast made prisoned virtue shew more wan ,and haggard1 than a vice to look upon4 ,james ,r4 ,lowell4 ,,fame4 ,so the ,lord was with ,joshua2 and his fame was noised throughout all the country4--,joshua1 vi4 #bg4 ,and the fame of ,david went out into all lands2 and the ,lord brought the fear of him upon all nations4--,i4 ,chronicles1 xiv4 #ag4 ,and ,jesus went about all ,galilee1 teaching in their synagogues1 and preaching the gospel of the kingdom1 and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people4 ,and his fame went throughout all ,syria4--,matthew1 iv4 #bc1 #bd4 ,but ,fame1 alarmed1 o'er ,libya's cities flies3 ,fame1 the most fleet of mischief's progenies3 ,who gathers speed from every passing hour2 ,grows as she moves1 and travels into power4 ,timid and small at first1 at length she shrouds1 ,while treading on the ground1 her forehead in the clouds4 ,offended at the gods1 great parent ,earth1 ',tis said1 in vengeance gave the monster birth1 ,of all her giant family the last2 ,a swift-wing'd portent1 foul1 deform'd1 and vast1 ,beneath each numerous plume1 that lifts her flight1 ,an active eye extends her scope of sight4 ,as many ears1 and mouths1 and tongues she moves1 ,to catch and spread the rumours as she roves4 ,midway 'twixt heaven and earth1 through night she flies ,clanging1 nor bathes in dewy sleep her eyes4 ,by day she keeps on watch1 and takes her stand ,on some high roof or tower of wide command2 ,and thence1 alike for truth or falsehood loud1 ,she shakes the city and distracts the crowd4 ,symmons1 from ,virgil4 ,let fame1 that all hunt after in their lives1 ,live register'd upon our brazen tombs1 ,and then grace us in the disgrace of death2 ,when1 spite of cormorant-devouring time1 ,the endeavour of his present death may buy ,that honour1 which shall bate his scythe's keen edge1 ,and makes us heirs of all eternity4 ,shakspere4 ,then straight thro' all the world 'gan fame to fly2 ,a monster swifter none is under sun2 ,increasing1 as in waters we discry ,the circles small1 of nothing that begun1 ,till of the drops1 which from the skies do fall1 ,the circles spread and hide the waters all4 ,sackville4 ,fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise 7,that last infirmity of noble minds7 ,to scorn delights1 and live laborious days4 ,fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil1 ,nor in the glittering foil1 ,set off to the world1 nor in broad rumour lies4 ,milton4 ,for fame the wretch beneath the gallows lies1 ,disowning every crime for which he dies1 ,of life profuse1 tenacious of a name1 ,fearless of death1 and yet afraid of shame4 ,nature has wove into the human mind ,this anxious care of names we leave behind4 ,to extend our narrow views beyond the tomb1 ,and give an earnest of a life to come2 ,for1 if when dead1 we are but dust or clay1 ,why think of what posterity shall say8 ,her praise or censure cannot us concern1 ,nor ever penetrate the silent urn4 ,soame ,jennins4 ,all fame is foreign1 but of true desert2 ,plays round the head1 but comes not near the heart2 ,one self-approving hour whole years outweighs ,of stupid starers1 and of loud huzzas2 ,and more true joy ,marcellus exil'd feels1 ,than ,csar with a senate at his heels4 99 99 99 99 99 ,and what is fame8 the meanest have their day2 ,the greatest can but blaze1 and pass away4 ,pope4 ,i hate this ,fame1 false avarice of fancy1 ,the sickly shade of an unsolid greatness6 ,the lying lure of pride that ,europe cheats by4 ,hill4 ,absurd6 to think to overreach the grave1 ,and from the wreck of names to rescue ours3 ,the best concerted schemes men lay for fame1 ,die fast away2 only themselves die faster4 ,blair4 ,not inspiration can obtain ,that fame1 which poets languish for in vain4 ,how mad their aim1 who thirst for glory1 strive ,to grasp1 what no man can possess alive6 ,fame's a reversion in which men take place 7,o late reversion67 at their own decease4 ,young4 ,of all the phantoms fleeting in the mist ,of ,time1 though meagre all1 and ghostly thin1 ,most unsubstantial1 unessential shade1 ,was earthly ,fame4 ,she was a voice alone1 ,and dwelt upon the noisy tongues of men4 ,she never thought1 but gabbled ever on1 ,applauding most what least deserved applause4 ,the motive1 the result1 was nought to her4 ,the deed alone1 though dyed in human gore1 ,and steeped in widows' tears1 if it stood out ,to prominent display1 she talked of much1 ,and roared around it with a thousand tongues4 ,as changed the wind her organ1 so she changed ,perpetually2 and whom she praised to-day1 ,vexing his ear with acclamations loud1 ,to-morrow blamed1 and hissed him out of sight4 ,pollok4 ,true fame's a plant that seems to need ,a body buried--for its seed2 ,and ere the churlish sucklings thrive1 ,the parent-stock must cease to live4 ,the good1 the great1 the wise1 the just1 ,are little valued till they're dust1 ,nor till they mutter 8,earth to earth10 ,can men perceive another's worth4 ,c4 ,c4 ,colton4 ,what though the mounds that mark'd each name1 ,beneath the wings of ,time1 ,have worn away8--,theirs is the fame ,immortal and sublime2 ,for who can tread on ,freedom's plain1 ,nor wake her dead to life again4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,,farewell4 ,another said1 ,lord1 ,i will follow ,thee2 but let me first go bid them farewell1 which are at home at my house4--,luke1 ix4 #fa4 ,when they desired him to tarry longer time with them1 he consented not2 but bade them farewell4--,acts1 xviii4 #bj1 #ba4 ,finally1 brethren1 farewell4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 xiii4 #aa4 ,farewell6 ,there is a spell within the word3 ,methinks ,i never heard it sound so mournful2 ,oh1 thou subdued1 oft scarce articulate sound1 ,how powerful thou art6 ,how strong to move ,the hidden strings that guide us puppet mortals6 ,pass-word of memory--of by-gone days-- ,thou everlasting epitaph--is there ,a land in which thou hast no dwelling-place8 ,wherein may be nor pageantry nor pride1 ,nor altars1 save the pure one of the heart1 ,nor tombs1 except for sorrow2 and no tears2 ,there is a world1 ,oh ,god1 where human lips ,may say ,farewell6 no more4 ,dilnot ,sladden4 ,when eyes are beaming ,what never tongue might tell1 ,when tears are streaming ,from their crystal cell3 ,when hands are link'd that dread to part1 ,and heart is met by throbbing heart4 ,oh6 bitter1 bitter is the smart ,of them that bid ,farewell6 ,when hope is chidden1 ,that fain of bliss would tell1 ,and love forbidden ,in the breast to dwell3 ,when fettered by a viewless chain1 ,we turn and gaze1 and turn again2 ,oh6 death were mercy to the pain ,of them that bid ,farewell4 ,bishop ,heber4 ',tis well1 if well thou farest ,upon thy heavenly way2 ,with joy the lips that love thee ,then ,fare-thee-well may say4 ,egone4 ,,father4 ,the ,mighty ,god1 the everlasting ,father4--,isaiah1 ix4 #f4 ,o ,lord1 ,thou art our ,father2 we are the clay1 and ,thou our potter2 and we all are the work of ,thy hand4--,isaiah1 lxiv4 #h4 ,our ,father which art in ,heaven1 ,hallowed be ,thy name4 ,thy kingdom come4 ,thy will be done in earth1 as it is in ,heaven4--,matthew1 vi4 #i1 #aj4 ,we have one ,father1 even ,god4--,john1 viii4 #da4 ,every good gift and every perfect gift is from above1 and cometh down from the ,father of lights1 with whom is no variableness1 neither shadow of turning4--,james1 i4 #ag4 ,father1 ,king1 whose heav'nly face ,shines serene upon our race2 ,mindful of ,thy guardian care1 ,slow to punish1 prone to spare2 ,we ,thy majesty adore1 ,we ,thy well-known aid implore2 ,not in vain ,thy aid we call1 ,nothing want1 for ,thou art all6 ,source of being1 source of light1 ,with unfading beauties bright2 ,thee1 when morning greets the skies1 ,blushing sweet with humid eyes3 ,thee1 when soft declining day ,sinks in purple waves away2 ,thee1 ,o ,parent1 will ,i sing1 ,to ,thy feet my tribute bring6 ,wesley4 ,father and ,friend6 ,thy light1 ,thy love1 ,beaming through all ,thy works we see2 ,thy glory gilds the heavens above1 ,and all the earth is full of ,thee4 ,thy voice we hear1 ,thy presence feel1 ,whilst ,thou1 too pure for mortal sight1 ,involved in clouds invisible1 ,reignest the ,lord of life and light4 ,we know not in what hallowed part ,of the wide heavens ,thy throne may be2 ,but this we know1 that where ,thou art1 ,strength1 wisdom1 goodness dwell with ,thee4 ,and through the various maze of time1 ,and through the infinity of space1 ,we follow ,thy career sublime1 ,and all ,thy wondrous footsteps trace4 ,thy children shall not faint nor fear1 ,sustained by this delightful thought1 ,since ,thou their ,god art everywhere1 ,they cannot be where ,thou art not4 ,anon4 ,the ,sabbath sun was setting slow1 ,amidst the clouds of even2 8,our ,father10--breathed a voice below-- 8,father1 who art in ,heaven60 ,beyond the earth--beyond the cloud-- ,those infant words were given2 8,our ,father10 angels sang aloud-- 8,father1 who art in ,heaven60 8,thy kingdom come0--still from the ground1 ,that childlike voice did pray2 8,thy kingdom come0--,god's hosts resound-- ,far up the starry way6 8,thy will be done10--with little tongue1 ,that lisping love implores2 8,thy will be done10--the angelic throng-- ,sing from seraphic shores6 8,for ever10--still those lips repeat1 ,their closing evening prayer2 8,for ever10--floats in music sweet-- ,high 'midst the angels there6 ,thine be the glory evermore1 ,from ,thee may man ne'er sever2 ,but every ,christian land adore ,jehovah6--,god6--for ever6 ,c4 ,swain4 ,one father have we here on earth1 ,another up in heaven2 ,by ,him to us the second birth1 ,and lasting life is given4 ,egone4 ,,fear4 ,the fear of the wicked it shall come upon him3 but the desire of the righteous shall be granted4--,proverbs1 x4 #bd4 ,the fear of man bringeth a snare3 but whoso putteth his trust in the ,lord shall be safe4--,proverbs1 xxix4 #be4 ,say to them that are of a fearful heart1 ,be strong1 fear not2 behold your ,god will come with vengeance1 even ,god with a recompense2 ,he will come and save you4--,isaiah1 xxxv4 #d4 ,fear not them which kill the body1 but are not able to kill the soul3 but rather fear ,him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell4--,matthew1 x4 #bh4 ,for ,god hath not given us the spirit of fear2 but of power1 and of love1 and of a sound mind4--,,ii4 ,timothy1 i4 #g4 ,so that we may boldly say1 ,the ,lord is my helper1 and ,i will not fear what man shall do unto me4--,hebrews1 xiii4 #f4 ,since nature's work be good1 and death doth come ,as nature's work1 why should we fear to die8 ,since fear is vain1 but when it may presume1 ,why should we fear that which we cannot fly8 ,fear is more pain than is the pain it fears1 ,disarming human minds of native might2 ,while each conceit an ugly figure bears1 ,which were not ill well viewed in reason's light4 ,sir ,p4 ,sidney4 ,persuade them then1 ,fearless to be resolved to die like men2 ,for want of such a resolution stings ,at point of death1 and dreadful horror brings ,ev'n to the soul2 'cause1 wanting preparation1 ,she dies1 despairing of her own salvation4 ,yea1 and moreover this full well know ,i1 ,he that's at any time afraid to die1 ,is in weak case1 and whatsoe'er he saith1 ,hath but a wavering and a feeble faith4 ,george ,wither4 ,fear on guilt attends1 and deeds of darkness2 ,the virtuous breast ne'er knows it4 ,havard4 ,some1 for fear of want1 ,want all their lives2 and others ev'ry day1 ,for fear of dying1 suffer worse than death4 ,ah6 from your bosoms banish if you can ,that fatal guest1 ,i mean the demon fear1 ,that trembles at impossible events1 ,lest aged ,atlas should resign his load1 ,and ,heaven's eternal battlements rush down4 ,is there an evil worse than fear itself8 ,and what avails it1 that indulgent ,heav'n ,from mortal eyes has wrapt the woes to come1 ,if we1 ingenious to torment ourselves1 ,grow pale at hideous fictions of our own8 ,enjoy the present1 nor with needless cares ,of what may spring from blind ,misfortune's womb ,appal the surest hour that life bestows2 ,serene and master of yourself1 prepare ,for what may come1 and leave the rest to heaven4 ,armstrong4 ,god's altar grasping with an eager hand1 ,fear1 the wild-visaged1 pale1 eye-starting wretch1 ,sure-refuged1 hears his hot-pursuing fiends ,yell at vain distance4 ,soon refreshed from ,heaven1 ,he calms the throb and tempest of his heart1 ,his countenance settles2 a soft solemn bliss ,swims in his eye--his swimming eye upraised3 ,and faith's whole armour glitters on his limbs6 ,and thus transfigured with a dreadless awe1 ,a solemn hush of soul1 meek he beholds ,all things of terrible seeming4 ,coleridge4 ,happy beyond description he ,who fears the ,lord his ,god1 ,who hears ,his threats with holy awe ,and trembles at ,his rod4 ,let fear and love1 most holy ,god1 ,possess this soul of mine4 ,then shall ,i worship ,thee aright1 ,and taste ,thy joys divine4 ,needham4 ,my son1 be this thy simple plan3 ,fear ,god and love thy fellow-man2 ,forget not in temptation's hour ,that sin lends sorrow double power3 ,with hand1 and brow1 and bosom clear1 ,fear ,god and know no other fear4 ,anon4 ,,fellowship4 ,shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee1 which frameth mischief by a law4--,psalm xciv4 #bj4 ,have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness1 but rather reprove them4--,ephesians1 v4 #aa4 ,that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you1 that ye also may have fellowship with us2 and truly our fellowship is with the ,father1 and with his ,son ,jesus ,christ4--,i4 ,john1 i4 #c4 ,we would not die in that man's company1 ,that fears his fellowship to die with us4 ,shakspere4 ,from blissful bowers ,of amaranthine shade1 fountain or spring1 ,by the waters of life where'er they sat4 ,in fellowship of joy4 ,milton4 ,the blessings which the poor and weak can scatter ,have their own season4 ',tis a little thing ,to give a cup of water2 yet its draught ,of cool refreshment1 drained by fevered lips1 ,may give a shock of pleasure to the frame1 ,more exquisite than when nectarean juice ,renews the life of joy in happiest hours4 ,it is but a little thing to speak a phrase ,of common comfort1 which by daily use ,has almost lost its sense2 yet on the ear ,of him who thought to die unmourned1 't will fall ,like choicest music2 fill the glazing eye ,with gentle tears2 relax the knotted band ,to know the bonds of fellowship again4 ,talfourd4 ,o1 sweet it is1 through life's dark way ,in ,christian fellowship to move1 ,illumed by one unclouded ray1 ,and one in faith1 in hope1 in love4 ,charlotte ,elizabeth4 ,how sweet it is when friend with friend ,in holy fellowship can walk6 ,when thoughts and sympathies may blend1 ,and hearts be open as their talk6 ,such will the preparation prove ,for lasting fellowship above4 ,egone4 ,,finished4 ,moreover the word of the ,lord came unto me saying1 ,the hands of ,zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house2 his hands shall also finish it4--,zechariah1 iv4 #h1 #i4 ,when ,jesus therefore had received the vinegar1 he said1 ,it is finished2 and he bowed his head1 and gave up the ghost4--,john1 xix4 #cj4 ,as he had begun1 so he would also finish in you the same grace also4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 viii4 #f4 ,he that of greatest works is finisher1 ,oft does them by the weakest minister4 ,shakspere4 ,o prophet of glad tidings6 finisher ,of utmost hope4 ,milton4 ,though here you all perfection should not find1 ,yet it is all the ,eternal will designed2 ,it is a finished work1 and perfect in its kind4 ,blackmore4 ,hark6 the voice of love and mercy ,sounds aloud from ,calvary6 ,see6 it rends the rocks asunder1 ,shakes the earth and veils the sky6 8,it is finished60 ,hear the dying ,saviour cry6 8,it is finished60--,o what pleasure ,do those charming words afford6 ,heavenly blessings without measure ,flow to us from ,christ the ,lord3 8,it is finished60-- ,saints the dying words record4 ,finished all the types and shadows ,of the ceremonial law6 ,finished all that ,god had promised2 ,death and hell no more shall awe3 8,it is finished60-- ,saints from hence their comfort draw4 ,happy souls1 approach the table1 ,taste the soul-reviving food2 ,nothing's half so sweet and pleasant ,as the ,saviour's flesh and blood3 8,it is finished60-- ,christ has borne the heavy load4 ,j4 ,evans4 ,,flood4 ,and the flood was forty days upon the earth4--,genesis1 vii4 #ag4 ,the ,lord sitteth upon the flood3 yea the ,lord sitteth ,king for ever4--,psalm xxix4 #aj4 ,for as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking1 marrying and giving in marriage1 until the day that ,noe entered into the ark1 ,and knew not until the flood came1 and took them all away2 so shall also the coming of the ,son of ,man be4--,matthew1 xxiv4 #ch1 #ci4 ,by faith ,noah1 being warned of ,god of things not seen as yet1 moved with fear1 prepared an ark to the saving of his house2 by which he condemned the world1 and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith4--,hebrews1 xi4 #g4 ,god spared not the old world1 but saved ,noah1 the eighth person1 a preacher of righteousness1 bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly4--,,ii4 ,peter1 ii4 #e4 ,he preached ,conversion and repentance1 as to souls ,in prison under dangers imminent3 ,but all in vain1 which1 when he saw1 he ceased ,contending1 and removed his tents far off1 ,then from the mountain hewing timbers tall1 ,began to build a vessel of huge bulk4 ,milton4 ,and now1 the thickening sky ,like a dark ceiling stood2 down rushed the rain ,impetuous1 and continued till the earth ,no more was seen4 ,the floating vessel swam ,uplifted1 and secure with beaked prow1 ,rode tilting o'er the waves2 all dwellings else ,flood overwhelmed1 and them1 with all their pomp1 ,deep under water rolled2 sea covered sea1 ,sea without shore2 and in their palaces1 ,where luxury late reigned1 sea monsters whelped ,and stabled4 ,of mankind1 so numerous late1 ,all left in one small bottom swam imbarked4 ,milton4 ,methinks ,i see a distant vessel ride1 ,a lonely object on the shoreless tide1 ,within whose ark the innocent have found ,safety1 when stayed destruction ravens round2 ,thus1 in the hour of vengeance1 ,god1 who knows ,his servants1 spares them1 while ,he smites ,his foes4 ,james ,montgomery4 ,sunk beneath the wave1 ,the guilty share an universal grave2 ,one wilderness of waters rolls in view1 ,and heaven and ocean wear one turbid hue2 ,still stream unbroken torrents from the skies1 ,higher1 beneath1 the inundations rise2 ,a lurid twilight glares athwart the scene1 ,now thunders peal1 faint lightnings flash between4 ,james ,montgomery4 ,down rush the torrents from above2 the deep ,opens in all its fountains1 ceaseless1 still ,ceaseless3 the muddy waters eddying fill ,the valleys4 ,high on every mound and steep1 ,in crowds1 men1 women1 children1 cattle1 sheep1 ,stand shivering with dismay1 the horrible ,confusion eyeing2 and1 from hill to hill1 ,they shout in agony1 or shriek1 or weep1 ,in vain6 the waters gain upon them4 ,lo6 ,the ark careering past1 their hands they stretch ,for help2 and now you see some drowning wretch ,pursue the sacred vessel2 but in woe ,no pity must they have2 so on they go4-- ,now all is one wide sea without a beach4 ,morehead4 ,behold the awful ,deity enthroned ,in darkness awful--inaccessible1 ,and order almost unto chaos changed2 ,tremendous gloom6 that blots the sun's bright beams1 ,and more than midnight horrors shroud the skies1 ,the faint grey twilight gleaming thro' the clouds1 ,discover1 floating on a shoreless sea1 ,the chosen eight embosom'd in the ,ark1 ,one family preserved to renovate ,the world1 ,jehovah's judgments have destroyed4 99 99 99 99 99 ,but see the bow its new-created dyes ,begin to beam propitious from the cloud-- 8,destructive waters shall no more prevail1 ,no more become a flood upon the earth40 ,s4 ,hughes4 ,,flowers4 ,man that is born of a woman is of few days1 and full of trouble4 ,he cometh forth like a flower1 and is cut down4--,job1 xiv4 #a1 #b4 ,as for man1 his days are as grass3 as a flower of the field1 so he flourisheth4--,psalm ciii4 #ae4 ,consider the lilies how they grow3 they toil not1 they spin not2 and yet ,i say unto you1 that ,solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these4 ,if then ,god so clothe the grass1 which is to-day in the field1 and to-morrow is cast into the oven2 how much more will ,he clothe you1 ,o ye of little faith4--,luke1 xii4 #bg1 #bh4 ,let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted3 ,but the rich in that he is made low3 because as the flower of the grass1 he shall pass away4--,james1 i4 #i1 #aj4 ,for all flesh is as grass1 and all the glory of man as the flower of grass4 ,the grass withereth1 and the flower thereof falleth away3 but the word of the ,lord endureth for ever4--,i4 ,peter1 i4 #bd1 #be4 ,when with a serious musing ,i behold ,the grateful and obsequious marigold2 ,how duly every morning she displays ,her open breast4 ,when ,titan spreads his rays1 ,how she observes him in his daily walk4 ,still bending towards him her small slender stalk4 ,for when he down declines1 she droops and mourns1 ,bedew'd as 'twere1 with tears till he returns2 ,and how she veils her flowers when he is gone1 ,as if she scorned to be looked on ,by an inferior eye1 or did contemn ,to wait upon a meaner light than him4 ,when thus ,i meditate1 methinks the flowers ,have spirits far more generous than ours2 ,and give us fair examples to despise ,the servile fawning and idolatries ,wherewith we court these earthly things below1 ,which merit not the service we bestow4 ,george ,wither4 ,to me the meanest flower that blows can give ,thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears4 ,wordsworth4 ,foster the good1 and thou shalt tend the flower ,already sown on earth2-- ,foster the beautiful1 and every hour1 ,thou call'st new flowers to birth4 ,schiller4 ,the enlivening sap1 ,obedient to ,thy laws1 through fitted tubes ,ascends fermenting1 and1 at length1 matured1 ,breaks forth in gems1 and germinates in leaves4 ,by ,thee each family of flowers is clothed ,in one unvarying dress1 and breathes the same ,transmitted essences2 and though the loom ,no virgin fingers ply to swell her pride1 ,the lily shines1 more gorgeously arrayed ,than monarchs1 where the ,east1 with hand profuse1 ,showers on their pomp barbaric1 pearl and gold4 ,smart4 ,there is a lesson in each flower1 ,a story in each stream and bower2 ,in every herb on which you tread ,are written words1 which1 rightly read1 ,will lead you from earth's fragrant sod1 ,to hope1 and holiness1 and ,god4 ,allan ,cunningham4 ,when spring returns1 the little children play1 ,in the grave-yard of the cathedral grey1 ,busy as morning bees1 and gather flowers-- ,daisies and gold-cups--of the hurrying hours ,thoughtless as unsolicitous1 though time ,speeds like a spectre1 and their playful prime ,bears on to sorrow4 ,angel6 cry aloud6 ,speak of the knell1 the grave-worm and the shroud6 ,no6 let them play6 for solitude and care ,too soon will teach them what poor mortals are4 ,yes6 let them play1 but as their thoughts expand1 ,may smiling pity lead them by the hand1 ,when they look up1 and in the clouds admire ,the lessening shaft of that arial spire1 ,so be their thoughts uplifted from the sod1 ,where time's brief flowers they gather to their ,god4 ,w4 ,lisle ,bowles4 ,this cottage door1 this gentle gale1 ,hay-scented1 whispering round1 ,yon path-side rose1 that down the vale1 ,breathes incense from the ground1 ,methinks should from the dullest clod1 ,invite the thankful heart to ,god4 ,but1 ,lord1 the violet bending low1 ,seems better moved to praise2 ,from us what scanty blessings flow1 ,how voiceless close our days2-- ,father1 forgive us1 and the flowers ,shall lead in prayer the vesper hours4 ,james ,t4 ,fields4 ,flowers6 wherefore do ye bloom8 --,we strew the pathway to the tomb6 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,god might have made the earth bring forth ,enough for great and small-- ,the oak tree and the cedar tree1 ,without a flower at all4 ,he might have made enough1 enough1 ,for every want of ours1 ,for luxury1 medicine1 and toil1 ,and yet have made no flowers4 ,our outward life requires them not1 ,then wherefore had they birth8 ,to minister delight to man-- ,to beautify the earth2 ,to whisper hope1 to comfort man1 ,whene'er his faith is dim2 ,for whoso careth for the flowers1 ,will care much more for him4 ,mary ,howitt4 8,see10 said ,marian unto me1 ,standing by the cressy brook1 8,how my wealth of flowers increaseth2 ,have they not a pleasant look80 8,deeper still10 ,i said unto her1 8,there the ceaseless worm alway ,feeds upon the living flower1 ,drooping1 drooping to decay40 8,deeper yet10 said ,marian1 8,love1 and thank the love that giveth2 ,in the death of every one1 ,future wealth uncounted liveth40 ,j4 ,b4 ,kington4 ,,folly4 ,the fool hath said in his heart1 ,there is no ,god4--,psalm xiv4 #a4 ,i will hear what ,god the ,lord will speak3 for he will speak peace unto his people1 and to his saints3 but let them not turn again to folly4--,psalm lxxxv4 #h4 ,the crown of the wise is their riches3 but the foolishness of fools is folly4--,proverbs1 xiv4 #bd4 ,answer not a fool according to his folly1 lest thou also be like unto him4--,proverbs1 xxvi4 #d4 ,whosoever shall say1 ,thou fool1 shall be in danger of hell fire4--,matthew1 v4 #bb4 ,the rout is folly's circle which she draws ,with magic wand4 ,so potent is the spell1 ,that none decoy'd into that fatal ring1 ,unless by ,heaven's peculiar grace1 escape4 ,there we grow early grey1 but never wise2 ,there form connections1 but acquire no friend2 ,solicit pleasure1 hopeless of success2 ,waste youth in occupations only fit ,for second childhood2 and devote old age ,to sports1 which only childhood could excuse4 ,cowper4 ,many there are who wear the cap and bells1 ,and tread the maze of folly2 ,and some who dwell apart in hermit cells ,with moping melancholy4 ,many there are who toil1 and moil1 and scrape1 ,for gold they cannot keep2 ,and many who from toil and care escape1 ,wrapped in a drunken sleep4 ,some of their brothers in their anger cry-- ,thou fool6 nor heed the sin2 ,and some their ,god and ,saviour would deny ,human applause to win4 ,all this is foolishness1 but worst of all ,the last mad folly1 ,building betwixt the soul and heaven a wall1 ,spreading o'er nature's face a gloomy pall ,of hopeless melancholy4 ,egone4 ,,forgetfulness4 ,how long wilt thou forget me1 ,o ,lord8 for ever8 how long wilt thou hide thy face from me8--,psalm xiii4 #a4 ,but ,zion said1 ,the ,lord hath forsaken me1 and my ,lord hath forgotten me4 ,can a woman forget her sucking child1 that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb8 yea1 they may forget1 yet will ,i not forget thee4--,isaiah1 xlix4 #ad1 #ae4 ,behold the inexorable hour at hand6 ,behold the inexorable hour forgot6 ,and to forget it1 the chief aim of life2 ,though well to ponder it is life's chief end4 ,young4 ,forget me not6 ,forget me not6 ,thou utterest1 ,lord1 from earth or skies1 ,in glittering glory--rainbow dyes1 ,and every breeze that sheds a balm ,on morning's joy or evening's calm1 ,in open glade or lonely spot1 ,maintains a tongue to tell ,thy power1 ,and whispers in ,thy name and hour1 ,forget me not6 ,forget me not6 ,forget me not6 ,forget me not6 ,the record of ,thy will doth say1 ,revealing ,thee in glory's ray1 ,on ,sinai's mount with justice crowned1 ,throwing ,thy awful thunders round1 ,but most1 when pitying the hard lot ,of man1 ,thy ,son rejoiced to die ,upon the mount of ,calvary1 ,thy voice was heard--,forget me not6 ,forget us not6 ,forget us not6 ,in that dread hour when tyrant death ,shall gripe this form and stop its breath2 ,oh6 in each struggling throe1 that clay ,feels when the soul is wrenched away1 ,and it is left for earth to rot1 ,look down in mercy--,lord1 be nigh1 ,to curb the dying agony2 ,we are but dust--,forget us not6 ,william ,martin4 ,,forgiveness4 ,to the ,lord our ,god belong mercies and forgivenesses1 though we have rebelled against him4--,daniel1 ix4 #i4 ,when ye stand praying1 forgive1 if ye have ought against any3 that your ,father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses4 ,but if ye do not forgive1 neither will your ,father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses4--,mark1 xi4 #be1 #bf4 ,when they were come to the place1 which is called ,calvary1 there they crucified him1 and the malefactors1 one on the right hand1 and the other on the left4 ,then said ,jesus1 ,father1 forgive them2 for they know not what they do4--,luke1 xxiii4 #cc1 #cd4 ,be ye kind one to another1 tender-hearted1 forgiving one another1 even as ,god for ,christ's sake hath forgiven you4--,ephesians1 iv4 #cb4 ,though in the secret paths of sin ,i trod1 ,yet do not quite forsake me1 ,o my ,god6 ',tis ,thou alone canst ease me of my pain1 ,thy healing hand can wash out every stain1 ,can cleanse my soul1 and make the leper clean4 ,speak1 love divine1 and bid the suppliant live1 ,oh1 let mine ear but hail the word1 8,forgive60 ,daniel4 ,forgive thy foe2--nor that alone1 ,his evil deed with good repay2 ,fill those with joy who leave thee none ,and kiss the hand upraised to slay4 ,from the ,persian4 ,good nature and good sense must ever join2 ,to err is human1 to forgive divine4 ,pope4 ,great souls forgive not injuries till time ,has put their enemies into their power1 ,that they may show forgiveness in their own4 ,dryden4 ,my foemen1 ,lord1 are fierce and fell1 ,they spurn me in their pride2 ,they render evil for my good1 ,my patience they deride4 ,arise1 ,o ,king6 and be the proud ,to righteous ruin driven6-- 8,forgive60 an awful answer came1 8,as thou would'st be forgiven40 ,heber4 ,o thou unknown1 ,almighty cause ,of all my hope and fear6 ,in whose dread presence1 ere an hour1 ,perhaps ,i must appear6 ,if ,i have wandered in those paths ,of life ,i ought to shun1 ,as something1 loudly1 in my breast1 ,remonstrates ,i have done2 ,thou know'st that ,thou hast formed me ,with passions wild and strong2 ,and list'ning to their witching voice ,has often led me wrong4 ,where human weakness has come short1 ,or frailty stept aside1 ,do ,thou1 ,all-,good6 for such thou art1 ,in shades of darkness hide4 ,where with intention ,i have err'd1 ,no other plea ,i have1 ,but ,thou art good2 and ,goodness still ,delighteth to forgive4 ,burns4 ,forgiveness6 'tis a joyful sound1 ,to rebel sinners doomed to die3 ,publish the bliss the world around2 ,ye seraphs shout it from the sky6 ',tis the rich gift of love divine2 ',tis full--outmeasuring every crime2 ,unclouded shall its glories shine1 ,and feel no change by changing time4 ,for this stupendous love of heaven1 ,what grateful honour shall we shew8 ,where much transgression is forgiven1 ,let love with equal ardour glow4 ,cheered by the hope of pardoning grace1 ,we come ,thy mercy1 ,lord1 to prove2 ,like weeping ,mary1 let us taste ,a pledge of ,thy forgiving love4 ,gibbons4 ,she rose from her untroubled sleep1 ,and put aside her soft brown hair1 ,and in a tone as low and deep ,as love's first whisper1 breath'd a prayer4 ,and there1 from slumber soft and warm1 ,like a young spirit fresh from heaven1 ,she bow'd her slight and graceful form1 ,and humbly pray'd to be forgiven4 ,oh1 ,god6 if souls unsoiled as these ,need daily mercy from ,thy throne1 ,if she1 upon her bended knees1 ,our loveliest and purest one-- ,she1 with a face so clear and bright1 ,we deem her some stray child of light2 ,if she1 with those soft eyes in tears1 ,day after day1 in her first years1 ,must kneel and pray for grace from ,thee1 ,what far1 far deeper need have we8 ,how hardly if she win not heaven1 ,will our wild errors be forgiven8 ,n4 ,p4 ,willis4 ,when on the fragrant sandal tree ,the woodman's axe descends1 ,and she who bloomed so beauteously ,beneath the keen stroke bends-- ,e'en on the edge that brought her death1 ,dying1 she breathes her sweetest breath1 ,as if to token in her fall 8,peace to her foes1 and love to all40 ,how hardly man this lesson learns1 ,to smile1 and bless the hand that spurns2 ,to see the blow1 and feel the pain1 ,but render only love again4 ,this spirit ne'er was given on earth2 ,one had it1--he of heavenly birth2 ,reviled1 rejected1 and betrayed1 ,no curse ,he breathed1 no plaint ,he made1 ,but when in death's deep pang ,he sighed1 ,prayed for his murderers--and died4 ,edmeston4 ,,foundation4 ,of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth3 and the heavens are the work of thy hands4--,psalm cii4 #be4 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god1 ,behold ,i lay in ,zion for a foundation a stone1 a tried stone1 a precious corner stone1 a sure foundation3 he that believeth shall not make haste4--,isaiah1 xxviii4 #af4 ,according to the grace of ,god which is given unto me1 as a wise master builder1 ,i have laid the foundation1 and another buildeth thereon4 ,but let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon4 ,for other foundation can no man lay than that is laid1 which is ,jesus ,christ4--,i4 ,corinthians1 iii4 #aj1 #aa4 ,why build ye on the unsteady sand1 ,a worthless house that cannot stand8 ,behold1 in winter's stormy day1 ,that frail support will glide away1 ,and rising billows lightly sweep ,your fortress to the yawning deep4 ,god hath a sure foundation given1 ,fix'd as the firm decrees of heaven3 ,the changeless1 everlasting rock1 ,that braves the storm1 and bides the shock2 ,there build3 the gates of hell in vain ,against that rock their war maintain4 ,christ is the rock1 the corner stone1 ,faith rears her beauteous house thereon2 ,adorn'd with works of willing love1 ,and pointing to the scenes above2 ,where faith and hope their sway resign1 ,swallow'd in sight and joy divine4 ,charlotte ,elizabeth4 ,i built my house upon a rock1 7,faith's strong foundation firm and sure17 ,fixed my abode1 the heaviest shock ,of time and tempest to endure4 ,nor small1 nor large1 nor low1 nor high1 ,midway it stands upon the steep1 ,beneath the storm-mark of the sky1 ,above the flood-mark of the deep4 ,and here ,i humbly wait1 while ,he ,who pluck'd me from the lowest hell1 ,prepares a heavenly house for me1 ,and calls me hence with ,him to dwell4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,fountain4 ,how excellent is thy loving-kindness1 ,o ,god6 therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings4 ,for with thee is the fountain of life3 in thy light shall we see light4--,psalm xxxvi4 #g1 #i4 ,in that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of ,david and to the inhabitants of ,jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness4--,zechariah1 xiii4 #a4 ,i am ,alpha and ,omega1 the beginning and the end4 ,i will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely4--,revelation1 xxi4 #f4 ,he set before him spread ,a table of celestial food divine1 ,ambrosial fruits1 fetched from the tree of life1 ,and from the fount of life ambrosial drink4 ,milton4 ,abused mortals6 did you know ,where joy1 heart's-ease1 and comforts grow1 ,you'd scorn proud towers1 ,and seek them in these bowers1 ,where winds sometimes our woods perhaps may shake1 ,but blustering care could never tempest make1 ,nor murmurs e'er come nigh us1 ,saving of fountains that glide by us4 ,sir ,walter ,raleigh4 ,how free the fountain flows ,of endless life and joy6 ,the spring which no confinement knows1 ,whose waters never cloy4 ,how sweet the accents sound ,from the ,redeemer's tongue6 ,assemble all ye nations round ,in one obedient throng4 ,ho1 every thirsty soul ,approach the sacred spring1 ,drink1 and your fainting spirits cheer1 ,renew the draught and sing4 ,doddridge4 ,why should the soul a drop bemoan1 ,who has a fountain near1-- ,a fountain which shall ever run ,with waters sweet and clear8 ,ryland4 ,,frailty4 ,lord1 make me to know mine end1 and the measure of my days1 what it is2 that ,i may know how frail ,i am4--,psalm xxxix4 #d4 ,but man with frailty is allied by birth4 ,bishop ,lowth4 ,by nature peccable and frail are we1 ,easily beguiled2 to vice1 to error prone2 ,but apt for virtue too4 ,humanity ,is not a field where tares and thorns alone ,are left to spring2 good seed hath there been sown ,with no unsparing hand4 ,sometimes the shoot ,is choked with weeds1 or withers on a stone2 ,but in a kindly soil it strikes its root1 ,and flourisheth1 and bringeth forth abundant fruit4 ,southey4 8,how meanly dwells th' immortal mind6 ,how vile these bodies are6 ,why was a clod of earth designed ,t' enclose a heavenly star8 8,weak cottage where our souls reside1 ,this flesh a tott'ring wall2 ,with frightful breaches gaping wide1 ,the building bends to fall4 8,all round it storms of trouble blow1 ,and waves of sorrow roll2 ,cold waves and winter storms beat through1 ,and pain the tenant soul4 8,alas6 how frail our state60 said ,i2 ,and thus went mourning on1 ,till sudden from the cleaving sky ,a gleam of glory shone4 ,my soul felt all the glory come1 ,and breathed her native air2 ,then she remembered heaven1 her home1 ,and she a prisoner here4 ,straight she begun to change her key1 ,and joyful in her pains1 ,she sang the frailty of her clay ,in pleasurable strains4 ,watts4 ,,freedom4 ,he that is called in the ,lord1 being a servant1 is the ,lord's freeman3 likewise also he that is called1 being free1 is ,christ's servant4--,i4 ,corinthians1 vii4 #bb4 ,and ye shall know the truth1 and the truth shall make you free4--,john1 viii4 #cb4 ,if the ,son therefore shall make you free1 ye shall be free indeed4--,john1 viii4 #cf4 ,as free1 and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness1 but as the servants of ,god4--,i4 ,peter1 ii4 #af4 ,freely we serve1 ,because we freely love1 as in our will ,to love or not2 in this we stand or fall4 ,milton4 ,yet gave me in this dark estate ,to see the good from ill1 ,and1 binding ,nature fast in fate1 ,left free the human will4 ,pope4 ,placed for his trial on this bustling stage1 ,from thoughtless youth to ruminating age1 ,free in his will to choose or to refuse1 ,man may improve the crisis1 or abuse2 ,else1 on the fatalist's unrighteous plan1 ,say to what bar amenable were man8 ,with nought in charge he could betray no trust2 ,and if he fell1 would fall because he must2 ,if ,love reward him1 or if ,vengeance strike1 ,his recompense in both unjust alike4 ,cowper4 ,grace leads the right way3 if you choose the wrong1 ,take it and perish1 but restrain your tongue2 ,charge not1 with light sufficient1 and left free1 ,your wilful suicide on ,god's decree4 ,cowper4 ,true freedom is where no restraint is known ,that scripture1 justice1 and good sense disown1 ,where only vice and injury are tied1 ,and all from shore to shore is free beside4 ,cowper4 ,where had been ,the test of faith if the expanded arm ,of ,heaven1 in glory and in power displayed1 ,had curbed the freedom of the human will1 ,nor left the scope of choice6 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,if1 with streamy radiance1 ,god ,had dazzling beamed upon ,his creatures' eyelids1 ,and shown ,himself to their unbandaged view1 ,and with a voice divine to us had spoken1 ,destroying in our hearts the wondrous balance1 7,man ceasing to be man had lost his freedom17 ,our soul would not have struggled with our senses1 ,and void of freedom what would virtue be8 ,pulling1 from ,lamartine4 ,for what is freedom1 but the unfettered use ,of all the powers which ,god for use had given8 ,but chiefly this1 ,him first1 ,him last to view ,through meaner powers and secondary things ,effulgent1 as through clouds that veil ,his blaze4 ,coleridge4 ,man 7ingenious to contrive his woe1 ,and rob himself of all that makes this vale ,of tears bloom comfort7 cries1 ,if ,god foresees ,our future actings1 then the objects known ,must be determined1 or the knowledge fail3 ,thus liberty's destroyed1 and all we do ,or suffer1 by a fatal thread is spun4 ,say1 fool1 with too much subtilty misled1 ,who reasonest but to err1 does ,prescience change ,the property of things8 ,is aught thou seest ,caused by thy vision1 not thy vision caused ,by forms that previously exist8 ,to ,god ,this mode of seeing future deeds extends1 ,and freedom with foreknowledge may exist4 ,george ,bally4 ,in a service which ,thy will appoints ,there are no bonds for me2 ,for my inmost heart is taught 8the truth0 ,that makes thy children 8free20 ,and a life of self-renouncing love ,is a life of liberty4 ,a4 ,l4 ,waring4 ,,friendship4 ,a friend loveth at all times4--,proverbs1 xvii4 #ag4 ,a man that hath friends must shew himself friendly3 and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother4--,proverbs1 xviii4 #bd4 ,the ,son of man came eating and drinking1 and they say1 ,behold a man gluttonous1 and a winebibber1 a friend of publicans and sinners4 ,but wisdom is justified of her children4--,matthew1 xi4 #ai4 ,ye adulterers and adulteresses1 know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with ,god8 whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of ,god4--,james1 iv4 #d4 ,o world1 thy slippery turns6 ,friends now fast sworn1 ,whose double bosoms seem to wear one heart2 ,whose hours1 whose bed1 whose meat1 and exercise1 ,are still together2 who twin1 as 't were1 in love1 ,unseparable1 shall within this hour1 ,on a dissension of a doit1 break out ,to bitterest enmity3 so1 fellest foes1 ,whose passions and whose plots have broke their sleep1 ,to take the one the other1 by some chance1 ,some trick not worth an egg1 shall grow dear friends1 ,and interjoin their issues4 ,shakspere4 ,each friend by fate snatched from us1 is a plume ,plucked from the wing of human vanity1 ,which makes us stoop from our aerial heights1 ,and1 damped with omen of our own decease1 ,on drooping pinions of ambition lowered1 ,just skim earth's surface1 ere we break it up2 ,o'er putrid earth to scratch a little dust1 ,and save the world a nuisance4 ,young4 ,heaven gives us friends to bless the present scene2 ,resumes them to prepare us for the next4 ,young4 ,celestial happiness6 ,whene'er she stoops ,to visit earth1 one shrine the goddess finds1 ,and one alone1 to make her sweet amends ,for absent heaven1--the bosom of a friend1 ,where heart meets heart1 reciprocally soft1 ,each other's pillow to repose divine4 ,young4 ,a friend is worth all hazards we can run1 ,poor is the friendless master of a world2 ,a world in purchase of a friend is gain4 ,dr4 ,young4 ,friend of the friendless and the faint6 ,where should ,i lodge my deep complaint8 ,where1 but with ,thee1 whose open door ,invites the helpless and the poor8 ,did ever mourner plead with ,thee1 ,and ,thou refuse that mourner's plea8 ,does not that word still fixed remain1 ,that 8none shall seek thy face in vain80 ,cowper4 ,to bless mankind with tides of flowing wealth1 ,with power to grace them1 or to crown with health1 ,our little lot denies2 but ,heaven decrees ,to all1 the gift of minist'ring to ease3 ,the gentle offices of patient love1 ,beyond all flattery1 and all praise above2 ,the mild forbearance of another's fault1 ,the taunting word suppress'd as soon as thought2 ,on these ,heaven bade the sweets of life depend2 ,and crush'd ill fortune when she gave a friend4 ,a solitary blessing few can find2 ,our joys with those we love are intertwined2 ,and he whose wakeful tenderness removes ,th' obstructing thorn which wounds the breast he loves1 ,smoothes not another's rugged path alone1 ,but scatters roses to adorn his own4 ,hannah ,more4 ,there is a ,friend1 more tender1 true1 ,than brother e'er can be1 ,who1 when all others bid adieu1 ,remains--the last to flee2 ,who1 be their pathway bright or dim1 ,deserts not those who turn to ,him4 ,the heart by ,him sustained1 though deep ,its anguish1 still can bear6 ,the soul ,he condescends to keep1 ,shall never know despair2 ,in nature's weakness1 sorrow's night1 ,god is its strength1 its joy1 its light4 ,barton4 ,friend after friend departs2 ,who hath not lost a friend8 ,there is no union here of hearts ,that finds not here an end2 ,were this frail world our final rest1 ,living or dying none were blest4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,friendship1 thou charmer of the mind1 ,thou sweet deluding ill1 ,the brightest minute mortals find1 ,and sharpest hour we feel4 ,fate has divided all our shares ,of pleasure and of pain2 ,in love the comforts and the cares ,are mixed and joined again4 ,but whilst in floods our sorrow rolls1 ,and drops of joy are few1 ,this dear delight of mingling souls ,serves but to swell our woe4 ,oh6 why should bliss depart in haste1 ,and friendship stay to moan8 ,why the fond passion cling so fast1 ,when every joy is gone8 ,yet never let our hearts divide1 ,nor death dissolve the chain2 ,for love and joy were once allied1 ,and must be joined again4 ,watts4 ,christ had ,his friends--,his eye could trace ,in the long train of coming years1 ,the chosen children of ,his grace1 ,the full reward of all ,his tears4 ,these are friends1 and these are thine1 ,if thou to ,him hast bowed the knee2 ,and where these ransomed millions shine ,shall thy eternal mansion be4 ,anonymous4 ,in yonder bright clime ,christian friendships of earth ,shall live through eternity's day1 ,shall blossom like plants in the land of their birth1 ,but never to suffer decay4 ,w4 ,j4 ,brock4 ,,gain4 ,what shall it profit a man1 if he shall gain the whole world1 and lose his own soul4--,mark1 viii4 #cf4 ,for me to live is ,christ1 and to die is gain4--,philippians1 i4 #ba4 ,but what things were gain to me1 those ,i counted loss for ,christ4--,philippians1 iii4 #g4 ,godliness with contentment is great gain4--,i4 ,timothy1 vi4 #f4 ,go to now1 ye that say1 ,to-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city1 and continue there a year1 and buy and sell1 and get gain4 ,whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow4--,james1 iv4 #ac1 #ad4 ,i left the ,god of truth and light1 ,i left the ,god who gave me breath1 ,to wander in the wilds of night1 ,and perish in the snares of death4 ,in riches when ,i sought for joy1 ,and placed in sordid gain my trust1 ,i found that gold was all alloy1 ,and worldly pleasures fleeting dust4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,the ,christian knows each cloud of grief ,bears impress of his ,god2 ,that love1 he knows1 will send relief ,which sends the chastening rod4 ,he suffers still3--,god doth not spare2 ,but1 lo1 ,he soothes his grief6-- ,the ,christian has a cross to bear1-- ,but has a ,christ's relief6 ,a crown was purchased by his cross1 ,a ,paradise by pain2 ,and for ,his sake1 each present loss ,shall yield eternal gain4 ,anon4 ,no more1 my ,god1 ,i boast no more ,of all the duties ,i have done2 ,i quit the hopes ,i held before1 ,to trust the merits of ,thy ,son4 ,now for the love ,i bear ,his name1 ,what was my gain ,i count my loss2 ,my former pride ,i call my shame1 ,and nail my glory to ,his cross4 ,watts4 ,,garden--,,eden--,,gethsemane4 ,and the ,lord ,god planted a garden eastward in ,eden2 and there he put the man whom he had formed4--,genesis1 ii4 #h4 ,then cometh ,jesus with them unto a place called ,gethsemane1 and saith unto his disciples1 ,sit ye here1 while ,i go and pray yonder4--,matthew1 xxvi4 #cf4 ,jesus went forth with his disciples over the brook ,cedron1 where was a garden1 into the which he entered1 and his disciples4--,john1 xviii4 #a4 ,in the place where he was crucified there was a garden2 and in the garden a new sepulchre1 wherein was never man yet laid4 ,there laid they ,jesus4--,john1 xix4 #da1 #db4 ,the mighty ,lord of heaven and earth1 ,by ,gihon's pure and placid stream1 ,that from the new-born hills came forth1 ,to sparkle in the sun's young beam-- ,upraised1 all lovely as a dream ,to hearts of holy feeling given1 ,the garden-bowers with joy that teem ,for the peculiar wards of heaven3-- ,for man and woman--blessed pair6 ,in innocence and beauty made3 ,with sinless lips to breathe the air1 ,whose odorous gales around them played2 ,with hearts as pure as dew-drops laid ,within the rose's virgin breast2 ,with souls that never felt a shade ,of gloom upon their prospects rest4 ,knox4 ,bring the thrilling scene ,home to thine inmost soul3--the sufferer's cry1 8,father1 if it be possible1 this cup ,take thou away4--,yet not my will but thine30 ,the sleeping friends who could not watch one hour1 ,the torch1 the flashing sword1 the traitor's kiss1 ,the astonished angel1 with the tear of ,heaven ,upon his cheek1 still striving to assuage ,those fearful pangs that bowed the ,son of ,god1 ,like a bruised reed4 ,thou who hast power to look ,thus at ,gethsemane1 be still6 be still6 ,what are thine insect-woes1 compared to ,his ,who agonizeth there8 ,count thy brief pains ,as the dust atom on life's chariot-wheels1 ,and in a ,saviour's grief forget them all4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,the palm--the vine--the cedar--each hath power ,to bid fair oriental shapes glance by1 ,and each quick glistening of the laurel bower ,waft ,grecian images1 o'er fancy's eye3 ,but thou1 pale olive6 in thy branches lie ,far deeper spells than prophet grove of old ,might e'er enshrine3--,i could not hear thee sigh ,to the wind's faintest whisper1 nor behold ,one shiver of thy leaves' dim silvery green1 ,without high thoughts and solemn of that scene ,when in the ,garden the ,redeemer prayed-- ,when pale stars looked upon ,his fainting head1 ,and angels1 ministering in silent dread1 ,trembled1 perchance1 within thy trembling shade4 ,hemans4 ,how vainly men themselves amaze ,to win the palm1 the oak1 or bays2 ,and their incessant labours see ,crowned from some single herb or tree1 ,whose short and narrow-verged shade ,does prudently their toils upbraid2 ,while all the flowers and trees do close ,to weave the garlands of repose4 ,fair ,quiet1 have ,i found thee here1 ,and ,innocence1 thy sister dear8 ,mistaken long1 ,i sought you then ,in busy companies of men4 ,your sacred plants1 if here below1 ,only among the plants will grow4 ,society is all but rude ,in this delicious solitude4 ,here at the fountain's sliding foot1 ,as at some fruit tree's mossy root1 ,casting the body's vest aside1 ,my soul into the boughs does glide2 ,there1 like a bird1 it sits and sings1 ,then whets1 and claps its silver wings2 ,and1 till prepared for longer flight1 ,waves in its plumes the various light4 ,how well the skilful gard'ner drew ,of flow'rs and herbs the dial new1 ,where from above the milder sun ,does through a fragrant zodiac run3 ,and1 as it works1 the industrious bee ,computes the time1 as well as we4 ,how could such sweet and wholesome hours ,be reckoned1 but with herbs and flowers4 ,andrew ,marvell4 ,in a garden--man was placed1 ,meet abode for innocence1 ,with his ,maker's image graced3 --,sin crept in and drove him thence1 ,through the world1 a wretch undone1 ,seeking rest and finding none4 ,in a garden--on that night ,when our ,saviour was betrayed1 ,with what world-redeeming might1 ,in his agony he prayed6 ,till he drank the vengeance up1 ,and with mercy filled the cup4 ,in a garden--on the cross1 ,when the spear ,his heart had riven1 ,and for earth's primeval loss ,heaven's best ransom had been given1 ,jesus rested from ,his woes1 ,jesus from the dead arose4 ,emblem of the church above6 ,where1 as in their native clime1 ',midst the garden of ,his love1 ,rescued from the rage of time1 ,saints1 as trees of life shall stand1 ,planted by ,his own right hand4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,gentleness4 ,thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation3 and thy gentleness hath made me great4--,,ii4 ,samuel1 xxii4 #cf4 ,now ,i ,paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of ,christ4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 x4 #a4 ,but we were gentle among you1 even as a nurse cherisheth her children4--,i4 ,thessalonians1 ii4 #g4 ,the servant of the ,lord must not strive2 but be gentle unto all men1 apt to teach1 patient4--,,ii4 ,timothy1 ii4 #bd4 ,gently ,i took that which ungently came1 ,and without scorn forgave3--,do thou the same4 ,a wrong done to thee think a cat's eye spark1 ,thou wouldest not see1 were not thine own heart dark4 ,thine own keen sense of wrong that thirsts for sin1 ,fear that--the spark self-kindled from within1 ,which blown upon will blind thee with its glare1 ,or smother'd stifle thee with noisome air4 ,clap on the extinguisher1 pull up the blinds1 ,and soon the ventilated spirit finds ,its natural daylight4 ,if a foe have kenn'd1 ,or worse than foe1 an alienated friend1 ,a rib of dry rot in thy ship's stout side1 ,think it ,god's message1 and in humble pride ,with heart of oak replace it2--thine the gains-- ,give him the rotten timber for his pains6 ,coleridge4 ,i've thought of all this pride1 and all this pain1 ,and all the insolent plenitudes of power1 ,and ,i declare1 by this most quiet hour1 ,which holds in different tasks by the fire-light ,she1 and my friends here1 this delightful night1 ,that power itself has not one half the might ,of ,gentleness4 ',tis want to all true wealth2 ,the uneasy madman's force1 to the wise health2 ,blind downward beating1 to the eyes that see2 ,noise to persuasion1 doubt to certainty2 ,the consciousness of strength in enemies1 ,who must be strain'd upon or else they rise2 ,the battle to the moon1 who all the while1 ,high out of hearing1 passes with her smile3 ,the tempest1 trampled in his scanty run1 ,to the whole globe1 that basks about the sun2 ,or as all shrieks and clangs1 with which a sphere1 ,undone and fired1 could rake the midnight ear1 ,compared with that vast dumbness nature keeps ,throughout her starry deeps1 ,most old1 and mild1 and awful1 and unbroken1 ,which tells a tale of peace beyond whate'er was spoken4 ,leigh ,hunt4 ,speak gently6--,it is better far ,to rule by love than fear-- ,speak gently--let no harsh words mar ,the good we might do here6 ,speak gently--love doth whisper low ,the vows that true hearts bind2 ,and gently ,friendship's accents flow1-- ,affection's voice is kind4 ,speak gently to the little child6 ,its love be sure to gain2 ,teach it in accents soft and mild1 ,it may not long remain4 ,speak gently to the young1 for they ,will have enough to bear2 ,pass through this life as best they may1 ',tis full of anxious care6 ,speak gently to the aged one1 ,grieve not the careworn heart2 ,the sands of life are nearly run1 ,let such in peace depart4 ,speak gently1 kindly1 to the poor-- ,let no harsh word be heard2 ,they have enough they must endure1 ,without an unkind word4 ,speak gently to the erring--know ,they may have toiled in vain2 ,perchance unkindness made them so2 ,oh6 win them back again4 ,anonymous4 ,,giving4 ,thou hast ascended on high1 thou hast led captivity captive3 thou hast received gifts for men2 yea1 for the rebellious also1 that the ,lord ,god might dwell among them4--,psalm lxviii4 #ah4 ,that every man should eat and drink1 and enjoy the good of all his labour1 it is the gift of ,god4--,ecclesiastes1 iii4 #ac4 ,the gift of ,god is eternal life through ,jesus ,christ our ,lord4--,romans1 vi4 #bc4 ,thanks be unto ,god for his unspeakable gift4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 ix4 #ae4 ,the ,king of light1 ,father of aged time1 ,hath brought about that day1 which is the prime ,to the slow gliding months1 when every eye ,wears symptoms of a sober jollity2 ,and every hand is ready to present ,some service in a real compliment4 ,while some in golden letters write their love1 ,some speak affection by a ring or glove1 ,or pins and points1 7for e'en the peasant may1 ,after his ruder fashion1 be as gay ,as the brisk courtly ,sir17 and thinks that he ,cannot1 without a gross absurdity1 ,be this day frugal1 and not spare his friend ,some gift1 to show his love finds not an end ,with the deceased year4 ,joshua ,poole4 ,who gives1 constrained1 but his own fear reviles2 ,not thanked1 but scorned2 nor are they gifts1 but spoils4 ,denham4 ,cheap gifts best fit poor givers4 ,we are told ,of the lone mite1 and cup of water cold1 ,that1 in their way1 approved the offerer's zeal4 ,true love shows costliest where the means are scant1 ,and1 in her reckoning1 they abound who want4 ,charles ,lamb4 ,largely ,thou givest1 gracious ,lord1 ,largely ,thy gifts should be restored2 ,freely ,thou givest1 and thy word ,is 8,freely give40 ,he only who forgets to hoard ,has learned to live4 ,keble4 ,,glory4 ,and she named the child ,ichabod1 saying1 ,the glory is departed from ,israel4--,i4 ,samuel1 iv4 #ba4 ,thou shalt guide me with thy counsel1 and afterward receive me to glory4--,psalm lxxiii4 #bd4 ,when the ,lord shall build up ,zion he shall appear in his glory4--,psalm cii4 #af4 ,the wise shall inherit glory4--,proverbs1 iii4 #ce4 ,for men to search their own glory is not glory4--,proverbs1 xxv4 #bg4 ,enter into the rock1 and hide thee in the dust1 for fear of the ,lord1 and for the glory of his majesty4--,isaiah1 ii4 #aj4 ,t' raise desert and virtue by my fortune1 ,though in a low estate1 were greater glory1 ,than to mix greatness with a prince that owns ,no worth but that name only4 ,massinger4 ,when our souls shall leave this dwelling1 ,the glory of one fair and virtuous action ,is above all the scutcheons on our tomb1 ,or silken banners over us4 ,shirley4 ,this is true glory and renown1 when ,god1 ,looking on the earth1 with approbation marks ,the just man1 and divulges him through heaven ,to all his angels1 who with true applause ,recount his praises3 thus ,he did to ,job1 ,who famous was in heaven1 on earth less known2 ,where glory is false glory attributed ,to things not glorious1 men not worthy of fame4 ,they err who count it glorious to subdue ,by conquest far and wide1 to over-run ,large countries1 and in field great battles win1 ,great cities by assault2 what do these worthies1 ,but rob and spoil1 burn1 slaughter1 and enslave ,peaceable nations1 neighbouring or remote1 ,made captive1 yet deserving freedom more ,than those their conquerors1 who leave behind ,nothing but ruin wheresoe'er they rove1 ,and all the flourishing arts of peace destroy4 ,but if there be in glory aught of good1 ,it may by means far different be attain'd1 ,without ambition1 war1 or violence2 ,by deeds of peace1 by wisdom eminent1 ,by patience1 temperance4 ,milton4 ,much of the soul they talk1 but all awry1 ,and in themselves seek virtue1 and to themselves ,all glory arrogate1 to ,god give none4 ,milton4 ,thus the fond moth around the taper plays1 ,and sports and flutters in the treacherous blaze2 ,ravished with joy he wings his eager flight1 ,nor deems of ruin in so clear a light3 ,he tempts his fate1 and courts a glorious doom1 ,a bright destruction1 and a shining tomb4 ,tickell4 ,the boast of heraldry1 the pomp of power1 ,and all that beauty1 all that wealth e'er gave1 ,await alike the inevitable hour2 ,the path of glory leads but to the grave4 ,gray4 ,o1 that mine eye might closed be1 ,to what concerns me not to see2 ,that deafness might possess mine ear1 ,to what concerns me not to hear2 ,that ,truth my tongue might always tie ,from ever speaking foolishly2 ,that no vain thought might ever rest1 ,or be conceived1 in my breast2 ,that by each word1 and deed1 and thought1 ,glory may to my ,god be brought6 ,thomas ,ellwood4 ,lift up your heads1 ye gates that long endure6 ,the ,king of ,glory comes victoriously6 ,who is the ,king of ,glory8 ,he1 be sure1 ,the ,lord1 renowned in battle6 ,this is ,he6 ,lift up your heads1 ye gates6 ,he stands before ye2 ,oh ye onian gates1 uplifted be1 ,and make to ,him wide entrance whom adore ye4 ,who is the ,king ye herald8 who but ,he1 ,the ,lord of ,hosts8 ,who else is ,king of ,glory8 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,wake1 arm divine6 awake ,eye of the only wise6 ,now for ,thy glory's sake1 ,saviour and ,god arise6 ,keble4 ,,god4 ,thou art a ,god ready to pardon1 gracious and merciful1 slow to anger1 and of great kindness4--,nehemiah1 ix4 #ag4 ,the mighty ,god1 even the ,lord1 hath spoken1 and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof4 ,our ,god shall come1 and shall not keep silence4--,psalm l4 #a1 #c4 ,and it shall be said in that day1 ,lo1 this is our ,god2 we have waited for him1 and he will save us3 this is the ,lord2 we have waited for him1 we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation4--,isaiah1 xxv4 #i4 ,to whom then will ye liken ,god8 or what likeness will ye compare unto him8--,isaiah1 xl4 #ah4 ,prepare to meet thy ,god4--,amos1 iv4 #ab4 ,god is a spirit3 and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth4--,john1 iv4 #bd4 ,without controversy great is the mystery of godliness3 ,god was manifest in the flesh4--,i4 ,timothy1 iii4 #af4 ,to ,god more glory1 more good-will to men ,from ,god1 and over wrath shall grace abound4 ,milton4 ,the heavens are a point from the pen of ,his perfection2 ,the world is a rosebud from the bower of ,his beauty2 ,the sun is a spark from the light of ,his wisdom2 ,and the sky a bubble on the sea of ,his power4 ,his beauty is free from stain of sin1 ,hidden in a veil of thick darkness4 ,he formed mirrors of the atoms of the world1 ,and he cast a reflection from ,his own face on every atom6 ,to thy clear-seeing eye whatsoever is fair1 ,when thou regardest it aright1 is a reflection from ,his face4 ,jami1 from the ,persian4 ,o ,thou1 whose power o'er moving worlds presides1 ,whose voice created and whose wisdom guides1 ,on darkling man in pure effulgence shine1 ,and cheer the clouded mind with light divine6 ',tis ,thine alone to calm the pious breast1 ,with silent confidence1 and holy rest2 ,from ,thee1 great ,god6 we spring--to ,thee we tend1 ,path1 ,motive1 ,guide1 ,original1 and ,end4 ,dr4 ,johnson4 ,not ,god alone in the still calm we find1 ,he mounts the storm1 and walks upon the wind4 ,pope4 ,the ,god that rules on high1 ,that all the earth surveys1 ,that rides upon the stormy sky1 ,and calms the roaring seas-- ,this awful ,god is ours1 ,our ,father and our love2 ,he will send down ,his heavenly powers ,to carry us above4 ,watts4 ,spirit whose life-sustaining presence fills ,air1 ocean1 central depths by man untried1 ,thou for ,thy worshippers hast sanctified ,all place1 all time6 ,the silence of the hills ,breathes veneration3 founts and choral rills ,of ,thee are murmuring3--to its inmost glade ,the living forest with ,thy whisper thrills1 ,and there is holiness in every shade4 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,on earth there's not a creature ,too small1 dear ,god1 for ,thee3 ,thou gav'st them form and feature1 ,and ,thine they aye must be4 ,for ,thee the bird sings1 ,for ,thee the fish springs1 ,for ,thee the bee hums1 ,the gold-beetle drums1 ,the little mouse pipes clear and fine2-- ,we all are ,thine1 dear ,lord2 but ,thine6 ,clemens ,brentano4 ,there is no ,god1--the fool in secret said2 ,there is no ,god that rules on earth or sky2 ,tear off the band that folds the wretched head1 ,that ,god may burst upon his faithless eye4 ,is there no ,god8--the stars in myriads spread1 ,if he look up1 the blasphemy deny1 ,whilst his own features1 in the mirror read1 ,reflect the image of ,divinity4 ,is there no ,god8--the silver stream that flows1 ,the air he breathes1 the ground he treads1 the trees1 ,the flowers1 the grass1 the sands1 each wind that blows1 ,all speak of ,god2 throughout one voice agrees1 ,and eloquent ,his dread existence shows3 ,blind to thyself1 ah6 see ,him1 fool1 in these4 ,anon4 ,my ,god1 to ,thee belong ,incense of praise and hallowed song2 ,to ,thee be all the glory given ,of all my mercies under heaven2 ,from ,thee my daily bread and health1 ,each comfort1 all my spirit's wealth1 ,have been derived2--my sins alone1 ,and errings1 ,i can call mine own4 ,walker4 ,what secret hand1 at morning light1 ,by stealth unseals mine eye1 ,draws back the curtain of the night1 ,and opens earth and sky8 ',tis ,thine1 my ,god--the same that kept ,my resting hours from harm2 ,no ill came nigh me1 for ,i slept ,beneath the ,almighty's arm4 ',tis ,thine--my daily bread that brings1 ,like manna scattered round1 ,and clothes me1 as the lily springs ,in beauty from the ground4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,with years oppress'd1 with sorrows worn1 ,dejected1 harass'd1 sick1 forlorn1 ,to ,thee1 ,o ,god1 ,i pray2 ,to ,thee my withered hands arise2 ,to ,thee ,i lift my failing eyes3 ,oh6 cast me not away6 ,sir ,r4 ,grant4 ,who spoke creation into birth1 ,arch'd the broad heavens1 and spread the rolling earth2 ,who form'd a pathway for the obedient sun1 ,and bade the seasons in their circles run2 ,who fill'd the air1 the forest1 and the flood1 ,and gave man all for comfort1 or for good4 ,charles ,sprague4 ,,gold4 ,but he knoweth the way that ,i take3 when he hath tried me1 ,i shall come forth as gold4--,job1 xxiii4 #aj4 ,the fear of the ,lord is clean1 enduring for ever3 the judgments of the ,lord are true and righteous altogether4 ,more to be desired are they than gold1 yea1 than much fine gold4--,psalm xix4 #i1 #aj4 ,the trial of your faith1 being much more precious that of gold that perisheth1 though it be tried with fire1 might be found unto praise and honour and glory1 at the appearing of ,jesus ,christ4--,i4 ,peter1 i4 #g4 ,i ,john saw the holy city1 new ,jerusalem1 coming down from ,god out of heaven1 prepared as a bride adorned for her husband4 ,and the building of the wall of it was of jasper3 and the city was pure gold1 like unto clear glass4--,revelation1 xxi4 #b1 #ah4 ,never exceed thy income4 ,youth may make ,even with the year2 but age if it will hit1 ,shoots a bow short1 and lessens still its stake1 ,as the day lessens1 and his life with it4 ,thy children1 kindred1 friends1 upon thee call2 ,before thy journey fairly part with all4 ,yet in thy thriving still misdoubt some evil2 ,lest gaining gain on thee1 and make thee dim ,to all things else4 ,wealth is the conjurer's devil2 ,whom when he thinks he hath1 the devil hath him4 ,gold thou mayest safely touch2 but if it stick ,unto thy hands1 it woundeth to the quick4 ,herbert4 ,to purchase heaven has gold the power8 ,can gold remove the mortal hour8 ,in life can love be bought with gold8 ,are friendship's pleasures to be sold8 ,no--all that's worth a wish--a thought-- ,fair virtue gives1 unbrib'd1 unbought4 ,cease then on trash thy hopes to bind1 ,let nobler views engage thy mind4 ,dr4 ,johnson4 ,oh1 bane of man6 seducing cheat6 ,can man1 weak man1 thy power defeat8 ,gold banish'd honour from the mind1 ,and only left the name behind2 ,gold sow'd the world with ev'ry ill1 ,gold taught the murderer's sword to kill2 ',twas gold instructed coward hearts ,in treachery's more pernicious arts4 ,gay4 ,gold1 many hunted1 sweat1 and bled for ,gold2 ,waked all the night1 and laboured all the day4 ,and what was this allurement dost thou ask8 ,a dust dug from the bowels of the earth1 ,which1 being cast into the fire1 came out ,a shining thing that fools admired1 and called ,a god2 and in devout and humble plight ,before it kneeled1 the greater to the less2 ,and on its altar sacrificed ease1 peace1 ,truth1 faith1 integrity1 good conscience1 friends1 ,love1 charity1 benevolence1 and all ,the sweet and tender sympathies of life2 ,and to complete the horrid murderous rite1 ,and signalize their folly1 offered up ,their souls and an eternity of bliss1 ,to gain them--what8 an hour of dreaming joy1 ,a feverish hour that hasted to be done1 ,and ended in the bitterness of woe4 ,pollok4 ,the deep damnation of the crowd1 ,o ,gold6 ,heapeth reproach upon thy innocent dust6 8,evil's prolific root10--8,bribe of the just10-- 8,strength of the false and cruel10--8,god1 extoll'd ,by priests1 by whom heaven's pardoning grace is sold10-- ,such are thy titles6 while1 with covetous lust1 ,men hoard the very ore they have befoul'd ,with the tongue's obloquy of wordy rust1-- ,yet thou art sinless1 ,gold6 and bright1 and bland1 ,and fit for glorious offices2 and blest1 ,when put to uses holy4 ,oh1 be sure ,the curse is not on thee2 for 'tis the hand ,that toucheth thee doth thee with stains invest1 ,or maketh thee beneficent and pure6 ,calder ,campbell4 ,that universal idol1 ,gold1 ,in homage all unites2 ,without a temple1 'tis adored1 ,and has no hypocrites4 ,nay1 more1 ,gold's warmest devotees ,strive most to hide their zeal2 ,and he that loves this idol most1 ,would most that love conceal4 ,colton4 ,,goodness4 ,there be many that say1 ,who will shew us any good8 ,lord1 lift ,thou up the light of ,thy countenance upon us4--,psalm iv4 #f4 ,there is not a just man upon earth1 that doeth good1 and sinneth not4--,ecclesiastes1 vii4 #bj4 ,he hath shewed thee1 ,o man1 what is good2 and what doth the ,lord require of thee1 but to do justly1 and to love mercy1 and to walk humbly with thy ,god4--,micah1 vi4 #h4 ,do good to them that hate you4--,matthew1 v4 #dd4 ,as we have therefore opportunity1 let us do good unto all men4--,galatians1 vi4 #aj4 ,hold fast that which is good4--,i4 ,thessalonians1 v4 #ba4 ,therefore to him that knoweth to do good1 and doeth it not1 to him it is sin4--,james1 iv4 #ag4 ,how far the little candle throws his beams6 ,so shines a good deed in a naughty world4 ,shakspere4 ,great minds1 like ,heaven1 are pleased in doing good1 ,though the ungrateful subjects of their favours ,are barren in return4 ,rowe4 ,then to be good1 is to be happy3 angels ,are happier than mankind1 because they're better4 ,rowe4 ,take well whate'er shall chance1 though bad it be1 ,take it for good1 and 'twill be good to thee4 ,randolph4 ,good1 the more ,communicated1 more abundant grows2 ,the author not impaired1 but honoured more4 ,milton4 ,look round the world1 behold the chain of love ,combining all below1 and all above2 ,see plastic nature working to this end1 ,the single atoms each to other tend1 ,attract1 attracted to the next in place1 ,formed and impelled its neighbour to embrace2 ,see matter next1 with various life endued1 ,press to one centre1 still the general good4 ,young4 ,a good man and an angel6 ,these between ,how thin the barrier8 ,what divides their fate8 ,perhaps a moment1 or perhaps a year2 ,or if an age1 it is a moment still1 ,a moment1 or eternity's forgot4 ,young4 ,who never felt the impatient throb-- ,the longing of a heart that pants ,and reaches after distant good4 ,cowper4 ,sure the last end ,of the good man is peace6--how calm his exit6 ,night-dews fall not more gently to the ground1 ,nor weary worn-out winds expire so soft6 ,blair4 ,the good are better made by ill1 ,as odours crushed1 are better still4 ,rogers4 ,as flowers which night1 when day is o'er1 perfume1 ,breathes the sweet memory from a good man's tomb4 ,sir ,e4 ,b4 ,lytton4 ,when to the common rest that crowns our days1 ,called in the noon of life1 the good man goes1 ,or full of years1 or ripe in wisdom1 lays ,his silver temples in their last repose2 ,when1 o'er the buds of youth1 the death-wind blows1 ,and blights the fairest2 when our bitterest tears ,stream1 as the eyes of those that love us close1 ,we think on what they were1 with many fears ,lest goodness die with them1 and leave the coming years4 ,w4 ,c4 ,bryant4 ,give credit to thy mortal brother's heart ,for all the good that in thine own hath part4 ,mrs4 ,norton4 ,never despair of goodness4 ,men are bad1 ,but have been worse4 ,the badness shall die out1 ,the goodness1 like the thistle-down1 shall float1 ,bearing a germ beneath its tiny car-- ,a germ predestined to become a tree1 ,to fall on fruitful soil1 and on its boughs ,bear seed enough to stock the universe4 ,charles ,mackay4 ,,gospel4 ,and ,he said unto them1 ,go ye into all the world1 and preach the gospel to every creature4--,mark1 xvi4 #ae4 ,to the poor the gospel is preached4--,luke1 vii4 #bb4 ,for ,i am not ashamed of the gospel of ,christ2 for it is the power of ,god unto salvation to every one that believeth2 to the ,jew first1 and also to the ,greek4--,romans1 i4 #af4 ,the word of truth1 the gospel of your salvation4--,ephesians1 i4 #ac4 ,if ye continue in the faith grounded and settled1 and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel1 which ye have heard1 and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven4--,colossians1 i4 #bc4 ,and ,i saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven1 having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth1 and to every nation1 and kindred1 and tongue1 and people4--,revelation1 xiv4 #f4 ,o1 ,i have seen1 7nor hope perhaps in vain1 ,ere life go down1 to see such sights again17 ,a veteran warrior in the ,christian field1 ,who never saw the sword he could not wield2 ,grave without dulness1 learned without pride1 ,exact1 yet not precise1 though meek1 keen-eyed2 ,a man that would have foiled1 at their own play1 ,a dozen would-be's of the modern day2 ,who1 when occasion justified its use1 ,had wit as bright1 as ready to produce2 ,could fetch the records of an earlier age1 ,or from philosophy's enlightened page ,his rich materials1 and regale your ear ,with strains it was a privilege to hear3 ,yet1 above all1 his luxury supreme1 ,and his chief glory was the gospel theme2 ,there he was copious as old ,greece or ,rome1 ,his happy eloquence seemed there at home1-- ,ambitious not to shine1 or to excel1 ,but1 to treat justly what he loved so well4 ,cowper4 ,behold ,his life1 and learn from ,him to live2 ,in death still greater view thy dying ,lord1 ,and imitate that worth thou canst not reach4 ,smooth are ,his paths1 and to conduct thy feet1 ,the ,gospel's holy light around thee sheds ,its mild effulgence4 ,william ,bolland4 ,gazing ever on the ,gospel light1 ,that endless source of evidence and truth1 ,prove every doctrine by that golden rule1 ,and 8try the spirits if they be of ,god40 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,the ,gospel's glorious hope1 ,its rule of purity1 its eye of prayer1 ,its fort of firmness on temptation's steep1 ,its bark that fails not1 'mid the storm of death1 ,he spread before them1 and with gentlest tone1 ,such as a brother to his sister breathes1 ,his little sister1 simple and untaught1 ,did urge them to the shelter of that ark ,which rides the wrathful deluge4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,the moon is up6 ,how calm and slow ,she wheels above the hill2 ,the weary winds forget to blow1 ,and all the world lies still4 ,the way-worn travellers1 with delight1 ,the rising brightness see1 ,revealing all the paths and plains1 ,and gilding every tree4 ,it glistens where the hurrying stream ,its little ripple leaves2 ,it falls upon the forest shade1 ,and sparkles on the leaves4 ,so once1 on ,judah's evening bills1 ,the heavenly lustre spread2 ,the gospel sounded from the blaze1 ,and shepherds gazed with dread4 ,and still that light upon the world ,its guiding splendour throws2 ,bright in the opening hours of life1 ,but brighter at the close4 ,the waning moon in time shall fail ,to walk the midnight skies1 ,but ,god hath kindled this bright light ,with fire that never dies4 ,w4 ,b4 ,o4 ,peabody4 ,,grace4 ,the ,lord will give grace and glory2 no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly4--,psalm lxxxiv4 #aa4 ,the law was given by ,moses1 but grace and truth came by ,jesus ,christ4--,john1 i4 #ag4 ,we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand1 and rejoice in hope of the glory of ,god4--,romans1 v4 #b4 ,my grace is sufficient for thee3 for my strength is made perfect in weakness4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 xii4 #i4 ,for the grace of ,god that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men4--,titus1 ii4 #aa4 ,let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace1 that we may obtain mercy1 and find grace to help in time of need4--,hebrews1 iv4 #af4 ,pray for the health of all that are diseased1 ,confession unto all that are convicted1 ,and patience unto all that are displeased1 ,and comfort unto all that are afflicted1 ,and mercy unto all that have offended1 ,and grace to all1 that all may be amended4 ,nicholas ,breton4 ,the flesh being proud1 ,desire doth fight with ,grace1 ,and there it revels1 and when that decays1 ,the guilty rebel for remission prays4 ,shakspere4 ,that word1 ,grace1 ,in an ungracious mouth1 is but profane4 ,shakspere4 ,who ,god doth late and early pray1 ,more of ,his grace than gifts to lend2 ,and entertains the harmless day ,with a religious book or friend2-- ,this man is freed from servile bands ,of hope to rise1 or fear to fall2 ,lord of himself1 though not of lands1 ,and having nothing1 yet hath all4 ,henry ,wotton4 ,prevenient grace descending had removed ,the stony from their hearts4 ,milton4 ,but grace1 abused1 brings forth the foulest deeds1 ,as richest soil1 the most luxuriant weeds4 ,cowper4 ,my stock lies dead1 and no increase1 ,doth my dull husbandry improve2 ,o let thy grace still without cease1 ,drop from above6 ,the dew doth every morning fall1 ,and shall the dew outstrip thy dove1 ,the dew for which grass cannot call8 ,drop from above6 ,death is still working like a mole1 ,and digs my grave at each remove2 ,let grace work too1 and on my soul ,drop from above6 ,sin is still hammering my heart ,unto a hardness void of love2 ,let suppling grace1 to cross his art1 ,drop from above6 ,o come6 for ,thou dost know the way1 ,or if to me thou wilt not move1 ,remove me when ,i need1 and say-- ,drop from above6 ,george ,herbert4 ,i want that grace which springs from ,thee1 ,which quickens all things where it flows1 ,and makes a wretched thorn like me ,bloom as the myrtle1 or the rose4 ,cowper4 ,all-powerful ,grace1 exert thy gentle sway1 ,and teach my rebel passions to obey2 ,lest lurking folly1 with insidious art1 ,regain my volatile1 inconstant heart6 ,mrs4 ,carter4 ,o ,god6 how beautiful the thought1 ,how merciful the bless'd decree1 ,that ,grace can e'er be found1 when sought1 ,and nought shut out the soul from ,thee4 ,the cell may cramp1 the fetters gall1 ,the flame may scorch1 the rack may tear2 ,but torture1 stake1 or prison-wall1 ,can be endured with faith and prayer4 ,eliza ,cook4 ,this grace is ours3 who asks in ,thy great name1 ,may ask for all2 and with assurance claim ,the purchased pardon to believers given1 ,the seal of mercy1 and the hope of heaven4 ,perronet4 ,every act ,which shunned the trifling plaudit of mankind1 ,shall here to wondering millions be displayed1 ,a monument of grace4 ,c4 ,p4 ,layard4 ,faith6 anchor of the soul amid the storms ,which vex and toss the ocean deep1 which forms ,the pathway to that land of light and love1 ,which waits the ransom'd in the world above2 ,while this life lasts1 ,i fain would stay on thee2 ,i shall not need thee in eternity4 ,hope6 be thou mine1 while here on earth ,i rove1 ,but only till ,i reach my home above3 ,but ,charity6 of christian graces best1 ,ever increasing1 blessing still and blest1 ,thou shalt remain when ,faith and ,hope shall cease1 ,the source and fulness e'en of ,heaven's bliss6 ,no period circumscribes my prayer for thee2 ,be mine on earth1 and through eternity6 ,mary ,milner4 ,grace6 'tis a charming sound1 ,harmonious to my ear2 ,heaven with the echo shall resound1 ,and all the earth shall hear4 ,grace first contrived a way ,to save rebellious man2 ,and all the steps that grace display ,which drew the wondrous plan4 ,grace taught my wand'ring feet ,to tread the heavenly road2 ,and new supplies each hour ,i meet1 ,while pressing on to ,god4 ,grace all the work shall crown1 ,through everlasting days2 ,it lays in heaven the topmost stone1 ,and well deserves the praise4 ,doddridge4 ,,grave--,,tomb4 ,the ,lord killeth1 and maketh alive3 he bringeth down to the grave1 and bringeth up4--,i4 ,samuel1 ii4 #f4 ,god will redeem my soul from the power of the grave3 for he shall receive me4--,psalm xlix4 #ae4 ,whatsoever thy hand findeth to do1 do it with thy might2 for there is no work1 nor device1 nor knowledge1 nor wisdom1 in the grave1 whither thou goest4--,ecclesiastes1 ix4 #aj4 ,i will ransom them from the power of the grave3 ,i will redeem them from death3 ,o death1 ,i will be thy plagues2 ,o grave1 ,i will be thy destruction4--,hosea1 xiii4 #ad4 ,when self-esteem1 or other's adulation1 ,would cunningly persuade us we are something ,above the common level of our kind2 ,the grave gainsays the smooth-complexion'd flatt'ry1 ,and with blunt truth acquaints us what we are4 ,blair4 ,dull grave6 thou spoil'st the dance of youthful blood1 ,strik'st out the dimple from the cheek of mirth1 ,and every smirking feature from the face2 ,branding out laughter with the name of madness4 ,blair4 ,all at rest now--all dust6--wave flows on wave1 ,but the sea dries not6 ,what to us the grave8 ,it brings no real homily2 we sigh1 ,pause for awhile1 and murmur 8all must die20 ,then rush to pleasure1 action1 sin1 once more1 ,swell the loud tide1 and fret unto the shore4 ,sir ,e4 ,b4 ,lytton4 ,oh6 for a heart that seeks the sacred gloom ,that hovers round the precincts of the tomb6 ,while fancy1 musing there1 sees visions bright1-- ,in death discovering life1 in darkness1 light4 ,what though the chilling blasts of winter's day ,forbid the garden longer to be gay8 ,of winter yet ,i'll not refuse to sing1 ,thus to be followed by eternal spring4 ,leigh ,richmond4 ,what is the ,grave of ,pride8 ,is it to lie ',neath sculptured marble1 where the night-winds sigh ,through solemn arches1 and 'mid pillars tall1 ,the while the pallid moonbeams coldly fall ,on shrine1 and urn1 and 8animated bust10 ,the vain memorials all of 8dust to dust80 ,is it to lie with hands uprear'd in prayer1 ,as many a warrior rests in sculpture rare2 ,his banner floating o'er the chisell'd stone1 ',neath which1 long ages since1 he laid him down1 ,to fear no battle-cry1 nor trumpet call1 ,till on his startled ear the peal shall fall1 ,that from the storied tomb1 or daisied sod1 ,death's sleepers shall awake to meet their ,god8 ,then will it seek not1 if in minster-pile1 ,while music roll'd through each time-honour'd aisle1 ,and choral hymnings swell the flood of sound1 ,that rose and fell through all the vaults around2 ,or if beneath some village yew-tree's shade1 ,the child of earth to his long rest were laid4 ,the marble tomb must yield its treasured trust1 ,the grass-grown grave give up the sleeping dust4 ,mary ,milner4 ,i like that ancient ,saxon phrase which calls ,the burial-ground1 ,god's ,acre6 ,it is just2 ,it consecrates each grave within its walls1 ,and breathes a benison o'er the sleeping dust4 ,into its furrows shall we all be cast1 ,in the sure faith that we shall rise again ,at the great harvest1 when the ,archangel's blast ,shall winnow1 like a fan1 the chaff and grain4 ,longfellow4 ',tis a blessing to live1 but a greater to die1 ,and the best of the world1 is its path to the sky1-- ,be it gloomy or bright1 for the life that ,he gave ,let us thank ,him--but blessed be ,god for the grave6 ',tis the end of our toil1 'tis the crown of our bliss1 ',tis the portal of happiness--aye1 but for this1 ,how hopeless were sorrow1 how narrow were love1 ,if they looked not from earth to the rapture above6 ,j4 ,k4 ,mitchell4 ,come unto the churchyard near3 ,where the gentle1 whispering breeze ,softly rustleth through the trees2 ,where the moonbeam pure and white1 ,falls in floods of cloudless light1 ,bathing many a turfy heap ,where the lowlier slumberers sleep2 ,and the graceful willow waves1 ,banner-like1 o'er nameless graves3 ,here hath prayer arisen like dew1-- ,here the earth is holy1 too1 ,lightly press each grassy mound3 ,surely this is hallowed ground4 ,m4 ,a4 ,browne4 ,through these branched walks will contemplation wind1 ,and grave wise ,nature's teachings on his mind2 ,as the white grave-stones glimmer to his eye1 ,a solemn voice will thrill him1 8,thou must die60 ,when autumn's tints are glittering in the air1 ,that voice will whisper to his soul 8,prepare60 ,when winter's snows are spread o'er hill and dell1 8,oh1 this is death60 that solemn voice will swell2 ,but when with spring1 streams leap1 and blossoms wave1 8,hope1 ,christian1 hope10 'twill say1 8there's life beyond the grave40 ,alfred ,b4 ,street4 ,the voice of prayer at the sable bier6 ,a voice to sustain1 to soothe1 and to cheer4 ,it commends the spirit to ,god who gave2 ,it lifts the thoughts from the cold1 dark grave2 ,it points to the glory where ,he shall reign ,who whispered1 8,thy brother shall rise again60 ,henry ,ware1 ,jun4 ,yes6 it is a certain sleep1 ,where dreams of woe can ne'er intrude2 ,ah6 if no earthly passion creep ,into its solemn solitude4 ,if there at length we cease to feel ,each pang1 which living rends the breast2 ,who would not from this vain world steal ,into the silent grave to rest8 ,arthur ,brook4 ,,greatness4 ,ascribe ye greatness unto our ,god4--,deuteronomy1 xxxii4 #c4 ,great is the ,lord1 and greatly to be praised2 and ,his greatness is unsearchable4--,psalm cxlv4 #c4 ,then there arose a reasoning among them1 which of them should be greatest4 ,and ,jesus perceiving the thought of their heart1 took a child1 and set him by him1 ,and said unto them1 ,whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me2 and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me3 for he that is least among you all1 the same shall be great4--,luke1 ix4 #df1 #dg1 #dh4 ,o happy man1 saith he1 that lo ,i see ,grazing his cattle in those pleasant fields1 ,if he but knew his good4 ,how blessed he ,that feels not what affliction greatness yields6 ,other than what he is who would not be1 ,nor change his state with him that sceptre wields4 ,thine1 thine is that true life2 that is to live1 ,to rest secure1 and not rise up to grieve4 ,samuel ,daniel4 ,the good alone are great6 ,when winds the mountain oak assail1 ,and lay its glories waste1 ,content may slumber in the vale1 ,unconscious of the blast4 ,through scenes of tumult while we roam1 ,the heart1 alas6 is ne'er at home2 ,it hopes in time to roam no more4 ,the mariner1 not vainly brave1 ,combats the storm1 and rides the wave1 ,to rest at last on shore4 ,ye proud1 ye selfish1 ye severe1 ,how vain your mask of state2 ,the good alone have joy sincere1 ,the good alone are great6 ,great1 when amid the vale of peace1 ,they bid the plaint of sorrow cease1 ,and hear the voice of artless praise2 ,as when along the trophied plain ,sublime they lead the victor train1 ,while shouting nations gaze4 ,beattie4 ,the wretched tumults that confound ,the soul1 nor wealth can tell1 nor kingly state2 ,and stubborn are the cares that hover round ,the vaulted ceilings of the great4 ,horace4 ,to meet life's ills with soul serene1 ,treading the path our ,saviour trod3 ,to live as seeing things unseen1 ,to walk and commune with our ,god2 ,this is true greatness6 worth divine6 ,giv'n by the ,spirit and the ,word ,to man6 ,thus grows that living shrine1 ,formed1 hallowed1 dwelt in by the ,lord6 ,rev4 ,w4 ,m4 ,hetherington4 ,what though the great1 ,with costly pomp1 and aromatic sweets1 ,embalmed his poor remains2 or through the dome ,a thousand tapers shed their gloomy light1 ,while solemn organs to his parting soul ,chaunted slow orisons2 say1 by what mark ,dost thou discern him from the lowly swain1 ,whose mouldering bones beneath the thorn-bound turf1 ,long lay neglected4 ,glynn4 ,the truly great are those who make least noise1 ,and walk with humble looks upon the earth2 ,they nor affect a swelling part1 nor speak ,big words1 that make their hearers stand aside ,in silent awe1 and clear an ample space1 ,like ,liliputians for some ,gulliver4 ,greatness consists not in such empty gauds ,as dazzle and attract the public eye2 ,it rests not on the breath of multitudes1 ,for soothly hath the poet said--8,the world ,knows nothing of its greatest men40 ,there went ,a great man once about the daily paths ,of life1 and few there were that recognised ,the greatness that in goodness dwelt2 and still ,small is the number unto whom this truth ,is made apparent4 ,egone4 ,,grief4 ,he is despised and rejected of men2 a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief3 and we hid as it were our faces from ,him3 ,he was despised1 and we esteemed ,him not4 ,surely ,he hath borne our griefs1 and carried our sorrows2 yet we did esteem him stricken1 smitten of ,god1 and afflicted4--,isaiah1 liii4 #c1 #d4 ,for the ,lord will not cast off for ever3 ,for though ,he cause grief1 yet will ,he have compassion according to the multitude of ,his mercies4 ,for ,he doth not afflict willingly1 nor grieve the children of men4--,lamentations1 iii4 #ca1 #cb1 #cc4 ,for this is thankworthy1 if a man for conscience toward ,god endure grief1 suffering wrongfully4--,i4 ,peter1 ii4 #ai4 ,when grief that well might humble1 swells our pride1 ,and pride increasing1 aggravates our grief1 ,the tempest must prevail till we are lost4 ,lillo4 ,every grief we feel ,shortens the destined number2 every pulse ,beats a short moment of the pain away1 ,and the last stroke will come4 ,by swift degrees ,time sweeps us off1 and soon we shall arrive ,at life's sweet period4 ,celestial point ,that ends this mortal story4 ,watts4 ,we grieve to think our eyes no more ,that form1 those features loved1 shall trace4 ,but sweet it is from memory's store ,to call each fondly-cherished grace1 ,and fold them in the heart's embrace4 ,no bliss 'mid worldly crowds is bred1 ,like musing on the sainted dead4 ,we grieve to see expired the race ,they ran1 intent on works of love2 ,but sweet to think no mixture base1 ,with which their better nature strove1 ,shall rear their virtuous deeds above4 ,sin o'er their soul has lost its hold1 ,and left them with their earthly mould4 ,bishop ,mant4 ,this is the curse of time4 ,alas6 ,in grief ,i am not all unlearned2 ,once thro' mine own doors death did pass-- ,one went who never hath returned4 99 99 99 99 99 ,let grief be her own mistress still1 ,she loveth her own anguish deep1 ,more than much pleasure4 ,let her will ,be done--to weep or not to weep4 ,words weaker than your grief1 would make ,grief more4 ',twere better ,i should cease2 ,altho' myself could almost take ,the place of him that sleeps in peace4 ,tennyson4 ,we overstate the ills of life1 and take ,imagination1 given us to bring down ,the choirs of singing angels1 overshone ,by ,god's clear glory1--down our earth1 to rake ,the dismal snows instead2 flake following flake1 ,to cover all the corn4 ,we walk upon ,the shadow of hills1 across a level thrown1 ,and pant like climbers4 ,near the alder-brake ,we sigh so loud1 the ,nightingale within ,refuses to sing loud1 as else she would4 ,o1 brothers6 let us leave the shame and sin ,of taking vainly1 in a plaintive mood1 ,the holy name of ,grief6--holy herein1 ,that by the grief of ,one1 came all our good4 ,miss ,barrett4 ,warm1 soft1 motionless1 ,as flowers in stillest noon before the sun1 ,they lie three paces from him3 such they lie ,as when he left them sleeping side by side1 ,a mother's arm round each1 a mother's cheeks ,between them1 flusht with happiness and love4 ,he was more changed than they were1 doomed to show1 ,thee and the stranger1 how defaced and scarr'd ,grief hunts us down the precipice of years1 ,and whom the faithless prey upon the last4 ,w4 ,s4 ,landor4 ,,guidance4 ,for this ,god is our ,god for ever and ever3 he will be our guide even unto death4--,psalm xlviii4 #ad4 ,the ,lord shall guide thee continually4--,isaiah1 lviii4 #aa4 ,will thou not from this time cry unto me1 ,my father1 thou art the guide of my youth8--,jeremiah1 iii4 #d4 ,that man ,may safely venture to go on his way1 ,that is so guided1 that he cannot stray4 ,marmyon4 ,though in the paths of death ,i tread1 ,with gloomy horrors overspread1 ,my steadfast heart shall fear no ill1 ,for thou1 ,o ,lord1 art with me still2 ,thy friendly crook shall give me aid1 ,and guide me through the dreadful shade4 ,addison4 ,difference of good and ill for men to know ,was needless sure1 while1 with the fearless eye ,of an obedient son1 he might look up ,to the ,almighty ,father of his race1 ,and claim his guidance4 ,john ,hey4 ,whither midst falling dew1 ,while glow the heavens with the last steps of day1 ,far through their rosy depths dost thou pursue ,thy solitary way8 ,vainly the fowler's eye ,might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong1 ,as1 darkly painted on the crimson sky1 ,thy figure floats along4 ,thou'rt gone1 th' abyss of heaven ,hath swallowed up thy form2 yet in my heart ,deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given1 ,and shall not soon depart4 ,he who1 from zone to zone ,guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight1 ,in the long way that ,i must tread alone1 ,will lead my steps aright4 ,bryant4 ,i would not have the restless will ,that hurries to and fro1 ,seeking for some great thing to do1 ,or secret thing to know1 ,i would be treated as a child1 ,and guided where to go4 ,l4 ,a4 ,waring4 ,here1 where all climes their offerings send1 ,here1 where all arts their tribute lay1 ,before thy presence1 ,lord1 we bend1 ,and for thy smile and blessing pray4 ,for ,thou dost sway the tides of thought1 ,and hold the issues in thy hand1 ,of all that human toil has wrought1 ,and all that human skill has plann'd4 ,thou lead'st the restless ,power of ,mind ,o'er destiny's untrodden field1 ,and guid'st him wandering bold but blind1 ,to mighty ends not yet revealed4 ,anon4 ,guide me1 ,o ,thou great ,jehovah1 ,pilgrim through this barren land6 ,i am weak1 but ,thou art mighty1 ,hold me with ,thy powerful hand6 ,bread of heaven1 ,feed me till ,i want no more4 ,open ,thou the crystal fountain1 ,whence the healing waters flow6 ,let the fiery cloudy pillar ,lead me all my journey through6 ,strong ,deliv'rer6 ,be ,thou still my strength and shield6 ,when ,i tread the verge of ,jordan1 ,bid my anxious fears subside2 ,death of death1 and hell's destruction1 ,land me safe on ,canaan's side6 ,songs of praises ,i will ever give to ,thee4 ,oliver4 ,,guilt4 ,the ,lord1 the ,lord ,god1 merciful and gracious1 longsuffering1 and abundant in goodness and truth4 ,keeping mercy for thousands1 forgiving iniquity and transgression1 and sin1 and that will by no means clear the guilty4--,exodus1 xxxiv4 #f1 #g4 ,the ,lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh ,his name in vain4--,deuteronomy1 v4 #aa4 ,deliver me from blood-guiltiness1 ,o ,god1 thou ,god of my salvation3 and my tongue shall sing aloud of ,thy righteousness4--,psalm li4 #ad4 ,for whosoever shall keep the whole law1 and yet offend in one point1 he is guilty of all4--,james1 ii4 #aj4 ,amidst the royal race1 see ,nathan stand3 ,fervent he seems to speak1 and lifts his hand2 ,his looks the emotion of his soul disclose1 ,and eloquence from every gesture flows4 ,such1 and so stern he came1 ordained to bring ,the ungrateful mandate to the guilty king3 ,when1 at his dreadful voice1 a sudden smart ,shot through the trembling monarch's conscious heart1 ,from his own lips condemned1 severe decree1 ,had his ,god proved as stern a ,judge as he4 ,bishop ,lowth4 ,o1 happy pair1 ,lords of fair ,eden's blooming range1 where earth1 ,benignant parent1 from her verdant lap ,spontaneous pour'd immortal sweets1 and gave ,whate'er could minister delight6 ,too soon1 ,alas1 this scene was closed3 behold them now1 ,so lately rich in happiness1 and blessed ,with converse of the ,living ,god1 o'erwhelmed ,in misery1 and tortured by the stings ,of conscious guilt4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,guilt is a timorous thing1 ere perpetration3 ,despair alone makes guilty men be bold4 ,coleridge4 ,and oh1 that pang1 where more than madness lies6 ,the worm that will not sleep1 and never dies2 ,thought of the gloomy day1 and ghastly night1 ,that dreads the darkness1 and yet loathes the light3 ,that winds around1 and tears the quivering heart1 ,ah6 wherefore not consume it and depart6 ,byron4 ,skeptic1 whoe'er thou art1 tell1 if thou knowest1 ,why every nation1 every clime1 though all ,in laws1 in rites1 in manners disagree1 ,with one consent expect another world ,where wickedness shall weep8 ,why in each breast ,is placed a friendly monitor1 that prompts1 ,informs1 directs1 encourages1 forbids8 ,tell1 why on unknown evil grief attends1 ,or joy on secret good8 ,why ,conscience acts ,with tenfold force1 when sickness1 age1 or pain ,stands tottering on the precipice of death8 ,or why such horror gnaws the guilty soul ,of dying sinners1 while the good man sleeps ,peaceful and calm1 and with a smile expires8 ,glynn4 ,come and see a sad example6 ,look on my unquiet shade2 ,start not1 sure 'tis nought uncommon1 ,when the bones in dust are laid1 ,that the lonely restless spirit1 ,whom a sense of guilt doth fill1 ,walks the earth with ceaseless labour1 ,seeking to undo the ill4 ,i was fond of place and power1 ,grasped the wealth that was not mine1 ,seized the friendless stranger's dwelling1 ,left him in despair to pine4 ,now1 ,o where are all my riches6 ,come1 the sad reverse behold1 ,for this gain my soul is bartered2 ,can a spirit's loss be told8 ,lopez de ,mendoza 7,spanish74 ,oppress'd with guilt1 a painful load1 ,o come1 and spread your woes abroad6 ,divine compassion1 mighty love1 ,will all the painful load remove4 ,here mercy's boundless ocean flows ,to cleanse your guilt1 and heal your woes2 ,pardon1 and life1 and endless peace2 ,how rich the gift6 how free the grace6 ,steele4 ,,happiness4 ,as arrows are in the hand of a mighty man2 so are children of the youth4 ,happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them3 they shall not be ashamed1 but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate4--,psalm cxxvii4 #d1 #e4 ,blessed is every one that feareth the ,lord2 that walketh in his ways4 ,for thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands3 happy shalt thou be1 and it shall be well with thee4--,psalm cxxviii4 #a1 #b4 ,behold we count them happy which endure4--,james1 v4 #aa4 ,how happy is he born or taught1 ,that serveth not another's will2 ,whose armour is his honest thought1 ,and simple truth his highest skill2 ,whose passions not his masters are2 ,whose soul is still prepared for death2 ,not ty'd unto the world with care ,of princes' ear1 or vulgar breath2 ,who hath his life from rumours freed2 ,whose conscience is his strong retreat2 ,whose state can neither flatterers feed1 ,nor ruin make oppressors great2 ,who envies none whom chance doth raise1 ,or vice2 who never understood ,how deepest wounds are giv'n with praise1 ,nor rules of state1 but rules of good2 ,who ,god doth late and early pray ,more of his grace than gifts to lend2 ,and entertains the harmless day ,with a chosen book1 or friend4 ,this man is free from servile bands ,of hope to rise1 or fear to fall2 ,lord of himself1 though not of lands1 ,and having nothing1 yet hath all4 ,sir ,henry ,wotton4 ,he is a happy man whose life1 e'en now1 ,shows somewhat of that happier life to come2 ,who1 doomed to an obscure1 but tranquil state1 ,is pleased with it1 and1 were he free to choose1 ,would make his fate his choice2 whom peace1 the fruit ,of virtue1 and whom virtue1 fruit of faith1 ,prepare for happiness2 bespeak him one ,content indeed to sojourn while he must ,below the skies1 but having there his home4 ,the world o'erlooks him in her busy search ,of objects more illustrious in her view2 ,and1 occupied as earnestly as she1 ,though more sublimely1 he o'erlooks the world4 ,she scorns his pleasures1 for she knows them not2 ,he seeks not hers1 for he has proved them vain4 ,cowper4 ,happiness depends1 as ,nature shows1 ,less on exterior things than most suppose4 ,vigilant over all that ,he has made1 ,kind ,providence attends with gracious aid2 ,bids equity throughout ,his works prevail1 ,and weighs the nations in an even scale4 ,cowper4 ,pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind1 ,obedient passions1 and a will resigned2 ,for love1 which scarce collective man can fill2 ,for patience1 sovereign o'er transmuted ill2 ,for faith1 that1 panting for a happier seat1 ,counts death kind nature's signal of retreat2 ,these goods for man1 the laws of ,heaven ordain1 ,these goods ,he grants1 who grants the power to gain2 ,with these1 celestial wisdom calms the mind1 ,and makes the happiness she does not find4 ,dr4 ,johnson4 ,ambition searches all its sphere ,of pomp and state1 to meet me there4 ,increasing avarice would find ,thy presence on its gold enshrined4 ,the bold adventurer ploughs his way ,through rocks1 amidst the foaming sea1 ,to gain thy love2 and then perceives1 ,thou art not in the rocks and waves4 99 99 99 99 99 ,no real happiness is found ,in trailing purple o'er the ground4 ,parnell4 ,how long1 ye miserably blind1 ,shall idle dreams engage your mind2 ,how long the passions make their flight ,at empty shadows of delight8 ,no more in paths of error stray1 ,the ,lord1 thy ,jesus1 is the ,way1 ,the ,spring of happiness1 and where ,should men seek happiness1 but there8 ,parnell4 ,consider man in every sphere1 ,then tell me is your lot severe8 ',tis murmur1 discontent1 distrust1 ,that makes you wretched3 ,god is just3 ,we're born a restless1 needy crew2 ,show me a happier man than you8 ,gay4 ,when are we happiest then8 ,o1 when resigned ,to whatsoe'er our cup of life may brim2 ,when we can know ourselves but weak and blind ,creatures of earth2 and trust alone in ,him ,who giveth1 in his mercy1 joy or pain2 ,oh6 we are happiest then4 ,m4 ,a4 ,brown4 ,object of my first desire1 ,jesus1 crucified for me6 ,all to happiness aspire1 ,only to be found in thee2 ,thee to praise1 and ,thee to know1 ,constitute our bliss below6 ,thee to see1 and ,thee to love1 ,constitute our bliss above4 ,toplady4 ,true happiness is not the growth of earth1 ,the toil is fruitless if you seek it here2 ',tis an exotic of celestial birth1 ,and never blooms but in celestial air4 ,sweet plant of ,paradise6 thy seeds are sown ,in here and there a mind of heavenly mould2 ,it rises slow and blooms1 but ne'er was known ,to ripen here--the climate it is too cold4 ,anon4 ,one morning in the month of ,may1 ,i wandered o'er the hill2 ,though nature all around was gay1 ,my heart was heavy still4 ,can ,god1 ,i thought1 the good1 the great1 ,these meaner creatures bless2 ,and yet deny our human state ,the boon of happiness8 ,tell me1 ye woods1 ye smiling plains1 ,ye blessed birds around1 ,where1 in creation's wide domains1 ,can perfect bliss be found8 ,the birds wild carolled overhead1 ,the breeze around me blew1 ,and nature's awful chorus said1 ,no bliss for man she knew4 ,i questioned ,love1 whose early day ,so heavenly bright appears2 ,and ,love in answer seemed to say ,his light was dimmed by tears4 ,i questioned ,friendship2--,friendship moaned1 ,and thus her answer gave2 ,the friends whom fortune has not turned1 ,were vanished in the grave4 ,i asked if ,vice could bliss bestow2 ,vice boasted loud and well2 ,but fading from her pallid brow1 ,the venomed roses fell4 ,i questioned ,virtue2--,virtue sighed1 ,no boon could she dispense2 ,nor ,virtue was her name she cried1 ,but humble ,penitence4 ,i questioned ,death2 the grisly shade ,relaxed his brow severe2 ,and1 8,i am ,happiness10 he said 8,if ,virtue guides thee here60 ,bishop ,heber4 ,,harvest4 ,the harvest is past1 the summer is ended1 and we are not saved4--,jeremiah1 viii4 #bj4 ,then saith he unto his disciples1 ,the harvest truly is plenteous1 but the labourers are few2 ,pray ye therefore the ,lord of the harvest1 that he will send forth labourers into his harvest4--,matthew1 ix4 #cg1 #ch4 ,the harvest is the end of the world2 and the reapers are the angels4--,matthew1 xiii4 #ci4 ,life hath its seasons3 ,and time1 on a chariot of hours1 ,rolls to eternity's gate ,adown a dim valley1 where flowers1 ,bereft of their beauty1 ,lie1 withered and scattered by fate4 ,hearts have their harvests3 ,and sorrow goes after the reapers ,to mildew the yellowing grain2 ,while pity1 in tears1 ,stands watching the labouring weepers ,go reaping a harvest of pain4 ,youth is the seed-time3 ,the season of sunshine and showers1 ,that nurtures the delicate germ ,which1 in life's autumn1 ,will bring to our bosom sweet flowers1 ,or thorns and a cankering worm4 ,god is the harvest3 ,whose sickle by mercy is wielded ,among the ripe grain and the tares3 ,unto his garner ,the sheaves of the gleaner are yielded ,with harvest-home anthem and prayers4 ,anon4 ,then glory to the steel ,that shines in the reaper's hand2 ,and thanks to ,god1 who has bless'd the sod1 ,and crowns the harvest land6 ,eliza ,cook4 ,,hatred4 ,let ,god arise1 let his enemies be scattered3 let them also that hate him flee before him4--,psalm lxviii4 #a4 ,hatred stirreth up strifes3 but love covereth all sins4--,proverbs1 x4 #ab4 ,he that hateth dissembleth with his lips1 and layeth up deceit within him4--,proverbs1 xxvi4 #bd4 ,hate the evil1 and love the good1 and establish judgment in the gate4--,amos1 v4 #ae4 ,he that hateth me hateth my ,father also4--,john1 xv4 #bc4 ,i tell thee not the burning thunderbolt1 ,when its fierce brow is lit in blasting flames1 ,stooping from its red chariot to sweep ,the earth1 its angry voice is pealing o'er1 ,is half so deadly1 or so sure as hate4 ,promethean hate6 that can make cowards bold2 ,where he pursues it is in vain to flee2 ,where his form comes1 a blight is on the earth2 ,where his hand strikes1 life passeth1 or is cursed2 ,where his eye glances1 there despair comes down2 ,where his breath falls1 all mercy vanisheth4 ,constantia ,l4 ,reddell4 ,blunted unto goodness is the heart which anger never stirreth1 ,but that which hatred swelleth1 is keen to carve out evil4 ,anger is a noble infirmity1 the generous failing of the just1 ,the one degree that riseth above zeal1 asserting the prerogatives of virtue2 ,but hatred is a slow continuing crime1 a fire in the bad man's breast1 ,a dull and hungry flame1 for ever craving insatiate4 ,hatred would harm another2 anger would indulge itself2 ,hatred is a simmering poison2 anger1 the opening of the valve2 ,hatred destroyeth as the upas-tree2 anger smiteth as a staff2 ,hatred is the atmosphere of hell1 but anger is known in heaven4 ,martin ,f4 ,tupper4 ,,head4 ,the hoary head is a crown of glory1 if it be found in the way of righteousness4--,proverbs1 xvi4 #ca4 ,even to your old age ,i am he2 and even to hoar hairs will ,i carry you3 ,i have made1 and ,i will bear2 even ,i will carry1 and will deliver you4--,isaiah1 xlvi4 #d4 ,the very hairs of your head are all numbered4--,matthew1 x4 #cj4 ,these hairs of age are messengers1 ,which bid me fast1 repent1 and pray2 ,they be of death the harbingers1 ,that doth prepare and dress the way2 ,wherefore1 ,i joy that you may see ,upon my head such hairs to be4 ,they be the lines that lead the length ,how far my race was for to run2 ,they say my youth is fled with strength1 ,and how old age is well begun2 ,the which ,i feel1 and you may see ,such lines upon my head to be4 ,they be the strings of sober sound1 ,whose music is harmonical2 ,their tunes declare a time from ground ,i came1 and bow thereto ,i shall2 ,wherefore ,i love1 that you may see ,upon my head such hairs to be4 ,god grant to those that white hairs have1 ,no worse them take than ,i have meant2 ,that after they be laid in grave1 ,their souls may joy1 their lives well spent2 ,god grant1 likewise1 that you may see ,upon my head such hairs to be4 ,lord ,vaux4 ,head of the church triumphant1 ,we joyfully adore thee6 ,till thou appear1 ,thy members here1 ,shall sing like those in glory4 ,we lift our hands and voices1 ,with blest anticipation1 ,and cry aloud1 and give to ,god ,the praise of our salvation4 ,de ,courcey4 ,,healing4 ,heal me1 ,o ,lord1 and ,i shall be healed3 save me1 and ,i shall be saved3 for ,thou art my praise4--,jeremiah1 xvii4 #ad4 ,but unto you that fear my name shall the ,sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings2 and ye shall go forth1 and grow up as calves of the stall4--,malachi1 iv4 #b4 ,and when ,jesus was entered into ,capernaum1 there came unto ,him a centurian1 beseeching ,him1 ,and saying1 ,lord1 my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy1 grievously tormented4 ,and ,jesus saith unto him1 ,i will come and heal him4--,matthew1 viii4 #e1 #f1 #g4 ,now there is at ,jerusalem by the sheep-market a pool1 which is called in the ,hebrew tongue ,bethesda1 having five porches4 ,in these lay a great multitude of impotent folk1 of blind1 halt1 withered1 waiting for the moving of the water4 ,for an angel went down at a certain season into the pool1 and troubled the water3 whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in1 was made whole of whatsoever disease he had4--,john1 v4 #b1 #c1 #d4 ,around ,bethesda's healing wave1 ,waiting to hear the rustling wing ,which spoke the angel nigh1 who gave ,its virtues to the holy spring1-- ,with earnest1 fixed solicitude1 ,were seen the afflicted multitude4 ,among them there was one whose eye ,had often seen the waters stirred2 ,whose heart had often heaved the sigh-- ,the bitter sigh of hope deferred2 ,beholding1 while he suffered on1 ,the healing virtue giv'n and gone2 ,no pow'r had he2 no friendly aid ,to him the timely succour brought2 ,but while his coming he delayed1 ,another won the boon he sought2 ,until the ,saviour's love was shown1 ,which healed him by a word alone4 ,bethesda's pool has lost its power6 ,no angel1 by his glad descent1 ,dispenses that diviner dower ,which1 with its healing waters1 went2 ,but ,he1 whose word surpassed its wave1 ,is still omnipotent to save4 ,b4 ,barton4 ,oh6 ,thou who driest the mourner's tear1 ,how dark this world would be1 ,if1 when deceived1 and wounded here1 ,we could not fly to ,thee6 ,the friends who in our sunshine live1 ,when winter comes are flown1 ,and he who has but tears to give1 ,may weep those tears alone4 ,but ,thou wilt heal the broken heart1 ,which like the plants that throw ,their fragrance from the wounded part1 ,breathe sweetness out of woe4 ,moore4 ,dread ,omnipotence alone1 ,can heal the wound ,he gave2 ,can point the brim-full1 grief-worn eyes1 ,to scenes beyond the grave4 ,burns4 ,thus ever in the steps of grief1 ,are sown the precious seeds of joy2 ,each fount of ,marah hath a leaf1 ,whose healing balm we may employ4 ,then1 'mid life's fitful1 fleeting day1 ,look up6 the sky is bright above6 ,kind voices cheer thee on thy way6 ,faint spirit6 trust the ,god of ,love6 ,miss ,a4 ,d4 ,woodbridge4 ,heal me1 for my flesh is weak2 ,heal me1 for thy grace ,i seek2 ,this my only plea ,i make1 ,heal me for thy mercy's sake4 ,lyte4 ,thou cam'st with healing on thy wings1 ,oh1 gentle gale of spring6 ,like one that some sweet message brings ,of hope and comforting2 ,so with a power to heal the smart ,of sin1 comes grace unto the heart4 ,egone4 ,,health4 ,why art thou cast down1 ,o my soul8 and why art thou disquieted within me8 hope thou in ,god3 for ,i shall yet praise ,him1 who is the health of my countenance1 and my ,god4--,psalm xlii4 #aa4 ,pleasant words are as an honey-comb1 sweet to the soul1 and health to the bones4--,proverbs1 xvi4 #bd4 ,is there no balm in ,gilead8 is there no physician there8 why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered8--,jeremiah1 viii4 #bb4 ,i will restore health unto thee1 and ,i will heal thee of thy wounds1 saith the ,lord4--,jeremiah1 xxx4 #ag4 ,health1 brightest visitant from heaven1 ,grant me with thee to rest6 ,for the short term by nature given1 ,be thou my constant guest6 ,for all the pride that wealth bestows1 ,the pleasure that from children flows1 ,whate'er we court in regal state ,that makes men covet to be great2 ,whatever sweets we hope to find ,in ,love's delightful snare2 ,whatever good by ,heaven assigned1 ,whatever pause from care3 ,all flourish at thy smile divine2 ,the spring of loveliness is thine1 ,and every joy that warms our hearts1 ,with thee approaches and departs4 ,bland1 from ,alciphron4 ,slow wand'ring on the margin of the deep1 ,i breathe the cheering gale of health once more2 ,and see the billows gently dash the steep1 ,that rears its bold head on the sandy shore4 ,fresh looks the landscape with the dews of dawn2 ,a bluish mist swims o'er the softened grove2 ,the wanton deer bound lightly o'er the lawn1 ,and every copse resounds with notes of love4 ,the village-clocks proclaim the passing hour2 ,the tall spires glitter to the early sun2 ,the ploughman1 whistling1 quits his low-roofed bow'r1 ,and now his peaceful labour is begun4 ,yet not this ocean1 cheered with many a sail1 ,nor all these rural sounds1 and pastures fair1 ,to solace worn disease could aught avail1 ,or from his bosom chase the clouds of care4 ,the merry morn no rapture could impart1 ,nor converse sweet of friends his hours beguile2 ,in vain could beauty warm his aching heart1 ,or on his cold-wan cheek awake a smile4 ,yet oft we slight thy worth1 ,o1 blessed ,health6 ,poor mortals as we are1 till thou art flown2 ,and thy sweet joys1 more dear than fame or wealth1 ,touch not our hearts1 but pass unfelt1 unknown4 ,the joys1 without whose aid whate'er of blest1 ,or great1 or fair1 the heavens to man ordain1 ,is dull and tasteless to the unthankful breast1 ,love loveless1 youth old age1 and pleasure pain4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,hamley4 ,what is life8--like a flower1 with the bane in its bosom1 ,to-day1 full of promise1 to-morrow it dies6 ,and health like the dewdrop that hung on its blossom1 ,survives but a night1 and exhales to the skies3 ,how oft 'neath the bud that is brightest and fairest1 ,the seeds of the canker in embryo lurk6 ,how oft at the root of the flower that is rarest1 ,secure in its ambush the worm is at work6 ,dr4 ,w4 ,beattie4 ,green pastures and clear streams1 ,freedom and quiet rest1 ,christ's flock enjoy beneath his beams1 ,or in his shadow1 blest4 ,the mountain and the vale1 ,forest and field they range2 ,the morning dew1 the evening gale1 ,bring health ev'ry change4 ,the wounded and the weak ,he comforts1 heals1 and binds2 ,the lost he came from heaven to seek1 ,and saves them when he finds4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,hearing4 ,hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place2 and when thou hearest1 forgive4--,i4 ,kings1 viii4 #cj4 ,they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear2 which will not hearken to the voice of charmers1 charming never so wisely4--,psalm lviii4 #d1 #e4 ,he that planted the ear1 shall he not hear8--,psalm xciv4 #i4 ,incline thine ear unto wisdom4--,proverbs1 ii4 #b4 ,the ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise4--,proverbs1 xv4 #ca4 ,the hearing ear1 and the seeing eye1 the ,lord hath made even both of them4--,proverbs1 xx4 #ab4 ,take heed what ye hear4--,mark1 iv4 #bd4 ,take heed therefore how ye hear4--,luke1 viii4 #ah4 ,this is the slowest1 yet the daintiest sense2 ,for even the ears of such as have no skill1 ,perceive a discord1 and conceive offence2 ,and knowing not what's good1 yet find the ill4 ,and though this sense first gentle music sound1 ,her proper object is the speech of men2 ,but that speech1 chiefly1 which ,god's heralds sound1 ,when their tongues utter what ,his spirit did pen4 ,sir ,john ,davies4 ,as ,thou hast touched our ears1 and taught ,our tongues to speak ,thy praises plain1 ,quell ,thou each thankless1 godless thought ,that would make fast our bonds again4 ,from worldly strife1 from mirth unblest1 ,drowning ,thy music in the breast1 ,from foul reproach1 from thrilling fears1 ,preserve1 good ,lord1 ,thy servants' ears4 ,from idle words that restless throng1 ,and haunt our hearts when we would pray1 ,from pride's false chime1 and jarring wrong1 ,seal ,thou my lips1 and guard the way3 ,for thou hast sworn that every ear ,willing1 or loath1 ,thy trump shall hear1 ,and every tongue unchained be1 ,to own no hope1 ,o ,god1 but ,thee4 ,keble4 ,,heart4 ,the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath4--,job1 xxxvi4 #ac4 ,the heart knoweth his own bitterness2 and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy4--,proverbs1 xiv4 #aj4 ,the heart is deceitful above all things1 and desperately wicked3 who can know it8--,jeremiah1 xvii4 #i4 ,a new heart also will ,i give you1 and a new spirit will ,i put within you3 and ,i will take away the stony heart out of your flesh1 and ,i will give you an heart of flesh4--,ezekiel1 xxxvi4 #bf4 ,blessed are the pure in heart3 for they shall see ,god4--,matthew1 v4 #h4 ,a good man1 out of the good treasure of his heart1 bringeth forth that which is good2 and an evil man1 out of the evil treasure of his heart1 bringeth forth that which is evil3 for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh4--,luke1 vi4 #de4 ,hope maketh not ashamed1 because the love of ,god is shed abroad in our hearts by the ,holy ,ghost which is given unto us4--,romans1 v4 #e4 ,with the heart man believeth unto righteousness4--,romans1 x4 #aj4 ,that ,christ may dwell in your hearts by faith4--,ephesians1 iii4 #ag4 ,i care not1 so my kernel relish well1 ,how slender be the substance of my shell2 ,my heart being virtuous1 let my face be wan1 ,i am to ,god1 ,i only seem to man4 ,quarles4 ,so now the soul's sublimed1 her sour desires ,are re-calcined in ,heaven's well-tempered fires2 ,the heart restored1 and purged from drossy nature1 ,now finds the freedom of a new-born creature2 ,it lives another life1 it breathes new breath1 ,it neither fears nor feels the sting of death4 ,quarles4 ,heaven's ,sovereign saves all beings but ,himself ,that hideous sight--a naked1 human heart4 ,young4 ,the ,almighty1 from ,his throne1 on earth surveys ,naught greater than an honest1 humble heart2 ,an humble heart1 ,his residence6 pronounced ,his second seat1 and rival to the skies4 ,young4 ,wash1 ,lord1 and purify my heart1 ,and make it clean in every part1 ,and when 'tis clean1 ,lord1 keep it too1 ,for that is more than ,i can do4 ,thomas ,ellwood4 ,a temple of the ,holy ,ghost1 and yet ,oft lodging fiends2 the dwelling-place of all ,the heavenly virtues--charity and truth1 ,humility1 and holiness1 and love-- ,and yet the common haunt of anger1 pride1 ,hatred1 revenge1 and passions foul with lust2 ,allied to heaven1 yet parleying oft with hell4 ,pollok4 ,consider well4 ,the heart is a deceiver1 ,o1 paltering with it1 in some double sense1 ,thou'st shunned1 perhaps1 the word that would condemn thee1 ,e'en while thy will was partner in the crime4 ,schiller4 ,thou too1 my heart1 whom ,he1 and ,he alone1 ,who all things knows1 can know1 with love replete1 ,regenerate and pure1 pour all thyself ,a living sacrifice before ,his throne6 ,christopher ,smart4 ,walk in the light6 and sin1 abhorred1 ,shall ne'er defile again2 ,the blood of ,jesus ,christ1 the ,lord1 ,shall cleanse from every stain4 ,walk in the light6 and thou shalt find ,thy heart made truly ,his1 ,who dwells in cloudless light enshrined1 ,in whom no darkness is4 ,bernard ,barton4 ,all our actions take ,their hues from the complexion of the heart1 ,as landscapes their variety from light4 ,william ,thompson ,bacon4 ,would'st thou the life of souls discern8 ,nor human wisdom nor divine ,helps thee by aught beside to learn2 ,love is life's only sign4 ,the spring of the regenerate heart1 ,the pulse1 the glow of every part1 ,is the true love of ,christ our ,lord1 ,as man embraced1 as ,god adored4 ,keble4 ,,heaven--,,heavens4 ,the heavens declare the glory of ,god4--,psalm xix4 #a4 ,all the host of heaven shall be dissolved1 and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll3 and all their host shall fall down1 as the leaf falleth off from the vine1 and as a falling fig from the fig tree4--,isaiah1 xxxiv4 #d4 ,lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven1 where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt1 and where thieves do not break through nor steal2 ,for where your treasure is there will your heart be also4--,matthew1 vi4 #bj1 #ba4 ,for we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved1 we have a building of ,god1 an house not made with hands1 eternal in the heavens4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 v4 #a4 ,an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled1 and that fadeth not away1 reserved in heaven4--,i4 ,peter1 i4 #d4 ,we1 according to ,his promise1 look for new heavens and a new earth1 wherein dwelleth righteousness4--,,ii4 ,peter1 iii4 #ac4 ,in having all things1 and not ,thee1 what have ,i8 ,not having ,thee1 what have my labours got8 ,let me enjoy but ,thee1 what further crave ,i8 ,and having ,thee alone1 what have ,i not8 ,i wish not sea nor land2 nor would ,i be ,possessed of ,heaven1 ,heaven unpossessed of ,thee4 ,quarles4 ,shall we serve heaven ,with less respect than we do minister ,to our gross selves8 ,shakspere4 ,plenteous of grace1 descend from high1 ,rich in thy seven-fold energy6 ,thou strength of his ,almighty hand1 ,whose power does heaven and earth command4 ,dryden4 ,inquirer cease1 petitions yet remain1 ,which heaven may hear1 nor deem religion vain4 99 99 99 99 99 ,still raise for good the supplicated voice1 ,but leave to heaven the measure and the choice4 ,dr4 ,johnson4 ,heaven's the perfection of all that can ,be said or thought1 riches1 delight1 or harmony1 ,health1 beauty2 and all these not subject to ,the waste of time1 but in their height eternal4 ,shirley4 ,heav'n is a great way off1 and ,i shall be ,ten thousand years in travel1 yet 'twere happy ,if ,i may find a lodging there at last1 ,though my poor soul get thither upon crutches4 ,shirley4 ,i sat1 one day1 upon a stone1 ',rapt in a musing fit1 alone1 ,and resting on my hand my head1 ,thus to myself1 in thought1 ,i said-- 8,how in these times of care and strife1 ,shall ,i direct my fleeting life8 ,three precious jewels ,i require ,to satisfy my heart's desire3 ,the first is honour1 bright and clear2 ,the next is wealth2 but 7far more dear67 ,the third is ,heaven's approving smile40 ,then1 after ,i had mused awhile1 ,i saw that it was vain to pine ,for these three pearls in one small shrine2 ,to find within one heart a place ,for honour1 wealth1 and heavenly grace1 ,for how can one1 in days like these1 ,heaven and the world together please8 ,gostick1 from ,walter ,von ,der ,vogelweide4 ,as through the artist's intervening glass ,our eye observes the distant planets pass1 ,a little we discover1 but allow ,that more remains unseen than art can show3 ,so whilst our mind its knowledge would improve1 7,its feeble eye intent on things above17 ,high as we may we lift our reason up1 ,by ,faith directed1 and confirmed by ,hope3 ,yet we are able only to survey ,dawnings of beams1 and promises of day4 ,heaven's fuller effluence mocks our dazzled sight2 ,too great its swiftness1 and too strong its light3 ,but soon the 'mediate clouds shall be dispelled2 ,the sun shall then be face to face beheld1 ,in all his robes1 with all his glory on1 ,seated sublime on his meridian throne4 ,prior4 ,friends1 even in ,heaven1 one happiness would miss1 ,should they not know each other when in bliss4 ,bishop ,ken4 ,all hail6 all hail6 resplendent vault1 so wondrously display'd1 ,abyss1 where the ,eternal's hand the scattered scene array'd2 ,he gave them light2 ,his mighty hand suspended them alone2 ,and ever from the chilling north1 to ,india's sultry zone1 ,in every region of the west1 and isle of southern sea1 ,all raise1 ,oh6 glorious firmament1 their suppliant glance to thee6 ,vast sea of air1 with countless gems1 ,i love on thee to gaze6 ,oh empyreal space6 ,oh stars6 ,i love your softened rays2 ,mysterious torches2 ye have made the universe so bright6 ,yet from this temple far above1 ye bring your borrowed light6 ,what rapture fills thy spirit1 borne on contemplation's wing1 ,what charms1 oh1 beauteous canopy6 thy varied aspects bring4 ,from the ,french of ,anna ,h4 ,p4 ,le ,chatelain4 ,this world is all a fleeting show1 ,for man's illusion given2 ,the smiles of joy1 the tears of woe ,deceitful shine1 deceitful flow1 ,there's nothing true but heaven4 ,and false the light on glory's plume1 ,as fading hues of even1 ,and love1 and hope1 and beauty's bloom1 ,are blossoms gathered for the tomb3 ,there's nothing bright but heaven4 ,moore4 ,to live in darkness--in despair to die-- ,is this indeed the boon to mortals given8 ,is there no port--no rock of refuge nigh8 ,there is--to those who fix their anchor-hope in heaven4 ,turn then1 ,o man6 and cast all else aside2 ,direct thy wandering thoughts to things above-- ,low at the cross bow down--in that confide1 ,till doubt be lost in faith1 and bliss secured in love4 ,c4 ,c4 ,colton4 ,the world1 in all its boasted grandeur proud1 ,in all its stores of dazzling splendour bright1 ,is but a transient1 unsubstantial cloud1 ,which the sun skirts with momentary light3 ,anon1 the assailing winds impetuous rise1 ,black lowers the tempest in the sullen sky2 ,before the driving blast the vision dies1 ,and all the vivid tints of splendour fly3 ,pass but a moment1 every ray is gone3 ,nor e'en a vestige left where the bright glories shone4 ,and shall we1 for this visionary gleam1 ,degenerate1 swerve from ,heaven's immortal plan8 ,give up1 for vanity's light airy dream1 ,the nobler heritage reserved for man8 ,though rocks their cragged heads in ambush hide1 ,though storms and tempests sweep the angry main1 ,while ,hope's fair star shines forth1 auspicious guide1 ,e'en tempests1 storms1 and rocks oppose in vain4 ,safe1 'mid the ocean's iterated force1 ,the sacred vessel shapes her ,heaven-directed course4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,there is an hour of peaceful rest1 ,to mourning wanderers given2 ,there is a tear for souls distrest1 ,a balm for every wounded breast1 ',tis found above--in heaven6 ,there is a soft1 a downy bed1 ',tis fair as breath of even2 ,a couch for weary mortals spread1 ,where they may rest their aching head1 ,and find repose in heaven6 ,anon4 ,,hell4 ,the wicked shall be turned into hell1 and all the nations that forget ,god4--,psalm ix4 #ag4 ,i will forewarn you whom ye shall fear3 ,fear him1 which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell4--,luke1 xii4 #e4 ,god spared not the angels that sinned1 but cast them down to hell1 and delivered them into chains of darkness1 to be reserved unto judgment4--,,ii4 ,peter1 ii4 #d4 ,divines and dying men may talk of hell1 ,but in my heart her several torments dwell4 ,shakspere4 ,hell1 their fit habitation1 fraught with fire ,unquenchable1 the house of woe and pain4 ,milton4 ,which way shall ,i fly1 ,infinite wrath and infinite despair8 ,which way ,i fly is hell2 myself am hell2 ,and in the lowest deep1 a lower deep ,still threatening to devour me opens wide1 ,to which the hell ,i suffer seems a heaven4 ,milton4 ,hell hath no limits1 nor is circumscribed ,in one self place2 but where we are is hell2 ,and where hell is1 there must we ever be2 ,and1 to be short1 when all the world dissolves1 ,and every creature shall be purified1 ,all places shall be hell that are not heaven4 ,marlowe4 ,will without power1 the element of hell1 ,abortive all its acts returning still ,upon itself2 444 oh6 anguish terrible6 ,meet guerdon of self-love1 its proper ill6 ,malice would scowl upon the foe he fears2 ,and he with lip of scorn would seek to kill2 ,but neither sees the other1 neither hears-- ,for darkness each in his own dungeon bars1 ,lust pines for dearth1 and grief drinks its own tears-- ,each in its solitude apart4 ,hate wars ,against himself1 and feeds upon his chain1 ,whose iron penetrates the soul it scars1 ,a dreadful solitude each mind insane1 ,each its own place1 its prison all alone1 ,and finds no sympathy to soften pain4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,i'll tell thee what is hell--thy memory ,still mountained up with records of the past1 ,heap over heap1 all accents and all forms1 ,telling the tale of joy and innocence1 ,and hope1 and peace1 and love2 recording1 too1 ,with stern fidelity1 the thousand wrongs ,worked upon weakness and defencelessness2 ,the blest occasions trifled o'er or spurned2 ,all that hath been that ought not to have been1 ,that might have been so different1 that now ,cannot but be irrevocably past6 ,thy gangrened heart1 ,stripped of its self-worn mask1 and spread at last ,bare1 in its horrible anatomy1 ,before thine own excruciated gaze6 ,d4 ,p4 ,starkey4 ,the day ,will come1 when virtue from the cloud shall burst1 ,that long obscured her beams2 when sin shall fly ,back to her native hell2 there sink eclipsed ,in penal darkness1 where nor star shall rise1 ,nor ever sunshine pierce the impervious gloom4 ,glynn4 ,in the human breast there dwell ,warring passions fierce and dark1 ,making of their home a hell1 ,of the soul a driving bark ,on a wild tempestuous sea1 ,till too oft 'tis wrecked and driven ,far away1 far away6 ,hear the pitying angels say-- ,soul so lost1 and tempest-tost1 ,upon hell and death's bleak coast1 ,far away from heaven6 ,egone4 ,,help4 ,and the ,lord ,god said1 ,it is not good that the man should be alone3 ,i will make him an help meet for him4--,genesis1 ii4 #ah4 ,god is our refuge and strength1 a very present help in trouble4--,psalm xlvi4 #a4 ,give us help from trouble3 for vain is the help of man4--,psalm lx4 #aa4 ,our help is in the name of the ,lord1 who made heaven and earth4--,psalm cxxiv4 #h4 ,why am ,i loth to leave this earthly scene8 ,have ,i so found it full of pleasing charms8 ,some drops of joy with draughts of ill between3 ,some gleams of sunshine 'mid renewing storms4 ,is it departing pangs my soul alarms8 ,or death's unlovely1 dreary1 dark abode8 ,for guilt1 for guilt1 my terrors are in arms3 ,i tremble to approach an angry ,god1 ,and justly smart beneath ,his sin-avenging rod4 ,fain would ,i say1 8,forgive my foul offence60 ,fain promise never more to disobey2 ,but should my ,author health again dispense1 ,again ,i might desert from virtue's way3 ,again in folly's path might go astray2 ,again exalt the brute and sink the man2 ,then how should ,i for ,heav'nly mercy pray1 ,who act so counter ,heav'nly mercy's plan8 ,who sin so oft have mourn'd3 yet to temptation ran4 ,o thou great governor of all below6 ,if ,i may dare a lifted eye to ,thee1 ,thy nod can make the tempest cease to blow1 ,or still the tumult of the raging sea2 ,with that controlling power assist ev'n me1 ,those headlong furious passions to confine1 ,for all unfit ,i feel my powers to be1 ,to rule their torrent in th' allowed line2 ,o1 aid me with ,thy help1 ,omnipotence ,divine6 ,burns4 ,god1 my supporter and my hope1 ,my help for ever near1 ,thine arm of mercy held me up1 ,when sinking in despair4 ,watts4 ,,hills4 ,the chief things of the ancient mountains1 and for the precious things of the lasting hills4--,deuteronomy1 xxxiii4 #ae4 ,the hills melted like wax at the presence of the ,lord1 at the presence of the ,lord of the whole earth4--,psalm xcvii4 #e4 ,for the mountains shall depart1 and the hills be removed2 but my kindness shall not depart from thee1 saith the ,lord that hath mercy on thee4--,isaiah1 liv4 #aj4 ,then shall they begin to say to the mountains1 ,fall on us2 and to the hills1 cover us4--,luke1 xxiii4 #cj4 ,oh6 my heart panteth to be far away1 ,amid the hills--the everlasting hills2 ,for in my dreams last night a thousand rills ,and mountain torrents held resistless sway ,o'er my hush'd spirit2 and the silent play ,of golden lights and gleamy shadowings ,chequer'd my veiled eyes1 like seraphs' wings1 ,that fan the crimson light of fading day4 ,i woke3 the hum of traffic1 and the din ,of mercenary crowds1 fill'd the calm air3 ,i heard the voice of mendicant despair ,echo the hollow laugh of reckless sin2 ,and love was not1 nor peace4 ,oh6 let me win ,the hills1 the eternal hills--for peace dwells there6 ,r4 ,f4 ,housman4 ,oh6 ye time-honoured hills1 ,the ancient1 the immortal is it not ,a high-born privilege ne'er to be forgot1 ,to feel none of earth's ills8 ,sublime are ye as heaven6 ,though bleak1 not barren2 silent1 yet not dumb1 ,from outgone shadows health and music come1 ,and thronging thoughts are given6 ,not worthless is your aim1 ,to stand from age to age1 from hour to hour1 ,the ,almighty's temple1 token of his power1 ,and record of ,his name4 ,w4 ,anderson4 ,for the strength of the hills we bless thee1 ,our ,god1 our fathers' ,god6 ,thou hast made the children mighty1 ,by the touch of the mountain sod4 ,thou hast fix'd our arch of refuge ,where the spoilers foot ne'er trod2 ,for the strength of the hills we bless thee1 ,our ,god1 our fathers' ,god4 ,we are watchers of a beacon ,whose lights must never die2 ,we are guardians of an altar ',midst the silence of the sky2 ,the rocks yield founts of courage1 ,struck forth as by thy rod2 ,for the strength of the hills we bless thee1 ,our ,god1 our fathers' ,god4 ,for the dark resounding heavens1 ,where thy still small voice is heard1 ,for the strong pines of the forests1 ,that by thy breath are stirr'd2 ,for the storms on whose free pinions ,thy spirit walks abroad2 ,for the strength of the hills we bless thee1 ,our ,god1 our fathers' ,god4 ,the royal eagle darteth ,on his quarry from the heights1 ,and the stag that knows no master ,seeks there his wild delights2 ,but we for thy communion ,have sought the mountain sod2 ,for the strength of the hills we bless thee1 ,our ,god1 our fathers' ,god6 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,look up1 my soul1 toward the eternal hills2 ,those heavens are fairer than they seem1 ,there pleasures all sincere glide in its crystal rills1 ,there not a dreg of guilt defiles1 ,nor guilt disturbs the stream3 ,there is no cursed soil1 no tainted spring1 ,no roses grow on thorns1 nor honey wears a sting4 ,watts4 ,,holiness4 ,thou art holy1 ,o thou that inhabitest the praises of ,israel4--,psalm xxii4 #c4 ,holiness becometh thine house1 ,o ,lord1 for ever4--,psalm xciii4 #e4 ,follow peace with all men1 and holiness1 without which no man shall see the ,lord4--,hebrews1 xii4 #ad4 ,holy1 holy1 holy1 ,lord ,god ,almighty1 which was1 and is1 and is to come4--,revelations1 iv4 #h4 ,thrice holy fount1 thrice holy fire1 ,our hearts with heavenly love inspire4 ,dryden4 ,thus chastened1 cleansed1 entirely thine1 ,the sun of ,holiness shall shine4 ,h4 ,k4 ,white4 ,lord1 be it mine1 like ,thine elect1 to choose ,the better part2 like them to use ,the means ,thy love hath given2 ,be holiness my aim on earth2 ,that death be welcom'd as a birth ,to life and bliss in heaven4 ,bishop ,mant4 ,not all the pomp and pageantry of worlds ,reflect such glory on the eye supreme1 ,as the meek virtues of one holy man2 ,for ever doth his angel1 from the face ,divine1 beatitude and wisdom draw2 ,and in his prayer1 what privilege adored6 ,mounting the heavens1 and claiming audience there2 ,yes6 there1 amid a high1 immortal host ,of seraphs1 hymning in eternal choir1 ,a lip of clay its orisons can send1 ,in temple1 or in solitude outbreathed4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,ascribe ye holiness unto the ,lord2 ,not unto man1 for he is never holy3 ,the best of men1 who walketh in the light ,of a clear conscience1 may not claim that title-- ,that high distinction1 only fit for those ,who dwell with ,him--the fount of holiness6 ,egone4 ,,home4 ,man goeth to his long home1 and the mourners go about the streets4--,ecclesiastes1 xii4 #e4 ,and another also said1 ,lord1 ,i will follow thee2 but let me first go bid them farewell1 which are at home at my house4--,luke1 ix4 #fa4 ,therefore we are always confident1 knowing that1 whilst we are at home in the body1 we are absent from the ,lord4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 v4 #f4 ,death is1 no doubt1 in every place the same2 ,yet nature casts a look towards home1 and most1 ,who have it in their power1 choose to expire ,where first they drew their breath4 ,lillo4 ',twas early day1 and sunlight streamed ,soft through a quiet room1 ,that hushed1 but not forsaken seemed1 ,still1 but with nought of gloom4 ,for there1 secure in happy age1 ,whose hope is from above1 ,a father communed with the page ,of heaven-recorded love4 ,pure fell the beam and meekly bright ,on his gray holy hair1 ,and touched the book with tenderest light1 ,as if its shrine were there4 ,but1 oh1 that patriarch's aspect shone ,with something lovelier far2 ,a radiance all the spirit's own1 ,caught not from sun or star4 ,some word of life e'en then had met ,his calm benignant eye1 ,some ancient promise breathing yet ,of immortality4 ,some heart's deep language1 where the glow ,of quenchless faith survives2 ,for every feature said1 8,i know ,that my ,redeemer lives40 ,and silent stood his children by1 ,hushing their very breath1 ,before the solemn sanctity ,of thoughts o'ersweeping death4 ,silent1 yet did not each young heart ,with love and reverence melt2 ,oh blest be those fair girls1 and blest ,that home where ,god is felt4 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,sweet is the smile of home2 the mutual look ,when hearts are of each other sure2 ,sweet all the joys that crowd the household nook1 ,the haunt of all affections pure2 ,yet in the world even these abide1 and we ,above the world1 our calling boast3 ,once gain the mountain-top1 and thou art free2 ,till then1 who rest1 presume2 who turn to look1 are lost4 ,keble4 ,yes1 let the future smile or mourn1 ,to us a glorious place is given1 ,with the great church of the first-born1 ,whose names are registered in heaven4 ,beyond the bounds of time's expansion1 ,where change and sorrow cannot come1 ,we're journeying to the promised mansion1 ,made ready in our ,father's home4 ,friends1 kindred1 loving and beloved1 ,that wont on earth our lot to cheer1 ,thither are1 one by one removed1 ,and we shall find them settled there4 ,enough6 though sin1 and pain1 and death1 ,this transitory world infest1 ,they who attain to ,abraham's faith1 ,shall be with faithful ,abraham blest4 ,hankinson4 ,our ,god1 to call us homeward1 ,his only ,son sent down2 ,and now1 still more to tempt our hearts1 ,has taken up our own4 ,thomas ,ward4 ,how sweetly flowed the gospel's sound1 ,from lips of gentleness and grace1 ,when listening thousands gathered round1 ,and joy and reverence filled the place4 ,from heaven ,he came--of heaven ,he spoke1 ,to heaven ,he led his followers' way2 ,dark clouds of gloomy night ,he broke1 ,unveiling an immortal day4 8,come wanderers to my ,father's home1 ,come1 all ye weary ones1 and rest60 ,yes1 sacred ,teacher4--we will come-- ,obey thee1 love thee1 and be blest4 ,bowring4 ,home of the ,christian6 when ,messiah comes ,a scene of ,heaven in miniature art thou1 ,where all is redolent of charms divine1 ,temper renewed1 and souls of grave becalmed4 ,thy quiet precincts of a purer world ,breathe to the heart of faith1 and1 when compared ,with what the worldling in his home enjoys4-- ,e'en like the vexing hum of some large street1 ,where all is haste and hurry1 tramp and strife1 ,in contrast with the unpolluted calm ,of some cathedral1 when a spirit's hush ,hath brooded--seems that worldlings' noisy hour4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,how sweet1 bow consoling1 when seasons of gloom ,roll over the soul like the billowy spray1 ,to view in the mansions of ,heaven a home1 ,where sorrow and sighing shall vanish away4 ,w4 ,j4 ,brock4 ,and in our home above there is a friend1 ,more tender1 true1 more loving and sincere1 ,who knows each want1 and every help will lend ,our souls1 through this world's misery to steer2 ,in danger's path is present1 ever near1 ,allures to brighter worlds1 hath cleared the way1 ,will wipe from every cheek the sinner's tear1 ,deigns in our hearts to claim a peaceful sway1 ,and leads us to our homes in realms of endless day4 ,stuart ,farquharson4 ,,honesty4 ,let us walk honestly1 as in the day4--,romans1 xiii4 #ac4 ,study to be quiet1 and to do your own business1 and to work with your own hands1 as we commanded you2 ,that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without1 and that ye may have lack of nothing4--,i4 ,thessalonians1 iv4 #aa1 #ab4 ,pray for us3 for we trust we have a good conscience1 in all things willing to live honestly4--,hebrews1 xiii4 #ah4 ,honesty6 ,a name scarce echo to a sound--honesty6 ,attend the stately chambers of the great-- ,it dwells not there1 nor in the trading world2 ,speaks it in councils8 ,no1 the sophist knows ,to laugh it thence4 ,havard4 ,i ask not for his lineage1 ,i ask not for his name-- ,if manliness be in his heart1 ,he noble birth may claim4 ,i care not though of world's wealth ,but slender be his part2 ,if yes you answer1 when ,i ask-- ,hath he a true man's heart8 ,i ask not from what land he came1 ,nor where his youth was nursed-- ,if pure the stream1 it matters not ,the spot from whence it burst3 ,the palace or the hovel1 ,where first his life began1 ,i seek not of3 but answer this-- ,is he an honest man8 ,nay1 blush not now--what matters it ,where first he drew his breath8 ,a manger was the cradle-bed ,of ,him of ,nazareth6 ,be nought1 be any1 every thing-- ,i care not what you be-- ,if yes you answer1 when ,i ask-- ,art thou pure1 true1 and free8 ,r4 ,nicoll4 ,,honour4 ,make a joyful noise unto ,god1 all ye lands3 ,sing forth the honour of his name3 make his praise glorious4--,psalm lxvi4 #a1 #b4 ,i receive not honour from men4--,john1 v4 #da4 ,jesus answered1 ,if ,i honour myself1 my honour is nothing2 it is my ,father that honoureth me2 of whom ye say1 that he is your ,god4--,john1 viii4 #ed4 ,render therefore to all their dues2 tribute to whom tribute is due2 custom to whom custom2 fear to whom fear2 honour to whom honour4--,romans1 xiii4 #g4 ,the voice of nature1 yea1 the voice of ,god ,commands to honour those that gave us birth1-- ,even her1 from whose supporting bosom flowed ,by far the sweetest stream that flows on earth2 ,whose tongue of kindness never knew a dearth ,of soothing words that could our griefs allay-- ,even him who listened to our prattling mirth1 ,who early taught our infant lips to pray1 ,and led our tottering steps to walk in wisdom's way3 ,a parent is indeed a tender friend1 ,and1 if once lost1 we never more shall find ,a bosom that so tremblingly can blend ,its feelings with our own congenial mind2 ,our lips may speak their anguish to the wind ,that hurries heedlessly and wildly by-- ,our hearts1 to lonely agony consigned1 ,may thirst without relief--for no reply ,comes from their mouldering breasts1 that in their graves lie4 ,and then we pause to think--alas6 how late6 ,of deeds that wrung a parent's heart with pain2 ,and oh6 could we but open death's dark gate1 ,and lead them back into the world again-- ,oh6 but once more to see their face6--'tis vain6 ,once more to hear their voice6--'tis sweetly driven ,across our fancy1 and expires1--and then ,we wish ourselves away--away to heaven1 ,to weep upon their breast1 and there to be forgiven4 ,knox4 ,honour's a sacred tie--the law of kings1 ,the noble mind's distinguishing perfection1 ,that aids and strengthens virtue when it meets her1 ,and imitates her actions where she is not4 ,addison4 ,honour demands my song4 ,forget the ground ,my generous muse1 and sit among the stars6 ,there sing the soul that1 conscious of her birth1 ,lives like a native of the vital world ,amongst these dying clods1 and bears her state ,just to herself3 how nobly she maintains ,her character1 superior to the flesh1 ,she wields her passions like her limbs1 and knows ,the brutal powers were born but to obey4 ,watts4 ,this deity1 whose altars reek with blood1 ,though millions bend the prostituted knee ,before the radiant shrine1 though millions own ,his power vindictive just1 and call him ,honour1 ,all cannot sanctify what public good ,what nature's moral dictates disavow1 ,and ,heaven's almighty mandate impious deems4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,honour--in blood congealed to take a life1 ,which had been murder in the heat of strife6 ,honour--when its result we dare not tell6 ,honour--to plunge a fellow's soul to hell6 ,honour--to stand to be a murderer's mark1 ,and hurl defiance e'en with life's last spark2 ,to dare that law which has for ages stood-- 8,he dies by man who sheds a brother's blood60 ,oh1 in that moment when we all shall stand ,waiting the judgment of the ,almighty hand1 ,will then thy honour palliate the crime1 ,and ,heaven's high monarch hear the plea of time8 ,stript of those robes which make it honour here1 ,before that throne the murder will appear1 ,disrobed of ornament the sin is there2 ,the crime is ,cain's2 why not his judgment share-- ,an outcast on the earth1 and in the ,heaven1 ,o ,god6 can crimes like these be e'er forgiven8 ,anon4 ,,hope4 ,happy is he that hath the ,god of ,jacob for his help1 whose hope is in the ,lord his ,god4--,psalm cxlvi4 #e4 ,the ,lord is my portion1 saith my soul1 therefore will ,i hope in ,him4--,lamentations1 iii4 #bd4 ,it is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the ,lord4--,lamentations1 iii4 #bf4 ,if in this life only we have hope in ,christ1 we are of all men the most miserable4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xv4 #ai4 ,which hope we have as an anchor of the soul1 both sure and steadfast1 and which entereth into that within the veil4--,hebrews1 vi4 #ai4 ,upon her arm a silver anchor lay1 ,whereon she leaned ever1 as befel3 ,and ever up to ,heaven as she did pray1 ,her steadfast eyes were bent1 not swerved otherway4 ,spenser4 ,hope1 eager hope1 the assassin of our joy1 ,all present blessings treading under foot1 ,is scarce a milder tyrant than despair4 ,with no past toils content1 still planning new1 ,hope turns us o'er to death alone for ease4 ,possession why more tasteless than pursuit8 ,why is a wish far dearer than a crown8 ,that wish accomplished1 why the grave of bliss8 ,because in the great future buried deep1 ,beyond our plans of empire and renown1 ,lies all that man with ardour should pursue2 ,and ,he who made him1 bent him to the right4 ,young4 ,rich ,hope of boundless bliss6 ,bliss1 past man's power to paint it2 time's to close6 ,this ,hope is earth's most estimable prize3 ,this is man's portion while no more than man3 ,hope1 of all passions1 most befriends us here2 ,passions of prouder name befriend us less4 ,joy has her tears1 and transport has her death2 ,hope1 like a cordial1 innocent1 though strong1 ,man's heart at once inspirits and serenes2 ,nor makes him pay his wisdom for his joys2 ',tis all our present state can safely bear1 ,health to the frame1 and vigour to the mind6 ,a joy attempered6 ,a chastised delight6 ,like the fair summer evening1 mild and sweet1 ',tis man's full cup1 his paradise below4 ,young4 ,hope1 with uplifted foot1 set free from earth1 ,pants for the place of her ethereal birth2 ,on steady wings1 sails through the immense abyss1 ,plucks amaranthine joys from bowers of bliss1 ,and crowns the soul1 while yet a mourner here1 ,with wreaths like those triumphant spirits wear4 ,hope1 as an anchor1 firm and sure1 holds fast ,the ,christian vessel1 and defies the blast4 ,cowper4 ,reflected on the lake1 ,i love ,to see the stars of evening glow2 ,so tranquil in the heavens above1 ,so restless in the wave below4 ,thus heavenly hope is all serene1 ,but earthly hope1 how bright soe'er1 ,still flutters o'er this changeful scene1 ,as false1 as fleeting as 'tis fair4 ,bishop ,heber4 ,whose was that voice1 that whispering sweet1 ,promised methought long days of bliss sincere2 ,soothing it stole on my deluded ear1 ,most like soft music that might sometimes cheat ,thoughts dark and drooping6 'twas the voice of hope4 ,of love and social scenes it seem'd to speak3 ,of truth1 of friendship1 of affection meek2 ,that hand in hand along life's downward slope1 ,might walk with peace and cheer the tranquil hours3 ,ah me6 the prospect sadden'd as she sung1 ,loud on my startled ear the death-bell rung3 ,chill darkness wrapt the pleasurable bowers ,she built1 while pointing to yon breathless clay1 ,she cried1 8,no peace be thine1 away1 away60 ,w4 ,l4 ,bowles4 ,daughter of faith1 awake1 arise1 illume ,the dread unknown1 the chaos of the tomb2 ,melt and dispel1 ye spectre-doubts1 that roll ,cimmerian darkness on the parting soul6 ,fly1 like the moon-eyed herald of dismay1 ,chased on his night-steed by the star of day6 ,the strife is o'er--the pangs of nature close1 ,and life's last rapture triumph's o'er her woes4 ,hark6 as the spirit eyes1 with eagle gaze1 ,the noon of heaven undazzled by the blaze1 ,on heavenly winds1 that waft her to the sky1 ,float the sweet tones of star-born melody2 ,wild as that hallow'd anthem sent to hail ,bethlehem's shepherds in the lonely vale1 ,when ,jordan hush'd his waves1 and midnight still ,watched on the holy towers of ,zion hill6 ,soul of the just6 companion of the dead6 ,where is thy home1 and whither art thou fled8 ,back to its heavenly source thy being goes1 ,swift as the comet wheels to whence he rose2 ,doom'd on his airy path awhile to burn1 ,and doom'd1 like thee1 to travel and return4 ,campbell4 ,a ,heaven as bright1 as blue1 as mild1 as calm1 ,as thine own eye2 the sun hath passed away1 ,but left his mantle of transparent light ,to deck the gorgeous west1 amid whose bright ,and purple depths ,i see a floating speck ,of purest white1 and now 'tis fixed1 and now ,swells into clearest beauty--'tis a star1 ,whose trembling orb seems shrinking from the light1 ,like a rebuked seraph's eye1 when drooped ',neath the chastising glance2 a bright ray shoots ,up from its centre2 gradual the star ,severs before that ray1 it parts--it spreads-- ,and from its heart comes forth a gliding form1 ,surpassing all my mortal thought of beauty3-- 99 99 99 99 99 ',tis ,hope6 the enduring angel he has deigned ,to send upon the earth1 that she may be ,your comforter1 that when despair comes down ,upon your spirit1 ye may flee to her1 ,and in her cradling arms of safest rest ,lay down your wearied heads upon her heart1 ,till your own souls have caught the light of hers2 ',tis she1 whose fervent voice1 and star-like eye1 ,shall string you to your toil of wrestling with ,the care of being2 blessed be the name ,of ,him1 whose mercy hath thus given ye ,a beacon to your path6 ,constantia ,louisa ,reddell4 ,all hope on earth for ever fled1 ,a higher hope remaineth2 ,for while ,his wrath is o'er me shed1 ,i know my ,saviour reigneth4 ,the worm may waste the withering clay1 ,when flesh and spirit sever2 ,my soul shall see eternal day1 ,and dwell with ,god for ever6 ,t4 ,dale4 ,she lights our gloom1 she soothes our care1 ,she bids our fears depart1 ,transmutes to gems each grief-fraught tear1 ,and binds the broken heart6 ,she glances o'er us from above1 ,the brightest star that's given1 ,and guides us still1 through faith and love1 ,to endless peace1 in ,heaven4 ,anna ,peyre ,dinnies4 ,the night is mother of the day1 ,the winter of the spring1 ,and ever1 upon old decay1 ,the greenest mosses cling4 ,behind the cloud the star-light lurks1 ,through showers the sunbeams fall2 ,for ,god1 who loveth all ,his works1 ,hath left ,his ,hope with all4 ,j4 ,g4 ,whittier4 ,the world may change from old to new1 ,from new to old again2 ,yet ,hope and ,heaven1 for ever true1 ,within man's heart remain4 ,the dreams that bless the weary soul1 ,the struggles of the strong1 ,are steps towards some happy goal1 ,the story of ,hope's song4 ,sarah ,flowers ,adams4 ,,house4 ,i was glad when they said unto me1 ,let us go into the house of the ,lord4--,psalm cxxii4 #a4 ,except the ,lord build the house1 they labour in vain that build it4--,psalm cxxvii4 #a4 ,it is better to go to the house of mourning1 than to go to the house of feasting3 for that is the end of all men2 and the living will lay it to his heart4--,ecclesiastes1 vii4 #b4 ,let not your heart be troubled3 ye believe in ,god1 believe also in me4 ,in my ,father's house are many mansions3 if it were not so1 ,i would have told you4 ,i go to prepare a place for you4--,john1 xiv4 #a1 #b4 ,it is the ,sabbath bell1 which calls to pray'r1 ,ev'n to the house of ,god1 the hallow'd dome1 ,where ,he who claims it bids ,his people come ,to bow before ,his throne1 and serve him there ,with pray'rs1 and thanks1 and praises3 some there are ,who bold it meet to linger now at home1 ,and some o'er fields and the wide hills to roam1 ,and worship in the temple of the air6 ,for me1 not heedless of the lone address1 ,nor slack to greet my maker on the height1 ,by wood1 or living stream2 yet not the less ,seek ,i ,his presence in each social rite ,of ,his own temple3 that ,he deigns to bless1 ,there still ,he dwells1 and there is ,his delight4 ,bishop ,mant4 ,if in the family thou art the best1 ,pray oft1 and be the mouth unto the rest2 ,whom ,god hath made the heads of families1 ,he hath made priests to offer sacrifice4 ,daily let part of ,holy ,writ be read1 ,let as the body1 so the soul have bread2 ,for look1 how many souls in thy house be1 ,with just as many souls ,god trusteth thee4 ,anonymous4 7#afjj47 ,if to the house of ,god below ,thou go'st with faith and holy love2 ,thy soul1 released1 may hope to go ,and dwell in ,god's own house above4 ,egone4 ,,humility4 ,the fear of the ,lord is the instruction of wisdom3 and before honour is humility4--,proverbs1 xv4 #cc4 ,better is it to be of an humble spirit with the lowly1 than to divide the spoil with the proud4--,proverbs1 xvi4 #ai4 ,by humility1 and the fear of the ,lord1 are riches1 and honour1 and life4--,proverbs1 xxii4 #d4 ,a man's pride shall bring him low3 but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit4--,proverbs1 xxix4 #bc4 ,whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased3 and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted4--,matthew1 xxiii4 #ab4 ,all of you be subject one to another1 and be clothed with humility3 for ,god resisteth the proud1 and giveth grace to the humble4--,i4 ,peter1 v4 #e4 ,he that high growth on cedars did bestow1 ,gave also lowly mushrooms leave to grow4 ,in ,haman's pomp poor ,mardocheous wept1 ,yet ,god did turn his fate upon his foe3 ,the ,lazar pined while ,dives' feast was kept1 ,yet he to ,heaven1 to hell did ,dives go4 ,we trample grass1 and prize the flowers of ,may1 ,yet grass is green when flowers do fade away4 ,robert ,southwell4 ,humble we must be1 if to ,heaven we go2 ,high is the roof there1 but the gate is low3 ,whene'er thou speak'st look with a lowly eye-- ,grace is increased by humility4 ,robert ,herrick4 ,he that is down need fear no fall2 ,he that is low1 no pride2 ,he that is humble ever shall ,have ,god to be his guide4 ,bunyan4 ,humility is the softening shadow before the statue of excellence1 ,and lieth lowly on the ground beloved and lovely as the violet3 ,humility is the fair-haired maid that calleth worth her brother1 ,the gentle1 silent nurse1 that fostereth infant virtues3 ,as when the blind man is nigh unto a rose its sweetness is herald of its beauty1 ,so1 when thou savourest humility1 be sure thou art nigh unto merit4 ,tupper4 ,when ,mary chose the 8better part10 ,she meekly sat at ,jesus' feet6 ,and ,lydia's gently-opened heart1 ,was made for ,god's own temple meet3 ,fairest and best adorned is she1 ,whose clothing is humility4 ,the saint that wears heaven's brightest crown1 ,in deepest adoration bends2 ,the weight of glory bows him down1 ,then most1 when most the soul ascends3 ,nearest the throne itself must be ,the footstool of humility4 ,james ,montgomery4 ,pride1 with haughty port1 defies in vain ,the force of rough adversity1 which rends ,with double violence the stubborn heart4 ,but1 like a tender plant1 ,humility ,bends low before the threat'ning blast unhurt1 ,eludes its rage1 and lives through all the storm4 ,pride is the livery of the prince of darkness1 ,worn by his slaves1 who glory in their shame2 ,a gaudy dress1 but tarnish'd1 rent and foul1 ,and loathsome to the holy eye of heaven4 ,but sweet humility1 a shining robe1 ,bestowed by heaven upon its favourite sons2 ,the robe which ,god approves and angels wear-- ,fair semblance of the glorious ,prince of ,light1 ,who stoop'd to dwell 7divine humility67 ,with sinful worms1 and poverty1 and scorn4 ,pride leads her wretched votaries to contempt1 ,to certain ruin1 infamy1 and death4 ,but sweet humility points out the way ,to happiness1 and life1 and lasting honours4 ,humility how glorious6 how divine6 ,thus clothed1 and thus enrich'd1 ,o may ,i shine2 ,be mine this treasure1 this celestial robe1 ,and let the sons of pride possess the globe4 ,mrs4 ,steele4 ,,hymn4 ,and when they had sung an hymn1 they went out into the ,mount of ,olives4--,matthew1 xxvi4 #cj4 ,whose business was to serve their ,lord1 ,high up in heav'n with songs to hymn ,his throne4 99 99 99 99 99 ,they touched their golden harps1 and hymning praised ,god and ,his works4 ,milton4 ,then1 kneeling down1 to ,heaven's ,eternal ,king ,the saint1 the father1 and the husband prays3 ,hope 8springs exulting on triumphant wing10 ,that thus they all shall meet in future days3 ,there ever bask in uncreated rays1 ,no more to sigh1 or shed the bitter tear2 ,together hymning their ,creator's praise1 ,in such society yet still more dear1 ,when circling time moves round1 in an eternal sphere4 ,burns4 ,they chant their artless notes in simple guise2 ,they tune their hearts1 by far the noblest aim3 ,perhaps 8,dundee's0 wild warbling measures rise1 ,or plaintive 8,martyrs10 worthy of the name2 ,or noble 8,elgin0 feeds the heav'n-ward flame1 ,the sweetest far of ,scotia's holy lays3 ,compared with these1 ,italian trills are tame2 ,the tickl'd ear no heart-felt raptures raise2 ,nae unison hae they with our ,creator's praise4 ,burns4 ,there is no gloom on earth1 for ,god above ,chastens in love2 ,transmuting sorrow into golden joy1 ,free from alloy4 ,his dearest attribute is still to bless1 ,and man's most welcome hymn is grateful cheerfulness4 ,horace ,smith4 ,celestial voices ,hymn it unto our souls4 ,r4 ,h4 ,dana4 ,,hypocrisy4 ,the hypocrite's hope shall perish4--,job1 viii4 #ac4 ,the triumphing of the wicked is short1 and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment4--,job1 xx4 #e4 ,for the vile person will speak villany1 and his heart will work iniquity1 to practise hypocrisy1 and to utter error against the ,lord4--,isaiah1 xxxii4 #f4 ,when thou doest thine alms1 do not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets1 that they may have glory of men4 ,when thou prayest1 thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are2 for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets1 that they may be seen of men4 ,verily ,i say unto you1 ,they have their reward4--,matthew1 vi4 #b1 #e4 ,so smooth he daubed his life with show of virtue1 ,he lived from all attainder of suspect4 ,shakspere4 ,hypocrisy1 detest her as we may1 7,and no man's hatred ever wronged her yet7 ,may claim this merit still1 that she admits ,the worth of what she mimics with such care1 ,and thus gives virtue indirect applause4 ,cowper4 ,great day of revelation6 in the grave ,the hypocrite had left his mask1 and stood ,in naked ugliness4 ,he was a man ,who stole the livery of the court of heaven ,to serve the devil in2 in virtue's guise1 ,devoured the widow's house and orphan's bread2 ,in holy phrase1 transacted villanies ,that common sinners durst not meddle with2 ,at sacred feast1 he sat among the saints1 ,and with his guilty hands touched holiest things2 ,and none of sin lamented more1 or sighed ,more deeply1 or with graver countenance1 ,or longer prayer1 wept o'er the dying man ,whose infant children1 at the moment1 he ,planned how to rob4 ,seest thou the man1 ,a serpent with an angel's voice6 a grave ,with flowers bestrewed6 ,pollok4 ,i do the wrong1 and first begin to brawl1 ,the secret mischiefs that ,i set abroach1 ,i lay unto the grievous charge of others4 ,but then ,i sigh1 and with a piece of scripture ,tell them--that ,god bids us do good for evil4 ,and thus ,i clothe my naked villany1 ,with old1 odd ends1 stol'n forth of ,holy ,writ4 ,shakspere4 ,wo to ye ,hypocrites6 ye insincere1 ,who shut the gates of heaven against mankind1 ,and yet yourselves will never enter there-- ,wo to ye ,hypocrites6 your hearts are blind2 ,the houses of the widow ye devour1 ,and make long prayers1 devotion ill-designed4 ,the matters of the ,law of gravest power-- ,omit ye2--,judgment--,mercy--,faith6 and dole ,the petty tithe of your external dower3 ,not those omit1--nor these2 but pay the whole6 ,as righteous men ye do without appear1 ,within iniquity usurps the soul3 ,ye are e'en like a whited ,sepulchre1 ,beautiful outward1 hiding dead men's bones2 ,uncleanness and corruption1 everywhere4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,like the detested tribe ,of ancient ,pharisees1 beneath the mask ,of clamorous piety1 what numbers veil ,contaminated1 vicious hearts6 ,how many ,in the devoted temple of their ,god1 ,with hypocritic eye1 from which the tear ,of penitential anguish seems to flow1 ,pour forth their vows1 and by affected zeal ,pre-eminent devotion boast2 while vice ,within the guilty breast1 rankles unseen4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,these are they ,that prey upon the widow1 and devour ,the orphan's portion1 mocking ,heaven with prayers ,ceaseless1 and fasts1 which will but more incense ,his anger1 and bring down worse chastisement4 ,charles ,peers4 ,,idolatry4 ,rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft1 and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry4--,i4 ,samuel1 xv4 #bc4 ,what agreement hath the temple of ,god with idols8--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 vi4 #af4 ,covetousness1 which is idolatry4--,colossians1 iii4 #e4 ,the sparkling flames1 that burn in beaten gold1 ,and1 like the stars of heav'n in midst of night1 ,black ,egypt1 as her mirrors doth behold2 ,are but the dens where idol snakes delight ,again to cover ,satan from their sight3 ,yet these are all their gods2 with whom they vie1 ,the crocodile1 the cock1 the rat1 the fly3 ,fit gods indeed1 for such men to be served by4 ,giles ,fletcher4 ,hear1 ,father6 hear and aid6 ,if ,i have loved too well1 if ,i have shed1 ,in my vain fondness1 o'er a mortal head ,gifts1 on ,thy shrine1 my ,god1 more fitly laid2 ,if ,i have sought to live ,but in one light1 and made a mortal eye ,the lonely star of my idolatry1 ,thou that art ,love1 oh6 pity and forgive6 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,city of idol-temples1 and of shrines ,where folly kneels to falsehood--how the pride ,of our humanity is here rebuked6 ,man1 that aspires to rule the very wind1 ,and make the sea confess his majesty2 ,whose intellect can fill a little scroll ,with words that are immortal3 who can build ,cities1 the mighty and the beautiful3 ,yet man1--this glorious creature1--can debase ,his spirit down1 to worship wood and stone1 ,and hold the very beasts which bear his yoke1 ,and tremble at his eye1 for sacred things4 ,with what unutterable humility ,we should bow down1 thou blessed ,cross1 to thee1 ,seeing our vanity and foolishness1 ,when1 to our own devices left1 we frame ,a shameful creed of craft and cruelty4 ,l4 ,e4 ,l4 ,if1 when the ,lord of ,glory was in sight1 ,thou turn thy back upon that fountain clear1 ,to bow before the 8little drop of light0 ,which dim-eyed men call praise and glory here3 ,what dost thou1 but adore the sun1 and scorn ,him at whose only word both sun and stars were born8 ,if while around the gales from ,eden breathe1 ,thou hide thine eyes1 to make thy peevish moan ,over some broken reed of earth beneath1 ,some darling of blind fancy1 dead and gone1 ,as wisely might'st thou in ,jehovah's fane ,offer thy love and tears to ,thammuz slain4 ,turn thee from these1 or dare not to inquire ,of ,him whose name is ,jealous1 lest in wrath1 ,he hear and answer thine unblest desire3 ,far better we should cross ,his lightning's path1 ,than be according to our idols heard1 ,and ,god should take us at our vain word4 ,keble4 ,before the idol-monster was the blood ,of man poured out by man4 ,no mother there ,blessed the fair skies which smiled upon her babe1 ,but hastened rather1 with unnatural hand1 ,to crush the unfolding life1 and turn aside ,the dark inheritance of woe and pain1 ,ere yet the unconscious victim owned its doom4 ,a4 ,alexander4 ,and still from ,him we turn away1 ,and fill our hearts with worthless things2 ,the fires of avarice melt the clay1 ,and forth the idol springs6 ,ambition's flame1 and passion's heat1 ,by wondrous alchemy transmute ,earth's dross1 to raise some gilded brute ,to fill ,jehovah's seat4 ,j4 ,h4 ,clinch4 ,idol-worshippers are we1 ,bowing evermore heart and knee ,unto stone and unto stock2 ,thus the living ,god we mock4 ,who shall say his heart is free ,from this foul idolatry8 ,egone4 ,,image4 ,so ,god created man in his own image1 in the image of ,god created he him2 male and female created he them4--,genesis1 i4 #bg4 ,thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image1 or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above1 or that is in the earth beneath1 or that is in the water under the earth3 ,thou shalt not bow down thyself to them1 nor serve them3 for ,i the ,lord thy ,god am a jealous ,god4--,exodus1 xx4 #d1 #e4 ,as we have borne the image of the earthy1 we shall also bear the image of the heavenly4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xv4 #di4 ,for what had all this all1 which man in one1 ,did not unite2 the earth1 air1 water1 fire1 ,life1 sense1 and spirit2 nay1 the pow'rful throne ,of the ,divinest ,essence did retire2 ,and his own ,image into clay inspire2 ,so that this creature well might called be1 ,of the great world the small epitome2 ,of the dead world1 the life1 and small anatome4 ,giles ,fletcher4 ,thou man ,thy image mad'st1 in dignity1 ,in knowledge and in beauty like to ,thee2 ,placed in a heaven on earth2 without his toil1 ,the ever flourishing and fruitful soil ,unpurchased food produced2 all creatures were ,his subjects1 serving more for love than fear4 ,sandys4 ,he made us to ,his image all agree2 ,that image is the soul1 and that must be1 ,or not the ,maker's image1 or be free4 ,dryden4 ,outcasts of mortal race6 can we conceive ,image of aught delightful1 soft1 or great4 ,prior4 ,poor man6 ,how happy once in thy first state6 ,when yet but warm from thy great ,maker's hand1 ,he stamped thee with ,his image1 and well pleased1 ,smiled on his last fair work6 ,blair4 ,god spake3 ,he look'd on earth and heaven ,with mild and generous eye2 ,in his own image man he made1 ,and gave him dignity4 ,krummacher4 ,,immortality4 ,to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality1 eternal life4--,romans1 ii4 #g4 ,this corruptible must put on incorruption1 and this mortal must put on immortality4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xv4 #ec4 ,our ,saviour ,jesus ,christ1 who hath abolished death1 and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel4--,,ii4 ,timothy1 i4 #aj4 ,immortal honour1 endless fame ,attend the ,almighty ,father's name4 ,dryden4 ,thy nature1 immortality6 who knows8 ,and yet who knows it not8 ,it is but life ,in stronger thread of brighter colour spun1 ,and spun for ever1 dipt by cruel fate ,in ,stygian die1 how black1 how brittle here6 ,how short our correspondence with the sun6 ,and while it lasts1 ,inglorious6 ,our best deeds1 ,how wanting in their weight6 our highest joys1 ,small cordials to support us in our pain1 ,and give us strength to suffer4 ,but how great ,to mingle interests1 converse1 amities1 ,with all the sons of reason1 scatter'd wide ,through habitable space1 wherever born1 ,howe'er endowed6 ,to live free citizens ,of universal nature6 ,to lay hold ,by more than feeble faith on the ,supreme6 ,to call heaven's rich unfathomable mines 7,mines1 which support archangels in their state17 ,our own6 ,to rise in science as in bliss1 ,initiate in the secrets of the skies6 ,to read creation2 read its mighty plan ,in the bare bosom of the ,deity6 ,the plan1 and execution1 to collate6 ,to see1 before each glance of piercing thought1 ,all cloud1 all shadow blown remote2 and leave ,no mystery--but that of love divine1 ,which lifts us on the ,seraph's flaming wing1 ,from earth's aceldama1 this field of blood1 ,of inward anguish1 and of outward ill1 ,from darkness1 and from dust1 to such a scene6 ,love's element6 ,true joy's illustrious house6 ,from earth's sad contrast 7now deplor'd7 more fair6 ,what exquisite vicissitude of fate6 ,blest absolution of our blackest hour6 ,young4 ,man's soul immortal is2 whilst here they live1 ,the purest minds for perfect knowledge strive2 ,which is the knowledge of that glorious ,god1 ,from whom all life proceeds3 in this abode ,of flesh1 the soul can never reach so high1 ,so reason tells us4 ,if the soul then die1 ,when from the body's bonds she takes her flight1 ,her unfulfilled desire is frustrate quite1 ,and so bestowed in vain6 ,it follows then1 ,the best desires1 unto the best of men1 ,the ,great ,creator did in vain dispense1 ,or else the soul must live when gone from hence1 ,and if it live after the body fall1 ,what reason proves that it must die at all8 ,thomas ,may4 ,strong as the death it masters1 is the hope ,that onward looks to immortality3 ,let the frame perish1 so the soul survive1 ,pure1 spiritual1 and loving4 ,i believe ,the grave exalts1 not separates1 the ties ,that hold us in affection to our kind4 ,i will look down from yonder pitying sky1 ,watching and waiting those ,i loved on earth2 ,anxious in heaven1 until they1 too1 are there4 ,i will attend your guardian angel's side ,and weep away your faults with holy tears3 ,your midnight shall be filled with solemn thought2 ,and when1 at length1 death brings you to my love1 ,mine the first welcome heard in ,paradise4 ,anon4 ,the sun is but a spark of fire1-- ,a transient meteor in the sky3 ,the soul1 immortal as its ,sire1 ,shall never die6 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,prisoners of hope6 heirs of eternity6 ,waiting for the consummate day1 when time ,shall be no more--,why on the past dwell ye8 ,prisoners of hope6 look to the goal sublime ,of the expanded future1 and behold ,the flesh redeemed to its immortal prime4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,yet know1 vain sceptics1 know the ,almighty mind1 ,who breathed on man a portion of ,his fire1 ,bade his free soul1 by earth nor time confined1 ,to ,heaven1 to immortality aspire4 ,nor shall the pile of hope ,his mercy reared1 ,by vain philosophy be e'er destroyed3 ,eternity1 by all or wished or feared1 ,shall be1 by all1 or suffered1 or enjoyed4 ,william ,mason4 ,whoe'er thou art1 this truth take home1--and think ,two spirits only for thy soul contend1-- ,the good and bad2 but now alone is grace ,imparted2 soon thy final sands will fall1 ,and thou in moral nakedness shalt be ,to ,devil or to ,deity assign'd ,through endless ages6--,oh1 that truth immense1 ,this mortal1 immortality shall wear6 ,the pulse of mind can never cease to play2 ,by ,god awaken'd1 it for ever throbs1 ,eternal as ,his own eternity6 ,above the angels1 or below the fiends3 ,to mount in glory1 or in shame descend-- ,mankind are destined by resistless doom4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,beyond the purple verge of infinite space1 ,the immortal soul of man shall live again2 ,live where its glories never more may wane1 ,and where its nobler memories will efface ,all thoughts which rend the solemn' pall away ,that shrouds the meanness of its primal clay4 ,h4 ,b4 ,hirst4 ,,inspiration4 ,there is a spirit in man3 and the inspiration of the ,almighty giveth them understanding4--,job1 xxxii4 #h4 ,all scripture is given by inspiration of ,god4--,,ii4 ,timothy1 iii4 #af4 ,o ,thou bless'd ,spirit3 whether the ,supreme ,great ante-mundane ,father2 in whose breast ,embryo creation1 unborn being1 dwelt1 ,and all its various revolutions rolled1 ,present though future2 prior to themselves ,whose breath can blow it into naught again1 ,or from ,his throne some delegated power1 ,who studious of our peace1 dost turn the thought ,from vain and vile to solid and sublime6 ,unseen ,thou lead'st me to delicious draughts ,of ,inspiration1 from a purer stream1 ,and fuller of the ,god1 than that which burst ,from famed ,castalia4 ,young4 ,we to his high inspiration owe ,that what was done before the flood we know4 ,denham4 ,how precious is the book divine ,by inspiration given6 ,bright as a lamp its doctrines shine ,to guide our souls to heaven4 ,it sweetly cheers our drooping hearts ,in this dark vale of tears2 ,life1 light1 and joy it still imparts1 ,and quells our rising fears4 ,this lamp through all the tedious night ,of life shall guide our way1 ,till we behold the clearer light ,of an eternal day4 ,fawcett4 ,on the page of inspiration ,lo6 the promise of salvation2 ,may ,i earnestly inquire1 ,may the ,lord my soul inspire ,with the love of truth divine1 ,so to make that promise mine4 ,egone4 ,,instruction4 ,the fear of the ,lord is the beginning of knowledge3 but fools despise wisdom and instruction4 ,my son1 hear the instruction of thy father4--,proverbs1 i4 #g1 #h4 ,hear instruction1 and be wise1 and refuse it not4--,proverbs1 viii4 #cc4 ,he that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul4--,proverbs1 xv4 #cb4 ,and chiefly ,thou1 ,o ,spirit that dost prefer ,before all temples1 the upright heart and pure1 ,instruct me1 for ,thou knowest3 ,thou from the first ,wast present1 and with mighty wings outspread ,dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss1 ,and mad'st it pregnant4 ,what in me is dark1 ,illumine2 what is low1 raise and support2 ,that to the height of this great argument ,i may assert eternal ,providence1 ,and justify the ways of ,god to men4 ,milton4 ,from heaven descend the drops of dew1 ,from heaven the gracious showers1 ,earth's winter aspect to renew1 ,and clothe the spring with flowers2 ,from heaven the beams of morning flow1 ,that melt the gloom of night1 ,from heaven the evening breezes blow ,health1 fragrance1 and delight4 ,like genial dew1 like fertile showers1 ,the words of wisdom fall1 ,awaken man's unconscious powers1 ,strength out of weakness call2 ,like morning beams they strike the mind1 ,in loveliness reveal2 ,and softer than the evening wind1 ,the wounded spirit heal4 ,as dew and rain1 as light and air1 ,from heaven ,instruction came1 ,the waste of nature to repair1 ,and kindle sacred flame1 ,a flame to purify the earth1 ,exalt her sons on high1 ,and train them for their second birth-- ,their birth beyond the sky4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,intercession4 ,he bare the sin of many1 and made intercession for the transgressors4--,isaiah1 liii4 #ab4 ,it is ,christ that died1 yea rather1 that is risen again1 who is even at the right hand of ,god1 who also maketh intercession for us4--,romans1 viii4 #cd4 ,wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto ,god by him1 seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them4--,hebrews1 vii4 #be4 ,why gaze the clustered stars on ,hermon's height8 ,immensity around--why gaze they there8 ,on its high top1 as farthest up from earth1 ,enshrined in darkness and alone1 there kneels ,the world's great ,intercessor4 ,evening came1 ,and found ,him kneeling there3 the rising morn ,lingered awhile upon ,his upturned brow2 ,and night passed over ,him1 and still he kneels2 ,till all the air is incense and a prayer1 ,as ,he would save the world by prayer alone1 ,close clasping the eternal throne1--,his voice1 ,unheard below1 was heard in heaven intent4 ,anon4 ,with blood--but not his own--the ,jew drew near ,the mercy-seat1 and heaven received his prayer4 ,yet still his hope was dimmed by doubt and fear3 8,if ,thou should'st mark transgression1 who might dare ,to stand before ,thee80 ,mercy loves to spare ,and pardon1 but stern ,justice has a voice1 ,and cries--,our ,god is holy1 nor can bear ,uncleanness in the people of ,his choice4 ,but now ,one ,offering1 ne'er to be renewed1 ,hath made our peace for ever4 ,this now gives ,free access to the ,throne of ,heavenly ,grace1 ,no more base fear and dark disquietude1 ,he who was slain--the ,accepted ,victim6--lives1 ,and intercedes before the ,father's face4 ,conder4 ,lord6 there is a throne of grace2 ,there we now would seek ,thy face2 ,thou wilt bear the humblest prayer ,of the soul that seeks ,thee there4 ,saviour1 for us intercede1 ,while the promises we plead6 ,cobbin4 ,,israel4 ,and he said unto him1 ,what is thy name8 ,and he said1 ,jacob4 ,and he said1 ,thy name shall be called no more ,jacob1 but ,israel3 for as a prince hast thou power with ,god and with men1 and hast prevailed4--,genesis1 xxxii4 #bg1 #bh4 ,truly ,god is good to ,israel4--,psalm lxxiii4 #a4 ,he that keepeth ,israel shall neither slumber nor sleep4--,psalm cxxi4 #d4 ,for the ,lord will have mercy on ,jacob1 and will yet choose ,israel1 and set them in their own land4--,isaiah1 xiv4 #a4 ,whilst ,pharoah's pride withstood1 ,his pools turned poison1 and his ,nile ran blood1 ,from whose corrupting channel1 moist and warm1 ,leaped forth the frogs1 a foul1 offensive swarm2 ,no place was sheltered from their loathsome tread1 ,the festive banquet1 nor the bridal bed4 ,anon1 destructive sweeps the burning hail1 ,his trees stand branchless1 and his furrows fail2 ,whilst from the ,east1 devouring locusts rise1 ,to spoil the pittance spared him by the skies4 ,but why on each particular token dwell ,of ,god's deep wrath1 or all ,his judgments tell8 ,enough to add1 that ,israel's thraldom ceased1 ,from ,pharaoh's stubborn hand1 by him released4 ,william ,gibson4 ,backsliding ,israel1 hear the voice ,of thy forgiving ,god2 ,nor force such goodness to exert ,the terrors of the rod4 ,thus saith the ,lord--8,my mercy flows1 ,an unexhausted stream2 ,and after all its millions saved1 ,its sway is still supreme40 ,own but the follies thou hast done1 ,and mourn thy sins in dust1 ,and soon thy trembling heart shall learn ,to hope1 and love1 and trust4 ,doddridge4 ,the day of ,freedom dawns2 rise1 ,israel1 from thy tomb4 ,croly4 ,,jehovah4 ,and ,god spake unto ,moses1 and said unto him1 ,i am the ,lord3 ,and ,i appeared unto ,abraham1 unto ,isaac1 and unto ,jacob1 by the name of ,god ,almighty1 but by my name ,,jehovah was ,i known to them4--,exodus1 vi4 #b1 #c4 ,that men may know that thou1 whose name is ,,jehovah1 art the most high over all the earth4--,psalm lxxxiii4 #ah4 ,behold1 ,god is my salvation2 ,i will trust1 and not be afraid3 for the ,lord ,,jehovah is my strength and my song2 he also is become my salvation4--,isaiah1 xii4 #b4 ,tell mankind ,jehovah reigns2 ,he shall bind the world in chains1 ,so as it shall never slide1 ,and with sacred justice guide4 ,let the smiling heavens rejoice1 ,joyful earth exalt her voice3 ,let the dancing billows roar1 ,echoes answer from the shore1 ,fields their flowery mantles shake1 ,all shall in their joy partake2 ,while the wood-musicians sing ,to the ever-youthful spring1 ,fill ,his courts with sacred mirth4 ,he1 ,he comes to judge the earth4 ,justly ,he the world shall sway1 ,and ,his truth to men display4 ,dr4 ,henry ,more4 ,before ,jehovah's awful throne1 ,ye nations bow with sacred joy2 ,know that the ,lord is ,god alone1 ,he can create1 and ,he destroy4 ,his sovereign power1 without our aid1 ,made us of clay1 and formed us men2 ,and when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd1 ,he brought us to ,his fold again4 ,we'll crowd ,his gates with thankful songs1 ,high as the heavens our voices raise1 ,and earth1 with her ten thousand tongues1 ,shall find thy courts with sounding praise4 ,watts4 ,ascribe1 ye mighty1 to ,jehovah might ,and glory1 victor o'er his enemies-- ,give to ,jehovah glory in the height1 ,the glory due unto ,his name6 ,adore ,him in the beauty of ,holiness aright6 ,thy voice1 ,jehovah6 on the waters hoar ,careers2 the ,god of glory thundereth2 ,jehovah speaks where many waters roar-- ,thy voice1 ,jehovah6 is more strong than death-- ,thy powerful voice is full of majesty2 ,thy voice o'erthrows the cedar with its breath4 ,and ,lebanon and ,sirion before ,thee ,skip like a calf1 and like a unicorn1 ,in youth transcilient1 and by nature free1-- ,thy voice ,jehovah6 shakes the desert lorn2 ,jehovah shakes the wilderness2 ,his voice ,maketh the hinds to calve1 the forest-born4 ,within ,his temple shall ,his sons rejoice1 ,and all declare ,his glory4 ,on the sea ,he sitteth--hushed is its tempestuous noise-- ,behold ,jehovah sitteth royally ,upon the calmed flood1 eternal ,lord3 ,and strength unto ,his people giveth ,he1 ,and them with peace and blessing hath restored4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,the name of ,jehovah defend thee6 ,for ,he from ,his dwelling above1 ,shall hear thee in trouble1 and send thee ,the might of ,his covenant love4 ,his rod of dread powers ,shall bind with sweet flowers1 ,in the ark of ,his covenant love4 ,then kneel2 for the prayer of the lowly ,as incense1 all odour shall be1 ,in the cloud of the holocaust holy1 ,that pleads in ,his presence for thee4 ,his word1 like strong mountains1 ,still shed forth the fountains ,of strength from ,his presence for thee4 ,waring4 ,,jerusalem4 ,jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together4--,psalm cxxii4 #c4 ,o ,jerusalem1 ,jerusalem1 thou that killest the prophets1 and stonest them which are sent unto thee1 how often would ,i have gathered thy children together1 even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings1 and ye would not6 ,behold1 your house is left unto you desolate4--,matthew1 xxiii4 #cg1 #ch4 ,jerusalem shall be trodden down of the ,gentiles1 until the time of the ,gentiles be fulfilled4--,luke1 xxi4 #bd4 ,but ye are come unto ,mount ,sion1 and unto the city of the living ,god1 the heavenly ,jerusalem1 and to an innumerable company of angels4--,hebrews1 xii4 #bb4 ,jerusalem1 that place divine1 ,the vision of sweet peace is named1 ,in heaven her glorious turrets shine1 ,her walls of living stones are framed2 ,while angels guard her on each side1 ,fit company for such a bride4 ,she1 decked in new attire1 from heaven1 ,her wedding-chamber1 now descends1 ,prepared in marriage to be given ,to ,christ1 on whom her joy depends4 ,her walls wherewith she is enclosed1 ,and streets are of pure gold composed4 ,the gates adorn'd with pearls most bright1 ,the way to hidden glory show1 ,and thither by the blessed might ,of faith in ,jesus' merits go ,all those who are on earth distress'd1 ,because they have ,christ's name profess'd4 ,these stones the workmen dress and beat1 ,before they throughly polish'd are1 ,then each in his own proper seat1 ,established by the builder's care1 ,in this fair frame to stand for ever1 ,so join'd1 that them no power can sever4 ,drummond4 ,the signs are full1 and never shall the sun ,shine on the cedar roofs of ,salem more3 ,her tale of splendour now is done2 ,her wine-cup of festivity is spilt1 ,and all is o'er--her grandeur and her guilt4 ,oh1 fair and favoured city1 where of old1 ,the balmy airs were rich with melody1 ,that led her pomp beneath the cloudless sky ,in vestments flaming with the orient gold2 ,her gold is dim1 and mute her music's voice1 ,the heathen o'er her perish'd pomp rejoice6 ,how stately then was every palm-deck'd street ,down which the maidens danced with tinkling feet6 ,how proud the elders in the lofty gate6 ,how crowded all her nation's solemn feasts ,with white-robed ,levites1 and high-mitred priests2 ,how gorgeous her temple's sacred state6 ,her streets are razed1 her maidens sold for slaves1 ,her gates thrown down1 her elders in their graves2 ,her feasts are holden 'mid the ,gentile's scorn1 ,by stealth her priesthood's holy garments worn4 ,milman4 ,jerusalem6 alas6 alas6 of old1 ,deaf to whate'er prophetic seers foretold1 ,assailing all1 whom ,heaven1 in mercy sent ,and murdering those that warned thee to repent6 ,thou1 the world's ,saviour who suspendedst high1 ,his works reviled1 and mocked ,his agony1 ,how oft hath ,god1 still gracious1 striven to bring ,thy devious brood beneath ,his sheltering wing1 ,to save thee from the hovering eagle's power1 ,and shield the unequalled misery of this hour6 ,but no6 thou would'st not6 thence this signal fate6 ,thence art thou fallen6 deserted6 desolate6 ,william ,gibson4 ,jerusalem6 my happy home6 ,name ever dear to me2 ,when shall my labours have an end ,in joy1 and peace1 and thee8 ,when shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls ,and pearly gates behold8 ,thy bulwarks with salvation strong1 ,and streets of shining gold8 ,dickson4 ,,jesus4 ,and thou shalt call his name ,,jesus2 for he shall save his people from their sins4--,matthew1 i4 #ba4 ,but we see ,,jesus1 who was made a little lower than the angels1 for the suffering of death1 crowned with glory and honour2 that he by the grace of ,god should taste death for every man4--,hebrews1 ii4 #i4 ,whosoever shall confess that ,,jesus is the ,son of ,god1 ,god dwelleth in him1 and he in ,god4--,i4 ,john1 iv4 #ae4 ,to ,thee1 ,o ,jesu1 ,i direct my eyes1 ,to ,thee my hands1 to ,thee my humble knees2 ,to ,thee my heart shall offer sacrifice1 ,to ,thee my thoughts1 who my thoughts only sees2 ,to ,thee myself1 myself and all ,i give1 ,to ,thee ,i die1 to ,thee ,i only live4 ,sir ,walter ,raleigh4 ,jesus1 ,i love ,thy charming name1 ',tis music in my ear2 ,fain would ,i sound it out so loud ,that earth and heaven should hear4 ,yes1 thou art precious to my soul1 ,my transport and my trust2 ,jewels to ,thee are gaudy toys1 ,and gold is sordid dust4 ,all my capacious powers can wish1 ,in ,thee doth richly meet3 ,nor to mine eyes is light so dear1 ,nor friendship half so sweet1 ,thy grace still dwells upon my heart1 ,and sheds its fragrance there2 ,the noblest balm of all its wounds1 ,the cordial of its care4 ,i'll speak the honours of ,thy name ,with my last labouring breath2 ,then1 speechless1 clasp ,thee in my arms1 ,the antidote of death4 ,doddridge4 ,o ,god1 of good the unfathomed sea6 ,who would not give his heart to ,thee8 ,who would not love ,thee with his might8 ,o ,jesu1 ,lover of mankind6 ,who would not his whole soul and mind1 ,with all his strength1 to ,thee unite2 ,hell's armies tremble at ,thy nod1 ,and1 trembling1 own th' ,almighty ,god1 ,sovereign of earth1 hell1 air1 and sky3 ,but who is this that comes from far1 ,whose garments roll'd in blood appear8 ',tis ,god made man1 for man to die4 ,wesley4 ,weary souls that wander wide1 ,from the central point of bliss1 ,turn to ,jesus crucified1 ,fly to those dear wounds of ,his1 ,sink into the purple flood--rise into the life of ,god4 ,wesley4 ,jesus shall reign where'er the sun ,does his successive journeys run2 ,his kingdom stretch from shore to shore1 ',till moons shall wax and wane no more4 ,watts4 ,jesus1 in ,thy transporting name ,what blissful glories rise6 ,jesus the angels' sweetest theme6 ,the wonder of the skies6 ,well might the skies with wonder view ,a love so strange as thine1 ,no thought of angels ever knew ,compassion so divine4 ,steele4 ,we know that 8,he will save us0 ,lord1 ,if we on ,him depend1 ,jesus1 the true and living word1 ,the sinner's only friend4 ,may ,he be ours1 in life and death1 ,jesus enthroned above1 ,and may we with our latest breath ,adore redeeming love6 ,j4 ,burbidge4 ,,jews4 ,the ,lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself1 as ,he hath sworn unto thee1 if thou shalt keep the commandments of the ,lord thy ,god1 and walk in ,his ways4 ,and all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the ,lord2 and they shall be afraid of thee4 ,but it shall come to pass1 if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the ,lord thy ,god1 to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes1 99 99 99 thou shalt become an astonishment1 a proverb and a bye-word1 among all nations whither the ,lord shall lead thee4--,deuteronomy1 xxviii4 #i1 #aj1 #ae1 #cg4 ,salvation is of the ,jews4--,john1 iv4 #bb4 ,he is not a ,jew1 which is one outwardly2 neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh2 ,but he is a ,jew1 which is one inwardly2 and circumcision is that of the heart1 in the spirit1 and not in the letter1 whose praise is not of men but of ,god4--,romans1 ii4 #bh1 #bi4 ,what advantage then hath the ,jew1 or what profit is there in circumcision8 ,much every way3 chiefly1 because that unto them were committed the oracles of ,god4--,romans1 iii4 #a1 #b4 ,they1 and they only1 amongst all mankind1 ,received the transcript of the ,eternal ,mind2 ,were trusted with ,his own engraven laws1 ,and constituted guardians of ,his cause2 ,theirs were the prophets1 theirs the priestly call1 ,and theirs1 by birth1 the ,saviour of us all4 ,cowper4 ,thrice happy nation6 ,favourite of ,heaven6 ,selected from the kingdoms of the earth ,to be ,his chosen race1 ordained to spread ,his glory through remotest realms1 and teach ,the ,gentile world ,jehovah's awful name4 ,william ,hodson4 ,that people once ,so famed1 whom ,god ,himself vouchsafed to call ,his chosen race1 and with a guardian hand ,deigned to protect1 from ,palestine exiled1 ,are doomed to wander2 although scattered thus ,through all the globe1 there is no clime which they ,can call their own1 no country where their laws ,hold sovereign rule4 ,irrefragable proof1 ,that every oracle of ,holy ,writ ,was given by ,heaven itself6 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,,jordan4 ,and ,lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the plain of ,jordan1 that it was well watered every where4--,genesis1 xiii4 #aj4 ,if thou hast run with the footmen1 and they have wearied thee1 then how canst thou contend with horses8 and if in the land of peace wherein thou trustedst1 they wearied thee1 then how wilt thou do in the swelling of ,jordan4--,jeremiah1 xii4 #e4 ,then went out to him ,jerusalem and all ,judea and all the region round about ,jordan4 ,and were baptized of him in ,jordan confessing their sins4--,matthew1 iii4 #e1 #f4 ,the waters slept4 ,night's silvery veil hung low ,on ,jordan's bosom1 and the eddies curled ,their glassy rings beneath it1 like the still1 ,unbroken beatings of the sleeper's pulse4 ,the reeds bent down the stream3 the willow leaves1 ,with a soft cheek upon the lulling tide1 ,forgot the lifting winds2 and the long stems1 ,whose flowers the water1 like a gentle nurse1 ,bears on its bosom1 quietly gave way ,and leaned in graceful attitudes1 to rest4 ,how strikingly the course of nature tells ,by its light heed of human suffering ,that it was fashioned for a happier world4 ,n4 ,p4 ,willis4 ,christian1 behold the typic shade ,of that dim path prepared for thee-- ,behold1 in ,jordan's tide displayed1 ,death's overflowing sea4 ,but if thou still hast kept the ,ark ,of ,god before thee as a mark1 ,fear not the troubled waters dark1 ,howe'er they rage1 and chafe1 and roar2 ,on that mysterious voyage embark1 ,and ,god will guide thee o'er4 ,j4 ,h4 ,clinch4 ,when ,i tread the banks of ,jordan ,may my soul no tremblings know2 ,be my ,saviour near to guide me1 ,and uphold me as ,i go ,through the waters1 ,fearing not their overflow4 ,egone4 ,,joy4 ,thou wilt shew me the path of life3 in thy presence is fulness of joy2 at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore4--,psalm xvi4 #aa4 ,weeping may endure for a night1 but joy cometh in the morning4--,psalm xxx4 #e4 ,and ye now therefore have sorrow3 but ,i will see you again1 and your heart shall rejoice1 and your joy no man taketh from you4--,john1 xvi4 #bb4 ,what nothing earthly gives1 or can destroy1 ,the soul's calm sunshine1 and the heartfelt joy4 ,pope4 ,a ,deity believed1 is joy begun2 ,a ,deity adored1 is joy advanced2 ,a ,deity beloved1 is joy matured4 ,each branch of piety delight inspires4 ,young4 ,words of eternal truth proclaim ,all mortal joys are vain2 ,a diamond pen engraves the theme ,upon a mortal pane4 ,watts4 ,when on some balmy-breathing night of spring ,the happy child to whom the world is new1 ,pursues the evening moth of mealy wing1 ,or from the heath-bell shakes the sparkling dew1 ,he sees before his inexperienced eyes1 ,the brilliant glow-worm like a meteor shine ,on the turf-bank1 surprised1 and pleased1 he cries 8,star of the dewy grass6 ,i make thee mine40 ,then1 ere he sleeps1 collects the moistened flower1 ,and bids soft leaves his glittering prize unfold1 ,and dreams that fairy lamps illume his bower2 ,but in the morning shudders to behold ,his shining treasure viewless as the dust2 ,so fade the world's bright joys to cold and blank disgust4 ,charlotte ,smith4 ,i see a forest1 dark1 dim1 deep1 and dread1 ,whose solemn shades no human foot or eye ,can penetrate2 but now1 oh see6 a veil ,falls from my strengthened eyes2 and now ,even in its deepest centre ,i behold ,a spot more beautiful than human heart ,can comprehend2 it is the home of ,joy1 ,and there the blessed spirit broods for ever1 ,making her dwelling-place a heaven3 there ,the skies are pure as crystal1 and the eye ,looks through their clear expanse direct to ,god4 ,no sun is there2 the air itself is light ,and life2 a rainbow spans it like a crown ,of tearless glory1 and the forest trees ,sweep round it in a belt of living green4 ,colour1 that wayward sprite of changeful mien1 ,is here subdued to an intensity ,of burning lustre4 ,sound has but one voice1 ,and that joyous song2 sight but one object1 ,and that is happiness2 mine eyes are strained ,to catch the lineaments of the bright queen1 ,whose dwelling-place ,i see2 but 'tis in vain2 ,nowhere distinct1 yet felt in all1 she glides1 ,a shape of light and colour through the air1 ,making its pure transparency to thrill ,with the soft music of her viewless step4 ,c4 ,l4 ,reddel4 ,christ had ,his joys--but they were not ,the joys the son of pleasure boasts-- ,o1 no6 'twas when ,his ,spirit sought ,thy will1 ,thy glory1 ,god of hosts6 ,christ had ,his joys--and so hath he1 ,who feels ,his ,spirit in his heart2 ,who yields1 ,o ,god1 his all to ,thee1 ,and loves ,thy name1 for what thou art6 ,anon4 ,joy dwells not in external things1 ,it hath an inner birth2 ,the sweetest bird in darkness sings1 ,and fairest flowers oft nurture stings1-- ,such is our life on earth4 ,then measure not by outward show ,the depth of real joy2 ,the heart can o'er the darkest woe ,a stream of sunlight softly throw1 ,or purest bliss destroy4 ,w4 ,j4 ,brock4 ,,judah4 ,when ,israel went out of ,egypt1 the house of ,jacob from a people of strange language2 ,judah was his sanctuary and ,israel his dominion4--,psalm cxiv4 #a1 #b4 ,judah shall dwell for ever1 and ,jerusalem from generation to generation4--,joel1 iii4 #bj4 ,it is evident that our ,lord sprang out of ,judah4--,hebrews1 vii4 #ad4 ,judah6 thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise1 ,thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies3 ,thy father's children shall bow down before thee4 ,judah is a lion's whelp6 ,from the prey1 my son1 thou art gone up3 ,he stooped down1 he crouched as a lion1 ,and as an old lion2 who shall rouse him up8 ,the sceptre shall not depart from ,judah1 ,nor a lawgiver from between his feet1 ,until ,shiloh come1 ,and unto him shall the gathering of the people be4 ,jacob's ,benediction of ,judah1 ,genesis1 xlix4 #h1 #i1 #aj4 ,dr4 ,caunter's ,metrical ,arrangement4 ,o1 ,thou1 the ,shepherd of ,thy flock1 ,who led'st ,thy people through the wave1 ,and gav'st them water from the rock1 ,and bar'dst thine arm in might to save3-- ,hear ,thou the strain our hearts prolong-- ,list--list the suppliant captive's cry-- ,o1 when shall cease the mournful song1 ,o1 when shall ,judah's tears be dry8 ,c4 ,w4 ,everest4 ,for yet the tenfold film shall fall ,o1 ,judah1 from thy sight1 ,and every eye be purged to read ,thy testimonies right1 ,when thou1 with all ,messiah's signs ,in ,christ distinctly seen1 ,shall1 by ,jehovah's nameless name1 ,invoke the ,nazarene4 ,william ,crosswell4 ,,judge--,,judgment4 ,the ,lord loveth judgment4--,psalm xxxvii4 #bh4 ,hear my prayer1 ,o ,lord1 give ear to my supplications4 ,and enter not into judgment with thy servant3 for in thy sight shall no man living be justified4--,psalm cxliii4 #a1 #b4 ,judge not1 that ye be not judged4--,matthew1 vii4 #a4 ,we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of ,christ4 ,let us not therefore judge one another any more1 but judge this rather1 that no man put a stumbling-block1 or an occasion to fall1 in his brother's way4--,romans1 xiv4 #aj1 #ac4 ,he should be born grey-headed1 that will bear ,the sword of empire3 judgment of the life1 ,free state1 and reputation of a man1 ,if he be just and worthy1 dwells so dark1 ,that it denies access to sun and moon2 ,the soul's eye1 sharpen'd with that sacred light ,of whom the sun itself is but a beam1 ,must only give that judgment4 ,o how much ,err those kings then that play with life and death1 ,and nothing put into their serious states ,but humour and their lusts6 ,for which alone ,men long for kingdoms1 whose huge counterpoise ,in cares and dangers1 could a fool comprise1 ,he would not be a king1 but would be wise4 ,chapman4 ,the day of ,christ2 the last1 the dreadful day2 ,when thou and ,i1 and all the world1 shall come ,before ,his judgment-seat1 to bear their doom ,for ever and for ever2 and when they ,who loved not ,god1 far1 far from ,him away ,shall go2--but whither banished8 and with whom8-- ,and they who loved ,him shall be welcomed home ,to ,god1 and ,christ1 and ,heaven1 and ,heaven's array1 ,angels and saints made perfect--may the scene ,of that dread day be always present here-- ,here in my heart6 ,that every day between1 ,which brings my passage to the goal more near1 ,may find me fitter1 by ,his love made clean1 ,before ,his throne of justice to appear4 ,bishop ,mant4 ,then1 all ,thy saints assembled1 ,thou shalt judge ,bad men and angels2 they1 arraigned1 shall sink ,beneath ,thy sentence3 ,hell1 her numbers full1 ,thenceforth shall be for ever shut4 ,meanwhile ,the world shall burn1 and from her ashes spring ,new ,heaven and ,earth1 wherein the just shall dwell1 ,and after all their tribulations long1 ,see golden days1 fruitful of golden deeds1 ,with joy and love triumphing1 and fair truth4 ,then ,thou ,thy regal sceptre shalt lay by1 ,for regal sceptre thee no more shall need1 ,god shall be ,all in ,all4 ,milton4 ,the world is grown old1 and her pleasures are past2 ,the world is grown old1 and her form may not last2 ,the world is grown old1 and trembles for fear1 ,for sorrows abound1 and judgment is near6 ,the sun in the heaven is languid and pale2 ,and feeble and few are the fruits of the vale2 ,and the hearts of the nations fail them for fear1 ,for the world is grown old1 and judgment is near6 ,the king on his throne1 the bride in her bower1 ,the children of pleasure all feel the sad hour2 ,the roses are faded1 and tasteless the cheer2 ,for the world is grown old1 and judgment is near6 ,the world is grown old1 but should we complain ,who have tried her1 and know that her promise is vain2 ,our heart is in heaven1 our home is not here1 ,and we look for our crown when judgment is near4 ,bishop ,heber4 ,from ,adam to his youngest heir1 ,not one shall 'scape that muster-roll2 ,each1 as if he alone were there1 ,shall stand1 and win1 or lose his soul3 ,these from the ,judge's presence1 go ,down into everlasting woe2 ,vengeance hath barred the gates of hell-- ,the scenes within no tongue can tell4 ,but lo6 far off1 the righteous pass ,to glory2 from the king's right hand1 ,in silence1 on the sea of glass1 ,heaven's numbers without number stand1 ,while ,he who bore the cross1 lays down ,his priestly robe and victor crown2 ,the mediatorial reign complete1 ,all things are put beneath ,his feet4 ,james ,montgomery4 ,time ,hath functions awful and sublime1 ,and on its viewless lapse are traced ,stern chronicles of all the past1 ,a writing every sunset laid1 ,while heaven is still within the shade ,of ,christ's high throne1 one day to be ,a part of the solemnity ,and pomp of judgment1 endless ,woe1 ,or endless ,weal6 to some a show ,of fiery ciphers1 symbols dread1 ,of unchaste things unpardoned4 99 99 99 99 99 ,and some there are to whom that scroll ,sad record still1 may yet unroll ,a fairer vision1 dark and bright1 ,like dawn o'er-mastering tardy night ,in dubious streaks1 with here and there ,a firm and radiant character1 ,to angels' eyes not new1 but known ,and recognised the ,judge's own4 ,frederic ,w4 ,faber4 ,the judgment6 the judgment6 the thrones are all set1 ,where the ,lamb and the white-vested ,elders are met6 ,all flesh is at once in the sight of the ,lord1 ,and the doom of eternity hangs on ,his word6 ,o mercy6 ,o mercy6 look down from above1 ,creator6 on us thy sad children1 with love6 ,when beneath1 to their darkness1 the wicked are driven1 ,may our sanctified souls find a mansion in ,heaven6 ,h4 ,h4 ,milman4 ,,justice4 ,shall mortal man be more just than ,god8 ,shall a man be more pure than his ,maker4--,job1 iv4 #ag4 ,touching the ,almighty1 we cannot find him out3 he is excellent in power1 and in judgment and in plenty of justice4--,job1 xxxvii4 #bc4 ,justice and judgment are the habitation of ,thy throne4--,psalm lxxxix4 #ad4 ,to do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the ,lord than sacrifice4--,proverbs1 xxi4 #c4 ,whoso upon himself will take the skill ,true justice unto people to divide1 ,has need have mighty hands for to fulfil ,that which he doth with righteous doom decide1 ,and for to maister wrong and puissant pride2 ,for vain it is to deem of things aright1 ,and make wrong doers justice to deride1 ,unless it be performed with dreadless might2 ,for power is the right hand of justice truly hight4 ,spenser4 ,a just man cannot fear1 ,not1 though the malice of traducing tongues1 ,the open vastness of a tyrant's ear1 ,the senseless rigour of the wrested laws1 ,or the red eyes of strain'd authority1 ,should1 in a point meet all to take his life1 ,his innocence is armour 'gainst all these4 ,ben ,jonson4 ,the words of ,heaven1 on whom it will1 it will2 ,on whom it will not1 so2 yet still 'tis just4 ,shakspere4 ,his life is parallel'd ,even with the stroke and line of his great justice2 ,he doth with holy abstinence subdue ,that in himself1 which he spurs on his power ,to qualify in others2 where he meal'd ,with that which he corrects1 than where he tyrannous2 ,but this being so1 he's just4 ,shakspere4 ,heaven's king ,keeps register of every thing1 ,and nothing may we use in vain2 ,ev'n beasts must be with justice slain4 ,marvell4 ,well1 then1 my soul1 joy in the midst of pain2 ,thy ,christ1 that conquered hell1 shall from above ,with greater triumph yet return again ,and conquer ,his own justice with ,his love4 ,commanding earth and seas to render those ,unto ,his bliss for whom he paid ,his woes4 ,wotton4 ,so sure the fall of greatness raised on crimes6 ,so fixed the justice of all-conscious ,heaven6 ,when haughty guilt exalts with impious joy1 ,mistake shall blast1 or accident destroy2 ,weak man1 with erring rage1 may throw the dart1 ,but ,heaven shall guide it to the guilty heart4 ,dr4 ,johnson4 ,say1 how can man be justified by ,god8 ,thy vaults eternity would echo4 ,how8 ,but from the cross1 responding grace replies ,to this high question4 ,faith in ,christ is life ,and ,love and ,righteousness4 ,completely fit ,to each vast claim of violated law4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,the ,sun of ,justice may withdraw his beams ,awhile from earthly ken1 and sit concealed ,in dark recess pavilioned round with clouds3 ,yet let not guilt presumptuous rear her crest1 ,nor virtue droop despondent3 soon these clouds1 ,seeming eclipse1 will brighten into day1 ,and in majestic splendour ,he will rise1 ,with healing and with terror on ,his wings4 ,george ,bally4 ,peace to the just man's memory1--let it grow ,greener with years1 and blossom through the flight ,of ages2 let the mimic canvas show ,his calm benevolent features2 let the light ,stream on his deeds of love1 that shunned the sight ,of all but heaven1 and1 in the book of fame1 ,the glorious record of his virtues write1 ,and hold it up to men1 and bid them claim ,a palm like his1 and catch from him the hallowed flame4 ,w4 ,c4 ,bryant4 ,,kindness4 ,blessed be the ,lord3 for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness4--,psalm xxxi4 #ba4 ,rend your heart1 and not your garments1 and turn unto the ,lord your ,god3 for he is gracious and merciful1 slow to anger1 and of great kindness4--,joel1 ii4 #ac4 ,be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love2 in honour preferring one another4--,romans1 xii4 #aj4 ,be ye kind one to another1 tender-hearted1 forgiving one another1 even as ,god for ,christ's sake hath forgiven you4--,ephesians1 iv4 #cb4 ,the poorest poor ,long for some moments in a weary life1 ,when they can know and feel that they have been ,themselves the fathers and the dealers out ,of some small blessings--have been kind ,to such as needed kindness2 for this single cause1 ,that we have all of us a human heart4 ,wordsworth4 ,awake1 my soul1 in joyful lays1 ,and sing thy great ,redemer's praise2 ,he justly claims a song from me1 ,his loving-kindness ,o how free6 ,he saw me ruined in the fall1 ,yet loved me notwithstanding all3 ,he saved me from my lost estate1 ,his loving-kindness ,o how great6 ,often ,i feel my sinful heart ,prone from my ,jesus to depart2 ,but1 though ,i have ,him oft forgot1 ,his loving-kindness changes not4 ,soon shall ,i pass the gloomy vale2 ,soon all my mortal powers shall fail3 ,o may my last expiring breath ,his loving-kindness sing in death6 ,then let me mount and soar away ,to the bright world of endless day3 ,and sing with rapture and surprise1 ,his loving-kindness in the skies4 ,medley4 ,as from the bosom of her mystic fountains1 ,nile's sacred water windeth to the main1 ,flooding each vale embosom'd 'mong the mountains1 ,from far ,alata's fields to ,egypt's plain3 ,so from the bosom of the ,fount of ,love1 ,a golden stream of sympathy is gushing2 ,and winding1 first through intellect above1 ,then through each vale of mortal mind is rushing2 ,sweeping the heart of iceberg and of storm1 ,purging humanity of every blindness1 ,melting all spirits earthly into one1 ,and leaving holiness and joy--'tis ,kindness4 ,d4 ,k4 ,lee4 ,meanwhile as we idly rave1 ,thousands hasten to the grave2 ,no kind voice their footsteps guides ,to the home where truth abides2 ,tones of truth within them stirred1 ,meet with no kind answering word4 ,j4 ,gostick4 ,be kind to each other6 ,the night's coming on1 ,when friend and when brother ,perchance may be gone4 ,then1 'midst our dejection1 ,how sweet to have earn'd ,the blest recollection ,of kindness return'd6 ,when day hath departed1 ,and ,memory keeps ,the watch1 broken-hearted1 ,where all the loved sleeps1 ,let falsehood assail not1 ,nor envy disprove2 ,let trifles prevail not ,against those ye love4 ,nor change with to-morrow ,should fortune take wing1 ,but the deeper the sorrow ,the closer still cling4 ,oh1 be kind to each other1 ,for night's coming on1 ,when friend and when brother ,perchance may be gone4 ,anon4 ,,king4 ,the ,lord is ,king for ever and ever4--,psalm x4 #af4 ,lift up your heads1 ,o ye gates2 even lift them up1 ye everlasting doors2 and the ,king of glory shall come in4 ,who is this ,king of glory8 ,the ,lord of hosts1 he is the ,king of glory4--,psalm xxiv4 #i1 #aj4 ,the ,king that faithfully judgeth the poor1 his throne shall be established for ever4--,proverbs1 xxix4 #ad4 ,fear ,god4 ,honour the ,king4--,i4 ,peter1 ii4 #ag4 ,the king-becoming graces ,are justice1 verity1 temperance1 stableness1 ,bounty1 perseverance1 mercy1 lowliness1 ,devotion1 patience1 courage1 fortitude4 ,shakspere4 ,o take heed1 sir1 ,saints stand upon heaven's silver battlements1 ,when kings make vows1 and lay their listening ears ,to princes' protestations4 ,r4 ,davenport4 ,the silver trumpet's heavenly call ,sounds for the poor1 but sounds alike for all2 ,kings are invited1 and1 would kings obey1 ,no slaves on earth more welcome were than they2 ,but royalty1 nobility1 and state1 ,are such a dead preponderating weight1 ,that endless bliss1 how strange soe'er it seem1 ,in counterpoise flies up1 and kicks the beam4 ,cowper4 ,there's not a leaf within the bower2 ,there's not a bird upon the tree2 ,there's not a dew-drop on the flower2 ,but leaves the impress ,lord of ,thee4 ,thy hand the varied leaf designed1 ,and gave the bird its thrilling tone2 ,thy power the dew-drop's tints combined1 ,till like the diamond's blaze they shone4 ,yes1 dew-drops1 leaves1 and buds1 and all1 ,the smallest1 like the greatest things2 ,the sea's vast space1 the earth's wide hall1 ,alike proclaim ,thee ,king of ,kings4 ,mrs4 ,opie4 ,,kingdom4 ,the ,lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens2 and his kingdom ruleth over all4--,psalm ciii4 #ai4 ,thy kingdom come4--,matthew1 vi4 #aj4 ,then shall the ,king say unto them on his right hand1 ,come1 ye blessed of my ,father1 inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world4--,matthew1 xxv4 #cd4 ,jesus answered1 ,my kingdom is not of this world3 if my kingdom were of this world1 then would my servants fight2 that ,i should not be delivered to the ,jews3 but now is my kingdom not from hence4--,john1 xviii4 #cf4 ,and there were great voices in heaven1 saying1 ,the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our ,lord1 and of his ,christ and he shall reign for ever and ever4--,revelation1 xi4 #ae4 8,his kingdom come60 ,for this we pray in vain1 ,unless ,he does in our affections reign4 ,how fond it were to wish for such a ,king1 ,and no obedience to ,his sceptre bring1 ,whose yoke is easy1 and ,his burthen light2 ,his service freedom1 and ,his judgments right4 ,waller4 ,kingdoms and thrones to ,god belong2 ,crown ,him1 ye nations1 in your song2 ,his wondrous names and powers rehearse1 ,his honours shall enrich your verse4 ,proclaim ,him ,king1 pronounce ,him blest2 ,he's your defence1 your joy1 your rest3 ,when terrors rise1 and nations faint1 ,god is the strength of every saint4 ,watts4 ,thy kingdom come6 and shall we dare ,with lips unhallowed breathe that prayer8 ,with hearts unsanctified within1 ,how can we ever hope to win ,a place or kingdom such as ,thine1 ,where all is holy and benign8 ,send down ,thy spirit1 ,lord1 and bless ,the prayer we falteringly express3 ,oh1 give us grace1 and give us power1 ,to wait with confidence the hour ,when we shall in thy kingdom be1 ,and dwell to all eternity4 ,egone4 ,,knowledge4 ,shall any teach ,god knowledge8--,job1 xxi4 #bb4 ,he that teacheth man knowledge1 shall not he know8 ,the ,lord knoweth the thoughts of man1 that they are vanity4--,psalm xciv4 #aj1 #aa4 ,wise men lay up knowledge4--,proverbs1 x4 #ad4 ,many shall run to and fro1 and knowledge shall be increased4--,daniel1 xii4 #d4 ,according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness1 through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue4--,,ii4 ,peter1 i4 #c4 ,o ,lord6 in me there lieth nought1 ,but to ,thy search revealed lies2 ,for when ,i sit ,thou markest it1 ,no less ,thou notest when ,i rise2 ,yea1 closest closet of my thought ,hath open windows to ,thine eyes4 ,thou walkest with me when ,i walk1 ,when to my bed for rest ,i go1 ,i find ,thee there1 ,and every where2 ,not youngest thought in me doth grow1 ,no1 not one word ,i cast to talk1 ,but yet unuttered thou dost know4 ,to shun ,thy notice1 leave ,thine eye1 ,o whither might ,i take my way8 ,to starry sphere8 ,thy throne is there4 ,to dead men's undelightsome stay8 ,there is ,thy walk1 and there to lie ,unknown1 in vain ,i should essay4 ,o sun6 whom light nor flight can match1 ,suppose ,thy lightful1 flightful wings ,thou lend to me1 ,and ,i could flee1 ,as far as ,thee the evening brings2 ,ev'n led to west ,he would me catch1 ,nor should ,i lurk with western things4 ,do thou thy best1 ,o secret night ,in sable vail to cover me2 ,the sable vail ,shall vainly fail3 ,with day unmask'd my night shall be3 ,for night is day1 and darkness light1 ,o ,father of all lights to ,thee4 ,countess of ,pembroke4 ,almighty ,being1 ,cause and support of all things1 can ,i view ,these objects of my wonder3 can ,i feel ,these fine sensations1 and not think of ,thee8 ,thou who dost through th'eternal round of time1 ,dost through th' immensity of space exist ,alone1 shalt ,thou excluded be ,from this ,thy universe8 ,shall feeble man ,think it beneath his proud philosophy ,to call for ,thy assistance1 and pretend ,to frame a world1 who cannot frame a clod8 ,not to know ,thee1 is not to know ourselves-- ,is to know nothing--worth the care ,of man's exalted spirit4 ,stillingfleet4 ,o for the coming of that glorious time ,when1 prizing knowledge as her noblest wealth ,and best protection1 this imperial realm1 ,while she exacts allegiance1 shall admit ,an obligation1 on her part1 to teach ,them who are born to serve her and obey2 ,binding herself by statute to secure ,for all the children whom her soil maintains1 ,the rudiments of letters1 and inform ,the mind with moral and religious truth1 ,both understood and practised1--so that none1 ,however destitute1 be left to droop ,by culture unsustained2 or run ,into a wild disorder3 or be forced ,to drudge through a weary life without the help ,of intellectual implements and tools2 ,a savage horde among the civilized1 ,a servile band among the lordly free4 ,wordsworth4 ,what hast thou1 ,man1 that thou dar'st call thine own8 ,what is there in thee1 ,man1 that can be known8-- ,dark fluxion1 all unfixable by thought1 ,vain sister of the worm1--life1 death1 soul1 clod-- ,ignore thyself1 and strive to know thy ,god6 ,coleridge4 ,what is true knowledge8 is it with keen eye ,of lucre's sons to thread the mazy way8 ,is it of civil rights1 and royal sway1 ,and wealth political1 the depth to try8 ,is it to delve the earth1 to soar the sky8 ,to marshal nations1 tribes in just array2 ,to mix1 and analyze1 and mete1 and weigh ,her elements1 and all her powers descry8 ,these things1 who will may know them1 if to know ,breed not vain glory2 but1 o'er all1 to scan ,god in ,his works1 and word shown forth below1 ,creation's wonders2 and ,redemption's plan ,whence came we2 what to do1 and whither go2 ,this is true knowledge1 and the whole of man4 ,bishop ,mant4 ,let him stand who will on the giddy height ,of the palace-top in his pride of place6 ,in a humbler home may my heart delight1 ,where my couch is low1 and my pillow1--peace4 ,be it known to few how my life flows on1 ,as ,i silent sail on its noiseless tide6 ,when its days and years are expired and gone1 ,let my record be that1--,i lived and died6 ,for sadly he meets the stroke of death1 7,at the ends of earth though his name be known17 ,who laments1 when yielding his final breath1 ,that he's known to all but himself alone4 ,mordaunt ,barnard4 ,view all around the works of ,power ,divine1 ,inquire1 explore1 admire1 extol1 resign2 ,this is the whole of human kind below2 ',tis only given beyond the grave to know4 ,w4 ,hamilton4 ,who loves not knowledge8 who shall rail ,against her beauty8 ,may she mix ,with men and prosper6 ,who shall fix ,her pillars8 ,let her work prevail4 ,but on her forehead sits a fire2 ,she sets her forward countenance1 ,and leaps into the future chance1 ,submitting all things to desire4 ,half-grown as yet1 a child1 and vain1 ,she cannot fight the fear of death4 ,what is she1 cut from love and faith1 ,but some wild ,pallas from the brain ,of ,demons8 fiery hot to burst ,all barriers in her onward race ,for power4 ,let her know her place1 ,she is the second1 not the first4 ,a higher hand must make her mild1 ,if all be not in vain2 and guide ,her footsteps moving side by side ,with wisdom1 like the younger child4 ,for she is earthly of the mind1 ,but wisdom heavenly of the soul4 ,o friend1 who earnest to thy goal ,so early1 leaving me behind1 ,i would the great world grew like thee1 ,who grewest not alone in power ,and knowledge1 but from hour to hour ,in reverence and in charity4 ,tennyson4 ,knowledge holdeth by the hilt1 and heweth out a road to conquest2 ,ignorance graspeth the blade1 and is wounded by its own good sword4 ,knowledge distilleth health from the virulence of opposite poisons2 ,ignorance mixeth wholesomes unto the breeding of disease4 ,knowledge is leagued with the universe1 and findeth a friend in all things2 ,but ignorance is everywhere a stranger1 unwelcome1 ill at ease1 and out of place4 ,m4 ,f4 ,tupper4 ,,labour4 ,come unto me1 all ye that labour and are heavy laden1 and ,i will give you rest4--,matthew1 xi4 #bh4 ,the labourer is worthy of his hire4--,luke1 x4 #g4 ,let him that stole steal no more3 but rather let him labour1 working with his hands the thing which is good1 that he may have to give to him that needeth4--,ephesians1 iv4 #bh4 ,inventive ,labour6 cunning to deceive ,thyself1 and skilful to no end but this1 ,still to be doing1 never to achieve-- ,what profitest8--though all1 to such excess1 ,man cannot utter it1 be full of thee-- ,the eye unsatisfied1 the ear no less-- ,sore travail1 and the vainest vanity ,ordained to exercise the sons of men-- ,who getteth wisdom1 where thy trials be8 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,labour1 with envy and annoyance1 where strangers will thee wealth2 ,labour1 with indolence and gloom1 where wealth falleth from a father2 ,labour unto all1 whether aching thews1 or aching head1 or spirit2 ,the curse on the sons of men1 in all their states1 is labour4 ,nevertheless1 to the diligent1 labour bringeth blessing2 ,the thought of duty sweeteneth toil1 and travail is a pleasure2 ,and time spent in doing1 hath a comfort that is not for the idle1 ,the hardship is transmuted into joy by the dear alchemy of mercy4 ,labour is good for man1 bracing up his energies to conquest1 ,and without it life is dull1 the man perceiving himself useless4 ,for wearily the body groaneth1 like a door on rusty hinges1 ,and the grasp of the mind is weakened1 as the talons of a caged vulture4 ,m4 ,f4 ,tupper4 ,,land4 ,and the ,lord said1 ,i have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in ,egypt4 ,and ,i am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the ,egyptians1 and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land1 and a large1 unto a land flowing with milk and honey4--,exodus1 iii4 #g1 #h4 ,he that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread4--,proverbs1 xii4 #aa4 ,thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty3 they shall behold the land that is vary far off4--,isaiah1 xxxiii4 #ag4 ,beautiful ,landscape6 ,i could look on thee ,for hours1 unmindful of the storm and strife1 ,and mingled murmurs of tumultuous life4 ,here1 all is still as fair--the stream1 the tree1 ,the wood1 the sunshine on the bank2 no tear-- ,no thought of time's swift wing1 or closing night1 ,which comes to steal away the long sweet light1-- ,no sighs of sad humanity are here4 ,here is no tint of mortal change--the day1-- ,beneath whose light the dog and peasant boy ,gambol1 with look1 and almost bark1 of joy-- ,still seems1 though centuries have passed1 to stay2 ,then gaze again1 that shadow'd scenes may teach ,lessons of peace and love1 beyond all speech4 ,bowles4 ,there is a land of pure delight1 ,where saints immortal reign2 ,infinite day excludes the night1 ,and pleasures banish pain4 ,there everlasting spring abides1 ,and never withering flowers2 ,death like a narrow sea divides ,this heavenly land from ours4 ,dr4 ,watts4 ,yes1 far beyond the clouds outspread1 ,where soaring fancy oft hath been1 ,there is a land where ,thou hast said ,the pure in heart shall enter in2 ,they dream no more of grief and care1 ,for ,thou1 the ,god of ,peace1 art there4 ,mrs4 ,welby4 ,,law4 ,and the ,lord said unto ,moses1 come up to me into the mount1 and be there3 and ,i will give thee tables of stone1 and a law4--,exodus1 xxiv4 #ab4 ,blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly1 nor standeth in the way of sinners1 nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful4 ,but his delight is in the law of the ,lord2 and in his law doth he meditate day and night4--,psalm i4 #a1 #b4 ,think not that ,i am come to destroy the law1 or the prophets2 ,i am not come to destroy1 but to fulfil4 ,for verily ,i say unto you1 ,till heaven and earth pass1 one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law1 till all be fulfilled4--,matthew1 v4 #ag1 #ah4 ,the good need fear no law2 ,it is his safety1 and the bad man's awe4 ,massinger4 ,law hath dominion over all things1 over universal mind and matter2 ,for there are reciprocities of right which no creature can gainsay4 ,unto each was there added by its ,maker1 in the perfect chain of being1 ,dependencies and sustentations1 accidents1 and qualities1 and powers3 ,and each must fly forward in the curve1 unto which it was forced from the beginning2 ,each must attract and repel1 or the monarchy of order is no more4 ,laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of ,god1 ,and they radiate from that sun to the circling edges of creation4 ,verily the mighty ,lawgiver hath subjected himself unto laws1 ,and ,god is the primal grand example of free unrestrained obedience2 ,martin ,f4 ,tupper4 ,adam's foul revolt ,from the primeval law1 on all his sons1 ,through every age1 the sad inheritance ,of sin and death entailed4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,,leaf4 ,we all do fade as a leaf4--,isaiah1 lxiv4 #f4 ,see the leaves around us falling ,dry and withered to the ground2 ,thus to thoughtless mortals calling1 ,in a sad and solemn sound3 ,sons of ,adam1 once in ,eden1 ,blighted when like us he fell1 ,hear the lecture we are reading1 ',tis1 alas6 the truth we tell4 ,virgins1 much1 too much presuming ,on your boasted white and red1 ,view us1 late in beauty blooming1 ,number'd now among the dead4 ,sons of honour1 fed on praises1 ,fluttering high in fancied worth1 ,lo6 the fickle air1 that raises1 ,brings us down to parent earth4 ,learned sophs1 in systems jaded1 ,who for new ones daily call1 ,cease1 at length1 by us persuaded1 ,ev'ry leaf must have its fall4 ,youths1 though yet no losses grieve you1 ,gay in health and manly grace1 ,let not cloudless skies deceive you1 ,summer gives to autumn place4 ,venerable sires1 grown hoary1 ,hither turn th' unwilling eye1 ,think1 amidst your falling glory1 ,autumn tells a winter nigh4 ,yearly in our course returning1 ,messengers of shortest stay1 ,thus we preach1 this truth concerning1 8,heaven and ,earth shall pass away40 ,on the ,tree of ,life eternal1 ,man1 let all thy hope be staid1 ,which alone1 for ever vernal1 ,bears a leaf that shall not fade4 ,bishop ,horne4 ,,learning4 ,a wise man will hear1 and will increase learning2 and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels4--,proverbs1 i4 #e4 ,cease to do evil2 ,learn to do well4--,isaiah1 i4 #af1 #ag4 ,for whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning4--,romans1 xv4 #d4 ,what is the pomp of learning8 the parade ,of letters and of tongues8 ,even as the mists ,of the grey morn before the rising sun1 ,that pass away and perish4 ,earthly things ,are but the transient pageants of an hour2 ,and earthly pride is like the passing flower ,that springs to fall1 and blossoms but to die4 ,h4 ,k4 ,white4 ,of the deep learning of the schools of yore ,the reverend pastor hath a golden stock2 ,yet with a vain display of useless lore1 ,or sapless doctrine never will he mock ,the better cravings of his simple flock2 ,but faithfully their humble shepherd guides ,where streams eternal gush from ,calvary's rock2 ,for well he knows not learning's purest tides ,can quench the immortal thirst that in the soul abides4 ,mrs4 ,little4 ,learning is good1 but holiness is better3 ,learning with holiness combined--what then8 ,aye1 that is best of all2 th' instructed mind1 ,which ignorance nor prejudice can fetter1 ,that looks through nature with a searching ken1 ,and knows the history of human kind1 ,and hath a store of treasures at command2 ,if such can meekly bend1 and humbly wait ,beside the footstool of the ,infinite1 ,eager to bask in beams of saving grace1 ,learning and goodness then go hand in hand1 ,and happy is the people and the state1 ,that hath such learned men to shed the light ,of their example round their early resting-place4 ,egone4 ,,liberty4 ,because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of ,god4--,romans1 viii4 #ba4 ,where the ,spirit of the ,lord is1 there is liberty4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 iii4 #ag4 ,so speak ye1 and so do1 as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty4--,james1 ii4 #ab4 ,in vain from thee1 ,o love1 expecting ease1 ,few hours of calm1 but years of grief ,i passed1 ,and lived on joys and hopes that would not last-- ,food ill adapted to my heart's disease4 ,but now that ,i desire a full release1 ,and heaven has granted me this sweet contrast ,of light1 and life1 and liberty so vast1 ,far as ,i can from thee ,i fly for peace2 ,even as a bird1 which1 rescued from the snare1 ,wings to the shady covert of the grove1 ,still fluttering at the danger it has seen4 ,i hear thee call indeed1 as ,i remove2 ,but ,he who sought me1 and who hears my prayer1 ,allows not earthly love to come between4 ,gabriel ,fiamma4 ,but there is yet a liberty1 unsung ,by poets1 and by senators unpraised1 ,which monarchs cannot grant1 nor all the powers ,of earth and hell confederate1 take away2 ,a liberty which persecution1 fraud1 ,oppression1 prisons1 have no power to bind2 ,which whoso tastes can be enslaved no more4 ',tis liberty of heart1 derived from ,heaven1 ,bought with ,his blood1 who gave it to mankind1 ,and sealed with the same token4 ,cowper4 ,true ,liberty was ,christian2 sanctified1 ,baptized and found in ,christian hearts alone4 ,first-born of ,virtue1 daughter of the skies1 ,nursling of truth divine2 sister of all ,the graces1 meekness1 holiness1 and love4 ,giving to ,god1 and man1 and all below ,that symptom showed of sensible existence1 ,their due1 unasked4 ,pollok4 ,,life4 ,a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth4--,luke1 xii4 #ae4 ,this is life eternal1 that they might know thee the only true ,god1 and ,jesus ,christ1 whom thou hast sent4--,john1 xvii4 #c4 ,in hope of eternal life1 which ,god1 that cannot lie1 promised before the world began4--,titus1 i4 #b4 ,for what is your life8 ,it is even a vapour1 that appeareth for a little time1 and then vanisheth away4--,james1 iv4 #ad4 ,hereby perceive we the love of ,god2 because he laid down his life for us3 and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren4--,i4 ,john1 iii4 #af4 ,so1 in the passing of a day1 doth pass ,the bud and blossom of the life of man1 ,nor e'er doth flourish more1 but like the grass ,cut down1 becometh withered1 pale1 and wan4 ,tasso4 ,i live on earth upon a stage of sorrow2 ,lord1 if ,thou pleasest1 end the play to-morrow4 ,i live on earth1 as in a dream of pleasure2 ,awake me when ,thou wilt1 ,i wait ,thy leisure4 ,i live on earth1 but as of life bereaven2 ,my life's with ,thee1 for1 ,lord1 ,thou art in ,heaven4 ,quarles4 ,thy life's a warfare1 thou a soldier art1 ,satan's thy foeman1 and a faithful heart ,thy two-edged weapon1 patience thy shield1 ,heaven is thy chieftain1 and the world thy field4 ,to be afraid to die1 or wish for death1 ,are words and passions of despairing breath3 ,who doth the first1 the day doth faintly yield2 ,and who the second1 basely flies the field4 ,quarles4 ,while man is growing1 life is in decrease2 ,and cradles rock us nearer to the tomb4 ,our birth is nothing but our death begun2 ,as tapers waste that instant they take fire4 99 99 99 99 99 ,he sins against this life1 who slights the next4 ,young4 ,life is most enjoyed ,when courted least2 most worth when disesteemed2 ,then 'tis the seat of comfort1 rich in peace1 ,in prospect richer far2 important1 awful1 ,not to be mentioned1 but with shouts of praise6 ,not to be thought on1 but with tides of joy6 ,the mighty basis of eternal bliss6 99 99 99 99 99 ,in the same brook1 none ever bathed him twice3 ,to the same life1 none ever twice awoke4 ,we call the brook the same2 the same we think ,our life1 though still more rapid in its flow2 ,nor mark the much irrevocably lapsed1 ,and mingled with the sea4 ,young4 ,opening the map of ,god's expansive plan1 ,we find a little isle1 this life of man2 ,eternity's unknown expanse appears ,circling around1 and limiting his years4 ,the busy race examine and explore ,each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore1 ,with care collect what in their eyes excels1 ,some shining pebbles1 and some weeds and shells1 ,thus laden1 dream that they are rich and great1 ,and happiest be that groans beneath his weight4 ,the waves o'ertake them in their serious play1 ,and every hour sweeps multitudes away2 ,they shriek and sink--survivors start and weep1 ,pursue their sport1 and follow to the deep4 ,cowper4 ,this mortal life1 ,seeming so fair1 is like a feather tossed1 ,borne on the wind1 and in a moment lost4 ,or if with sudden wheel it flies ,further sometimes1 and upwards springs1 ,and then upon its wings ,sustained in air1 as if self-balanced1 lies1 ,the lightness of its nature is the cause-- ,and swiftly1 after little pause1 ,with thousand turns1 and thousand idle stops1 ,because it is of earth1 to earth it drops4 ,from the ,italian of ,sanazzaro4 ,transient1 fickle1 light1 and gay1 ,flattering only to betray2 ,what1 alas6 can life contain6 ,life like all its circles1--vain4 ,moore4 ,man's life's a book of history2 ,the leaves thereof are days2 ,the letters1 mercies closely joined2 ,the title is ,god's praise4 ,mason4 ,how short is human life6 the very breath ,which frames my words1 accelerates my death4 ,hannah ,more4 ,ah1 what is ,life6 a dream within a dream2 ,a pilgrimage from peril rarely free2 ,a bark that sails upon a changing sea1 ,now sunshine and now storm2 a mountain stream ,heard1 but scarce seen ere to the dark deep gone2 ,a wild star blazing with unsteady beam1 ,yet for a season fair to look upon4 ,life is an infant on ,affection's knee1 ,a youth now full of hope and transient glee1 ,in manhood's peerless noon1 now bright1 anon ,a time-worn ruin silvered o'er with years4 ,life is a race where slippery steeps arise1 ,where discontent and sorrow are the prize1 ,and where the goal appears the grave is won4 ,e4 ,moxon4 ,in deserts of the ,holy ,land ,i strayed1 ,where ,christ once lived1 but seems to live no more1 ,on ,lebanon my lonely home ,i made1 ,i heard the wind among the cedars roar1 ,and saw1 far off1 the ,great ,sea's solemn shore3 8,but 'tis a dreary wilderness10 ,i said1 ,now the prophetic spirit hence has fled3 ,then1 from a convent in the vale1 ,i heard1 ,slow-chanted forth1 the everlasting ,word1 ,saying 8,i am he that liveth1 and was dead1 ,and lo6 ,i am alive for evermore40 ,then forth upon my pilgrimage ,i fare1 ,resolved to find and praise ,him everywhere4 ,j4 ,gostick4 ,tell me not1 in mournful numbers1 8,life is but an empty dream60 ,for the soul is dead that slumbers1 ,and things are not what they seem4 ,life is real6 ,life is earnest6 ,and the grave is not its goal2 8,dust thou art1 to dust returnest10 ,was not spoken of the soul4 ,not enjoyment1 and not sorrow1 ,is our destined end or way1 ,but to act1 that each to-morrow ,find us farther than to-day4 ,art is long1 and time is fleeting1 ,and our hearts1 though stout and brave1 ,still1 like muffled drums1 are beating ,funeral marches to the grave4 ,in the world's broad field of battle1 ,in the bivouac of ,life1 ,be not like dumb1 driven cattle6 ,be a hero in the strife6 ,trust no future1 howe'er pleasant6 ,let the dead ,past bury its dead6 ,act1--act in the living ,present6 ,heart within1 and ,god o'erhead6 ,lives of great men all remind us ,we can make our lives sublime1 ,and1 departing1 leave behind us ,footprints on the sands of time2 ,footprints1 that perhaps another1 ,sailing o'er life's solemn main1 ,a forlorn and shipwrecked brother1 ,seeing1 shall take heart again4 ,let us1 then1 be up and doing1 ,with a heart for any fate1 ,still achieving1 still pursuing1 ,learn to labour and to wait4 ,longfellow4 ,,light4 ,and ,god said4 ,let there be light3 and there was light4 ,and ,god saw the light that it was good3 and ,god divided the light from the darkness4 ,and ,god called the light ,day4--,genesis1 i4 #c1 #d1 #e4 ,truly the light is sweet1 and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun4--,ecclesiastes1 xi4 #g4 ,come ye1 and let us walk in the light of the ,lord4--,isaiah1 ii4 #e4 ,let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works1 and glorify your ,father which is in heaven4--,matthew1 v4 #af4 ,the dayspring from on high hath visited us1 to give light to them that sit in darkness1 and in the shadow of death1 to guide our feet into the way of peace4--,luke1 i4 #gh1 #gi4 ,every one that doeth evil1 hateth the light2 neither cometh to the light1 lest his deeds should be reproved4--,john1 iii4 #bj4 ,the day that only springeth from on high1 ,that high day-light wherein the heavens do live3 ,the life that loves but to behold that eye ,which doth the glory of all brightness give1 ,and from the enlightened doth all darkness drive3 ,where saints do see1 and angels know to see ,a brighter light than saints or angels see4 ,in this light's love1 ,o1 let me ever live6 ,and let my soul have never other love ,but all the pleasures of this world to give1 ,the smallest spark of such a joy to prove1 ,and ever pray unto my ,god above1 ,to grant my humble soul good ,simeon's grace1 ,in love to see my ,saviour in the face4 ,nicholas ,breton4 ,hail1 holy ,light1 offspring of heav'n first born1 ,or of th' ,eternal coeternal beam1 ,may ,i express thee unblam'd8 ,since ,god is ,light1 ,and never but in unapproached light ,dwelt from eternity1 dwelt then in thee1 ,bright effluence of bright essence increate4 ,or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream1 ,whose fountain who shall tell8 ,before the sun1 ,before the heav'ns thou wert1 and at the voice ,of ,god1 as with a mantle1 did'st invest ,the rising world of waters dark and deep1 ,won from the void and formless infinite6 ,milton4 ,he that hath light within his own clear breast1 ,may sit in the centre1 and enjoy bright day2 ,but he that hides a dark soul1 and foul thoughts1 ,benighted walks under the mid-day sun3 ,himself is his own dungeon4 ,milton4 ,prime cheerer1 ,light6 ,of all material beings1 first and best6 ,efflux divine6 ,nature's resplendent robe6 ,without whose vesting beauty1 all were wrapt ,in unessential gloom6 and thou1 ,o ,sun6 ,soul of surrounding worlds1 in whom1 best seen1 ,shines out thy ,maker6 ,thomson4 ,see1 the time for sleep has run1 ,rise before1 or with the sun3 ,lift thy hands1 and humbly pray ,the fountain of eternal day4 ,that1 as the light1 serenely fair1 ,illustrates all the tracts of air2 ,the ,sacred ,spirit so may rest1 ,with quickening beams1 upon thy breast4 ,parnell4 ,when ,israel of the ,lord beloved1 ,out from the land of bondage came1 ,her father's ,god before her moved1 ,an awful guide in smoke and flame1 ,by day along the astonish'd lands ,the cloudy pillar glided slow2 ,by night ,arabia's crimson'd sands ,return'd the fiery column's glow4 ,and present still1 though now unseen6 ,when brightly shines the prosperous day4 ,be thoughts of ,thee a cloudy screen1 ,to temper the deceitful ray2 ,and oh1 when stoops in ,judah's path1 ,in shade and storm1 the frequent night1 ,be ,thou long-suffering1 slow to wrath1 ,a burning and a shining light4 ,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,o light1 thy subtle essence who may know8 --,ask not1 for all things but myself ,i show4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,almighty ,framer of the skies6 ,o let our pure devotion rise ,like incense in thy sight6 ,wrapt in impenetrable shade1 ,the texture of our souls was made1 ,till thy command gave light4 ,chatterton4 ,awake1 arise1 thy light is come2 ,the nations that before outshone thee1 ,now at thy feet lie dark and dumb1 ,the glory of the ,lord is on thee6 ,arise--the ,gentiles to thy ray1 ,from ev'ry nook of earth shall cluster2 ,and kings and princes haste to pay ,their homage to thy rising lustre4 ,moore4 ,walk in the light6 so shalt thou know ,that fellowship of love ,his ,spirit only can bestow1 ,who reigns in light above4 ,walk in the light6 and sin1 abhorred1 ,shall ne'er defile again2 ,the blood of ,jesus ,christ the ,lord ,shall cleanse from every stain4 ,walk in the light6 and thou shalt find1 ,thy heart made truly ,his1 ,who dwells in cloudless light enshrined1 ,in whom no darkness is4 ,walk in the light6 and thou shalt own ,thy darkness passed away1 ,because that light hath on thee shone1 ,in which is perfect day4 ,walk in the light6 and e'en the tomb ,no fearful shade shall wear2 ,glory shall chase away its gloom1 ,for ,christ hath conquered there4 ,walk in the light6 and thou shalt be ,a path1 though thorny1 bright2 ,for ,god1 by grace1 shall dwell in thee1 ,and ,god ,himself is light6 ,barton4 8,let there be light60 ,the ,eternal spoke1 ,and from the abyss where darkness rode ,the earliest dawn of nature broke1 ,and light around creation flowed3 ,the glad earth smiled to see the day1 ,the first-born day come blushing in2 ,the young day smiled to shed its ray ,upon a world untouched by sin4 8,let there be light60 ,o'er heaven and earth1 ,the ,god who first the day-beam poured1 ,uttered again ,his fiat forth1 ,and shed the gospel's light abroad2 ,and1 like the dawn1 its cheering rays ,on rich and poor were meant to fall1 ,inspiring their ,redeemer's praise1 ,in lowly cot1 and lordly hall4 ,then come1 when in the orient first ,flushes the signal-light for prayer2 ,come with the earliest beams that burst ,from ,god's bright throne of glory there2 ,come1 kneel to ,him who through the night ,hath watched above thy sleeping soul2 ,to ,him whose mercies1 like ,his light1 ,are shed abroad from pole to pole4 ,charles ,f4 ,hoffman4 ,then moved upon the waveless deep ,the quickening ,spirit of the ,lord2 ,and broken was its pulseless sleep ,before the ,everlasting ,word6 8,let there be ,light60 and listening earth1 ,with tree1 and plant1 and flowery sod1 8,in the beginning0 sprang to birth1 ,obedient to the voice of ,god4 ,w4 ,h ,burleigh4 ,heard as each morn relumes the eastern cloud1 ,thy voice of holiest comfort cries aloud1 ,bidding us rise1 the night-like past above1 ,and soar on morning's wing to thoughts of light and love6 ,anon4 ,,lord4 ,the ,lord shall reign for ever and ever4--,exodus1 xv4 #ah4 ,hear1 ,o ,lord1 and have mercy upon me3 ,lord1 be thou my helper4--,psalm xxx4 #aj4 ,by the word of the ,lord were the heavens made2 and all the host of them by the breath of ,his mouth4--,psalm xxxiii4 #f4 ,exalt the ,lord our ,god1 and worship at his holy hill1 for the ,lord our ,god is holy4--,psalm xcix4 #i4 ,and ,i heard as it were the voice of a great multitude1 and as the voice of many waters1 and as the voice of many thunderings1 saying4 ,alleluia3 for the ,lord ,god omnipotent reigneth4--,revelation1 xix4 #f4 ,thou art of all created things ,o ,lord1 the essence and the cause1 ,the source and centre of all bliss2 ,what are those veils of woven light1 ,where sun and moon and stars unite1 ,the purple morn1 the sprangled night1 ,but curtains which ,thy mercy draws ,between the heavenly world and this8 ,the terrors of the sea and land1 ,when all the elements conspire1 ,the earth and water1 storm and fire1 ,are but the shadows of ,thy hand2 ,the lightning's flash1 the howling storm1 ,the dread volcano's awful blaze1 ,proclaim ,thy glory and ,thy praise6 ,beneath the sunny summer showers ,thy love assumes a milder form ,and writes its angel name in flowers2 ,the wind that flies with winged feet ,around the grassy gladdened earth1 ,seems but commissioned to repeat ,in echo's accents--silvery sweet-- ,that ,thou1 ,o ,lord1 didst give it birth4 ,there is a tongue in every flame1 ,there is a tongue in every wave1 ,to these the bounteous ,godhead gave ,these organs but to praise ,his name6 ,o mighty ,lord of boundless space ,here canst ,thou be both sought and found4 ,for here in everything around ,thy presence and ,thy power ,i trace2 ,with faith my guide and my defence1 ,i burn to serve in love and fear2 ,if as a slave1 oh6 leave me here1 ,if not1 ,o ,lord1 remove me hence6 ,m' ,carthy1 from the ,spanish of ,calderon4 ,the ,lord of all1 ,himself through all diffused1 ,sustains1 and is the life of all that lives4 ,nature is but a name for an effect1 ,whose cause is ,god4 ,he feeds the secret fire ,by which the mighty process is maintained2 ,who sleeps not1 is not weary2 in whose sight ,slow circling ages are as transient days2 ,whose work is without labour2 whose designs ,no flaw deforms1 no difficulty thwarts2 ,and whose beneficence no charge exhausts4 ,him blind antiquity profaned1 not served1 ,with self-taught rites1 and under various names1 ,female and ,male ,pomona1 ,pales1 ,pan1 ,and ,flora1 and ,vertumnus2 peopling earth ,with tutelary goddesses and gods ,that were not2 and commending as they would ,to each some province1 garden1 field1 or grove4 ,but all are under one4 ,one ,spirit1 ,his ,who wore the platted thorns with bleeding brows1 ,rules universal nature4 ,not a flower ,but shows some touch in freckle1 streak1 or stain1 ,of ,his unrivalled pencil4 ,he inspires ,their balmy odours1 and imparts their hues1 ,and bathes their eyes with nectar1 and includes1 ,in grains as countless as the sea-side sands1 ,the forms with which ,he sprinkles all the earth4 ,cowper4 ,the ,lord will come6 the earth shall quake1 ,the hills their fixed seat forsake2 ,and1 with'ring1 from the vault of night ,the stars withdraw their feeble light4 ,the ,lord will come6 but not the same ,as once in lowly form ,he came1 ,a silent ,lamb to slaughter led1 ,the bruis'd1 the suff'ring1 and the dead4 ,the ,lord will come6 a dreadful form1 ,with wreath of flame1 and robe of storm1 ,on cherub wings1 and wings of wind1 ,anointed ,judge of human-kind6 ,go1 tyrants6 to the rocks complain6 ,go1 seek the mountain's cleft in vain6 ,but faith1 victorious o'er the tomb1 ,shall sing for joy1 the ,lord is come6 ,heber4 ,great ,former of this various frame1 ,our souls adore thine awful name2 ,and bow and tremble while they praise ,the ,ancient of eternal days4 ,thou ,lord1 with unsurprised survey1 ,saw'st nature rising yesterday2 ,and1 as to-morrow1 shall thine eye1 ,see earth and stars in ruin lie4 ,doddridge4 ,in the dark winter of affliction's hour1 ,when summer friends and pleasures haste away1 ,and the wrecked heart perceives how frail each power ,it made a refuge1 and believed a stay2 ,when man1 all wild and weak is seen to be-- ,there's none like ,thee1 ,o ,lord6 there's none like ,thee6 ,thou in adversity canst be a sun2 ,thou hast a healing balm1 a sheltering tower1 ,the peace1 the truth1 the life1 the love of ,one1 ,nor wound1 nor grief1 nor storm can overpower ,gifts of a ,king2 gifts1 frequent and yet free1-- ,there's none like ,thee1 ,o ,lord6 none1 none like ,thee6 ,miss ,jewsbury4 ,attired with majesty1 the ,lord doth reign1 ,and girt with strength4 ,the world immovably ,is stablished1 and ,his throne shall aye remain6 ,thou art for ever6 ,the floods have lifted high1 ,o ,lord6 the floods have lifted high their voice1 ,the floods lift up their billows mightily-- ,the ,lord on high is mightier than the noise ,of many waters1 stronger than the seas-- ,thy word is sure--,let all the earth rejoice6 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,,love4 ,the ,lord preserveth all them that love ,him4--,psalm xciv4 #bj4 ,love your enemies1 bless them that curse you4--,matthew1 v4 #dd4 ,this is my commandment1 that ye love one another1 as ,i have loved you4 ,greater love hath no man than this1 that a man lay down his life for his friends4 ,ye are my friends1 if ye do whatsoever ,i command you4--,john1 xv4 #ab1 #ad4 ,god commendeth his love toward us1 in that1 while we were yet sinners1 ,christ died for us4--,romans1 v4 #h4 ,behold1 what manner of love the ,father hath bestowed upon us1 that we should be called the sons of ,god4--,i4 ,john1 iii4 #a4 ,beloved1 let us love one another3 for love is of ,god2 and every one that loveth is born of ,god1 and knoweth ,god4--,i4 ,john1 iv4 #g4 ,weak though we are1 to love is no hard task1 ,and love for love is all that ,heaven does ask4 99 99 99 99 99 ',tis with our minds as with a fertile ground2 ,wanting this love1 they must with weeds abound2 ,unruly passions1 whose effects are worse ,than thorns and briars1 springing from the curse4 ,waller4 ,legions of angels1 which ,he might have used1 ,for us resolved to perish1 ,he refused2 ,while they stood ready to prevent ,his loss1 ,love took ,him up1 and nailed ,him to the cross4 ,immortal love6 which in ,his bowels reigned1 ,that we might be by such high love constrained ,to make return of love2 upon this pole ,our duty does1 and our religion roll4 ,to love is to believe1 to hope1 to know2 ',tis an essay1 a taste of ,heaven below4 ,he to proud potentates would not be known2 ,of those who loved ,him1 ,he was hid from none4 ,waller4 ,humble love1 ,and not proud science1 keeps the door of ,heaven2 ,love finds admission where proud science fails4 ,young4 ,love celestial6 wondrous heat6 ,o1 beyond expression great6 ,what resistless charms were thine1 ,in thy good1 thy best design6 ,when ,god was hated1 sin obeyed1 ,and man undone1 without thy aid1 ,from the seats of endless peace ,they brought the ,son1 the ,lord of ,grace2 ,they taught ,him to receive a birth1 ,to clothe in flesh1 to live on earth1 ,and after1 lifted ,him on high1 ,and taught ,him on the cross to die4 ,parnell4 ,he prayeth best1 who loveth best ,all things1 both great and small2 ,for the dear ,god who loveth us1 ,he made and loveth all4 ,coleridge4 ,they sin who tell us love can die6 ,with life all other passions fly1 ,all others are but vanity2 ,in heaven ambition cannot dwell1 ,nor avarice in the vaults of hell2 ,earthly these passions of the earth1 ,they perish where they have their birth4 ,but love is indestructible1 ,its holy flame for ever burneth1 ,from heaven it came1 to heaven returneth3 ,for oft on earth a troubled guest1 ,at times deceived1 at times oppress'd2 ,it here is tried and purified1 ,then hath in heaven its perfect rest3 ,it sowest here with toil and care1 ,but the harvest-time of love is there4 ,southey4 ,i must love on1 ,o ,god6 ,this bosom must love on6 but let thy breath ,touch and make pure the flame that knows not death ,bearing it up to ,heaven1 ,love's own abode4 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,no mortal object did these eyes behold ,when first they met the placid light of thine1 ,and my soul felt her destiny divine2 ,and hope of endless peace in me grew bold3 ,heaven-born1 the soul a heavenward course must hold2 ,beyond the visible world she soars to seek 7,for what delights the sense is false and weak7 ,ideal form1 the universal mould4 ,the wise man1 ,i affirm1 can find no rest ,in that which perishes3 nor will he lend ,his heart to ought which doth on time depend4 ',tis sense1 unbridled will1 and not true love1 ,which kills the soul3 love betters what is best ,even here below1 but more in heaven above4 ,wordsworth1 from ,michael ,angelo4 ,o ,love6 thy essence is thy purity6 ,breathe one unhallowed breath upon thy flame1 ,and it is gone for ever1 and but leaves ,a sullied vase--its pure light lost in shame4 ,miss ,landon4 ,love ,thee6 ,oh1 clad in human lowliness1-- ,in whom each heart its mortal kindred knows1-- ,our flesh1 our forms1 our tears1 our pains1 our woes2 ,a fellow-wanderer o'er earth's wilderness6 ,love ,thee6--whose very word but breathes to bless6 ,through ,thee1 from long-seal'd lips1 glad language flows2 ,the blind their eyes1 that laugh with light1 unclose2 ,and babes1 unchid1 ,thy garment's hem caress4 ,i see thee--doomed by bitterest pangs to die1 ,up the sad hill1 with willing footsteps move1 ,with scorge1 and taunt1 and wanton agony2 ,while the cross nods1 in hideous gloom1 above1 ,though all--even there--be radiant ,deity6 ,speechless ,i gaze1 and my whole soul is ,love4 ,milman4 ,they err1 who deem love's brightest hour in blooming youth is flown3 ,its purest1 tenderest1 holiest power in after life is known1 ,when passions chastened and subdued1 to riper years are given1 ,and earth1 and earthly things1 are viewed in light that breaks from ,heaven4 ,bernard ,barton4 ,music of the bough that waves1 ,as the wind plays lightly o'er2 ,music of the stream that laves ,pebbly marge or rocky shore2 ,sweet your melody to me1 ,singing to the soul--the tone ,exceeds by far the minstrelsy ,of halls wherein bright harpers shone2 ,for ye attune ,his praise who made ,the wondrous perfect frame we view1 ,each hill1 and plain1 and leafy shade1 ,and yon fair canopy of blue3 ,ye seem to sing1--8,how great the arm ,of that high ,god who reigns above2 ,him worship6 but without alarm2 ,his dearest1 best known name is ,love40 ,james ,edmeston4 ,all things that are on earth shall wholly pass away1 ,except the ,love of ,god1 which shall live and last for aye4 99 99 99 99 99 ,anon the great globe itself 7so the holy writings tell17 ,with the rolling firmament1 where the starry armies dwell1 ,shall melt with fervent heat--they all shall pass away1 ,except the ,love of ,god1 which shall live and last for aye4 ,w4 ,c4 ,bryant4 ,god is ,love1 saith the ,evangel2 ,and our world of woe and sin ,is made light and happy only1 ,when a love is shining in4 ,j4 ,g4 ,whittier4 ,oh1 loving and forgiving-- ,ye angel words of earth ,years were not worth the living ,if ye too had not birth6 ,oh1 loving and forbearing-- ,how sweet your mission here2 ,the grief that ye are sharing ,hath blessings in its tear4 ,oh1 stern and unforgiving-- ,ye evil words of life1 ,that mock the means of living ,with never-ending strife4 ,oh1 harsh and unrepenting ,how would ye meet the grave1 ,if ,heaven1 as unrelenting1 ,forbore not1 nor forgave8 ,oh1 loving and forgiving-- ,sweet sisters of the soul1 ,in whose celestial living ,the passions find control6 ,still breathe your influence o'er us ,whene'er by passion crost1 ,and1 angel-like1 restore us ,the paradise we lost4 ,charles ,swain4 ',tis the angel ,love1 ,he1 who for ever strives with ,death1 and yet ,doth live6 ,i see a form erect and motionless1 ,veiled with a cloud of darkness1 that no eye ,can pierce2 that spectre form is ,death1 and there ,i see ,love crushed and bleeding 'neath his feet3 ,but still undying--still a conqueror--still ,a thing that ,death may wound but cannot quell4 ,in his warm blood a spirit still survives2 ,in his bright eye a soul is living yet2 ,in his undying heart1 eternal life ,throbs fixedly4 ,oh strife most beautiful6 ,thou crowned martyr6 thou enduring ,love6 ,how beautiful thou art6 ,constantia ,l4 ,riddell4 ,why should ,i a stranger be ,in my ,father's dwelling1 ,while hill and river1 rock and tree1 ,of his love are telling8 ,always heard their simple voice1 ,bidding child-like hearts rejoice1 ,whispers us this love is near2 ,what we seek in yonder sphere1 ,love can find it now--and here4 ,joseph ,gostick4 ,hail1 holy love6 ethereal essence1 hail6 ,heaven's earliest offspring1 earliest visitant ,from thence to earth1 here latest found to soothe ,man's burdened heart1 with pains and griefs oppressed1 7,sad fruit of disobedience17 thou1 ere time ,his race had yet begun1 the glorious plan ,of mercy didst devise1 the day of grace1 ,that with mild lustre dawned in ,eden's shades1 ,what time primeval sinners strove to hide 7,vain subterfuge67 from ,god's all-piercing eye ,their guilt and shame2 and thousand promises ,with kindling radiance on the raptured mind ,of patriarchs1 and kings1 and prophets rose1 ,and saints expectant4 ,s4 ,stennet4 ,love never fails3 though knowledge cease1 ,though ,prophecies decay1 ,love1 ,christian love1 shall still increase1 ,shall still extend her sway4 ,here dimly1 through life's shadowy glass1 ,we strain our infant eyes2 ,soon shall the earth-born vapours pass1 ,and light1 unclouded1 rise2 ,then ,hope shall sink in changeless doom1 ,then ,faith's bright race be o'er1 ,but ,thou1 ,eternal ,love1 shalt bloom ,more glorious than before4 ,w4 ,peter4 ,before the sparkling lamps on high ,were kindled up1 and hung around the sky3 ,before the sun led on the circling hours1 ,or vital seeds produced their active powers2 ,before the first intelligences strung ,their golden harps and soft preludiums sung ,to ,love1 the mighty cause whence their existence sprung1 ,th' ineffable ,divinity ,his own resemblance meets in thee4 ,by this thy glorious lineage thou dost prove ,thy high descent--for ,god ,himself is ,love4 ,mrs4 ,rowe4 ,,lowliness4 ,though the ,lord be high1 yet hath ,he respect unto the lowly3 but the proud ,he knoweth afar off4--,psalm cxxxviii4 #f4 ,when pride cometh1 then cometh shame3 but with the lowly is wisdom4--,proverbs1 xi4 #b4 ,let nothing be done through strife or vain glory2 but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves4--,philippians1 ii4 #c4 ,the man whose eye ,is ever on himself1 doth look on one ,the least of nature's works1 one who might move ,the wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds ,unlawful ever4 ,o be wiser1 ,thou6 ,instructed that true knowledge leads to love2 ,true dignity abides with him alone1 ,who in the silent hour of inward thought1 ,can still suspect1 and still revere himself ,in lowliness of heart4 ,wordsworth4 ,there are briars besetting every path1 ,that call for patient care2 ,there is a cross in every lot1 ,and an earnest need for prayer2 ,but a lowly heart that leans on ,thee ,is happy anywhere4 ,ann ,l4 ,waring4 ,the blessing of a lowly mind ,lord1 unto me be given1 ,joy in the meanest spot to find1 ,to see in all of human kind1 ,but fellow-travellers1 designed ,to rest at last in heaven4 ,the pleasures of a lowly state ,oh1 let me ne'er despise2 ,and should ,i sit among the great1 ,ne'er be my heart with pride elate1 ,but meekly let me watch and wait ,in lowliness of guise4 ,egone4 ,,man4 ,in the day that ,god created man1 in the likeness of ,god made he him4 ,male and female created he them2 and blessed them1 and called their name ,adam1 in the day when they were created4--,genesis1 v4 #a1 #b4 ,behold1 even to the moon1 and it shineth not2 yea1 the stars are not pure in his sight4 ,how much less man1 that is a worm8 and the son of man1 which is a worm8--,job1 xxv4 #e1 #f4 ,when ,i consider thy heavens1 the work of thy fingers1 the moon and the stars1 which thou hast ordained4 ,what is man that thou art mindful of him1 and the son of man that thou visitest him4 ,for thou hast made him a little lower than the angels1 and hast crowned him with glory and honour4--,psalm viii4 #c1 #d1 #e4 ,man's goings are of the ,lord2 how can a man1 then1 understand his own way8--,proverbs1 xx4 #bd4 ,man shall not live by bread alone1 but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of ,god4--,matthew1 iv4 #d4 ,o1 what is man1 great ,maker of mankind6 ,that ,thou to him so great respect dost bear2 ,that ,thou adornest him with so bright a mind1 ,mak'st him a king1 and even an angel's peer8 ,o1 what a lively life1 what heavenly power1 ,what spreading virtue1 what a sparkling fire1 ,how great1 how plentiful1 how rich a dower ,dost ,thou within the dying flesh inspire6 ,thou leav'st ,thy print in other works of ,thine1 ,but ,thy whole image ,thou in man hast writ2 ,there cannot be a creature more divine1 ,except1 like ,thee1 it should be infinite4 ,but it exceeds man's thoughts1 to think how high ,god hath raised man1 since ,god a man became2 ,the angels do admire this mystery1 ,and are astonished when they view the same3 ,nor hath ,he given these blessings for a day1 ,nor made them on the body's life depend2 ,the soul1 though made in time1 survives for aye2 ,and though it hath beginning1 sees no end4 ,sir ,john ,davies4 ,so fair is man1 that death 7a parting blast17 ,blasts his fair flower1 and makes him earth at last2 ,so strong is man1 that with a gasping breath ,he totters1 and bequeaths his strength to death2 ,so wise is man1 that if with death he strive1 ,his wisdom cannot teach him how to live2 ,so rich is man1 that 7all his debts being paid17 ,his wealth's the winding-sheet wherein he's laid2 ,so young is man1 that 7broke with care and sorrow17 ,he's old enough to-day to die to-morrow4 ,francis ,quarles4 ,man's not a lawful steersman of his days1 ,his bootless wish nor hastens1 nor delays2 ,we are ,god's hired workmen1 ,he discharges ,some late at night1 and 7when ,he list7 enlarges ,others at noon1 and in the morning some3 ,none may relieve himself1 till ,he bid1 ,come4 ,francis ,quarles4 ,let us make man in our own image1 man ,in our similitudes1 and let them rule ,over the fish and fowl of both sea and air1 ,beast of the field1 and over all the earth1 ,and every creeping thing that creeps the ground4 ,this said1 ,he formed thee ,adam1 thee1 ,o man6 ,dust of the ground2 and in thy nostrils breathed ,the breath of life3 in ,his own image1 ,he ,created thee--in the image of ,god ,express4 ,milton4 ,when by ,his ,word ,god had accomplished all1 ,man to create ,he did a council call3 ,employed ,his hand to give the dust ,he took ,a graceful figure and majestic look2 ,with ,his own breath conveyed into his breast ,life and a soul fit to command the rest4 ,waller4 ,alas6 that man ,must prove the direst enemy of man-- ,his boasted reason wielded to contrive ,dark systems of despair--his vaunted skill1 ,to forge the fetters which enthral the soul4 ,a4 ,alexander4 ,a beam ethereal1 sullied and absorpt6 ,though sullied and dishonoured1 still divine2 ,dim miniature of greatness absolute6 ,an heir of glory6 a frail child of dust6 ,helpless immortal6 insect infinite6 ,a worm6 a god6 ,i tremble at myself1 ,and in myself am lost4 ,at home a stranger1 ,thought wanders up and down1 surprised1 aghast1 ,and wondering at her own4 ,how reason reels6 ,oh6 what miracle to man to man6 ,young4 ,say1 why was man so eminently rais'd ,amid the vast creation2 why ordain'd ,through life and death to dart his piercing eye1 ,with thoughts beyond the limits of his frame2 ,but that the ,omnipotent might send him forth ,in sight of mortal and immortal powers1 ,as on a boundless theatre1 to run ,the great career of justice2 to exalt ,his generous aim to all diviner deeds2 ,to chase each partial purpose from his breast2 ,and through the mists of passion and of sense1 ,and through the tossing tide of chance and pain1 ,to hold his course unfaltering2 while the voice ,of truth and virtue1 up the steep ascent ,of nature1 calls him to his high reward-- ,the applauding smile of ,heaven8 ,akenside4 ,traveller1 as roaming over vales and steeps1 ,thou hast1 perchance1 beheld in foliage fair ,a willow bending o'er a brook--it weeps1 ,leaf after leaf1 into the stream1 till bare ,are the best boughs1 the lovliest and the brightest1 ,oh6 sigh1 for well thou may'st1 yet as thou sighest1 ,think not 'tis o'er imaginary woe2 ,i tell thee1 traveller1 such is mortal man1 ,and so he hangs o'er fancied bliss1 and so1 ,while life is verging to its shortest span1 ,drop one by one his dearest joys away1 ,till hope is but the ghost of something fair1 ,till joy is mockery1 till life is care1 ,till he himself is unreflecting clay4 ,henry ,neele4 ,whate'er of earth is formed1 to earth returns ,dissolved3 the various objects we behold-- ,plants1 animals1 this whole material mass-- ,are ever changing1 ever new4 ,the soul ,of man alone1 that particle divine1 ,escapes the wreck of worlds1 when all things fail3 ,hence the great distance 'twixt the beasts that perish1 ,and ,god's bright image1 man's immortal race4 ,somerville4 ,prostration vile1 an alienate from ,god ,man is1 and shall his fallen nature rise1 ,her height regain1 and fill ethereal thrones8 ,many a cloud of evil shall be burst1 ,ere that day come1 severe and dread the strife ,of sullied nature with the soul of man1 ,whate'er his climate1 character1 or creed1 ,temptation1 like a spirit1 tracks his path4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,and what is man8 ,in outward guise ,let him be prince1 or peer1 or slave1 ,or poor and weak1 or great and wise-- ,a mortal1 tending to the grave3 ,such are all men--from earth we came1 ,earth doth her own poor dust reclaim4 ,h4 ,h4 ,weld4 ,but1 of ,thy works1 through sea and land1 ,or the wide fields of ether wending1 ,in man ,thy noblest thoughts are blending2 ,man is the glory of thy hand2-- ,man modelled in a form of grace1 ,where every beauty has its place2 ,a gentleness and glory sharing ,his spirit1 where we may behold ,a higher aim1 a nobler daring3 ',tis ,thine immortal mould4 ,jacob ,bellamy4 ,when the ,almighty ,fiat1 from the gloom ,of chaos drawn to light1 had now arranged ,the jarring seeds1 the last1 the most sublime ,of all ,his works1 was ,man called forth2 to him ,the ,sovereign ,word gave empire o'er the whole4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,,marriage4 ,therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother1 and shall cleave unto his wife3 and they shall be one flesh4--,genesis1 ii4 #bd4 ,and the third day there was a marriage in ,cana of ,galilee2 and the mother of ,jesus was there3 ,and both ,jesus was called1 and his disciples to the marriage4--,john1 ii4 #a1 #b4 ,marriage is honourable in all4--,hebrews1 xiii4 #d4 ,blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the ,lamb4--,revelations1 xix4 #i4 ,save the love we pay ,to ,heaven1 none purer1 holier than that ,a virtuous woman feels1 for him she'd cleave ,thro' life to4 ,sisters part from sisters--brothers ,from brothers--children from their parents--but ,such woman from the husband of her choice1 ,never4 ,sheridan ,knowles4 ,joy1 serious and sublime1 ,such as doth nerve the energies of prayer1 ,should swell the bosom1 when a maiden's hand1 ,filled with life's dewy flowerets1 girdeth on ,that harness which the ministry of death ,alone unlooseth1 but whose fearful power ,may stamp the sentence of ,eternity4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,look down1 ,o ,thou ,who wast at ,cana6 ,bless the rite that's past6 ,help me to put a wedding-garment on ,for the great marriage supper2 and to wear ,thy choice of ornaments1 while ,i await ,the coming of the ,bridegroom4 ,hannah ,f4 ,gould4 ,there are smiles and tears in that gathering band1 ,where the heart is pledged with the trembling hand4 ,what trying thoughts in the bosom swell1 ,as the bride bids parents and home farewell6 ,kneel down by the side of the tearful fair1 ,and strengthen the perilous hour with prayer4 ,henry ,ware1 ,jun4 ,,martyrdom4 ,and others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings1 yea1 moreover of bonds and imprisonment2 ,they were stoned1 they were sawn asunder1 were tempted1 were slain with the sword3 they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins2 being destitute1 afflicted1 tormented2 7,of whom the world was not worthy37 they wandered in deserts1 and in mountains1 and in dens and caves of the earth4--,hebrews1 xi4 #cf1 #cg1 #ch4 ,i saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of ,jesus1 and for the ,word of ,god4--,revelations1 xx4 #d4 ,the ,sacred ,book1 its value understood1 ,received the seal of martyrdom in blood4 ,these holy men1 so full of truth and grace1 ,seem1 to reflection1 of a different race2 ,meek1 modest1 venerable1 wise1 sincere1 ,in such a cause they could not dare to fear2 ,they could not purchase earth with such a price1 ,or spare a life too short to reach the skies4 ,from them to thee conveyed along the tide1 ,their streaming hearts poured freely when they died2 ,those truths which neither use nor years impair1 ,invite thee1 woo thee1 to the bliss they share4 ,cowper4 ,in vain the ,roman lord ,waved the relentless sword1 ,and spread the terrors of the circling flame2 ,in vain the heathen sought1 ,if chance some lurking spot1 ,might mar the lustre of the ,christian name3 ,the ,eternal ,spirit1 by ,his fruits confessed1 ,in life secured from stains1 and steel'd in death1 the breast4 ,bishop ,mant4 ,the ,son of ,god is gone to war1 ,a kingly crown to gain2 ,his blood-red banner streams afar2 ,who follows in his train8 --,who best can drink his cup of woe1 ,triumphant over pain2 ,who boldest bears his cross below1-- ,he follows in his train4 ,the martyr first1 whose eagle-eye ,could pierce beyond the grave2 ,who saw his ,master in the sky1 ,and call'd on him to save3 ,like him1 with pardon on his tongue1 ,in midst of mortal pain1 ,he pray'd for them who did the wrong3 --,who follows in the train8 ,heber4 ,when persecution's torrent blaze ,wraps the unshrinking martyr's head1 ,when fade all earthly flowers and bays1 ,when summer friends are gone and fled1 ,is he alone in that dark hour1 ,who owns the ,lord of love and power8 ,or waves there not around his brow1 ,a wand no human arm may wield1 ,fraught with a spell no angels know1 ,his steps to guide1 his soul to shield8 ,thou1 ,saviour1 art his ,charmed ,bower1 ,his ,magic ,ring1 his ,rock1 his ,tower4 ,keble4 ,in rendering to the ,lord what is the ,lord's1 ,doth not the thought of violence bring shame8 ,think ye1 ,he gave the branching forest-tree ,to furnish fagots for the funeral pyre1 ,or bid ,his sunrise light the world1 to see ,pale1 tortured victims perish there by fire8 ,mrs4 ,norton4 ,the blood of martyrs1 living still1 ,makes the ground pregnant where it flows1 ,and for their temporary ill ,thereon eternal triumph grows4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,thy children1 even as martyrs perished3 ,those first-loved fruits that sprang from thee1 ,from which thy heart was doomed to sever1 ,in praise of ,god1 shall bloom for ever1 ,unhurt1 untouched1 by tyranny4 ,vondel4 ,,meekness4 ,the ,lord lifteth up the meek4--,psalm cxlvii4 #f4 ,the ,lord taketh pleasure in his people3 he will beautify the meek with salvation4--,psalm cxlix4 #d4 ,blessed are the meek3 for they shall inherit the earth4--,matthew1 v4 #e4 ,take my yoke upon you1 and learn of me3 for ,i am meek and lowly in heart3 and ye shall find rest unto your souls4--,matthew1 xi4 #bi4 ,o1 what a doctrine of almighty depth ,messiah founded1 when ,his truth declar'd ,in meekness lies the majesty of man6 ,at once the wisdom of the world was dumb1 ,and fortune blasted on her throne of bliss4 ,the ways of pleasantness1 the paths of peace1 ,are dim and narrow1 tracks of noiseless gloom ,which glory flies1 and grandeur seldom walks3 ,the poor in spirit1 and the meek in heart1 ,who thirst and hunger for ,thy righteous word4-- ,oh6 these are blest1 for ,thine unerring voice ,hath call'd them so4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,behold6 where1 in the friend of man1 ,appears each grace divine3 ,the virtues1 all in ,jesus met1 ,with mildest radiance shine4 ,to spread the rays of heavenly light2 ,to give the mourner joy2 ,to preach glad tidings to the poor1 ,was ,his divine employ4 ',midst keen reproach and cruel scorn1 ,patient and meek ,he stood2 ,his foes1 ungrateful1 sought ,his life2-- ,he laboured for their good4 ,enfield4 ,meek souls there are1 who little dream ,their daily strife an angel's theme2 ,and that the end they take so calm1 ,shall prove in heaven a martyr's palm4 ,anon4 ,,meeting4 ,and thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark2 and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that ,i shall give thee4 ,and there ,i will meet with thee1 and ,i will commune with thee from above the mercy seat4--,exodus1 xxv4 #ba1 #bb4 ,o1 when a mother meets on high ,the babe she lost in infancy1 ,hath she not then for pains and fears1 ,the day of woe1 the watchful night1 ,for all her sorrows1 all her tears1 ,an over-payment of delight8 ,southey4 ,o1 'tis one scene of parting here1 ,love's watchword is farewell6 ,and almost starts the following tear1 ,ere dried the last that fell6 ',tis but to feel that one most dear ,is needful to the heart1 ,and straight a voice is muttering near1 ,imperious1 ,ye must part6 ,but happiest he1 whose gifted eye ,above this world can see1 ,and those diviner realms descry1 ,where partings cannot be2 ,who1 with ,one changeless ,friend on high1 ,life's various path has trod1 ,and soars to meet1 beyond the sky1 ,the ransomed and their ,god4 ,townshend4 ,oh1 what an all-glorious meeting1 ,in yonder bright world we shall know2 ,when glorified spirits are greeting ,the friends they left mourning below4 ,earth's friendships renewed shall then heighten ,the loud-rolling anthem of praise2 ,while each happy spirit shall brighten ,at the feet of the ancient of days4 ,w4 ,j4 ,brock4 ,,mercy4 ,all the paths of the ,lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies4--,psalm xxv4 #aj4 ,the ,lord is good to all3 and ,his tender mercies are over all ,his works4--,psalm cxlv4 #i4 ,he that hath mercy on the poor1 happy is he4--,proverbs1 xiv4 #ba4 ,blessed are the merciful3 for they shall obtain mercy4--,matthew1 v4 #g4 ,be ye therefore merciful1 as your ,father also is merciful4--,luke1 vi4 #cf4 ,ye ,sacred ,writings6 in whose antique leaves1 ,the wondrous deeds of heaven recorded lie1 ,say what might be the cause1 that mercy heaves ,the dust of sin above the starry sky1 ,and lets it not to dust and ashes fly8 ,could ,justice be of sin so over-woo'd1 ,or so great ill be cause of so great good1 ,that1 bloody man to save1 man's ,saviour shed his blood4 ,here1 when the ruin of that beauteous frame1 ,whose golden building shin'd with every star ,of excellence1 deform'd with sin became2 ,mercy rememb'ring peace in midst of war1 ,lift up the music of her voice to bar ,eternal fate1 lest it should quite erase ,that from the world1 which was the first world's grace4 ,and all again into their nothing--chaos--chase4 ,giles ,fletcher4 ,why1 all the souls that were1 were forfeit once2 ,and ,he that might the vantage best have took1 ,found out the remedy4 ,how would you be1 ,if ,he which is the top of judgment1 should ,but judge you1 as you are8 ,o1 think on that6 ,and mercy then will breathe within your lips1 ,like men new made4 ,shakspere4 ,it is an attribute of ,god himself1 ,and earthly power doth then show liker ,god's1 ,when mercy seasons justice4 ,shakspere4 ,when winter fortunes cloud the brows ,of summer friends1--when eyes grow strange1-- ,when plighted faith forgets its vows1 ,when earth and all things in it change1-- ,o ,lord1 thy mercies fail me never-- ,where once thou lovest1 thou lovest for ever6 ,john ,quarles4 ,mercy is the highest reach of wit1 ,a safety unto them that save with it3 ,born out of ,god1 and unto human eyes1 ,like ,god1 not seen1 till fleshly passion dies4 ,lord ,brooke4 ',tis ,he supports my mortal frame1 ,my tongue shall speak ,his praise1 ,my sins would rise ,his wrath to flame1 ,and yet ,his wrath delays4 ,on a poor worm ,thy power might tread1 ,and ,i could ne'er withstand1 ,thy justice might have crushed me dead1 ,but mercy held ,thy hand4 ,watts4 ,hard is his fate who builds his peace of mind ,on the precarious mercy of mankind2 ,who hopes for wild and visionary things1 ,and mounts o'er unknown seas with vent'rous wings4 ,crabbe4 ,though ,nature her inverted course forego1 ,the day forget to rest1 the time to flow1 ,yet shall ,jehovah's servants stand secure1 ,his ,mercy1 fixed1 eternal shall endure2 ,on them her everlasting rays shall shine1 ,more mild and bright1 and sure1 ,o sun6 than thine4 ,bishop ,lowth4 ,how are thy servants bless'd1 ,o ,lord6 ,how sure is their defence6 ,eternal wisdom is their guide1 ,their help1 ,omnipotence6 ,in foreign realms1 and lands remote1 ,supported by thy care1 ,through burning climes ,i pass'd unhurt1 ,and breathed in tainted air4 ,in midst of dangers1 fears1 and death1 ,thy goodness ,i'll adore2 ,and praise thee for thy mercies past1 ,and humbly hope for more4 ,addison4 ,with grief opprest1 and prostrate in the dust1 ,shouldst ,thou condemn1 ,i own thy sentence just4 ,but oh6 ,thy softer titles let me claim1 ,and plead my cause by ,mercy's gentle name4 ,mercy1 that wipes the penitential tear1 ,and dissipates the horrors of despair2 ,from righteous ,justice steals the vengeful hour1 ,softens the dreadful attributes of power1 ,disarms the wrath of an offended ,god1 ,and seals my pardon in a ,saviour's blood4 ,mrs4 ,carter4 ,o1 ,thou1 whose piercing thought ,doth note each secret path1 ,for mercy to ,thy ,throne we fly ,from man's condemning wrath4 ,how fearless should our trust ,in thy compassion be1 ,when from our brother of the dust ,we dare appeal to ,thee4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,believe1 and fear not6 in the blackest cloud ,a sunbeam hides2 and from the deepest pang1 ,some hidden mercy may a ,god declare6 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,by all the tender mercy ,god hath shown to human grief1 ,when fate1 or man's perverseness1 ,denied and barr'd relief1-- ,by the helpless woe which taught me ,to look to ,him alone1 ,from the vain appeals for justice ,and wild efforts of my own1-- ,by thy light--thou unseen future1 ,and thy tears--thou bitter past1 ,i will hope--though all forsake me-- ,in ,his ,mercy to the last6 ,mrs4 ,norton4 ,if ,heaven ,did in the balance of strict justice weigh ,the iniquity of men1 who could abide ,its judgment8 ,did not mercy temper wrath1 ,eternal ruin would o'erwhelm mankind4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,mercy descends ,from heaven1 and o'er the penitential heart1 ,rent by the agonizing pains of guilt1 ,spreads the soft blessings of internal peace4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,mankind are all pilgrims on life's weary road1 ,and many would wander astray ,in seeking eternity's silent abode1 ,did ,mercy not point out the way4 ,g4 ,p4 ,morris4 ,i hear a sound that comes from far2 ,it fills my soul with joy and love2 ,not seraphs' voices sweeter are1 ,that echo through the courts above4 ',tis mercy's voice that strikes my ear1 ,from ,calvary it sounds abroad2 ,it soothes my soul and calms my fear2 ,it speaks of pardon bought with blood4 ,and is it true that many fly ,the sound that bids my soul rejoice1 ,and rather choose with fools to die1 ,than turn an ear to mercy's voice4 ,with such1 ,i own1 ,i once appeared1 ,but now ,i know how great their loss2 ,for sweeter sounds were never heard1 ,than mercy utters from the cross4 ,kelly4 ,lord have mercy when we strive ,to save1 through ,thee1 our souls alive6 ,when the pampered flesh is strong1 ,when the strife is fierce and long2 ,when our wakening thoughts begin ,first to loathe their cherished sin1 ,and our weary spirits fail1 ,and our aching brows are pale1 ,oh1 then have mercy1 ,lord6 ,h4 ,h4 ,milman4 ,,message4 ,i have a message from ,god unto thee4--,judges1 iii4 #bj4 ,the priest's lips should keep knowledge1 and they should seek the law at his mouth3 for he is the messenger of the ,lord of ,hosts4--,malachi1 ii4 #g4 ,behold ,i will send my messenger1 and he shall prepare the way before me4--,malachi1 iii4 #a4 ,this is the message that ye heard from the beginning1 that we should love one another4--,i4 ,john1 iii4 #aa4 ,gently hast thou told ,thy message1 which might else in telling wound1 ,and in performing end us4 ,milton4 ,o for a message from above ,to bear my spirit up6 ,some pledge of my ,creator's love ,to calm my terrors and support my hope6 ,let waves and thunders mix and roar2 ,be thou my ,god1 and the whole world is mine3 ,while thou art ,sovereign1 ,i'm secure2 ,i shall be rich till ,thou art poor2 ,for all ,i fear1 and all ,i wish1 ,heaven1 ,earth1 and ,hell1 are thine4 ,watts4 ,oh1 there are messengers of wrath1 ,and messengers of love2 ,and each one goeth on his path1 ,commissioned from above4 ,eternal justice sends the one1 ,mercy the other guides2 ,their ways at times so nearly run1 ,that scarce a line divides4 ,which1 oh my soul6 shall come to thee1 ,when my last hour is near8 ,what shall the awful message be1 ,that thou shalt trembling hear8 ,momentous question6 yet1 alas6 ,but little heed ,i pay1 ,although ,i see the messengers ,speed by me every day4 ,egone4 ,,messiah4 ,know therefore and understand1 that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build ,jerusalem unto the ,messiah the ,prince1 shall be seven weeks1 and threescore and two weeks3 the street shall be built again1 and the wall1 even in troublous times4 ,and after threescore and two weeks shall ,messiah be cut off1 but not for himself4--,daniel1 ix4 #be1 #bf4 ,we have found the ,messias1 which is1 being interpreted1 the ,christ4--,john1 i4 #da4 ,the seas shall waste1 the skies in smoke decay1 ,rocks fall to dust1 and mountains melt away2 ,but1 fixed1 ,his word1 ,his saving power remains2 ,thy realm for ever lasts1 thy own ,messiah reigns4 ,pope4 ,messiah comes6--,let furious discord cease2 ,be peace on earth before the ,prince of ,peace6 ,disease and anguish feel ,his blest control1 ,and howling fiends release the tortured soul6 ,the beams of gladness ,hell's dark caves illume1 ,and mercy broods above the distant gloom4 ,bishop ,heber4 ,messiah comes6 ye rugged paths be plain2 ,the ,shiloh comes1 ye towering cedars bend2 ,swell forth ye valleys2 and1 ye rocks descend2 ,the withered branch let balmy fruits adorn1 ,and clustering roses twine the leafless thorn2 ,burst forth1 ye vocal groves1 your joy to tell-- ,the ,god of ,peace redeems ,his ,israel4 ,c4 ,h4 ,johnson4 ,rising from ,his cross and passion1 ,lo6 the ,king ,messiah reigns2 ,lord6 the strength of ,thy salvation ,his triumphant joy sustains2 ,crowned with conquest ,now th' eternal throne ,he gains4 ,joy and triumph crown the ,saviour1 ,seated on the throne above2 ,there exalted in ,thy favour1 ,safely trusting in ,thy love3 ,king of ,sion6 ,never shall ,thy throne remove6 ,goode4 ,,mind4 ,thou wilt keep him in perfect peace1 whose mind is stayed on thee2 because he trusteth in thee4--,isaiah1 xxvi4 #c4 ,to be carnally minded is death2 but to be spiritually minded is life and peace4 ,because the carnal mind is enmity against ,god4--,romans1 viii4 #f1 #g4 ,a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways4--,james1 i4 #h4 ,mylo1 forbear to call him blest1 ,that only boasts a large estate3 ,should all the treasures of the west ,meet1 and conspire to make him great1-- ,should a broad stream with golden sands ,through all his meadows roll1-- ,he's but a wretch1 with all his lands1 ,that wears a narrow soul4 ,were ,i so tall as reach the pole1 ,or grasp the ocean with my span1 ,i must be measured by my soul3 ,the mind's the standard of the man4 ,watts4 ,when coldness wraps this suffering clay1 ,ah1 whither strays the immortal mind8 ,it cannot die1 it cannot stay1 ,but leaves its darken'd dust behind4 ,byron4 ,the insate mind1 but from without supplied1 ,languishes on a weak imperfect food2 ,if sustenance more spiritual be denied1 ,with flame consuming on itself 'twill brood4 ,sir ,e4 ,brydges4 ,my voice proclaims ,how exquisitely the individual ,mind 7,and the progressive powers perhaps no less ,of the whole species17 to the ,external world ,is fitted3--and how exquisitely too-- ,theme this but little heard of among men-- ,the ,external world is fitted to the ,mind2 ,and the ,creation1 7by no lower name ,can it be called17 which they with blended might ,accomplish--this is our high argument4 ,wordsworth4 ,,ministry4 ,ye shall be named the ,priests of the ,lord3 men shall call you the ministers of our ,god4--,isaiah1 lxi4 #f4 ,we will give ourselves continually to prayer1 and to the ministry of the word4--,acts1 vi4 #d4 ,if thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things1 thou shalt be a good minister of ,jesus ,christ4--,i4 ,timothy1 iv4 #f4 ,their ministry performed1 and race well run1 ,their doctrine and their story written left1 ,they die4 ,milton4 ,from essences unseen1 celestial names1 ,enlight'ning spirits and ministerial flames1 ,lift we our reason to that ,sovereign ,cause1 ,who blessed the whole with life4 ,prior4 ,god gives us ministers of love1 ,which we regard not1 being near2 ,death takes them from us1 then we feel ,that angels have been with us here6 ,as mother1 sister1 friend1 or wife1 ,they guide us1 cheer us1 soothe our pain2 ,and when the grave has closed between ,our heart and theirs1 we love--in vain4 ,aldrich4 ,oh1 thou who once on earth1 beneath the weight ,of our mortality did'st live and move1 ,the incarnation of profoundest love2 ,who1 on the ,cross1 that love didst consumate1-- ,whose deep and ample fulness could embrace ,the poorest1 meanest of our fallen race6 ,how shall we e'er that boundless debt repay8-- ,by long1 loud prayers in gorgeous temples said8 ,by rich oblations on thine altars laid8-- ,ah no6 not thus thou didst appoint the way4 ,when thou wast bowed our human woe beneath1 ,then as a legacy thou didst bequeath ,earth's sorrowing children to our ministry2 ,and as we do to them1 we do to thee4 ,anne ,c4 ,lynch4 ,,miracles4 ,after these things ,jesus went over the sea of ,galilee1 which is the sea of ,tiberias4 ,and a great multitude followed him1 because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased4--,john1 vi4 #a1 #b4 ,jesus of ,nazareth1 a man approved of ,god among you1 by miracles1 and wonders1 and signs4--,acts1 ii4 #bb4 ,and ,god wrought special miracles by the hands of ,paul4 ,so that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons1 and the diseases departed from them1 and the evil spirits went out of them4--,acts1 xix4 #aa1 #ab4 ,god also bearing them witness1 both with signs and wonders1 and with divers miracles4--,hebrews1 ii4 #d4 ,o1 what a scale of miracles is here-- ,its lowest round high planted in the skies2 ,its towering summit lost1 beyond the thought ,of man or angel4 ,young4 ,a miracle1 with miracles enclosed1 ,is man2 and starts his faith at what is strange8 ,what less than wonders from the ,wonderful2 ,what less than miracles1 from ,god can flow8 ,admit a ,god--that mystery supreme1 ,that ,cause uncaused1 all other wonders cease4 ,young4 ,who6 ,o1 who shall tell ,his acts miraculous8 ,when ,his own decrees ,repeals ,he1 or suspends2 when by the hand ,of ,moses or of ,joshua1 or the mouths ,of ,his prophetic seers1 such deeds ,he wrought1 ,before the astonished sun's all-seeing eye1 ,that faith was scarce a virtue4 ,need ,i sing ,the fate of ,pharaoh1 and his numerous band1 ,lost in the reflux of the watery walls1 ,that melted to their fluid state again8 ,need ,i recount bow ,samson's warlike arm ,with more than mortal nerves was strung1 to o'erthrow ,idolatrous ,philistia8 ,shall ,i tell ,how ,david triumphed1 and what ,job sustained8 --,but1 ,o supreme1 unutterable mercy6 ,o love unequalled1 mystery immense1 ,which angels long to unfold6 ',tis man's redemption ,that crowns ,thy glory1 and ,thy power confirms4 ,smart4 ,when ,god came down from ,heaven1 the ,living ,god1 ,what signs and wonders marked ,his stately way8 ,brake out the winds in music where ,he trode8 ,shone o'er the heavens a brighter1 softer day8 ,the dumb began to speak1 the blind to see1 ,and the lame leaped1 and pain and darkness fled2 ,the mourner's sunken eye grew bright with glee1 ,and from the tomb awoke the wondering dead4 ,h4 ,h4 ,milman4 8,come forth60 ,he cries1 8thou dead60 ,o ,god1 what means that strange and sudden sound1 ,that murmurs from the tomb8 ,that ghastly head1 ,with funeral fillets bound8 ,it is a living form-- ,the loved1 the lost1 the won1 ,won from the grave1 corruption1 and the worm-- 8,and is not this the ,son ,of ,god80 they whispered1 while the sisters poured ,their gratitude in tears1 for they had known the ,lord4 ,dale4 ,at ,his command fled fever1 thirsty fiend1 ,whose parching fire dries up the wholesome blood3 ,and madness wild1 whose moon-struck eye-balls glare1 ,with steady gaze1 on vacancy3 ,his touch1 ,with healing virtue1 from the withered limbs ,drove nerveless palsy1 that with fatal stroke ',numbs every fibre1 grafting death on life-- ,unnatural union6 ,scaly leprosy1 ,at ,his appearance1 vanished3 dropsy1 swol'n1 ,withdrew his bloated form1 and each confessed ,a present ,god4 ,william ,bolland4 ,when raging winds ,rushed from their caverns1 and resistless swept ,the foaming waves1 when hideous roared the storm1 ,as if the wild contending elements ,had strove for mastery1 at ,his command ,the tempest ceased1 the towering billows sunk ,in undulations calm1 and zephyrs played ,upon the bosom of the peaceful deep4 ,william ,bolland4 ,,misery4 ,thou shalt forget thy misery1 and remember it as waters that pass away4--,job1 xi4 #af4 ,to every purpose there is time and judgment1 therefore the misery of man is great upon him4--,ecclesiastes1 viii4 #f4 ,go to now1 ye rich men1 weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you4--,james1 v4 #a4 ,till in our eyes another sight we met2 ,when fro my heart a sigh forthwith ,i fet1 ,rueing1 alas1 upon the woeful plight ,of ,misery1 that next appear'd in sight4 ,his face was lean1 and some deal pined away1 ,and eke his hands consumed to the bone2 ,but1 what his body was1 ,i cannot say1 ,for1 on his carcase raiment had he none1 ,save clouts and patched pierced one by one1 ,with staff in hand1 and scrip on shoulders cast1 ,his chief defence against the winter's blast4 ,his food1 for most1 was wild fruits of the tree1 ,unless sometime some crumbs fell to his share1 ,which in his wallet long1 ,god wot1 kept be1 ,as on the which full daint'ly would he fare2 ,his drink1 the running stream6 his cup1 the bare ,of his palm closed2 his bed1 the hard cold ground1 ,to this poor life was ,misery ybound4 ,sackville4 ,i do believe myself the creature1 ,subject1 and soldier1 if ,i so may speak1 ,of an ,almighty ,father1 ,king and ,lord2 ,before whose presence1 when my soul shall be ,of flesh and blood disrobed1 ,i shall appear1 ,there to remain with all the great and good ,that e'er have lived on earth2 yea1 and with spirits ,higher than earth e'er owned1 in such pure bliss ,as human hearts conceive not1--if my life1 ,with its imperfect virtue1 find acceptance ,from pard'ning love and mercy2 but if otherwise1-- ,that ,i shall pass into a state of misery1 ,with souls of wicked men and wrathful demons4 ,joanna ,baillie4 ,,missionaries4 ,how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings1 that publisheth peace2 that bringeth good tidings of good1 that publisheth salvation2 that saith unto ,zion1 ,thy ,god reigneth6--,isaiah1 lii4 #g4 ,this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations3 and then shall the end come4--,matthew1 xxiv4 #ad4 ,they are the messengers of the churches1 and the glory of ,christ4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 viii4 #bc4 ,by ,heaven directed1 by the world reviled1 ,amidst the wilderness they sought a home1 ,where beasts of prey and men of murder roam1 ,and untamed ,nature holds her revels wild4 ,there on their pious toil their ,master smiled1 ,and prospered them1 unknown or scorned of men1 ,till in the satyr's haunt1 and dragon's den1 ,a garden bloomed1 and savage hordes grew mild4 ,so1 in the guilty heart1 when heavenly grace ,enters1 it ceaseth not till it uproot ,all evil passions from each hidden cell2 ,planting again an ,eden in their place1 ,which yields to men and angels pleasant fruit1 ,and ,god ,himself delighteth there to dwell4 ,pringle4 ,strange scenes1 strange men1 untold1 untried distress2 ,pain1 hardships1 famine1 cold1 and nakedness1 ,diseases2 death1 in every hideous form1 ,on shore1 at sea1 by fire1 by flood1 by storm2 ,wild beasts1 and wilder men3--unmoved with fear1 ,health1 comfort1 safety1 life they count not dear1 ,may they but hope a ,saviour's love to show1 ,and warn one spirit from eternal woe3 ,nor will they faint1 nor can they strive in vain1 ,since thus--to live is ,christ1 to die is gain4 ,james ,montgomery4 ,thus saith the ,lord1--,my ,church1 to thee1 ,peace1 like a river1 ,i will send2 ,the ,gentiles in a stream shall see ,my mercy1 flowing without end4 ,the isles that never heard my fame1 ,nor knew the glory of my might1 ,they shall be taught to fear my name ,called out of darkness into light4 ,and it shall come to pass1 that vows ,from ,sabbath unto ,sabbath day1 ,from moon to moon1 in mine own house1 ,all nations1 tribes1 and tongues1 shall pay4 ,james ,montgomery4 ,our prayers be with them--we who know ,the value of a soul to save1 ,must pray for those who seek to show ,the heathen1 hope beyond the grave4 ,miss ,landon4 ,blessings be on their pathway1 and increase6 ,these are the moral conquerors1 and belong ,to them the palm-branch and triumphal song-- ,conquerors1--and yet the harbingers of peace6 ,miss ,landon4 ,great ,britain has her sons1 both frank and brave1 ,who noble triumphs win1 but wear no glave6 ,sons who in heart are firm1 in toil are free1 ,to spread her glorious name from sea to sea6 ,men1 who have pushed their conquests wide and far1 ,and changed to pruning-hooks the shafts of war2 ,who bear no glittering arms1 no banners wave-- ,who strike no blow--are stricken but to save6 ,yet still they conquer6 and where they appear1 ,the painted savage breaks his poisoned spear2 ,a bloodless triumph follows in their train-- ,for those they vanquish feel no victor's chain6 ,they conquer6--nor like other conquerors boast ,a prostrate people and a plundered coast-- ,nor pant to hear a nation's deafening peals1 ,with captive warriors at their chariot wheels-- ,nor hang1 like relics1 in our holiest fane1 ,the flags that blush with war's unhallowed stains4-- ,no1 theirs are triumphs war can never bring6 ,theirs are the pans guardian seraphs sing6 ,their noblest banner is the ,book of ,truth6 ,their trophies--age1 and infancy1 and youth6 ',tis theirs to free--exalt--and not debase-- ,the painted brothers of our common race6 ,nor stripe--nor tribute--nor oppressive sway ,degrade their labours1 or obstruct their way6 ,their watchword still--,let war and sorrow cease6 ,their noblest epithet--,the men of peace6 ,dr4 ,w4 ,beattie4 ,he goes to speak the words of life ,to souls by error tossed3 ,and bear the gospel's joyful sound ,to lands in darkness lost-- ,to speak his ,master's glorious works1 ,his grace and power proclaim1 ,and teach untutored savages ,to breathe ,messiah's name4 ,and ,o1 the rich reward that waits ,a work of grace like this6 ,a life of love1 a death of peace1 ,a ,heaven of endless bliss6 ,earth's proudest1 noblest honours1 fall ,far1 far below the prize ,he gains1 who claims this work his own-- ,his glory never dies6 ,s4 ,d4 ,patterson4 ,o1 bless the pious zeal ,and crown with glad success the labouring sons ,of that best charity1 whose annual mite ,sends forth ,thy gospel to the distant isles6 ,so shall the nations1 rescued myriads1 hear1 ,and own ,thy mercy over all ,thy works6 ,so1 from each corner of the enlightened earth1 ,incessant peals of universal joy ,shall hail ,thee1 heavenly ,father1 ,god of all6 ,madan4 ,where is your heathen brother8--,from his grave ,near thy own gates1 or 'neath a foreign sky1 ,from the thronged depths of ocean's mourning wave1 ,his answering blood reproachfully doth cry1 ,blood of the soul6--,can all earth's fountains make ,thy dark stain disappear8--,stewards of ,god1 awake6 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,,moment--,,minute4 ,in a moment shall they die1 and the people shall be troubled at midnight1 and pass away4--,job1 xxxiv4 #bj4 ,come1 my people1 enter thou into thy chambers1 and shut thy doors about thee3 hide thyself as it were for a little moment1 until the indignation be overpast4--,isaiah1 xxvi4 #bj4 ,minutes are number'd by the fall of sands1 ,as by an hour-glass2 the span of time ,doth waste us to our graves and we look on it4 ,an age of pleasures1 revell'd out1 comes home ,at last1 and ends in sorrow2 but the life1 ,weary of riot1 numbers every sand1 ,waiting in sighs1 until the last drop down2 ,so to conclude calamity in rest4 ,ford4 ,catch1 then1 ,o catch the transient hour1 ,improve each moment as it flies2 ,life's a short summer1--man a flower2 ,he dies--alas6 how soon he dies6 ,dr4 ,johnson4 ,hark6 ,what petty pulses1 beating1 ,spring new moments into light2 ,every pulse1 its stroke repeating1 ,sends its moment back to night2 ,yet not one of all the train ,comes uncall'd1 or flits in vain4 ,in the highest realms of glory ,spirits trace1 before the throne1 ,on eternal scrolls1 the story ,of each little moment flown2 ,every deed1 and word1 and thought1 ,through the whole creation wrought4 ,were the volume of a minute ,thus to mortal sight unroll'd1 ,more of sin and sorrow in it1 ,more of man1 might we behold1 ,than on history's broadest page ,in the reliques of an age4 ,james ,montgomery4 ,,morning4 ,my voice shalt ,thou hear in the morning1 ,o ,lord2 in the morning will ,i direct my prayer unto ,thee1 and will look up4--,psalm v4 #c4 ,my soul waiteth for the ,lord more than they that watch for the morning3 ,i say1 more than they that watch for the morning4--,psalm cxxx4 #f4 ,behold the day1 behold it is come3 the morning is gone forth4--,ezekial1 vii4 #aj4 ,seek ,him that maketh the seven stars and ,orion1 and turneth the shadow of death into the morning1 and maketh the day dark with night4--,amos1 v4 #h4 ,when first thy eyes unveil1 give thy soul leave ,to do the like2 our bodies but forerun ,the spirit's duty2 true hearts spread and heave ,unto their ,god1 as flowers do the sun3 ,give ,him thy first thoughts then1 so shalt thou keep ,him company all day1 and in ,him sleep4 ,yet never sleep the sun up2 prayer should ,dawn with the day1 there are set awful hours ',twixt ,heaven and us2 the manna was not good ,after sun-rising1 for day sullies flowers4 ,rise to prevent the sun2 sleep doth sins glut1 ,and ,heaven's gate opens when the world's is shut4 ,walk with thy fellow-creatures2 note the hush ,and whisperings amongst them4 ,not a spring ,or leaf but hath his morning hymn2 each bush ,and oak doth know ,i ,,am--canst thou not sing8 ,o leave thy cares and follies6 ,go this way1 ,and thou art sure to prosper all the day4 ,mornings are mysteries3 the first world's youth1 ,man's resurrection1 and the future's bud1 ,shroud in their births2 the crown of life1 light1 truth1 ,is styled their star2 the stone and hidden food3 ,three blessings wait upon them1 one of which ,should move--,they make us holy1 happy1 rich4 ,henry ,vaughan4 ,again the ,lord of life and light ,awakes the kindling ray1 ,unseals the eyelids of the morn1 ,and pours increasing day4 ,o1 what a night was that which wrapp'd ,the heathen world in gloom6 ,o1 what a sun which broke this day ,triumphant from the tomb6 ,this day be grateful homage paid1 ,and loud ,hosannah's sung2 ,let gladness dwell on every heart1 ,and praise on every tongue4 ,then thousand different lips shall join ,to hail this happy morn2 ,which scatters blessings from its wings ,on nations yet unborn4 ,barbauld4 ,through the vales the breezes sigh2 ,twilight opes her bashful eye1 ,peeping from the east1 she brings ,dew-drops on her dusky wings3 ,and the lark1 with wak'ning lay1 ,upsprings1 the harbinger of day4 ,now behold6 the blushing sky ,tells the bridegroom sun is nigh2 ,nature tunes her joyful lyre1 ,and the trembling stars retire1 ,him the east1 in crimson drest1 ,ushers1 nature's welcome guest1 ,and the mountains of the west ,seem to lift their azure heads1 ,jealous of the smile he sheds4 ,glory1 beaming from on high1 ,charms devotion's lifted eye2 ,bliss1 to which sluggards ne'er were born1 ,waits the attendant of the morn4 ,maria ,colling4 ,the morning breaks1 ,and earth in her ,maker's smile awakes2 ,his light is on all1 below and above1 ,the light of gladness1 and life1 and love4 ,o1 then1 on the breath of this early air1 ,send up the incense of grateful prayer6 ,henry ,ware1 ,jun4 ,the ,god of mercy walks ,his round ,from day to day1 from year to year1 ,and warns us each with awful sound1 8,no longer stand ye idle here40 ,ye1 whose young cheeks are rosy bright1 ,whose hands are strong1 whose hearts are clear1 ,waste not of youth the morning light1 ,oh fools1 why stand ye idle here8 ,and ye1 whose scanty locks of grey ,foretel your latest travail near1 ,how fast declines your useless day1 ,and stand ye yet so idle here8 ,one hour remains1 there is but one1 ,but many a grief and many a tear1 ,through endless ages1 must atone ,for moments lost and wasted here4 ,heber4 ,serve ,god at morn1 that solemn hallowed hour1 ,when ,nature wakes1 as from the sleep of death1 ,when the glad song from mountain1 grove1 and bower1 ,is heard through heaven and on the earth beneath4 ,serve ,god6 ,let ,him receive thy morning's early breath4 ,weir4 ,morn is the time to think1 ,while thoughts are fresh and free1 ,of life1 just balanced on the brink ,of vast eternity6 ,to ask our souls if they are meet ,to stand before the judgment seat4 ,miss ,gray4 ,new1 every morning1 is the love ,our wakening and uprising prove2 ,through sleep and darkness safely brought1 ,restored to life1 and power1 and thought4 ,new mercies each returning day1 ,hover around us while we pray2 ,new perils past1 new sins forgiven1 ,new thoughts of ,god1 new hopes of ,heaven4 ,keble4 ,,moses4 ,so ,moses the servant of the ,lord1 died there in the land of ,moab1 according to the word of the ,lord4 ,and ,he buried him in a valley in the land of ,moab1 over against ,beth-peor3 but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day4--,deuteronomy1 xxxiv4 #e1 #f4 ,by faith ,moses1 when he was come to years1 refused to be called the son of ,pharaoh's daughter2 ,choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of ,god1 than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season2 ,esteeming the reproach of ,christ greater riches than the treasures in ,egypt2 for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward4--,hebrews1 xi4 #bd1 #be1 #bf4 ,slow glides the ,nile2 amid the margin flags1 ,closed in a bulrush ark1 the babe is left2 ,left by a mother's hand4 ,his sister waits ,far off2 and pale1 'tween hope and fear1 beholds ,the royal maid1 surrounded by her train1 ,approach the river bank2 approach the spot ,where sleeps the innocent3 she sees them stoop ,with meeting plumes2 thy rushy lid is ope'd1 ,and wakes the infant smiling in his tears4 ,grahame4 ,the son of ,amram spurns the regal prize1 ,from the rich scene the zealous hero flies1 ,and dwells 'mongst ,israel's sons4 ,resigned he bears ,the servile yoke1 and every burden shares2 ,rather than violate ,jehovah's trust1 ,and live the pampered slave of sordid lust1 ,he quits the ,egyptian court1 and1 undismayed1 ,seeks poverty's inhospitable shade4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,in his hand ,the rod which blasted1 with strange plagues1 the realm ,of ,mizraim1 and from its time-worn channels ,upturned the ,arabian ,sea4 ,fair was his broad ,high front1 and forth from his soul-piercing eye1 ,did legislation look4 ,hillhouse4 ,on the ,mount ,of ,sinai1 whose foundations shook1 whose top ,was lost in smoke and fire1 while seraphim ,at distance gazed1 full forty days and nights1 ,guest of terrestrial mould1 did he sojourn ,within the dread pavilion1 and the veil ,of cloud and tempest2 there as face to face1 ,in visions of beatitude rejoiced ,past utterance1 till his countenance imbibed ,transcendent splendours4 ,charles ,hoyle4 ,moses1 the patriot fierce1 became ,the meekest man on earth1 ,to show us how love's quickening flame ,can give our souls new birth4 ,moses1 the man of meekest heart1 ,lost ,canaan by self-will1 ,to show1 where ,grace has done its part1 ,how sin defiles us still4 ,lyra ,apostolica4 ,sweet was the journey to the sky ,the holy prophet tried2 8,climb up the mount10 said ,god1 8and die0-- ,the prophet climbed1 and died4 ,softly his fainting head he lay ,upon his ,maker's breast2 ,his ,maker soothed his soul away1 ,and laid his flesh to rest4 ,in ,god's own arms he left the breath ,that ,god's own ,spirit gave2 ,his was the noblest road to death1 ,and his the sweetest grave4 ,watts4 ,god made his grave1 to men unknown1 ,where ,moab's rocks a vale infold2 ,and laid the aged seer alone1 ,to slumber while the world grows old4 ,thus still1 where'er the good and just ,close the dim eye on life and pain1 ,heaven watches o'er their sleeping dust1 ,till the pure spirit comes again4 ,w4 ,c4 ,bryant4 ,,mother4 ,he maketh the barren woman to keep house1 and to be a joyful mother of children4 ,praise ye the ,lord4--,psalm cxiii4 #i4 ,despise not thy mother when she is old4--,proverbs1 xxiii4 #bb4 ,now there stood by the cross of ,jesus his mother1 and his mother's sister1 ,mary the wife of ,cleophas1 and ,mary ,magdalene4 ,when ,jesus therefore saw his mother1 and the disciple standing by1 whom he loved1 he saith unto his mother1 ,woman1 behold thy son6 ,then saith he to the disciple1 ,behold thy mother6 ,and from that hour that disciple took her into his own home4--,john1 xix4 #be1 #bf1 #bg4 ,her pious love excelled to all she bore2 ,new objects only multiplied it more2 ,and as the chosen found the pearly grain ,as much as every vessel could contain3 ,as in the blissful vision1 each shall share1 ,as much of glory as his soul can bear1 ,so did she love1 and so dispense her care4 ,dryden4 ,but when ,i go ,to my lone bed1 ,i find no mother there2 ,and weeping kneel1 to say the prayer she taught2 ,or when ,i read the ,bible that she loved1 ,or to her vacant seat at church draw near1 ,and think of her1 a voice is in my heart1 ,bidding me early seek my ,god1 and love ,my ,blessed ,saviour2 and that voice is her's1 ,i know it is1 because these were the words ,she used to speak so tenderly1 with tears1 ,at the still twilight hour1--or when we walked ,forth in the ,spring1 among rejoicing birds1 ,or peaceful talked beside the ,winter hearth4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,but if in yon immortal clime1 ,where flows no parting tear1 ,that root of earthly love may grow1 ,which struck so deeply here2 ,with what a tide of boundless bliss1 ,a thrill of rapture wild1 ,an angel mother in the skies1 ,will greet her cherub child4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,and say to mothers what a holy charge ,is theirs--with what a kingly power their love ,might rule the fountains of the new-born mind4 ,warn them to wake at early dawn1 and sow ,good seed before the world has sown its tares4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,hast thou sounded the depths of yonder sea1 ,and counted the sands that under it be8 ,hast thou measured the height of heaven above8 ,then may'st thou mete out a mother's love4 ,hast thou talked with the blessed of leading on ,to the throne of ,god some wandering son8 ,hast thou witnessed the angel's bright employ8 ,then may'st thou speak of a mother's joy4 ,evening and morn hast thou watched the bee ,go forth on her errands of industry4 ,the bee for himself hath gathered and toiled1 ,but the mother's cares are all for her child4 ,hast thou gone with the traveller ,thought afar-- ,from pole to pole1 and from star to star8 ,thou hast--but on ocean1 earth1 and sea1 ,the heart of a mother has gone with thee4 ,there is not a grand1 inspiring thought1 ,there is not a truth by wisdom taught1 ,there is not a feeling pure and high1 ,that may not be read in a mother's eye4 ,and ever1 since earth began1 that look ,has been to the wise an open book1 ,to win them back from the lore they prize1 ,to the holier love that edifies4 ,there are teachings in earth1 and sky1 and air1 ,the heavens the glory of ,god declare2 ,but louder than voice1 beneath1 above1 ,he is heard to speak through a mother's love4 ,emily ,taylor4 ,the mother's love--there's none so pure1 ,so constant1 and so kind1 ,no human passion doth endure ,like this within the mind4 ,mrs4 ,hale4 ,lo6 where yon cottage whitens through the green1 ,the loveliest feature of a matchless scene2 ,beneath its shading elm1 with pious fear1 ,an aged mother draws her children near2 ,while from the ,holy ,word1 with earnest air1 ,she teaches them the privilege of prayer4 ,look6 ,how their infant eyes with rapture speak2 ,mark the flushed lily on the dimpled cheek2 ,their hearts are filled with gratitude and love1 ,their hopes are centred in a world above1 ,where1 in a choir of angels1 ,faith portrays ,the loved1 departed1 father of their days4 ,rufus ,dawes4 ,by thee1 dear ,mother1 o'er whose darksome bed ,summer now pours his beams in vain--by thee ,gladly my infant love of flowers was fed2 ,by thee my steps through flow'ry tracts were led1 ,where ne'er mine eye could aught but beauty see2 ,throughout our borne exotics perfume shed1 ,in sooth1 it was fair ,flora's treasury6 ,thy love1 and use of heaven's blest means of grace1 ,faith bids me trust1 have placed thee with thy ,god1 ,where flowers unfading deck the lovely place4 ,oh1 when ,i've closed my toilsome earthly race1 ,with thee may those bright scenes by me be trod1 ,with thee may ,i behold th' eternal face4 ,william ,pulling4 ,a mother's love ,is an undying feeling4 ,earth may chill ,and sever other sympathies1 and prove ,how weak all human bonds are2 it may kill ,friendships1 and crush hearts with them--but the thrill ,of the maternal breast must ever move ,in blest communion with her child1 and fill ,even ,heaven itself with prayers and hymns of love4 ,s4 ,d4 ,patterson4 ,i see my mother's calm1 sad face ,look through the mist of by-gone years2 ,and from yon high and holy place1 ,her accents come unto mine ears1 ,to bid me hope amid my fears4 ,egone4 ,,mountain4 ,as the mountains are round about ,jerusalem1 so the ,lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever4--,psalm cxxv4 #b4 ,it shall come to pass in the last days1 that the mountain of the ,lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains1 and shall be exalted above the hills2 and all nations shall flow unto it4--,isaiah1 ii4 #b4 ,once more1 hoar mount6 with thy sky-pointing peak1 ,oft from whose feet the avalanche1 unheard1 ,shoots downward1 glittering through the pine serene1 ,into the depths of clouds that veil thy breast-- ,thou too again stupendous mountain6 thou ,that1 as ,i raise my head1 awhile bow'd low ,in adoration1 upward from thy base ,slow-travelling with dim eyes suffused with tears1 ,solemnly seemest1 like a vapoury cloud1 ,to rise before me--rise1 ,o ever rise1 ,rise like a cloud of incense from the earth6 ,thou kingly spirit throned amongst the hills4 ,thou dread ambassador from earth to heaven1 ,great ,hierarch6 tell thou the silent sky1 ,and tell the stars1 and tell yon rising sun1 ,earth1 with her thousand voices1 praises ,god4 ,coleridge4 ,behold6 the mountain of the ,lord ,in later days shall rise ,on mountain tops above the hills1 ,and draw the wondering eyes3 ,to this the joyful nations round1 ,all tribes and tongues shall flow2 8,up to the hill of ,god10 they'll say1 ,and to his house we'll go4 ,the beam that shines from ,zion's hill1 ,shall lighten every land2 ,the ,king who reigns in ,salem's towers1 ,shall all the world command4 ,logan4 ,calvary's mournful mountain climb2 ,there1 adoring at ,his feet1 ,mark that miracle of time1 ,god's own sacrifice complete4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,mourning4 ,i am troubled2 ,i am bowed down greatly2 ,i go mourning all the day long4--,psalm xxxviii4 #f4 ,thy sun shall no more go down2 neither shall thy moon withdraw itself3 for the ,lord shall be thine everlasting light1 and the days of thy mourning shall be ended4--,isaiah1 lx4 #bj4 ,blessed are they that mourn3 for they shall be comforted4--,matthew1 v4 #d4 ,o man6 while in thy early years1 ,how prodigal of time6 ,misspending all thy precious hours1 ,thy glorious youthful prime6 ,alternate follies take the sway2 ,licentious passions burn2 ,which tenfold force gives nature's law1 ,that man was made to mourn4 ,many and sharp the num'rous ills ,inwoven with our fame6 ,more pointed still we make ourselves1 ,regret1 remorse1 and shame6 ,and man1 whose heaven-erected face ,the smiles of love adorn1 ,man's inhumanity to man ,makes countless thousands mourn4 ,see yonder poor1 o'erlabour'd wight2 ,so abject1 mean1 and vile1 ,who begs a brother of the earth ,to give him leave to toil2 ,and see his lordly fellow-worm ,the poor petition spurn1 ,unmindful tho' a weeping wife ,and helpless offspring mourn4 ,yet let not this too much1 my son1 ,disturb thy youthful breast2 ,this partial view of human kind ,is surely not the best6 ,the poor1 oppressed1 honest man1 ,had never1 sure1 been born1 ,had there not been some recompense ,to comfort those that mourn4 ,burns4 ,god of my life1 to thee ,i call1 ,afflicted at ,thy feet ,i fall2 ,when the great waterfloods prevail1 ,leave not my trembling heart to fail6 ,did ever mourner plead with ,thee1 ,and ,thou refuse that mourner's plea8 ,does not ,thy word still fix'd remain1 ,that none shall seek ,thy face in vain8 ,cowper4 ,we mourn for those who toil1 ,the slave who ploughs the main1 ,or him who hopeless tills the soil ,beneath the stripe and chain2 ,for those who in the world's hard race1 ,o'erwearied and unblest1 ,a host of restless phantoms chase1-- ,why mourn for those who rest8 ,we mourn for those who sin1 ,bound in the tempter's snare1 ,whom syren pleasure beckons in ,to prisons of despair1 ,whose hearts1 by whirlwind passions torn1 ,are wrecked on folly's shore1-- ,but why in sorrow should we mourn ,for those who sin no more8 ,we mourn for those who weep1 ,whom stern afflictions bend ,with anguish o'er the lowly sleep ,of lover or of friend2-- ,but they to whom the sway ,of pain and grief is o'er1 ,whose tears our ,god hath wiped away ,oh6 mourn for them no more6 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,when mourning o'er some stone ,i bend1 ,which covers all that was a friend2 ,and from his voice1 his hand1 his smile1 ,divides me for a little while2 ,thou1 ,saviour1 mark'st the tears ,i shed1 ,for ,thou didst weep o'er ,lazarus dead4 ,r4 ,grant4 ,,murder4 ,jesus said1 ,thou shalt do no murder4--,matthew1 xix4 #ah4 ,whosoever hateth his brother1 is a murderer2 and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him4--,i4 ,john1 iii4 #ae4 ,the great ,king of kings ,hath in the table of ,his law commanded ,that thou shalt do no murder2 wilt thou then ,spurn at ,his edict1 and fulfil a man's8 ,shakspere4 ,other sins only speak2 murder shrieks out4 ,the element of water moistens the earth1 ,but blood mounts upwards4 ,john ,webster4 ,silently1 swift as the lightning's blast1 ,a hand of fire across his temples passed2 ,he ran1 as in the terror of a dream1 ,to quench his burning anguish in the stream2 ,but1 bending o'er the brink1 the swelling wave ,back to his eye the branded visage gave2 ,as soon on murdered ,abel durst he look3 ,yet power to fly his palsied limbs forsook2 ,there turned to stone1 for his presumptuous crime1 ,a monument of wrath to latest time1 ,might ,cain have stood2 but mercy raised his head ,in prayer for help1--his strength returned1 he fled4 ,james ,montgomery4 ,the murderer has no past ,but one eternal present4 ,t4 ,n4 ,talfourd4 ,he told how murderers walked the earth ,beneath the curse of ,cain2 ,with crimson clouds before their eyes1 ,and flames about their brain3 ,for blood has left upon their souls ,its everlasting stain6 ,thomas ,hood4 ,lo1 on the everlasting stone engraved1 8,no murder shalt thou do40 ,from ,god to man ,the solemn law came down3 by specious gloss ,of subtle learning1 seek not to evade ,the great command4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,,music4 ,sing unto ,him a new song2 play skilfully with a loud noise4--,psalm xxxiii4 #c4 ,praise ,him with the sound of the trumpet3 praise ,him with the psaltery and harp4--,psalm cl4 #c4 ,cornet1 flute1 harp1 sackbut1 psaltery1 dulcimer1 and all kinds of music4--,daniel1 iii4 #e4 ,that chant to the sound of the viol1 and invent to themselves instruments of music like ,david4--,amos1 vi4 #e4 ,how sour sweet music is ,when time is broke1 and no proportion kept6 ,so is it in the music of men's lives4 ,shakspere4 ,there let the pealing organ blow1 ,to the full-voiced choir below1 ,in service high1 and anthems clear1 ,as may with sweetness through mine ear ,dissolve me into ecstacies1 ,and bring all ,heaven before mine eyes4 ,milton4 ,the church triumphant1 and the church below1 ,in songs of praise their present union show2 ,their joys are full2 our expectation long1 ,in life we differ1 but we join the song4 ,angels and we1 assisted by this art1 ,may sing together1 though we dwell apart4 ,waller4 ,hark6 the organs blow ,their swelling notes 'round the cathedral's dome1 ,and grace the harmonious choir1 celestial feast ,to pious ears1 and med'cine of the mind6 ,the thrilling trebles1 and the manly base1 ,join in accordance meet1 and with one voice ,all to the sacred subject suit their song2 ,while in each breast sweet melancholy reigns1 ,angelically pensive1 till the joy ,improves and purifies4 ,smart4 ,born on the swelling notes1 our soul aspire1 ,while solemn airs improve the sacred fire1 ,and angels lean from ,heaven to hear4 ,pope4 ,should the well-meant songs ,i leave behind1 ,with ,jesus' lovers an acceptance find1 ',twill heighten even the joys of ,heaven1 to know ,that in my verse the saints hymn ,god below4 ,bishop ,ken4 ,the song of ,zion is a tasteless thing1 ,unless when rising on a joyful wing1 ,the soul can mix with the celestial bands1 ,and give the strain the compass it demands4 ,cowper4 ,how shall the harp of poesy regain ,that old victorious tone of prophet-years-- ,a spell divine o'er guilt's perturbing fears1 ,and all the hovering shadows of the brain8 ,dark1 evil wings took flight before the strain1 ,and showers of holy quiet1 with its fall1 ,sank on the soul3--,o1 who may now recall ,the mighty music's consecrated reign8-- ,spirit of ,god6 whose glory once o'erhung ,a throne1 the ,ark's dread cherubim between1 ,so let ,thy presence brood1 though now unseen1 ,o'er those two powers by whom the harp is strung-- ,feeling and thought6--till the rekindled chords ,give the long-buried tone back to immortal words4 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,o1 surely melody from ,heaven was sent ,to cheer the soul1 when tired with human strife1 ,to soothe the wayward heart by sorrow rent1 ,and soften down the rugged road of life4 ,kirke ,white4 ,o1 what a gentle ministrant is music ,to piety--to mild1 to penitent piety6 ,o1 it gives plumage to the tardy prayer ,that lingers in our lazy1 earthly air1 ,and melts with it to ,heaven4 ,h4 ,h4 ,milman4 ,music1 the tender child of rudest times1 ,the gentle native of all lands and climes2 ,who hymns alike man's cradle and his grave1 ,lulls the low cot1 or peals along the nave4 ,mrs4 ,norton4 ',tis ,he that taught the lark1 from earth upspringing1 ,to warble forth his matin strain2 ,and the pure stream1 in liquid gushes singing1 ,gladly to bless the thirsty plain2 ,and from the laden bee1 when homeward winging ,its tuneful flight doth not disdain1 ,to hear the song of praise4 ,there's not a voice in ,nature1 but is telling 7,if we will hear that voice aright17 ,how much1 when human hearts with love are swelling1 ,his blessed bosom hath delight ,in our rejoicing lays4 ,his love1 that never slumbers1 ,taught thee those tuneful numbers4 ,bethune4 ,but ,o1 her richest1 dearest notes to man1 ,in strains aerial over ,bethlehem poured1 ,when ,he1 whose brightness is the light of ,heaven1 ,to earth descending1 for a mortal's form1 ,laid by ,his glory1 save one radiant mark1 ,that moved through space1 and o'er the infant hung1 ,he summoned ,music to attend ,him here1 ,announcing peace below6 ,he called her1 too1 ,to sweeten that sad ,supper1 and to twine ,her mantles round ,him and ,his few grieved friends1 ,to join their mournful spirits with the hymn1 ,ere to the ,mount of ,olives ,he went out ,so sorrowful4 ,and now1 ,his blessed word1 ,a sacred pledge1 is left to dying man1 ,that at ,his second coming1 in ,his power1 ,music shall still be with ,him1 and her voice ,sound through the tombs1 and wake the dead to life4 ,hannah ,f4 ,gould4 ,the solemn hymn to ancient music set ,in many a heart response of memory met4 ,to me1 it seemed departed ,sabbaths hung ,upon those notes1 which gave the past a tongue ,to speak again in voices from the dead1 ,and wake an echo from their silent bed4 ,elizabeth ,bogart4 ,,mystery4 ,behold ,i shew you a mystery2 ,we shall not all sleep1 but we shall all be changed4 ,in a moment1 in the twinkling of an eye1 at the last trump4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xv4 #ea1 #eb4 ,the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations1 but now is made manifest to his saints4--,colossians1 i4 #bf4 ,praying also for us1 that ,god would open unto us a door of utterance1 to speak the mystery of ,christ4--,colossians1 iv4 #c4 ,with outstretched arms1 ,stern justice and soft-smiling love embrace1 ,supporting1 in full majesty1 thy throne1 ,when seemed its majesty to need support1 ,or that1 or man1 inevitably lost3 ,what1 but the fathomless of love divine ,could labour such expedient from despair1 ,and rescue both8 ,both rescue8 ,both exalt6 ,o1 how are both exalted by the deed6 ,the wondrous deed6 or shall ,i call it more8 ,a wonder in ,omnipotence itself6 ,a mystery no less to gods than men4 ,young4 ,hail1 ,sovereign ,lord6 by all ,thy works confess'd6 ,by angels worship'd1 and by saints address'd6 ,hail1 ,sovereign ,lord6 mysterious ,wisdom6 hail2 ,in whom the ,father and ,his fulness dwell4 ,in whom the ,godhead and the man unite1 ,stamp of ,his form1 and glory of ,his light6 ,in whom complete1 in ,thee completed shine1 ,the ,god incarnate1 and the man divine4 ,mysterious truth6 withheld from reason's eye2 ,outcast on earth6 but loftiest on high6 ,hail1 wondrous cross6--yet how more wondrous ,he ,that cross who bore6--,thyself its mystery6-- ,and borne for man6--a greater mystery still2 ,so great ,thy love1 and love's mysterious will6 ,peronnet4 ,that things to mortals are mysterious1 ,is not because the things themselves are dark1 ,but the perceptions through which they are viewed4 ,david ,bates4 ,,name4 ,thou shalt not take the name of the ,lord thy ,god in vain4--,exodus1 xx4 #g4 ,blessed be the name of the ,lord from this time forth and for evermore4--,psalm cxiii4 #b4 ,a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches4--,proverbs1 xxii4 #a4 ,god also hath highly exalted him1 and given him a name which is above every name4 ,that at the name of ,jesus every knee should bow4--,philippians1 ii4 #i1 #aj4 ,we wish our names eternally to live4 ,wild dream6 which ne'er had haunted human thought1 ,had not our natures been eternal too4 ,instinct points out an interest in hereafter1 ,but our blind reason sees not where it lies2 ,or seeing1 gives the substance for the shade4 ,young4 ,in the fair book of life and grace1 ,o may ,i find my name ,recorded in some humble place1 ,beneath my ,lord the ,lamb4 ,watts4 ,i read ,his awful name emblazoned high1 ,with golden letters1 on the illumined sky2 ,nor less the mystic characters ,i see ,wrought in each flower1 inscribed on every tree3 ,in every leaf that trembles to the breeze1 ,i hear the voice of ,god among the trees4 ,mrs4 ,barbauld4 ,wide he extends ,his royalties1 and still the throne adorns ,with piety and mercy4 ,loved and feared4 ,twice twenty years1 with equitable hand1 ,he sways the sceptre2 then in peace repose ,his ashes1 but his name lives evermore4 ,charles ,hoyle4 ,o blessed ,father1 righteous ,lord6 ,within ,thy book of life record ,my undeserving name2 ,teach me to know and do ,thy will2 ,my heart with holy longings fill1 ,and heavenly love inflame4 ,bayly4 ,alone ,i walk'd the ocean strand1 ,a pearly shell was in my hand2 ,i stoop'd and wrote upon the sand ,my name1 the year1 the day4 ,as onward from the spot ,i pass'd1 ,one lingering look ,i fondly cast2 ,a wave came rolling high and fast1 ,and wash'd my lines away4 ,and so1 methought1 'twill shortly be ,with every mark on earth from me2 ,a wave of dark oblivion's sea ,will sweep across the place ,where ,i have trod the sandy shore ,of time1 and been to be no more2 ,of me--my day--the name ,i bore1 ,to leave no track nor trace4 ,and yet with ,him1 who counts the sands1 ,and holds the waters in ,his hands1 ,i know a lasting record stands ,inscribed against my name1 ,of all this mortal part has wrought-- ,of all this thinking soul has thought1 ,and from these fleeting moments caught ,for glory or for shame4 ,miss ,gould4 ,the card-built house amused our infant age2 ,the child was pleased2 but is the man more sage8 ,a breath could level childhood's tottering toy3 ,see manhood--effort1 art1 and time employ1 ,to build that brittle name a whisper can destroy6 ,there is a ,book where nought our name can spot1 ,if we ourselves refuse to fix the blot2 ',tis kept by ,one that sets alike at nought ,the tale with malice or with flatt'ry fraught1-- ,he reads the heart1 and sees the whisper in the thought4 ,c4 ,c4 ,colton4 ,jesus1 the spring of joys divine1 ,whence all our hopes and comforts flow3 ,jesus1 no other name but ,thine ,can save us from eternal woe4 ,steele4 ,,nature4 ,o ,lord ,god of hosts1 who is a strong ,lord like unto ,thee8 ,thou rulest the raging of the sea3 when the waves thereof arise1 ,thou stillest them4 ,the heavens are ,thine1 the earth also is ,thine3 as for the world and the fulness thereof1 ,thou hast founded them4--,psalm lxxxix4 #h1 #i1 #aa4 ,the ,lord is a great ,god1 and a ,great ,king above all ,gods4 ,in ,his hand are the deep places of the earth2 the strength of the hills is ,his also4 ,the sea is ,his1 and he made it2 and ,his hands formed the dry land4--,psalm xcv4 #c1 #d1 #e4 ,mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth1 and my right hand hath spanned the heavens2 when ,i call unto them they stand up together4--,isaiah1 xlviii4 #ac4 ,from dearth to plenty1 and from death to life1 ,is ,nature's progress1 when she lectures man ,in heavenly truth2 evincing as she makes ,the grand transition1 that there lives and works ,a soul in all things1 and that soul is ,god4 ,cowper4 ,nature1 employed in her allotted place1 ,is hand-maid to the purposes of ,grace2 ,by good vouchsafed1 makes known superior good1 ,and bliss not seen1 by blessings understood4 ,cowper4 ,he looks abroad into the varied field ,of ,nature2 and though poor1 perhaps1 compared ,with those whose mansions glitter in his sight1 ,calls the delightful scenery all his own4 ,his are the mountains1 and the valleys his1 ,and the resplendent rivers2 his to enjoy ,with a propriety that none can feel1 ,but who1 with filial confidence inspired1 ,can lift to ,heaven an unpresumptuous eye1 ,and smiling say1 8,my ,father made them all60 ,cowper4 ,by swift degrees the love of ,nature works1 ,and warms the bosom2 till1 at last sublimed ,to rapture and enthusiastic heat1 ,we feel the present ,deity1 and taste ,the joy of ,god to see a happy world4 ,thomson4 ,from ,nature's constant or eccentric laws1 ,the thoughtful soil this general inference draws-- ,that an effect must pre-suppose a cause4 ,prior4 ,all ,nature is but art1 unknown to thee2 ,all chance1 direction which thou canst not see2 ,all discord1 harmony not understood2 ,all partial evil1 universal good4 ,pope4 ,read ,nature2 ,nature is a friend to truth3 ,nature is ,christian2 preaches to mankind2 ,and bids dead matter aid us in our creed4 ,young4 ,how faint is language when we strive to sing ,the beauties of the ,almighty hand6 ,each year upon our outward sense they win1 ,with all increasing and still varying force2 ,the seasons1 days1 months1 years1 incessant bring ,contrasting changes6 ,first seeds1 leaves1 expand ,as the young years with tender warmth begin1 ,then bloom and fruit1 and life bursts from its source1 ,in animated ,nature1 then decays1 ,and with revolving time is still renew'd4 ,thus hope's bright beam the distant scene displays ,where no repelling shadow's may intrude2 ,so life may joyous be1 and genius dwells ,in new awaked fires1 and fresh enchantment spells4 ,sir ,e4 ,brydges4 ,almighty ,father6 such the lesson is ,that in these cool and venerable woods1 ,i con to-day2 and firmer in my breast1 ,by every syllable1 these truths are fixed ,that ,thou art the ,beginning and the ,end ,of all this glorious work1 and that ,thy love ,pervades the universe2 and that ,thy smile ,seeketh all hearts1 to sun them2 and that ,thou1 ,in every glorious thing we here behold1 ,declarest and reveal'st ,thyself to be ,the ,majesty ,supreme--,eternal ,god4 ,w4 ,d4 ,gallagher4 ,nature's self1 which is the breath of ,god1 ,or ,his pure ,word by miracle revealed4 ,wordsworth4 ,nature1 when sprung thy glorious frame8 --,my ,maker called me1 and ,i came4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,live thou with ,god in ,nature3 never falter ,in thy communings with ,him4 ,be ,like those blest birds we read of in the ,psalter1 ,who found a borne from peril free ,in ,god's own house1 and nestled near ,his altar1 ,making it ring with melody4 ,that temple stands no more1 ,but ,nature standeth still2 ,god's holy presence ,abideth with us1 and the offering ,of thankful joy to ,him whose perfect essence ,is perfect love1 our glowing lips may bring1 ,till this brief life is o'er2 ,and in a brighter1 better1 ,our spirits know no fetter4 ,bethune4 ,never have the works of ,nature ,yet to mortal man revealed1 ,how his much offended ,maker ,may to him be reconciled4 ,flower1 nor tree1 nor rock1 nor mountain1 ,ever yet have showed the way1 ,ever told him of a ,fountain ,that could wash his guilt away4 ,man could never yet discover1 ,from the sky1 the earth1 the sea1 ,when his days on earth are over1 ,where or what his state should be4 ,but the page of inspiration ,casts a light upon the whole1 ,bringing peace and consolation ,to the never-dying soul4 ,alexander ,letham4 ,,night4 ,day unto day uttereth speech1 and night unto night showeth knowledge4--,psalm xix4 #b4 ,thou makest darkness1 and it is night4--,psalm civ4 #bj4 ,if ,i say1 ,surely the darkness shall cover me2 even the night shall be light about me4 ,yea1 the darkness hideth not from ,thee2 but the night shineth as the day3 the darkness and the light are both alike to ,thee4--,psalm cxxxix4 #aa1 #ab4 ,one sun by day1 by night ten thousand shine1 ,and light us deep into the ,deity2 ,how boundless in magnificence is night6 ,o what a confluence of ethereal fires1 ,from urns unnumber'd1 down the steep of heaven1 ,streams to a point1 and centres in my sight6 ,nor tarries there1 ,i feel it at my heart4 ,my heart1 at once1 it humbles1 and exalts2 ,lays it in dust1 and calls it to the skies4 ,who sees it unexalted8 or unaw'd8 ,who sees it1 and can stop at what is seen8 ,material offspring of ,omnipotence6 ,inanimate1 all animating birth6 ,work worthy ,him who made it6 worthy praise6 ,all praise6 praise more than human6 nor denied ,thy praise divine6--,but tho' man1 drown'd in sleep1 ,withholds his homage1 not alone ,i wake2 ,bright legions swarm unseen1 and sing1 unheard ,by mortal ear1 the glorious ,architect1 ,in this his universal temple hung ,with lustres1 with innumerable lights1 ,that shed religion on the soul2 at once ,the temple and the preacher6 ,o how loved ,it calls devotion6 genuine growth of night6 ,young4 ,the glorious sun is gone1 ,and the gathering darkness of night comes on4 ,like a curtain from ,god's kind hand it flows1 ,to shade the couch where ,his children repose4 ,then kneel1 while the watching stars are bright1 ,and give your last thoughts to the ,guardian of night4 ,henry ,ware1 ,jun4 ,and still as day concludes in night ,to break again with new-born light1 ,god's wondrous bounty let me find1 ,with still a more enlightened mind2 ,when ,grace and ,love in one agree1 ,grace from ,god and ,love from me2 ,grace that will from ,heaven inspire1 ,love that seals it in desire4 ,parnell4 ,now1 with religious awe1 the farewell light ,blends with the solemn colouring of the night4 ,wordsworth4 ,ye quenchless stars6 so eloquently bright2 ,untroubled sentries of the shadowy night1 ,while half the world is lapp'd in blissful dreams1 ,and round the lattice creep your fairy beams1 ,how sweet to gaze upon those placid eyes1 ,in lambent beauty looking from the skies6 ,and when1 oblivious of the world1 we stray ,at dead of night along some noiseless way1 ,how the heart mingles with a moon-lit hour1 ,and feels from heaven a sympathetic power6 ,see6 not a cloud careers yon pathless deep ,of molten azure1--mute as lovely sleep2 ,full in her pallid light the moon presides1 ,shrined in a halo1 mellowing as she rides2 ,and far around1 the forest and the stream ,wear the rich garment of her woven beam4 ,the lull'd winds1 too1 are sleeping in her caves1 ,no stormy prelude rolls upon the waves2 ,nature is hush'd1 as if her works ador'd1 ,still'd into homage of her living ,lord6 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,o1 blessed ,night6 that comes to rich and poor ,alike2 bringing us dreams that lure ,our hearts to ,one above6 ,henry ,b4 ,hirst4 ,clouds and thick darkness are thy throne1 ,thy wonderful pavilion2 ,o1 dart from thence a shining ray1 ,and then my midnight shall be day6 ,thomas ,flatman4 ,,obedience--,,disobedience4 ,for as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners1 so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous4--,romans1 v4 #ai4 ,know ye not1 that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey1 his servants ye are to whom ye obey2 whether of sin unto death1 or of obedience unto righteousness8--,romans1 vi4 #af4 ,though ,he were a ,son1 yet learned ,he obedience by the things which ,he suffered4--,hebrews1 v4 #h4 ,the will of heav'n ,be done in this and all things6 ,i obey4 ,shakspere4 ,of man's first disobedience1 and the fruit ,of that forbidden tree1 whose mortal taste ,brought death into the world1 and all our woe1 ,with loss of ,eden1 till one greater ,man ,restore us1 and regain the blissful seat1 ,sing ,heavenly ,muse1 that1 on the secret top ,of ,oreb or of ,sinai1 didst inspire ,that ,shepherd1 who first taught the chosen seed ,in the beginning1 how the heavens and earth ,rose out of ,chaos4 ,or if ,sion hill ,delight thee more1 and ,siloa's brook that flow'd ,fast by the oracle of ,god2 ,i thence ,invoke thy aid to my adventurous song1 ,that with no middle flight intends to soar ,above th' ,aonian mount1 while it pursues ,things unattempted yet1 in prose or rhyme4 ,and chiefly ,thou1 ,o ,spirit1 that dost prefer ,before all temples1 th' upright heart and pure1 ,instruct me1 for ,thou know'st3 ,thou1 from the first ,wast present1 and1 with mighty wings outspread1 ,dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss1 ,and mad'st it pregnant4 ,what in me is dark ,illumine2 what is low raise and support2 ,that to the height of this great argument ,i may assert eternal ,providence1 ,and justify the ways of ,god to men4 ,say first1 for ,heaven hides nothing from ,thy view1 ,nor the deep tract of hell2 say first what cause ,moved our grand parents1 in that happy state ,favoured of ,heaven so highly1 to fall off ,from their ,creator1 and transgress ,his will4 ,for one restraint1 lords of the world besides8 ,who first seduced them to that foul revolt8 ,th' infernal serpent3 he it was whose guile1 ,stirred up with envy and revenge1 deceived ,the mother of mankind1 what time his pride ,had cast him out from ,heaven1 with all his host ,of rebel angels2 by whose aid1 aspiring ,to set himself in glory 'bove his peers1 ,he trusted to have equalled the ,most ,high1 ,if ,he opposed2 and1 with ambition's aim ,against the throne and monarchy of ,god1 ,raised impious war in ,heaven1 and battle proud ,with vain attempt4 ,him the ,almighty ,power ,hurled headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky1 ,with hideous ruin and combustion1 down ,to bottomless perdition2 there to dwell ,in adamantine chains and penal fire1 ,who durst defy th' ,omnipotent to arms4 ,milton4 ,nor can this be ,but by fulfilling that which thou didst want-- ,obedience to the law of ,god1 imposed ,on penalty of death4 ,milton4 ,flatter not folly with an idle faith1 ,nor let earth stand upon her own desert2 ,but show what wisdom in the ,scripture saith ,the fruitful hand doth shew the fruitful heart2 ,believe the word1 and thereto bend thy will1 ,and teach obedience for a blessed skill4 ,nicholas ,breton4 ,other bond have ,i ,none with the ,father1 but obedience whole4 ,the ,son returns through all eternity ,entire obedience to the ,father's will ,inscrutable1 devout and finally-- ,relying on his love1 that shall fulfil ,all gracious purposes--and so became ,the ,mediator to all creatures1 till ,god shall be all in all4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,,offering4 ,and in process of time it came to pass1 that ,cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the ,lord4 ,and ,abel1 he also brought of the firstlings of his flock1 and of the fat thereof4 ,and the ,lord had respect unto ,abel and to his offering4 ,but unto ,cain and to his offering ,he had not respect4--,genesis1 iv4 #c1 #d1 #e4 ,so ,christ was once offered to bear the sins of many2 and unto them that look for ,him shall ,he appear the second time1 without sin unto salvation4--,hebrews1 ix4 #h4 ,for by one offering ,he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified4--,hebrews1 x4 #ad4 ,brightest and best of the sons of the morning1 ,dawn on our darkness and lend us ,thy aid6 ,star of the east the horizon adorning1 ,guide where our infant ,redeemer is laid6 ,cold on ,his cradle the dew-drops are shining1 ,low lies ,his bed with the beasts of the stall2 ,angels adore ,him in slumber reclining1 ,maker1 and ,monarch1 and ,saviour of all6 ,say1 shall we yield ,him in costly devotion1 ,odours of ,edom1 and offerings divine2 ,gems of the mountain1 and pearls of the ocean1 ,myrrh from the forest1 and gold from the mine4 ,vainly we offer each ample oblation1 ,vainly with gold would ,his favour secure1 ,richer by far is the heart's adoration2 ,dearer to ,god are the prayers of the poor4 ,bishop ,heber4 ,what offering can ,i bring to ,thee ,which may find favour in ,thine eye8 ,is it some work of charity8 ,some form of prayer on bended knee1 ,some spoil of earthly treasury1 ,that toil can win1 or gold can buy8 ,nay1 all were worthless1 all were vain ,as that oblation made by ,cain1 ,if a sad spirit1 and a contrite heart1 ,form of the sacrifice no part4 ,egone4 ,,one4 ,that they all may be one2 as thou1 ,father1 art in me1 and ,i in thee1 that they also may be one in us3 that the world may believe that thou hast sent me4--,john1 xvii4 #ba4 ,one ,lord1 one faith1 one baptism4--,ephesians1 iv4 #e4 ,one baptism1 and one faith1 ,one lord1 below1 above6 ,the fellowship of ,zion hath ,one only watchword1--,love4 ,from different temples though it rise1 ,one song ascendeth to the skies4 ,our ,sacrifice is one2 ,one priest before the throne1-- ,the crucified1 the risen ,son1 ,redeemer1 ,lord alone6 ,and sighs from contrite hearts that spring1 ,our chief1 our choicest offering4 ,oh1 why should they who love ,one ,gospel to unfold1 ,who look for one bright home above1 ,on earth1 be strange and cold8 ,why1 subjects of the ,prince of ,peace4 ,in strife abide1 and bitterness8 ,oh1 may that holy prayer1 ,his tenderest and his last1 ,the utterance of his latest care1 ,ere to his throne he pass'd1-- ,no longer unfulfill'd remain ,the world's offence1 the people's stain6 ,head of thy church beneath1 ,the catholic1--the true1-- ,on her disjointed members breathe1 ,her broken frame renew6 ,then shall thy perfect will be done ,when ,christians love and live as one4 ,e4 ,robinson4 ,o ,thou ,eternal ,one6 whose presence bright ,all space doth occupy1 all motion guide1 ,unchanged through time's all-devastating flight1 ,thou only ,god6 ,from the ,russian4 ,,paradise4 ,and ,jesus said unto him1 ,verily ,i say unto ,thee1 ,to-day shalt thou be with me in ,paradise4--,luke1 xxiii4 #dc4 ,to him that overcometh will ,i give to eat of the tree of life1 which is in the midst of the ,paradise of ,god4--,revelation1 ii4 #g4 ,so on he fares1 and to the border comes ,of ,eden1 whose delicious ,paradise ,now nearer crowns with her enclosure green1 ,as with a rural mound1 the champaign head ,of a steep wilderness1 whose hoary sides1 ,with thicket overgrown1 grotesque and wild1 ,access denied3 and overhead up-grew ,insuperable height of loftiest shade1 ,cedar and pine1 and fir1 and branching palm2 ,a sylvan scene6 ,and as the ranks ascend1 ,shade above shade1 a woody theatre ,of stateliest view4 ,yet higher than their tops ,the verdurous wall of ,paradise up-sprung2 ,which to our general sire gave prospect large ,into his nether empire neighb'ring round4 ,milton4 ,say'st thou there was no 8,paradise of ,god80 ,no happy1 sinless state of early man8 ,ask all the ages past1 each record scan1 ,and see if always cursed was this now barren sod4 ,go ask the ,greek--he tells of ,golden age1 ,when the god-governed earth was heavenly pure2 ,when never death1 nor woes men now endure ,had entered here1 nor hate1 nor guile1 nor rage4 ,the eastern ,magian speaks of earliest days1 ,when holy ,oromasdes reign'd o'er man3 ,the far ,egyptian tells ,osiris' praise1 ,governing all in peace1 ere rude revolt began4 ,and wilt thou ,god's own ,paradise deny1 ,when e'en the heathen tales affirm it ceaselessly8 ,ann ,flinders4 ,lord ,i will take no comfort but of ,thee6 ,i had an earthly plant--a pleasant vine1 ,from whose dear grapes ,i pressed delightful wine1 ,which made my heart as merry as could be4 ,thine anger hath cut down that cheerful tree2 ,or at the least1 7for yet ,i but divine17 ,thou hast cut off its joyful fruit from me1 ,and made its precious shade no longer mine4 ,shall ,i then murmur8 ,if my road henceforth ,lies but before me wearisome and bare1 ,and no green garland twined amid my hair ,will guard1 as it was wont1 my tortured eyes1 ,what then8 ,the sweeter after this stripped earth ,will be the shady rest of ,paradise4 ,thomas ,burbidge4 ,the ,god of nature and of grace ,in all ,his work appears2 ,his goodness through the earth we trace1 ,his grandeur in the spheres4 ,behold this fair and fertile globe1 ,by ,him in wisdom planned2 ',twas ,he who girded1 like a robe1 ,the ocean round the land4 ,lift to the firmament your eye1 ,thither ,his path pursue2 ,his glory boundless as the sky1 ,o'erwhelms the wandering view4 ,the forests in ,his strength rejoice1 ,hark6 on the evening breeze1 ,as once of old1 the ,lord ,god's voice ,is heard among the trees4 ,his blessings fall in plenteous showers ,upon the lap of earth1 ,that teems with foliage1 fruit1 and flowers1 ,and rings with infant mirth4 ,if ,god hath made the world so fair1 ,where sin and death abound2 ,how beautiful1 beyond compare1 ,will ,paradise be found6 ,james ,montgomery4 ,,pardon4 ,and ,moses said unto the ,lord1 ,pardon1 ,i beseech ,thee1 the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of ,thy mercy1 and as ,thou hast forgiven this people1 from ,egypt even until now4 ,and the ,lord said1 ,i have pardoned according to thy word4--,numbers1 xiv4 #ac1 #ai1 #bj4 ,let the wicked forsake his way1 and the unrighteous man his thoughts2 and let him return unto the ,lord1 and ,he will have mercy upon him2 and to our ,god1 for ,he will abundantly pardon4--,isaiah1 lv4 #g4 ,but infinite in pardon is our judge4 ,milton4 ,what can we better do than prostrate fall ,befort ,him reverent1 and there confess ,humbly our faults1 and pardon beg1 with tears ,watering the ground8 ,milton4 ,when with deep agony ,his heart was racked1 ,not for ,himself the tear-drop dewed ,his cheek1 ,for them ,he wept1 for them to ,heaven ,he prayed1-- ,his persecutors--8,father pardon them2 ,they know not what they do40 ,charles ,lamb4 ,o ,time6 ,o ,life6 ye were not made ,for languid dreaming in the shade1 ,nor sinful hearts to moor all day ,by lily-isle1 or grassy bay1 ,nor drink at noontide's balmy hours ,sweet opiates from the meadow-flowers4 ,o give me grace1 dear ,lord6 to win ,thy pardon for my youthful sin1 ,for all the days1 in woods embowered1 ,when currents of sweet thought o'erpowered ,with pleasant force the sense of duty1 ,and gentle nature's harmless beauty1 ,too much adored1 gave birth to throngs ,of joys effeminate1 and songs ,which sprung from earth1 and1 like a breeze1 ,died wantonly among the trees1 ,without a moral or a mirth ,above the passing bliss of earth6 ,frederic ,w4 ,faber4 ,,parents4 ,children1 obey your parents in all things3 for this is well pleasing unto the ,lord4--,colossians1 iii4 #bj4 ,honour thy parents to prolong thine end2 ,with them1 though for a truth1 do not contend2 ,whoever makes his father's heart to bleed1 ,shall have a son that will avenge the deed4 ,thomas ,randolph4 ,not those alone are parents1 to whose cares ,the opening buds of human life are given2 ,truth1 ,beauty1 ,love1 have each unnumbered heirs1 ,and ,earth itself is but the child of ,heaven4 ,nature repeats herself2 and human thought ,mirrored in deeds1 becomes more truly real3 ,thus only on the web of life are wrought ,the glowing pictures of the world ideal4 ,the labourer who embowers his cottage round ,with tasteful gifts--his honest hand the donor1 ,makes of that little spot of cultured ground1 ,a pleasing transcript of its joyful owner4 ,the matron1 toiling with unselfish aim ,to bless her little band of cherished creatures1 ,but mounts the picture1 from whose shining frame ,for ever beam her dear1 benignant features4 ,thought is the favoured child of thoughtful ones1 ,as heaven is mirrored in the quiet waters2 ,the statesman's high achievements are his sons1 ,and the sweet poet's lays his tuneful daughters4 ,the sculptor1 bending o'er his marble child1 ,models himself in fixed1 enduring beauty2 ,the painter's soul hath from the canvass smiled1 ,breathing deep tones of passion or of duty4 ,none shall die childless2 and the frailest one ,of all the living crowds around us pressing1 ,may1 like the ,eternal ,father1 give his son ,to be humanity's perpetual blessing4 ,mrs4 ,f4 ,h4 ,cooke4 ,,passions4 ,we also are men of like passions with you1 and preach unto you that ye should turn from those vanities unto the living ,god4--,acts1 xiv4 #ae4 ,what profits us1 that we from heaven derive ,a soul immortal1 and with looks erect ,survey the stars1 if1 like the brutal kind ,we follow where our passions lead the way8 ,claudian4 ,while passions glow1 the heart like heated steel ,takes each impression1 and is worked at pleasure4 ,young4 ,the gales ,of pleasure haply waft him1 and he bounds ,exultingly upon the flattering main2 ,nor heeds the inexperienced boy the hints ,of prudence1 and the counsel of the wise2 ,he steers impetuously through dancing waves ,and oceans of illusive bliss1 till now1 ,crashing upon the keel1 his vessel lies ,a total wreck upon th' undreaded reef6 8,avoid the shoal60 the sacred preacher cries1 ,the volumes of the dead and living1 ope ,the monitory page1 alas1 in vain6 ,if passion hold the helm1 and pleasure fill ,the swelling sail1 though reason1 conscience1 say 8,avoid the shoal60 the voyager is lost4 ,carrington4 ,thou must chain thy passions down2 ,well to serve1 but ill to sway1 ,like the fire they must obey4 ,they are good1 in subject state1 ,to strengthen1 warm1 and animate2 ,but if once we let them reign1 ,they sweep with desolating train1 ',till they but leave a hated name1 ,a ruined soul1 and blackened fame4 ,eliza ,cook4 ,passions1 indulged beyond a certain bound1 ,lead to a precipice1 and plunge in woe ,the heedless agent4 ,george ,bally4 ,,past4 ,that which hath been is now2 and that which is to be hath already been2 and ,god requireth that which is past4--,ecclesiastes1 iii4 #ae4 ,the past lives o'er again1 ,in its effects1 and to the guilty spirit ,the ever-frowning present is its image4 ,coleridge4 ,who bears no trace of passion's evil force8 ,who shuns thy sting1 ,o1 terrible ,remorse8-- ,who does not cast ,on the thronged pages of his memory's book1 ,at times1 a sad1 and half-reluctant look1 ,regretful of the ,past8 ,j4 ,g4 ,whittier4 ,full many a mighty name ,lurks in thy depths1 unuttered1 unrevered2 ,with thee are silent fame1 ,forgotten arts1 and wisdom disappeared4 ,thine for a space are they-- ,yet shalt thou yield thy treasures up at last2 ,thy gates shall yet give way1 ,thy bolts shall fall1 inexorable ,past6 ,all that of good and fair ,has gone into thy womb from earliest time1 ,shall then come forth1 to wear ,the glory and the beauty of its prime4 ,w4 ,c4 ,bryant4 ,whene'er upon the past ,i gaze1 ,though thorns and clouds appear1 ,rich gifts from ,heaven demand my praise1 ,gifts to the heart most dear1 ,the strong ,one's arm1 the friend above1 ,the fulness of ,redeeming ,love4 ,through childhood's hours and youthful snares1 ,that ,arm my footsteps led1 ,that friend amid the heart's own cares1 ,the balm of pity shed1 ,and raised my drooping soul to feel ,how deep the wound ,love's power can heal4 ,w4 ,j4 ,brock4 ,,pastor4 ,i will give you pastors according to mine heart1 which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding4--,jeremiah1 iii4 #ae4 ,woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture6 saith the ,lord4--,jeremiah1 xxiii4 #a4 ,he was a shepherd1 and no mercenary4 ,and though he holy was and virtuous1 ,he was to sinful men full piteous2 ,his words were strong1 but not with anger fraught2 ,a love benignant he discreetly taught4 ,to draw mankind to ,heaven by gentleness ,and good example1 was his business4 ,but if that any one were obstinate1 ,whether he were of high or low estate1 ,him would he sharply check with altered mien3 ,a better parson there was nowhere seen4 ,he paid no court to pomps and reverence1 ,nor spiced his conscience at his soul's expense2 ,but ,jesus' love1 which owns no pride or pelf1 ,he taught--but first he followed it himself4 ,chaucer4 ,do not1 as some ungracious pastors do1 ,show me the steep and thorny way to heaven1 ,whilst1 like a puff'd and reckless libertine1 ,himself the primrose path of dalliance treads1 ,and recks not his own road4 ,shakspere4 ,a genial hearth1 a hospitable board1 ,and a refined rusticity1 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 appears 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 labours all he can ,for re-subjecting to divine command ,the stubborn spirit of rebellious man8 ,wordsworth4 ,he is a faithful pastor of the poor2-- ,he thinks not of himself2 his ,master's words1 8,feed1 feed my sheep10 are ever at his heart1 ,the ,cross of ,christ is aye before his eyes4 ,grahame4 ,so glorious let ,thy pastors shine1 ,that1 by their speaking lives1 the world may learn ,first1 filial duty1 then divine2 ,that sons to parents1 all to ,thee may turn4 ,keble4 ,of the deep learning in the schools of yore1 ,the reverend pastor hath a golden stock2 ,yet1 with a vain display of useless lore1 ,or sapless doctrine1 never will he mock ,the better cravings of his simple flock2 ,but faithfully their humble shepherd guides ,where streams eternal gush from ,calvary's rock2 ,for well he knows1 not learning's purest tides ,can quench the immortal thirst that in the soul abides4 ,mrs4 ,little4 ,by weakest ministers1 the ,almighty thus ,makes known ,his sacred will1 and shows ,his power2 ,by ,him inspired1 they speak with urgent tongue ,authoritative1 while the illumined breast ,heaves with unwonted strength2 high as their theme1 ,their great conceptions rise in rapturous flow1 ,as quick the ready organs catch the thought1 ,and1 in such strains as science could not teach1 ,bear it1 in all its radiance1 to the heart2 ,the listening throng there feel its bless'd effect1 ,and deep conviction glows in every breast4 ,charles ,jenner4 ,shepherd of ,israel1 ,thou dost keep ,with constant care1 ,thy humble sheep1 ,by ,thee inferior pastors rise ,to feed our souls and bless our eyes4 ,fed by their active1 tender care1 ,healthful may all ,thy sheep appear1 ,and by their fair example led1 ,the way to ,zion's pastures tread4 ,doddridge4 ,,patience4 ,in your patience possess ye your souls4--,luke1 xxi4 #ai4 ,and not only so1 but we glory in tribulations also3 knowing that tribulation worketh patience2 ,and patience1 experience2 and experience1 hope4--,romans1 v4 #c1 #d4 ,take1 my brethren1 the prophets1 who have spoken in the name of the ,lord1 for an example of suffering affliction1 and of patience4 ,behold1 we count them happy which endure4 ,ye have heard of the patience of ,job1 and have seen the end of the ,lord2 that the ,lord is very pitiful1 and of tender mercy4--,james1 v4 #aj1 #aa4 ,many are the sayings of the wise1 ,in ancient and in modern books unroll'd1 ,extolling patience as the truest fortitude2 ,and to the bearing well of all calamities1 ,all chances incident to man's frail life1 ,consolitaries writ ,with studied argument1 and much persuasion sought1 ,lenient of grief and anxious thought3 ,but with th' afflicted in his pangs their sound ,little prevails1 or rather seems a tune ,harsh1 and of dissonant mood from his complaint1 ,unless he feel within ,some source of consolation from above1 ,secret refreshings1 that repair his strength ,and fainting spirits uphold4 ,milton4 ,give me care1 ,by thankful patience1 to prevent despair3 ,fit me to bear whate'er ,thou shalt assign2 ,i kiss the rod1 because the rod is ,thine4 ,francis ,quarles4 ,patience and resignation are the pillars ,of human peace on earth4 ,young4 ,like some well-fashioned arch thy patience stood1 ,and purchased strength from each increasing load4 ,goldsmith4 ,a dungeon1 dark and drear ,as death1 but in its cold and gloomy depths ,i see a form of beauty1 round whose locks ,a glory plays1 that lights the dungeon with ,a quivering lustre--she is stretched upon ,the damp cold earth1 her head is pillowed on ,one arm1 the while its fellow presses to ,her heart a holy volume4 ,o'er her eyes ,the dove of peace seems brooding1 while deep sleep ,heaves the long ringlets of the golden hair ,that cluster on her neck1 and sweep the earth3 ,a smile is lingering on her placid lip1 ,as though she dreamt of heaven1 the while her brow1 ,as that same heaven1 arched and calm1 shoots forth ,a halo--in her breast a dove is nestling1 ,and angel wings are spread to guard her dreams ,from evil--favoured one of ,god--who art thou8 ',tis patience1 the beloved of ,heaven6 the meek1 ,the mild1 the lowly1 and the gentle patience1 ,whose eye looks up to ,god2 and ne'er unbends ,its fixed and placid gaze to look upon ,the thorns that tear her bleeding breast2 who stands ,pale1 calm1 unmoved amid the storms of life2 ,whose soul weeps not for heart's torture--patience1 ,the meek-eyed pilgrim of the earth1 that child ,of heaven--perfection's crown4 ,c4 ,l4 ,reddell4 ,for ,god1 who binds the broken heart1 ,and dries the mourner's tear1 ,if faith and patience be their part1 ,will unto these be near4 ,let such but say 8,thy will be done60 ,and ,he who ,jesus raised1 ,will qualify them1 through ,his ,son1 ,to say 8,thy name be praised60 ,bernard ,barton4 ,when1 in justice1 he appals us ,by the threat of endless pain1 ,sink not--soon ,his mercy calls us ,to ,his pardoning arms again4 ,father6 ,o1 with patience bless us1 ,till each seeming ill be past3 ,let whatever gloom oppress us1 ,all must end in light at last4 ,thomas ,ward4 ,,peace4 ,mark the perfect man1 and behold the upright3 for the end of that man is peace4--,psalm xxxvii4 #cg4 ,happy is the man that findeth wisdom1 and the man that getteth understanding4 ,her ways are ways of pleasantness1 and all her paths are peace4--,proverbs1 iii4 #ac1 #ag4 ,lord1 thou wilt ordain peace for us4--,isaiah1 xxvi4 #ab4 ,blessed are the peacemakers1 for they shall be called the children of ,god4--,matthew1 v4 #i4 ,glory to ,god in the highest1 and on earth peace1 good will toward men4--,luke1 ii4 #ad4 ,peace ,i leave with you1 my peace ,i give unto you3 not as the world giveth1 give ,i unto you4 ,let not your heart be troubled1 neither let it be afraid4--,john1 xiv4 #bg4 ,the fruit of the ,spirit is love1 joy1 peace4--,galatians1 v4 #bb4 ,the peace of ,god1 which passeth all understanding1 shall keep your hearts and minds through ,christ ,jesus4--,philippians1 iv4 #g4 ,no war or battle's sound ,was heard the world around3 ,the idle spear and shield were high up hung1 ,the hooked chariot stood ,unstained with hostile blood1 ,the trumpet spake not to the armed throng2 ,and kings sat still1 with awe-full eye ,as if they surely knew their sovereign ,lord was by4 ,but peaceful was the night ,wherein the ,prince of ,light1 ,his reign of peace upon the earth began3 ,the winds1 with wonder whist1 ,smoothly the waters kissed1 ,whispering new joys to the mild ocean1 ,who now hath quite forgot to rave1 ,while birds of calm sat brooding on the charmed wave4 ,milton4 ,no more shall nation against nation rise1 ,nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes1 ,nor fields with gleaming steel be covered o'er1 ,the brazen trumpets kindle rage no more2 ,but useless lances into scythes shall bend1 ,and the broad falchion in a ploughshare end4 ,pope4 ,my soul1 there is a country ,far beyond the stars1 ,where stands a winged sentry ,all skilful in the wars2 ,there above noise and danger ,sweet peace sits crown'd with smiles2 ,and ,one born in a manger ,commands the beauteous files4 ,he is thy gracious friend1 ,and oh6 my soul1 awake2 ,did in pure love descend ,to die here for my sake4 ,if thou canst get but thither1 ,there grows the flower of peace2 ,the rose that cannot wither1 ,thy fortress and thy ease ,leave then thy foolish ranges2 ,for none can thee secure1 ,but one who never changes1 ,thy ,god1 thy life1 thy cure4 ,henry ,vaughan4 ,sure the last end ,of the good man is peace4 ,how calm his exit6 ,night dews fall not more calmly on the ground1 ,nor weary worn-out winds expire so soft4 ,blair4 ,hear the last words the believer saith4 ,he has bidden adieu to his earthly friends2 ,there is peace in his eye that upward bends2 ,there is peace in his calm confiding air2 ,for his last thoughts are ,god's1 his last words1 prayer4 ,henry ,ware1 ,jun4 8,peace0 was the word our ,saviour breathed1 ,when from our world ,his steps withdrew2 ,the gift ,he to ,his friends bequeathed1 ,with ,calvary and the ,cross in view3-- ,redeemer6 ,with adoring love ,our spirits take ,thy rich bequest1 ,the watchword of the host above1 ,the passport to their realm of rest4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,oh1 peace2 thou source and soul of social life1 ,beneath whose calm inspiriting influence1 ,science his views enlarges2 art refines1 ,and swelling ,commerce opens all her ports2 ,blest be the man divine who gives us thee2 ,who bids the trumpet hush its horrid clang1 ,nor blow the giddy nations into rage4 ,who sheathes the murderous blade1 the deadly gun ,into the well-piled armoury returns2 ,and every vigour from the work of death ,to grateful industry converting1 makes ,the country flourish and the city smile4 ,thomson4 ,when groves by moonlight silence keep1 ,and winds the vexed waves release1 ,and fields are hushed1 and cities sleep1-- ,lord6 is not this the hour of ,peace8 ,when ,infancy at ,evening tries ,by turns to climb each ,parent's knees1 ,and gazing meets their raptured eyes1-- ,lord6 is not this the hour of ,peace8 ,in golden pomp when autumn smiles2 ,and every vale its rich increase ,in man's full barns exulting piles2-- ,lord6 is not this the hour of ,peace8 ,when ,mercy points where ,jesus bleeds1 ,and ,faith beholds thine anger cease2 ,and ,hope to black despair succeeds2-- ,this1 ,father6 this alone is ,peace6 ,gisborne4 ,wherefore from ,his throne exalted1 ,came ,he on this earth to dwell2 ,all ,his pomp an humble manger-- ,all ,his court a narrow cell8 8,from that world to bring to this1 ,peace1 which of all earthly blisses ,is the brightest1 purest bliss40 ,violante ,di ,ceo4 ,down the dark future1 through long generations1 ,the echoing sounds grow fainter1 and then cease6 ,and like a bell with solemn sweet vibrations1 ,i hear once more the voice of ,christ say 8,peace60 ,peace6 and no longer from its brazen portals ,the blast of war's great organ shakes the skies2 ,but1 beautiful as songs of the immortals1 ,the holiest melodies of love arise4 ,longfellow4 8,peace10 shall the world outwearied ever see ,its universal reign8 ,will states1 will kings1 ,put down these murderous and unholy things1 ,which fill the earth with blood and misery8 ,will nations learn that love--not enmity-- ,is heaven's first lesson--which beneath the wings ,of mercy1 brooding over land and sea1 ,fills earth with joy by its soft ministerings8 ',twere a sad prospect--'twere a vista dark ,as midnight--could this wearied mortal eye1 ,through the dim mists that veil futurity1 ,discern not that heaven-bright though distant spark1 ,lighted by prophecy1 whose ray sublime ,sheds a soft gleam of hope o'er the dull path of time4 ,i hate that noisy drum1 it is a sound ,that tells of war1 of bondage1 and ,i blush ,that liberty had ever cause to rush ,into a warrior's arms2 that right e'er found ,asylum in the furious field4 ,not so ,the holy crowns of genuine glory grow2 ,not there should they who bear the badge serene ,of ,him who was the ,prince of ,peace1 be seen2 ,can such ,his faithful followers be8--,oh no6 ,his laurels are not drenched in blood1--but green ,and beautiful as spring3--,his arms are love ,and mercy and forgiveness2 and with them ,he rules the nations' mighty destinies ,and gently leads us to our homes above4 ,dr4 ,bowring4 ,if there be sore strife and care1 ,in the world below1 ,restless spirits never there ,could chase away their woe1 ,let the storm that raves about us1 ,by our faith be kept without us2 ,let us from our troubles cease1 ,power and conquest dwell in peace4 ,j4 ,gostick4 ,,perfection4 ,out of ,zion1 the perfection of beauty1 ,god hath shined4--,psalm l4 #b4 ,o when wilt thou come unto me8 ,i will walk within my house with a perfect heart4--,psalm ci4 #b4 ,i have seen an end of all perfection4--,psalm cxix4 #if4 ,be ye therefore perfect1 even as your ,father which is in heaven is perfect4--,matthew1 v4 #dh4 ,give glory to the ,son1 who came ,clothed in our fleshy1 mortal frame2 ,who bore our sins1 vouchsafed to give ,himself to die1 that we might live2 ,who--holy1 harmless1 undefiled1 ,was patient--spurned1 was dumb--reviled2 ,who1 in the agonies of death1 ,poured for ,his foes ,his parting breath2 ,was perfect ,god and man in one3 ,give glory to the ,incarnate ,son6 ,barton4 ,behold the beauty of ,his matchless life ,in deed and thought connecting earth and heaven3-- ,call every virtue which the mind conceives1 ,or view perfection in sublime excess ,of glory1 such as dreams of ,god pourtray1 ,and what can emulate the ,prince of ,peace6 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,oh6 who shall paint them--let the sweetest tone ,that ever trembled on the harps of ,heaven1 ,be discord2 let the chanting seraphim1 ,whose anthem is eternity1 be dumb2 ,for praise and wonder1 adoration1--all ,melt into muteness1 ere they soar to ,thee1 ,thou sole ,perfection6--,theme of countless worlds6 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,oh1 ,thou1 who all perfection art6 ,how shall my soul approach to ,thee8 ,how can my black1 polluted heart ,endure ,thy searching scrutiny8 ,only through grace of ,him by whom ,the just avenging arm is stayed2 ,by whose descent into the tomb ,was imperfection perfect made4 ,egone4 ,,pestilence--,,plague4 ,and the ,lord said unto ,moses1 ,rise up early in the morning1 and stand before ,pharoah1 and say unto him1 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god of the ,hebrews1 ,let my people go1 that they may serve me4 ,for ,i will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart1 and upon thy servants1 and upon thy people2 that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth4 ,for now ,i will stretch out my hand1 that ,i may smite thee and thy people with pestilence2 and thou shalt be cut off from the earth4--,exodus1 ix4 #ac1 #ad1 #ae4 ,he that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the ,almighty4 ,surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler1 and from the noisome pestilence4 ,there shall no evil befal thee1 neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling4--,psalm xci4 #a1 #c1 #aj4 ,a terrible change is come2 ,i see a cloud ,brooding above the valley like the wing ,of a destroying angel dark and dread2 ,and in its awful depth ,i see a brow ,on which is stamped in fiery characters ,the one word--,plague4 ,the beds of dewy flowers ,are pressed by loathsome forms of dark disease1 ,putrid though living2 some have dragged their weak ,and fainting limbs to where the pure stream glides1 ,but sink ere they can quench their burning thirst ,in its cool waters2 some bow down their heads ,in prayer1 but the unfinished words are quelled ,by groans of agony2 some wait for death ,with stubborn pride that scorns to murmur2 some ,rave of cool forests and of shady rivers1 ,in their delirious pain2 the dead and dying ,tenant that valley only4 ,c4 ,l4 ,reddell4 ,from the sword at noonday wasting1 ,from the noisome pestilence1 ,in the depth of midnight blasting1 ,god shall be thy sure defence4 ,thee1 though winds and waves be swelling1 ,god1 thine hope1 shall bear through all1 ,plague shall not come nigh thy dwelling1 ,thee no evil shall befall4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,philosophy4 ,beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit1 after the tradition of men1 after the rudiments of the world1 and not after ,christ4--,colossians1 ii4 #h4 ,philosophy consists not ,in airy schemes1 or idle speculation2 ,the rule and conduct of all social life ,is her great province4 ,not in lonely cells ,obscure she lurks2 but holds her heavenly light ,to senates and to kings1 to guide their councils1 ,and teach them to reform and bless mankind4 ,all policy but her's is false and rotten2 ,all valour not conducted by her precepts ,is a destroying fury sent from hell1 ,to plague unhappy man1 and ruin nations4 ,thomson4 ,what is an high-praised philosophy1 ,but books of poesy in prose compil'd1 ,far more delightful than they fruitful be1 ,witty appearance1 guile that is beguil'd2 ,corrupting minds much rather than directing1 ,th' alloy of duty1 and our pride's erecting4 ,for1 as among physicians1 what they call ,word magic1 never helpeth the disease1 ,which drugs and diet ought to deal withal1 ,and by their real working give us ease2 ,so these word-sellers have no power to cure ,the passions which corrupted lives endure4 ,sir ,falke ,greville4 ,in its sublime research1 philosophy ,may measure out the ocean deep--may count ,the sands or the sun's rays--but ,god6 for ,thee ,there is no weight nor measure3--none can mount ,up to ,thy mysteries3 ,reason's brightest spark1 ,though kindled at ,thy light1 in vain would try ,to trace ,thy counsels1 infinite and dark ,and thought is lost ere thought can soar so high1 ,even like past moments in eternity4 ,from the ,russian4 ,with thee1 serene ,philosophy1 with thee ,and thy bright garland1 let me crown my song6 ,effusive source of evidence and truth6 ,a lustre shedding o'er the ennobled mind ,stronger than summer noon2 and pure as that ,whose mild vibrations soothe the parted soul1 ,new to the dawning of celestial day4 ,hence through her nourished powers1 enlarged by thee ,she springs aloft1 with elevated pride1 ,above the tangling mass of low desires ,that bind the fluttering crowd2 and1 angel-winged1 ,the heights of science and of virtue gains1 ,where all is calm and clear2 with nature round1 ,or in the starry regions1 or the abyss1 ,to reason and to fancy's eye displayed3 ,the first up-tracing from the dreary void1 ,the chain of causes and effects to ,him1 ,the world-producing ,essence1 who alone ,possesses being2 while the last receives ,the whole magnificence of ,heaven and earth1 ,and every beauty1 delicate or bold1 ,obvious or more remote1 with livelier sense1 ,diffusive painted on the rapid mind4 ,thomson4 ,survey the magnet's sympathetic love1 ,that woos the yielding needle2 contemplate ,th' attractive amber's power1 invisible ,ev'n to the mental eye2 or when the blow ,sent from th' electric sphere assaults thy frame1 ,show me the hand that dealt it6--,baffled here ,by ,his ,omnipotence1 ,philosophy ,slowly her thoughts inadequate revolves1 ,and stands with all ,his circling wonders round her1 ,like heavy ,saturn1 in th' ethereal space ,begirt with an inexplicable ring4 ,smart4 ,sublime ,philosophy6 ,thou are the patriarch's ladder1 reaching heaven1 ,and bright with beckoning angels2 but1 alas6 ,we see thee1 like the patriarch1 but in dreams1 ,by the first step1 dull slumbering on the earth4 ,bulwer4 ,,pilgrimage4 ,these all died in faith1 not having received the promises1 but having seen them afar off1 and were persuaded of them1 and embraced them1 and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth4 ,for they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country4--,hebrews1 xi4 #ac1 #ad4 ,dearly beloved1 ,i beseech you1 as strangers and pilgrims1 abstain from fleshly lusts1 which war against the soul4--,i4 ,peter1 ii4 #aa4 ,give me my scallop-shell of quiet1 ,my staff of faith to walk upon2 ,my scrip of joy1 immortal diet2 ,my bottle of salvation2 ,my gown of glory1 7hope's true gage17 ,and thus ,i'll take my pilgrimage4 ,blood must be my body's only balmer ,whilst my soul1 like a quiet ,palmer1 ,travelleth towards the land of ,heaven2 ,no other balm will there be given4 ,sir ,w4 ,raleigh4 ,from darkness1 here1 and dreariness1 ,we ask not full repose2 ,only be ,thou at hand to bless ,our trial hour of woes4 ,is not the pilgrim's toil o'erpaid ,by the clear rill and palmy shade8 ,and see we not up earth's dark glade1 ,the gate of ,heaven unclose8 ,keble4 ,while his staff the traveller handles ,in his weary journeying1 ,thorns may tear his dusty sandals1 ,fangs his tender feet may sting2 ,but were life devoid of pain1 ,bliss were proffered man in vain4 ,look aloft1 where light is breaking ,through this doubt-enveloped sky-- ,forward leap1 the joy partaking1 ,of a higher destiny4 ,lift thy staff1 and move apace ,in the pilgrim-thronging race4 ,t4 ,g4 ,spear4 ,there is a light on the hills1 and the valley is past6 ,ascend1 happy pilgrim6 thy labours are o'er6 ,the sunshine of ,heaven around thee is cast1 ,and thy weak1 doubting footsteps can falter no more4 ,on1 pilgrim6 that hill richly circled with rays ,is ,zion6 ,lo1 there is the 8city of saints60 ,and the beauties1 the glories1 that region displays1 ,inspiration's own language imperfectly paints4 ,mrs4 ,opie4 ,pilgrim1 burden'd with thy sin1 ,come the way to ,zion's gate1 ,there1 till mercy speaks within1 ,knock1 and weep1 and watch1 and wait4 ,knock--he knows the sinner's cry2 ,weep--he loves the mourner's tears2 ,watch--for saving grace is nigh2 ,wait--till heavenly grace appears4 ,hark1 it is thy ,saviour's voice1 8,welcome pilgrim to thy rest40 ,now within the gate rejoice1 ,safe1 and own'd1 and bought1 and blest4 ,safe--from all the lures of vice2 ,own'd--by joys the contrite know2 ,bought--by love and life the price2 ,blest--the mighty debt we owe4 ,holy pilgrim what for thee1 ,in a world like this remain8 ,from thy guarded breast shall flee ,fear1 and shame1 and doubt and pain4 ,fear--the hope of heaven shall flee2 ,shame--from glory's view retire2 ,doubt--in full belief shall die2 ,pain--in endless joy expire4 ,crabbe4 ,we journey through a vale of tears ,by many a cloud o'ercast2 ,and worldly cares1 and worldly fears1 ,go with us to the last6 ,not to the last--,thy word hath said1 ,could we but read aright2 ,poor ,pilgrim6 lift1 in hope1 thy head2 ,at eve there shall be light4 ,bernard ,barton4 ,,pity4 ,to him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend4--,job1 v4 #ad4 ,like as a father pitieth his children1 so the ,lord pitieth them that fear him4--,psalm ciii4 #ac4 ,he that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the ,lord4--,proverbs1 xix4 #ag4 ,genius of pity6 exercise thy sway1 ,and with thy soft emotions soothe each breast2 ,may every heart thy kind dictates obey1 ,and be thy humanizing pow'r confess'd6 ,may sweet ,benevolence1 auspicious fair1 ,vouchsafe thy cheering progress to attend1 ,and smiling ,charity1 with constant care1 ,where'er distress appears1 her succour lend4 ,in the drear season of embitter'd woe1 ,oh6 may the sons of opulence and ease ,feel pity's genial animating glow1 ,nor suffer avarice their soul to freeze6 ,may they1 whene'er the child of want is seen1 ,dispense their warm benevolence around1-- ,the hapless suff'rer from misfortune screen1 ,nor to a narrow sphere their mercies bound6 ,not to the wanderer their gifts confine1 ,but the sad roofs of silent woe explore1 ,where modest mourners secretly repine1 ,and1 unsoliciting1 their wants deplore4 ,then shall the orphan's and the widow's prayer1 ,to ,heav'n1 with thanks for such relief1 be made2 ,the welcome boon with grateful hearts they share1 ,and bless the donor for his timely aid4 ,anon4 ,oh6 do not seek the mirthful throng1 ,but find where friendship lingers1 ,and feel the strings1 untouched so long1 ,swept o'er by ,pity's fingers4 ,though not a star has lent its light1 ,who knows what may be dawning8 ,the mists that robe the earth at night ,precede the brightest morning6 ,j4 ,burbidge4 ,,pleasing--,,pleasure4 ,the ,lord taketh pleasure in them that fear ,him4--,psalm cxlvii4 #aa4 ,he that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man3 he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich4--,proverbs1 xxi4 #ag4 ,hear now this1 thou that art given to pleasures1 that dwellest carelessly1 evil shall come upon thee4--,isaiah1 xlvii4 #h1 #aa4 ,walk worthy of the ,lord unto all pleasing1 being fruitful in every good work4--,colossians1 i4 #aj4 ,so we speak2 not as pleasing men1 but ,god1 which trieth our hearts4--,i4 ,thessalonians1 ii4 #d4 ,admirers of false pleasures must sustain ,the weight and sharpness of ensuing pain4 ,john ,beaumont4 ,short is the course of every lawless pleasure-- ,grief1 like a shade1 on all its footsteps waits1 ,scarce visible in joy's meridian height2 ,but1 downwards as its blaze declining speeds1 ,the dwarfish shadow to a giant spreads4 ,milton4 ,pleasures are few1 and fewer we enjoy2 ,pleasure1 like quicksilver1 is bright and coy2 ,we strive to grasp it1 with our utmost skill1 ,still it eludes us1 and it glitters still3 ,if seized at last1 compute your mighty gains2 ,what is it but rank poison in your veins8 ,young4 ,pleasure is good1 and man for pleasure made2 ,but pleasure full of glory as of joy2 ,pleasure which neither blushes nor expires4 99 99 99 99 99 ,death treads in pleasure's footsteps round the world1 ,when pleasure treads the paths which reason shuns4 ,young4 ,pleasure1 admitted in undue degree1 ,enslaves the will1 nor leaves the judgment free4 99 99 99 99 99 ,peace follows virtue as its sure reward2 ,and pleasure brings as surely in her train ,remorse1 and sorrow1 and vindictive pain4 ,cowper4 ,pleasures1 like wonders1 quickly lose their price1 ,when reason or experience makes us wise4 ,bishop ,king4 ,if the soft hand of winning pleasure leads ,by living waters and through flowery meads1 ,where all is smiling1 tranquil1 and serene2 ,and vernal beauty paints the flattering scene2 ,oh6 teach me to elude each latent snare1 ,and whisper to my sliding heart--,beware6 ,with caution let me hear the syren's voice1 ,and doubtful with a trembling heart rejoice4 ,mrs4 ,barbauld4 ,graces withered by too warm a beam1 ,may spread and flourish in the dreary shade3 ,and pleasure1 to voluptuous guilt denied1 ,may bloom ambrosial from affliction's thorn4 ,george ,bally4 ,all these fond pleasures1 if fond things ,deserve so good a name1 ,should not seduce a noble mind ,to stain itself with shame4 ,the time shall come when all these same1 ,which seem so rich with joy1 ,like tyrants1 shall torment thy mind1 ,and vex thee with annoy4 ,brandon4 ,i ask ,thee for the daily strength1 ,to none that ask denied1 ,and a mind to blend with outward life ,while keeping at ,thy side2 ,content to fill a little space1 ,if ,thou be glorified4 ,and if some things ,i do not ask1 ,in my cup of blessing be1 ,i would have my spirit fill'd the more ,with grateful love to ,thee-- ,more careful--not to serve ,thee much1 ,but to please ,thee perfectly4 ,a4 ,l4 ,waring4 ,that pleasure is of all ,most bountiful and kind1 ,that fades not straight1 but leaves ,a living joy behind4 ,campion4 ,,poverty4 ,the ,lord maketh poor1 and maketh rich3 ,he bringeth low1 and lifteth up4--,i4 ,samuel1 ii4 #g4 ,give me neither poverty nor riches2 feed me with food convenient for me2 ,lest ,i be full1 and deny thee1 and say1 ,who is the ,lord8 or lest ,i be poor1 and steal1 and take the name of my ,god in vain4--,proverbs1 xxx4 #h1 #i4 ,blessed be ye poor3 for yours is the kingdom of ,god4--,luke1 vi4 #bj4 ,in a great trial of affliction1 the abundance of their joy1 and their deep poverty1 abounded unto the riches of their liberality4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 viii4 #b4 ,if well thou view'st us with no squinted eye1 ,no partial judgment1 thou wilt quickly rate ,thy wealth no richer than my poverty2 ,my want no poorer than thy rich estate4 ,our ends and births alike1 in this as ,i1 ,poor thou wert born1 and poor again shalt die4 ,my little fills my little-wishing mind1 ,thou having more than much1 yet seekest more2 ,who seeks1 still wishes what he seeks to find2 ,who wishes1 wants2 and whoso wants1 is poor3 ,then this must follow of necessity1 ,poor are thy riches1 rich my poverty4 ,though still thou gett'st1 yet is thy want not spent1 ,but as thy wealth1 so great thy wealthy itch2 ,but with my little ,i have great content-- ,content hath all1 and who hath all is rich2 ,then this in reason thou must needs confess1 ,if ,i have little1 yet that thou hast less4 ,whatever man possesses1 ,god has lent1 ,and to his audit liable is ever1 ,to reckon how1 and where1 and when he spent4 ,then thus thou bragg'st thou art a great receiver4 ,little my debt1 when little is my store1 ,the more thou hast1 thy debt still grows the more4 ,but seeing ,god himself descended down1 ,t' enrich the poor by ,his deep poverty1 ,his meat1 his house1 his grave were not his own1 ,yet all is ,his from all eternity2 ,let me be like my ,head1 whom ,i adore1 ,be thou great1 wealthy1 ,i still base and poor4 ,phineas ,fletcher4 ,i would be great1 but that the sun doth still ,level his rays against the rising hill2 ,i would be high1 but see the proudest oak1 ,most subject to the rending thunder-stroke2 ,i would be rich1 but see men1 too unkind1 ,dig in the bowels of the richest mine3 ,i would be wise1 but that ,i often see ,the fox suspected1 whilst the ass goes free3 ,i would be fair1 but see the fair and proud1 ,like the bright sun1 oft setting in a cloud3 ,i would be poor1 but know the humble grass ,still trampled on by each unworthy ass2 ,rich hated3 wise suspected3 scorn'd if poor3 ,great fear'd3 fair tempted3 high still envied more3 ,i have wish'd all2 but now ,i wish for neither2 ,great1 high1 rich1 wise1 nor fair2 poor ,i'll be rather4 ,sir ,henry ,wotton4 ,no soil like poverty for growth divine1 ,as leanest land supplies the richest mine4 ,earth gives too little1 giving only bread1 ,to nourish pride1 or turn the weakest head4 ,cowper4 ,around each pure1 domestic shrine1 ,bright flowers of ,eden bloom and twine2 ,our hearths are altars all3 ,the prayers of hungry souls and poor1 ,like armed angels at the door1 ,our unseen foes appal4 ,keble4 ,and what is want8 ',tis virtue's test3 ,what weakness8 ,an escape from pride3 ,that life on earth may be the best ,in which1 by woe1 the soul is tried3 ,for ,he whose word is ever sure1 ,hath said that 8,blessed are the ,poor40 ,h4 ,h4 ,weld4 ,if poverty--a bitter medicine--cure ,the soul's distempers1 blessed are the poor2 ,yea1 if ye be ,christ's poor1 thrice blessed men are ye4 ,thomas ,mc,kellar4 ,,power4 ,power belongeth unto ,god4--,psalm lxii4 #aa4 ,let every soul be subject unto the higher powers4 ,for there is no power but of ,god2 the powers that be are ordained of ,god4 ,whosoever therefore resisteth the power1 resisteth the ordinance of ,god4--,romans1 xiii4 #a1 #b4 ,upholding all things by the word of ,his power4--,hebrews1 i4 #c4 ,o1 all-preparing ,providence divine6 ,in thy large book1 what secrets are enrolled1 ,what sundry helps doth ,thy great power assign1 ,to prop the course which ,thou intend'st to hold6 ,what mortal sense is able to define ,thy mysteries1 ,thy councils manifold6 ,it is ,thy wisdom strangely that extends ,obscure proceedings to apparent ends4 ,michael ,drayton4 ,there is a power ,unseen1 that rules the illimitable world1 ,that guides its motions from the brightest star ,to the least dust of this sin-tainted mould4 ,while man1 who madly deems himself the ,lord ,of all1 is nought but weakness and dependence4 ,this sacred truth1 by sure experience taught1 ,they must have learn'd when wand'ring all alone1 ,each bird1 each insect1 flitting through the sky1 ,was more sufficient for itself than thou4 ,thomson4 ,for the strong spirit will at times awake1 ,piercing the mists that wrap her clay abode2 ,and1 born of thee1 she may not always take ,earth's accents for the oracles of ,god2 ,and ev'n in this--,o dust1 whose mask is power6 ,reed1 that wouldst be a scourge thy little hour6 ,spark1 whereon yet the mighty hath not trod1 ,and therefore thou destroyest1--where were flown ,our hope1 if man were left to man's decrees alone4 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,o put away thy pride1 ,or be ashamed of power1 ,that cannot turn aside ,the breeze that waves a flower4 ,clare4 ,i've thought1 at gentle and ungentle hour1 ,of many an act and giant shape of power2 ,of the old kings with high exacting looks ,sceptered and globed2 of eagles on their rocks ,with straining feet1 and that fierce mouth and drear1 ,answering the strain with downward drag austere2 ,of the rich-headed lion1 whose huge frown1 ,all his great nature1 gathering1 seems to crown2 ,then of cathedral with its priestly height1 ,seen from below at superstitions night2 ,of ghastly castle1 that eternally ,holds its blind visage out to the lone sea2 ,and of all sunless subterranean deeps ,the creature makes1 who listens while he sleeps2 ,avarice2 and then of those old earthly cones1 ,that stride1 they say1 over heroic bones2 ,and those stone heaps ,egyptian1 whose small doors ,look like low dens1 under precipitous shores2 ,and him1 great ,memnon1 that long sitting by1 ,in seeming idleness1 with stony eye1 ,sang at the morning's touch1 like poetry2 ,and then of all the fierce and bitter fruit ,of the proud planting of a tyrannous foot1 ,of bruised right1 and flourishing bad men1 ,and virtue wasting heavenwards from a den2 ,brute force1 and fury2 and the devilish drouth ,of the fool cannon's ever-gaping mouth2 ,and the bride-widowing sword2 and the harsh bray ,the sneering trumpet sends across the fray2 ,and all which lights the people-thinning star ,that selfishness invokes--the horsed war1 ,panting along with many a bloody mane4 ,leigh ,hunt4 ,all-knowing1 all-directing ,god6 ,in whom we move and live1 ,our thoughts1 and works1 and empty days1 ,and careless wrongs forgive2 ,but most in need the cruel heart ,that breeds the conscious wrong1 ,and cares not for the consequence ,to helpless old and young4 ,some wilful deeds are perfect crimes1 ,and some less wicked are1 ,because 'twas meant that good should spring ,beneath the baleful star4 ,yet of all sinful beings most ,in need of mercy those1 ,who having power much good to do1 ,all goodness would oppose1 ,and turn heaven's bounteous gifts to gall1 ,and nature's smiles to blows4 ,horne4 ',tis not in mockery of man that earth ,is strewed with splendid fragments1 temple1 tower2 ,that realms1 where glory sprang full-arm'd to birth1 ,are desolate1 the snake and tiger's bower3 ,they lie the monuments of misused power1 ,not freaks of fate1 but warnings against crime3 ,and ancient ,babylon might1 at this hour1 ,had she been guiltless1 stand as in her prime1 ,nay1 stand in growing pomp1 till ,god had finished time4 ,croly4 ,but1 ,god be thanked6 they are moments only when ,man1 subdued by nature's mightiest power1 ,thinks even his purer self the sport of waves4 ,in such like moments 'tis the ,godhead shows us ,the distance 'twixt itself and us1--chastises ,man's vain audacity to equal it1 ,and casts him back to nothingness and woe4 ,in such like moments1 even the wisest sinks ,unto the dust3 he1 too1 is formed of dust2 ,but soon again he rises purified ,by ,fate's worst blast1 and thus the ,eternal's will ,declares and proves its own omnipotence4 ,from the ,german of ,herder4 ,with ,god a thousand years are as one day2 ,he in one day can sum a thousand years2 ,all acts with him are equal2 for no more ,it costs ,omnipotence to build a world1 ,and set a sun amidst the firmament1 ,than mould a dewdrop1 and light up a gem4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,,praise4 ,praise ye the ,lord4 ,praise the ,lord1 ,o my soul4 ,while ,i live will ,i praise the ,lord3 ,i will sing praises unto my ,god while ,i have any being4--,psalm cxlvi4 #a1 #b4 ,praise ye the ,lord4 ,praise ,god in his sanctuary3 praise him in the firmament of his power4 ,praise him for his mighty acts3 praise him according to his excellent greatness4 ,let every thing that hath breath praise the ,lord4--,psalm cl4 #a1 #b1 #f4 ,for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of ,god4--,john1 xii4 #dc4 ,my ,god6 ,i will address ,thee ,in loudest hymns of praise2 ,then1 too1 my soul shall bless ,thee1 ,when mute in deep amaze2 ,for ,thou1 who kind receivest ,each word to be addressed1 ,the silent thought perceivest1 ,the feeling unexpressed4 ,and1 while we ne'er can know ,thy deep and wondrous ways1 ,words sink far1 far below ,thy due reward of praise4 ,from the ,greek of ,synesius4 ,o6 while thy sinful soul can cast ,sin's robes away--redeem the past1 ,if not in deeds1 in words to praise thy ,maker haste4 ,in sacred hymns employ the day1 ,in praises pass the night away2 ,and let the martyrs' praise attune the willing lay4 ,o what a privilege1 could ,i1 ,the prison of mortality ,thus burst1 and breathing forth this language1 die6 ,from the ,spanish of ,prudentius4 ,not thankful when it pleaseth me2 ,as if ,thy blessings had spare days3 ,but such a heart whose pulse may be ,thy praise4 ,george ,herbert4 ,fountains1 and ye that warble as ye flow1 ,melodious murmurs1 warbling tune ,his praise4 ,join voices all ye living souls3 ye birds1 ,that singing up to heaven's gate ascend1 ,bear on your wings and in your notes ,his praise2 ,ye that in waters glide1 and ye that walk the earth1 ,and stately tread1 or lowly creep2 ,witness if ,i be silent morn or even1 ,to hill or valley1 fountain1 or fresh shade1 ,made vocal by my song1 and taught ,his praise4 ,milton4 ,to ,god1 who sits in highest seat1 ,glory and power given be2 ,to father1 ,son1 and ,paraclete1 ,who reign in equal dignity1 ,whose boundless power we still adore1 ,and sing their praise for evermore4 ,drummond4 ,while this immortal spark of heavenly flame ,distends my breast1 and animates my frame1 ,to thee my ardent praises shall be borne ,on the first breeze that wakes the blushing morn2 ,the latest star shall hear the pleasing sound1 ,and nature in full choir shall join around4 ,when full of ,thee1 my soul excursive flies ,through earth1 air1 ocean1 or thy regal skies2 ,from world to world new wonders still ,i find1 ,and all the ,godhead flashes on my mind1 ,when1 winged with whirlwinds1 vice shall take its flight ,to the deep bosom of eternal night1 ,to ,thee my soul shall endless praises pay3 ,join1 men and angels6 join the exalted lay4 ,blacklock4 ,if no basis bear my rising name ,but the fallen ruins of another's fame2 ,then teach me1 ,heaven6 to scorn the guilty bays2 ,drive from my breast that wretched lust of praise3 ,unblemished let me live1 or die unknown2 ,o1 grant me honest fame1 or grant me none4 ,pope4 ,nor absolutely vain is human praise1 ,where human is supported by divine4 ,young4 ,my fears of danger1 while ,i breathe1 ,my dread of endless hell beneath1 ,my sense of sorrow for my sin1 ,to springing comfort change within2 ,change all my sad complaints for ease1 ,to cheerful notes of endless praise4 ,parnell4 ,the praise ,i make will then be sweet indeed1 ,if ,thou the ,spirit give by which ,i pray3 ,my unassisted heart is barren clay1 ,that of its native self can nothing feed2 ,of good and pious works ,thou art the seed ,that quickens only where ,thou sayest it may2 ,unless ,thou show to us ,thy own true way1 ,no man can find it4 ,father6 ,thou must lead3 ,do ,thou then breathe these thoughts into my mind ,by which such virtue may in me be bred1 ,that in ,thy holy footsteps ,i may tread3 ,the fetters of my tongue do ,thou unbind1 ,that ,i may have the power to sing to ,thee2 ,and sound ,thy praises everlastingly4 ,wordsworth4 ,up to the throne of ,god is borne ,the voice of praise at early morn1 ,and ,he accepts the punctual hymn ,sung as the light of day grows dim4 ,nor will ,he turn ,his ear aside ,from holy offerings at noontide2 ,then here1 reposing1 let us raise ,a song of gratitude and praise4 ,wordsworth4 ,oh1 for the harp that ,david swept1 ,at whose divine entrancing sound1 ,the evil spirit distance kept1 ,while holier visions hover'd round3 ,oh for such harp1 in these our days1 ,to speak a ,god's1 a ,saviour's praise4 ,barton4 ,from yon lowly roof1 whose curling smoke ,o'ermounts the mist1 is heard at intervals ,the voice of psalms--the simple song of praise4 ,graham4 ,and now1 with fixed intent and mind sincere1 ,lift up your eyes from earth1 to praise with me ,the ,sovereign ,lord1 who reigns in heaven above1 ,and try to follow where ,i shew the way4 ,but be it yours1 while joining in the prayer1 ,that not your tongue so much as heart may share4 ,o love supreme1 full-orbed and glorious sun1 ,compared with whom that other is but night1 ,the world's true life alone1 the world's true light6 ,o ,thou whose breath created it at first1 ,and still upholdest with a father's care6 ,whate'er ,thou willest1 who hast power to do6 ,o fountain without rise1 whose boundless stream ,flows without ebb1 and undiminished pours6 ,who from ,thyself derivest1 underived6 ,and in ,thyself hast ever lived6 ,who1 when revealed the most1 then most art hid6 ,thou1 if the soul has breathed one true desire ,to see ,thy light1 wilt give it wings for heaven4 ,to mount a phnix at ,thy beam revived6 ,since nought there is beside ,thee1 in ,thyself ,and of ,thyself sole blest6 since only ,thou ,conferrest good1 and to receive must give4 ,deign in my heart1 to light the holy flame1 ,and by my lips give glory to ,thy name4 ,from the ,italian of ,celio ,magno4 ,god of the fair and open sky6 ,how gloriously above us springs ,the tented dome of heavenly blue1 ,suspended on the rainbow's rings6 ,each brilliant star that sparkles through1 ,each gilded cloud that wanders free ,in evening's purple radiance1 gives ,the beauty of its praise to ,thee6 ,w4 ,b4 ,o4 ,peabody4 ,,prayer4 ,o ,lord ,god of hosts1 hear my prayer3 give ear1 ,o ,god of ,jacob4--,psalm lxxxiv4 #h4 ,but thou1 when thou prayest1 enter into thy closet1 and when thou hast shut thy door1 pray to thy ,father1 which is in secret2 and thy ,father1 which seeth in secret1 shall reward thee openly4--,matthew1 vi4 #f4 ,be careful for nothing2 but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto ,god4--,philippians1 iv4 #f4 ,is any among you afflicted8 let him pray4--,james1 v4 #ac4 ,the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much4--,james1 v4 #af4 ,even as ,elias1 mounting to the sky1 ,did cast his mantle to the earth behind1 ,so1 when the heart presents the prayer on high1 ,exclude the world from traffic with the mind3 ,lips near to ,god1 and ranging heart within1 ,is but vain babbling1 and converts to sin4 ,robert ,southwell4 ,temporal blessings ,heaven oft doth share ,unto the wicked1 at the good man's prayer4 ,quarles4 ,when we of helps or hopes are quite bereaven1 ,our humble prayers have entrance into ,heaven4 ,ford4 ,petitions yet remain ,which ,heaven may hear1 nor deem ,religion vain4 ,still raise for good the supplicating voice1 ,but leave to ,heaven the measures and the choice4 ,safe in ,his power whose eyes discern afar1 ,the secret ambush of a specious prayer2 ,implore ,his aid1 in ,his decisions rest1 ,secure whate'er ,he gives1 ,he gives the best4 ,dr4 ,johnson4 ,o may my prayers before ,thy throne arise1 ,an humble but accepted sacrifice6 ,and when ,thou shalt my weary eyelids close1 ,and to my body grant a sweet repose1 ,may my ethereal guardian kindly spread ,his wings1 and from the tempter shield my bead6 ,may of ,thy heavenly light some piercing beams ,illume my sleep1 and sanctify my dreams4 ,watts4 ,what various hindrances we meet ,in coming to a mercy-seat6 ,yet who that knows the worth of prayer ,but wishes to be often there8 ,prayer makes the darkened cloud withdraw1 ,prayer climbs the ladder ,jacob saw1 ,gives exercise to faith and love1 ,brings every blessing from above4 ,restraining prayer1 we cease to fight2 ,prayer makes the ,christian's armour bright2 ,and ,satan trembles when he sees ,the weakest saint upon his knees4 ,cowper4 ,enthroned amidst the worlds of light1 ,jehovah rules the realms of bliss2 ,yet bends to scenes of earthly night1 ,to such a house of pain as this6 ,the glories of the heavenly plains ,hide not one mourner from his eye1 ,nor can the seraphs' loudest strains ,drown1 by their sound1 the faintest sigh4 ,oh ,prayer6 thou mine of things unknown1 ,who can be poor possessing thee8 ,thou wert a fount of joy alone1 ,better than worlds of gold could be4 ,were ,i bereft of all beside1 ,that bears the form or name of bliss1 ,i yet were rich1 what will betide1 ,if ,god1 in mercy1 leave me this4 ,edmeston4 ,prayer1 surpassing human might2 ,prayer1 heaven's holy portress2 ,prayer1 the saint's supreme delight1 ,prayer1 the sinner's fortress4 ,prayer and faith can joy impart1 ,joy beyond expressing1 ,and call down upon the heart ,israel's choicest blessing4 ,bernard ,barton4 ,prayer is the soul's sincere desire1 ,uttered or unexpressed2 ,the motion of a hidden fire ,that trembles in the breast4 ,prayer is the burden of a sigh1 ,the falling of a tear1 ,the upward glancing of an eye1 ,when none but ,god is near4 ,prayer is the simplest form of speech ,that infant lips can try2 ,prayer the sublimest strains that reach ,the majesty on high4 ,prayer is the ,christian's vital breath1 ,the ,christian's native air2 ,his watchword in the hour of death1 ,he enters ,heaven with prayer4 ,prayer is the contrite sinner's voice1 ,returning from his ways1 ,while angels in their hymns rejoice1 ,and cry1 8,behold he prays60 ,o ,thou by whom we come to ,god1 ,the life1 the truth1 the way1 ,the path of prayer ,thyself hath trod1-- ,lord1 teach us how to pray4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,arrested suns and tranquill'd seas declare ,to heav'n and earth th' omnipotence of prayer1 ,that gives the hopeless hope1 the feeble might1 ,outruns the swift1 and puts the strong to flight1 ,the noontide arrow foils1 and plague that stalks by night2 ,unmatch'd in power1 unbounded in extent1 ,as omnipresent as omnipotent1 ,to no meridian nor clime confined1 ,man with his fellow-man1 and mind to mind1 ',tis hers1 in links of love and charity to bind4 ,but farther still extends her awful reign3 ,to her indeed belongs that golden chain ,from fabled ,god and their ,olympus riven2 ,but1 since to truth and her adorers given1 ,e'en with his ,maker man to join1 and earth with heaven4 ,then let those lips that never pray'd1 begin3 ,we must or cease to pray1 or cease to sin2 ,each earth-born want and wish1 a grov'ling brood1 ,are oft mistaken1 or misunderstood2 ,but who would dare to pray for aught that is not good8 ,nor that our prayers make ,heav'n more prompt to give1 ,but they make us more worthy to receive3 ,there is in that celestial treasury ,wealth inexhaustible1 admission free2 ,but he that never prays1 rejects the golden key4 ,colton4 ,prayer is a creature's strength1 his very breath and being2 ,prayer is the golden key that can open the wicket of mercy2 ,prayer is the magic sound that saith to fate1 so be it2 ,prayer is the slender nerve that moveth the muscles of ,omnipotence4 ,wherefore1 pray1 ,o creature1 for many and great are thy wants2 ,thy mind1 thy conscience1 and thy being1 thy rights commend thee unto prayer1 ,the cure of all cares1 the grand panacea for all pains1 ,doubt's destroyer1 ruin's remedy1 the antidote to all anxieties4 ,martin ,f4 ,tupper4 ,but holiest rite or longest prayer ,that soul can yield1 or wisdom frame1 ,what better import can it bear ,than 8,father1 hallowed be ,thy name60 ,eliza ,cook4 ,give me1 ,o ,lord1 the spirit of prayer1 ,thy grace1 thy mercy to implore2 ,let not my wilful spirit dare ,to count secure her present store4 ,the richer falls ,thy dew of grace1 ,the humbler let my head descend1 ,till mercy's sun in boundless space ,shall shed its bliss1 time without end4 ,john ,jay ,adams4 ,,preaching4 ,how then shall they call on ,him in whom they have not believed8 and how shall they believe in ,him of whom they have not heard8 and how shall they hear without a preacher8 ,and how shall they preach1 except they be sent4--,romans1 x4 #ad1 #ae4 ,for1 after that in the wisdom of ,god1 the world by wisdom knew not ,god1 it pleased ,god by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe4--,i4 ,corinthians1 i4 #ba4 ,preach the word2 be instant in season1 out of season2 reprove1 rebuke1 exhort1 with all long-suffering and doctrine4--,,ii4 ,timothy1 iv4 #b4 ,he bore his great commission in his look1 ,but sweetly tempered awe1 and softened all he spoke4 ,he preached the joys of ,heaven1 and pains of hell1 ,and warned the sinner with becoming zeal1 ,but on eternal mercy loved to dwell4 ,dryden4 ,but above all1 in her own light array'd1 ,see mercy's grand apocalypse display'd6 ,the sacred book no longer suffers wrong1 ,bound in the fetters of an unknown tongue2 ,but speaks with plainness1 art could never mend1 ,what simplest minds can soonest comprehend4 ,god gives the word1 the preachers throng around1 ,live from his lips1 and spread the glorious sound3 ,that sound bespeaks salvation on her way1 ,the trumpet of a life-restoring day2 ',tis heard where ,england's eastern glory shines1 ,and in the gulfs of her ,cornubian mines4 ,and still it spreads4 ,see ,germany send forth ,her sons to pour it on the farthest north3 ,fired with a zeal peculiar1 they defy ,the rage and rigour of a polar sky1 ,and plant successfully sweet ,sharon's rose ,on icy plains1 and in eternal snows4 ,cowper4 ,no studied eloquence was there displayed1 ,nor poetry of language lent its aid2 ,but plain the words that from the preacher came2 ,a preacher young1 and all unknown to fame2 ,while youth and age a listening ear inclined1 ,to learn the way the pearl of price to find4 ,elizabeth ,bogart4 ,,preparation4 ,the preparations of the heart in man1 and the answer of the tongue1 is from the ,lord4--,proverbs1 xvi4 #a4 ,for since the beginning of the world men have not heard1 nor perceived by the ear1 neither hath the eye seen1 ,o ,god1 beside thee1 what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him4--,isaiah1 lxiv4 #d4 ,prepare to meet thy ,god4--,amos1 iv4 #ab4 ,blaspheme not ,heaven with rash1 impatient speech1 ,nor deem1 at thine own hour1 its rest to reach1 ,unhappy child6 ,the full-appointed time ,is ,his to choose2 and when the sullen chime ,and deep-toned striking of the funeral bell1 ,thy fate to earthly ears shall sadly tell1 ,o6 may the death thou talk'st of as a boon1 ,find thee prepared1 nor come1 even then1 too soon6 ,mrs4 ,norton4 ,if no more ,from its calmed deeps shall rise the fettered sea1 ,if ,heaven's fair bow proclaims the peril o'er2 ,a wreck more fearful yet remains for thee2 ,time only bears thee to eternity4 ,tread then the path thy bright ,exemplar trod2 ,think on the day when this vast earth shall be ,in bursting flames dissolved--yon skies so broad ,shrink like a shrivelled scroll4--8,prepare to meet thy ,god40 ,dale4 ,prepare me gracious ,god ,to stand before thy face6 ,thy spirit must the work perform ,for it is all of grace4 ,in ,christ's obedience clothe ,and wash me in ,his blood6 ,so shall ,i lift my hand with joy ,among the sons of ,god4 ,do thou my sins subdue2 ,thy sov'reign love make known2 ,the spirit of my mind renew1 ,and save me in thy ,son4 ,anon4 ,,presence--,,omnipresence4 ,o ,god1 when ,thou wentest forth before ,thy people1 when ,thou didst march through the wilderness2 ,the earth shook1 the heavens also dropped at the presence of ,god3 even ,sinai itself was moved at the presence of ,god1 the ,god of ,israel4--,psalm lxviii4 #g1 #h4 ,whither shall ,i go from ,thy ,spirit8 or whither shall ,i flee from ,thy presence8 ,if ,i ascend up into ,heaven1 ,thou art there3 if ,i make my bed in hell1 behold1 ,thou art there4 ,if ,i take the wings of the morning1 and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea2 ,even there shall ,thy hand lead me1 and ,thy right hand shall hold me4--,psalm cxxxix4 #g1 #h1 #i1 #aj4 ,what6--will a man play tricks1 will he indulge ,a silly fond conceit of his fair form1 ,and just proportion1 fashionable mien1 ,a pretty face1 in presence of his ,god8 ,cowper4 ,come1 holy1 holy1 holy ,lord6 ,thou ,father1 ,son1 and ,spirit come6 ,i lean upon ,thy changeless word2 ,make the faithful soul ,thy home6 ,arm of the ,lord1 awake6 awake6 ,in me ,thy glorious self reveal3 ,let me thy sevenfold gifts partake3 ,all1 all ,thy mighty presence feel4 ,c4 ,wesley4 ,yes6--what was earth to him1 whose spirit passed ,time's utmost bounds8--on whose unshrinking sight ,ten thousand shapes of burning glory cast ,their full resplendence8--,majesty and might ,were in his dreams2--for him the veil of light ,shrouding ,heaven's inmost sanctuary and throne1 ,the curtain of the unutterably bright1 ,was raised6--to him1 in fearful splendour shown1 ,ancient of days6 e'en ,thou mad'st ,thy dread presence known4 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,in all the immense1 the strange1 and old1 ,thy presence careless men behold2 ,in all the little1 weak1 and mean1 ,by ,faith be thou as clearly seen4 ,thou teachest not a leaf can grow1 ,till life from ,thee within it flow2 ,that not a speck of dust can be1 ,o ,fount of ,being1 save by ,thee6 ,john ,sterling4 ,what joy1 while here ,i view the day1 ,that warns my thirsting soul away2 ,what transports fill my breast6 ,for lo6 my great ,redeemer's power ,unfolds the everlasting door1 ,and leads me to ,his rest4 ,the festal morn1 my ,god1 is come1 ,that calls me to the hallowed dome1 ,thy presence to adore2 ,my feet the summons shall attend1 ,with willing steps ,thy courts ascend1 ,and tread th' ethereal floor4 ,merrick4 ,god hath a presence1 and that ye may see ,in the fold of the flower1 the leaf of the tree1 ,in the sun of the noon-day1 the star of the night1 ,in the storm-cloud of darkness1 the rainbow of night1 ,in the waves of the ocean1 the furrows of land1 ,in the mountain of granite1 the atom of sand1 ,turn where ye may1 from the sky to the sod1 ,where can ye gaze that ye see not ,god4 ,eliza ,cook4 ,soul of the world1 ,all-seeing ,eye1 ,where1 where shall man ,thy presence fly8 ,say1 would he climb the starry height8 ,all ,heaven is instinct with ,thy ,light3-- ,dwell in the darkness of the grave8 ,yea1 ,thou art there to judge and save4 ,in vain on wings of morn we soar1 ,in vain the realms of space explore1 ,in vain retreat to shades of night1-- ,from what can veil us from ,thy sight8 ,distance dissolves before ,thy ray1 ,and darkness kindles into day4 ,william ,peter4 ,,pride4 ,every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the ,lord4--,proverbs1 xvi4 #e4 ,pride goeth before destruction1 and an haughty spirit before a fall4--,proverbs1 xvi4 #ah4 ,better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof2 and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit4--,ecclesiastes1 vii4 #h4 ,the day of the ,lord of ,hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty4--,isaiah1 ii4 #ab4 ,small things make base men proud4 ,shakspere4 ,when grief1 that well might humble1 swells our pride1 ,and pride increasing aggravates our grief1 ,the tempest must prevail till we are lost4 ,lillo4 ,though1 various foes against the truth combine1 ,pride1 above all1 opposes her design2 ,pride1 of a growth superior to the rest1 ,the subtlest serpent1 with the loftiest crest1 ,swells at the thought1 and1 kindling into rage1 ,would hiss the cherub ,mercy from the stage4 ,cowper4 ,pride1 self-adoring pride1 was primal cause ,of all sin past1 all pain1 all woe to come4 ,pollok4 ,hate1 unbelief1 and blasphemy of ,god1 ,envy and slender1 malice and revenge1 ,and murder and deceit1 and every birth ,of damned sort1 were progeny of pride4 ,pollok4 ,what if his very virtues ,had pampered his swol'n heart1 and made him proud8 ,and what if pride had duped him into guilt8 ,coleridge4 ,if thou be one whose heart the holy form ,of young imagination hath kept pure1 ,stranger6 henceforth be warn'd1 and know that pride1 ,howe'er disguised in its own majesty1 ,is littleness2 that he who feels contempt ,for any living thing1 hath faculties ,which he has never used1 that thought with him ,is in its infancy4 ,wordsworth4 ,,priest4 ,the ,lord hath sworn1 and will not repent1 thou art a priest for ever after the order of ,melchizedek4--,psalm cx4 #d4 ,such an high priest became us1 who is holy1 harmless1 undefiled1 separate from sinners1 and made higher than the heavens4 ,for the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity2 but the word of the oath1 which was since the law1 maketh the ,son1 who is consecrated for evermore4--,hebrews1 vii4 #bf1 #bh4 ,behold1 ,melchizedek6 ,and he who for himself and for his seed ,paid tithes to him1 and he who thus bespake ,his pious ,father3 8,but where is the ,lamb ,for sacrifice80--his dignity partake1 ,humbly with ,isaac and with ,abraham1 ,the eternal priest bowed down in silent prayer4 ,messiah thus-- 8,ere ,abraham was1 ,i am6 ,and thou1 thou priest of ,salem1 who while-ere ,greeted the faithful from his victory ,with sacramental blessing2--thou wert him ,of th' everlasting ,order and ,decree1 ,whence bread from ,heaven1 angelic food for man1 ,and life divine outpoured in blood4 ,with thee ,that sacramental ordinance began1 ,accomplished now4 ,be thou a priest for ever3 ,i swear1 nor shall repent4 ,i will--,i can-- ,after thine ,order rule1 and it shall never ,in righteousness and peace1 surcease to hold ,sway and dominion when and wheresoever40 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,the priestly brotherhood1 devout1 sincere1 ,from mean self-interest and ambition clear1 ,their hope in ,heaven1 servility their scorn1 ,prompt to persuade1 expostulate1 and warn4 ,there wisdom pure1 and given them from above1 ,their usefulness ensured by zeal and love1 ,as meek as the man ,moses1 and withal ,as bold as in ,agrippa's presence1 ,paul1 ,should fly the world's contaminating touch1 ,holy and unpolluted4 ,cowper4 ,,prison4 ,let the sighing of the prisoner come before ,thee2 according to the greatness of ,thy power preserve ,thou those that are appointed to die4--,psalm lxxix4 #aa4 ,the ,lord looseth the prisoners4--,psalm cxlvi4 #g4 ,turn you to the stronghold ye prisoners of hope4--,zechariah1 ix4 #ab4 ,prisoners of hope1 arise1 ,and see your ,lord appear6 ,lo6 on the wings of love ,he flies1 ,and brings redemption near4 ,redemption in ,his blood ,he calls you to receive3 8,look unto me1 the pardoning ,god2 ,believe10 ,he cries1 8believe60 ,c4 ,wesley4 ,though not a human voice he hears1 ,and not a human form appears ,his solitude to share1 ,he is not all alone--the eye ,of ,him who hears the prisoner's sigh ,is even on him there4 ,j4 ,l4 ,chester4 ,the captive welcomes even death's relief3 ,what then1 to him1 the frowning prison-walls1 ,the clanking chain1 the tyrant's 'vengeful spite8 ,from the freed spirit every shackle falls1-- ,earth's gloom is lost1 in ,heaven's glorious light4 ,h4 ,h4 ,weld4 ,thy solemn vows are on me1 ,lord2 ,thou shalt receive my praise2 ,i'll sing 8,how faithful is ,thy word6 ,how righteous all thy ways60 ,thou hast secured my soul from death1 ,o set ,thy prisoner free6 ,that heart and hand1 and life and breath1 ,may be employ'd for ,thee4 ,then1 like a bird that soars and sings1 ,escaping from the cage1 ,my prisoned soul shall stretch her wings1 ,and in ,thy cause engage4 ,anon4 ,,promise4 ,he remembered ,his holy promise1 and ,abraham ,his servant4 ,and ,he brought forth ,his people with joy1 and ,his chosen with gladness4--,psalm cv4 #db1 #dc4 ,behold ,i send the promise of my ,father upon you4--,luke1 xxiv4 #di4 ,the ,son of ,god1 ,jesus ,christ1 who was preached among you4 ,all the promises of ,god in ,him are yea1 and in ,him ,amen1 unto the glory of ,god by us4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 i4 #ai1 #bj4 ,his very word of grace is strong ,as that which built the skies2 ,the voice that rolls the stars along ,speaks all the promises4 ,he said1 8,let the wide heaven be spread20 ,and heaven was stretched abroad4 8,abra'm1 ,i'll be thy ,god10 ,he said2 ,and ,he was ,abra'm's ,god4 ,watts4 ,happy the man whose hopes rely ,on ,israel's ,god3 ,he built the sky1 ,and earth1 and seas1 with all their train2 ,his truth for ever stands secure1 ,he saves the oppress'd1 ,he feeds the poor1 ,and none shall find ,his promise vain4 ,watts4 ,when the good man yields his breath1 7,for the good man never dies17 ,bright1 beyond the gulf of death1 ,to the land of promise hies6 ,james ,montgomery4 ,still let me love the sacred page ,where truths from ,heaven recorded lie2 ,and while ,i tread this mortal stage1 ,may ,i be taught to live and die4 ,still let me bind it to my heart1 ,the richest jewel ,i can wear2 ,that when all other charms depart1 ,its lustre still may sparkle there4 ,father6 ,thy truth shall be my guide2 ,thy promises my soul shall cheer2 ,and when by sin or sorrow tried1 ,oh6 may ,thy smile dispel my fear4 ,hutton4 ,,prophecy--,,prophets4 ,he spake by the mouth of ,his holy prophets1 which have been since the world began4--,luke1 i4 #gj4 ,knowing this first1 that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation4 ,for the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man3 but holy men of ,god spake as they were moved by the ,holy ,ghost4--,,ii4 ,peter1 i4 #bj1 #ba4 ,the world's a prophecy of worlds to come4 ,young4 ,the words of prophecy1 those truths divine1 ,which make that ,heaven1 if thou desire it1 thine-- 7,awful alternative6 believed1 beloved1 ,thy glory--and thy shame if unimproved17 ,are never long vouchsafed1 if pushed aside ,with cold disgust1 or philosophic pride4 ,cowper4 ,but chief the ,prophets glowed with full delight1 ,strong as a god1 mature as soon as born ,to scotch the serpent's coil4 ,oh1 happy lands1 ,where hope ne'er hopes in vain1 and love is ne'er lovelorn6 ,and lo1 ,isaiah now amidst them stands1 ,majestically eminent o'er all1 ,and blesses them with his thanksgiving hands4 ,though they so great1 he towers heroical1 ,though humblest of that holiest company1 ,sweet as sublime4 ,so once looked royal ,saul2 ,so looked1 but was not what he seemed to be1 ,amidst the children of his father's land1 ,the goodliest1 loftier then the rest was he4 ,but fairer ,jesse's son whom ,samuel's hand ,king 'midst his brethren hallowed and proclaimed4 ,so ,samuel stood above the prophet band1 ,when the insane tyrant at the youth's life aimed1 ,but1 smit at ,naioth by the ,spirit there1 ,quelled at his feet lay naked and ashamed4 ,now1 as a pupil in his own school here1 ,vaileth his reverential forehead low ,unto the prophet1 the time-hallowed ,seer-- ,a larger college is endowed now2 ,a true prophetic university2 ,the jewels are made up1 or nearly so2 ,one only they await1 to whose broad eye ,shall be disclosed the vision1 that will fill ,the casket up1 and seal it sacredly4 99 99 99 99 99 ,so ,jeremiah on a sea of grief ,floated his ark of pensive melody4 ,with bolder mien1 and shown in strong relief1 ,ezekiel1 with a brother's strict embrace1 ,greeted the grasp of that returned chief2 ,yet sighed bitterly before his face1 ,because the furbished sword contemned the rod1 ,and1 for a trial1 glowed with its disgrace1 ,sanguine with slaughter4 ,let it rage6 ,for ,god ,will smite his hands together1 and refrain ,from fury--but the vintage must be trod4 ,to men on earth his was a lovely strain1 ,of one who sweetly sang1 and deftly played1 ,but in a foreign land discoursed in vain4 ,oh1 ,daniel well beloved6 who plainly said ,in no strange tongue the things that were to be1 ,simple of manners1 and of mind unswayed4 ,dear is the welcome of simplicity6 ,how dear is thine1 to whom for this was given ,the ,hope of ,nations over all to see6 ,come forth1 ye sacred band1 inspired of ,heaven1 ,surround the ,prophet silently controlled1 ,and hear how well his embassy has thriven-- ,hosea1 the zealous2 ,amos1 herdsman bold2 ,jonas1 type of our theme1 and ,obadiah1 ,and ,nahum1 who of ,nineveh foretold-- ,micah and ,habakkuk1 and ,zephaniah1 ,joel1 ,haggai1 and ,malachi who saves ,but with a curse1 and lofty ,zechariah-- ,noble your duty--noble he who braves ,the stormy world1 and guides the ark of ,god ,in safety o'er the inimical waves6 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,,prosperity4 ,for ,i was envious at the foolish1 when ,i saw the prosperity of the wicked4 ,until ,i went into the sanctuary of ,god2 then understood ,i their end4 ,surely ,thou didst set them in slippery places3 ,thou castedst them down into destruction4--,psalm lxxiii4 #c1 #ag1 #ah4 ,o ,lord1 ,i beseech thee1 send now prosperity4--,psalm cxviii4 #be4 ,pray for the peace of ,jerusalem3 they shall prosper that love thee4 ,peace be within thy walls1 and prosperity within thy palaces4--,psalm cxxii4 #f1 #g4 ,daily and hourly proof ,tells us prosperity's at the highest degree ,the fount and handle of calamity4 ,chapman4 ,o1 how portentous is prosperity6 ,how1 comet-like1 it threatens while it shines6 ,few years but yield us proof of ,death's ambition ,to cull his victims from the fairest fold1 ,and sheathe his shafts in all the pride of life4 ,when flooded with abundance1 purpled o'er ,with recent honour1 bloomed with every bliss1 ,set up in ostentation1 made the gaze1 ,the gaudy centre of the public eye2 ,when fortune thus has tossed her child in air1 ,snatched from the covert of an humble state1 ,how often have ,i seen him dropt at once1 ,our morning's envy1 and our evening's sigh6 ,as if her bounties were the signal given1 ,the flowery wreath to mark the sacrifice1 ,and call ,death's arrows on the destined prey4 ,young4 ,the man1 perhaps1 ,thou pitiest1 draws his comfort from distress4 ,that mind so poised1 and centred in the good ,supreme1 so kindle with devotion's flame1 ,might1 with prosperity's enchanting cup ,inebriate1 have forgot the ,all-giving hand2 ,might on earth's vain and transitory joys ,have built its sole felicity1 nor e'er ,winged a desire beyond4 ,george ,bally4 ,,psalm4 ,take a psalm1 and bring hither the timbrel1 the pleasant harp with the psaltery4--,psalm lxxxi4 #b4 ,speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs1 singing and making melody in your heart to the ,lord4--,ephesians1 v4 #ai4 ,is any merry8 let him sing psalms4--,james1 v4 #ac4 ,when ,israel's king first woke his strains sublime1 ,and offered praises unto ,thee1 ,o ,lord6 ,with heart contrite for expiated crime1 ,and soul that yearned ,thy mercy-seat toward2 ,he knew ,thy power1 he felt ,thy saving grace1 ,on earth with joy ,thy wondrous works surveyed1 ,then turned to ,heaven1 his final resting-place1 ,and thence drew inspiration as he prayed4 ,with shawms and psalt'rys as in days of yore1 ,and dulcimers and harps we greet ,thee not1 ,but richer1 sweeter strains around us pour1 ,and fill with melody this sacred spot2 ,to ,thee1 to ,thee1 great ,god of ,hosts6 this day ,an instrument of praise we consecrate3 ,may we1 like ,david1 own ,thy sovereign sway1 ,and unto ,thee our service dedicate4 ,as through ,thy temple now the deep strains peal ,and choral minstrelsy is heard to swell1 ,devotion wakes within us1 and we feel ,all that the psalmist hath expressed so well2 ,be it no transient feeling that within ,the bosom stirs1 and turns the soul to ,thee2 ,guard us1 and save us from besetting sin2 ,make us ,thine own to all eternity6 ,egone4 ,nor think the muse1 whose sober voice ye hear1 ,contracts1 with bigot frown1 her sullen brow2 ,casts round ,religion's orb the mists of fear1 ,or shades with horrors what with smiles should glow4 ,no2 she would warm you with seraphic fire1 ,heirs as ye are1 of ,heaven's eternal day2 ,would bid you boldly to that ,heaven aspire1 ,nor sink and slumber in your cells of clay4 ,william ,mason4 ,,punishment4 ,wherefore doth a living man complain1 a man for the punishment of his sins8 ,let us search and try our ways1 and turn again to the ,lord4--,lamentations1 iii4 #ci1 #dj4 ,then shall ,he say also unto them on the left hand1 ,depart from me1 ye cursed1 into everlasting fire1 prepared for the devil and his angels4 ,and these shall go away into everlasting punishment3 but the righteous into life eternal4--,matthew1 xxv4 #da1 #df4 ,governors are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers1 and for the praise of them that do well4--,i4 ,peter1 ii4 #ad4 ,the house of endless pain is built thereby1 ,in which ten thousand sorts of punishment ,the cursed creatures do eternally torment4 ,spenser4 ,if you confess humanity1 believe ,there is a ,god1 to punish or reward ,our doings here4 ,thomas ,southern4 ,ye princes all1 and rulers every one1 ,in punishment beware of hatred's ire4 ,before you scourge1 take heed2 look well thereon3 ,in wrath's ill will1 if malice kindle fire1 ,your hearts will burn in such a hot desire1 ,that1 in those flames1 the smoke shall dim your sight1 ,ye shall forget to join your justice right4 ,you should not judge till things be well discerned2 ,your charge is still to maintain upright laws3 ,in conscience' rules ye should be thoroughly learned-- ,where clemency bids wrath and rashness pause2 ,and further saith1 strike not without a cause3 ,and when ye smite1 do it for justice' sake2 ,then in good part each man your scourge will take4 ,thomas ,churchyard4 ,had ,i a hundred mouths1 a hundred tongues1 ,i could not half those horrid crimes repeat1 ,nor half the punishment those crimes have met4 ,dryden4 ,a greater power ,now ruled him1 punished in the shape he sinned4 ,milton4 ,,purity4 ,blessed are the pure in heart2 for they shall see ,god4--,matthew1 v4 #h4 ,for if the blood of bulls and of goats1 and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean1 sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh3 ,how much more shall the blood of ,christ1 who through the eternal ,spirit offered himself without spot to ,god1 purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living ,god4--,hebrews1 ix4 #ac1 #ad4 ,henceforth in my name ,take courage1 ,o thou woman1--man take hope1 ,your graves shall be as smooth as ,eden's sward1 ,beneath the steps of your prospective thoughts2 ,and1 one step past them1 a new ,eden gate ,shall open on a hinge of harmony1 ,and let you through to mercy4 ,ye shall fall ,no more within that ,eden1 nor pass out ,any more from it4 ,in which hope1 move on ,first sinners and first mourners4 ,live and love1 ,doing both nobly because lowlily1 ,love and work strongly1--because patiently6 ,and for the deed of death1 trust it to ,god1 ,that it be well done1 unrepented of1 ,and not to loss4 ,and thence with constant prayers ,fasten your souls on high1 that constantly ,the smile of your heroic cheer may float ,above all floods of earthly agonies1 ,purification being the joy of pain4 ,e4 ,b4 ,browning4 ,blest are the pure1 whose hearts are clean ,from the defiling power of sin1 ,with endless pleasure they shall see ,a ,god of spotless purity4 ,watts4 ,me through the blood of sprinkling make ,pure from defilement white as snow1 ,heal me for my ,redeemer's sake1 ,then joy and gladness ,i shall know4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,thou holy ,god6 preserve our souls ,from all pollution free2 ,the pure in heart are thy delight1 ,and they thy face shall see4 ,needham4 ,,quiet4 ,when he giveth quietness1 who can then make trouble8--,job1 xxxiv4 #bi4 ,but whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely1 and shall be quiet from fear of evil4--,proverbs1 i4 #cc4 ,for thus saith the ,lord ,god1 the ,holy ,one of ,israel2 ,in returning and rest shall ye be saved2 in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength3 and ye would not4--,isaiah1 xxx4 #ae4 ,quiet1 ,lord1 my froward heart1 ,make me teachable and mild1 ,upright1 simple1 free from art1 ,make me as a weaned child1 ,from distrust and envy free1 ,pleased with all that pleases ,thee4 ,newton4 ,if there be a heaven so fair ,o'er us ever shining1 ,we shall never enter there ,by looking up and pining4 ,in one holy1 quiet thought1 ,heaven to us is nearer brought1 ,than in all the radiance bright1 ,of a thousand worlds of light4 ,j4 ,gostick4 ,come to thy lonely bower1 thou who dost love ,the hour of musing4 ,come1 before the brow ,of twilight darkens1 or the solemn stars ,look from their casement1 'mid that hush of soul1 ,music from viewless harps shall visit thee1 ,such as thou never heard'st amid the din ,of earth's coarse enginery1 by toil and care ,urged on without reprieve3 ,ah6 kneel and catch ,that tuneful cadence4 ,how closely wrapt ,in quiet slumber are all things around1 ,the vine-leaf and the willow-fringe stir not1 ,nor doth the chirping of the feeblest bird1 ,nor even the cold glance of the vestal moon1 ,disturb thy reverie4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,,ransom4 ,they that trust in their wealth1 and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches2 ,none of them can by any means redeem his brother1 nor give to ,god a ransom for him4--,psalm xlix4 #f1 #g4 ,and the ransomed of the ,lord shall return and come to ,zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads3 they shall obtain joy and gladness1 and sorrow and sighing shall flee away4--,isaiah1 xxxv4 #aj4 ,for there is one ,god1 and one mediator between ,god and men1 the man ,christ ,jesus2 ,who gave himself a ransom for all1 to be testified in due time4--,i4 ,timothy1 ii4 #e1 #f4 ,ere the third dawning light ,return1 the stars of morn shall see ,him rise1 ,the ransom paid which man from death redeems ,his death for man4 ,milton4 ,lord of every land and nation1 ,ancient of eternal days1 ,sounded through the wide creation ,be ,thy just and lawful praise4 ,brightness of ,thy ,father's glory1 ,shall ,thy praise unuttered be8 ,fly my tongue1 such guilty silence1 ,sing the ,lord who came to die6 ,from the highest throne of glory1 ,to the cross of deepest woe2 ,all to ransom guilty sinners3 ,flow1 thy praise1 for ever1 flow6 ,robinson4 ,the ransomed shout to their glorious ,king1 ,where no sorrow shades the soul as they sing2 ,but a sinless and joyless song they raise1 ,and their voice of prayer is eternal praise4 ,henry ,ware1 ,jr4 ,blessed are the sons of ,god2 ,they are bought with ,jesu's blood1 ,they are ransom'd from the grave1 ,life eternal they shall have3 ,with them number'd may we be1 ,now and through eternity6 ,humphreys4 ,,reason--,,reasons4 ,come now1 and let us reason together1 saith the ,lord3 though your sins be as scarlet1 they shall be as white as snow2 though they be red like crimson1 they shall be as wool4--,isaiah1 i4 #ah4 ,produce your cause1 saith the ,lord2 bring forth your strong reasons saith the ,king of ,jacob4--,isaiah1 xli4 #ba4 ,and at the end of the days ,i ,nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven1 and mine understanding returned unto me1 and ,i blessed the ,most ,high2 ,at the same time my reason returned4--,daniel1 iv4 #cd1 #cf4 ,dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars ,to lonely1 weary1 wandering travellers1 ,is ,reason to the soul2 and as on high ,those rolling fires discover but the sky1 ,not light us here2 so ,reason's glimmering ray ,was lent1 not to assure our doubtful way1 ,but guide us upward to a better day4 ,and as those nightly tapers disappear1 ,when day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere2 ,so pale grows ,reason1 at ,religion's sight2 ,so dies1 and so dissolves1 in supernatural light4 ,dryden4 ,yet1 since the effects of ,providence1 we find1 ,are variously dispensed to human kind2 ,that ,vice triumphs and ,virtue suffers here1 ,a brand that sovereign justice cannot bear2 ,our reason prompts us to a future state1 ,the last appeal from fortune and from fate3 ,where ,god's all-righteous ways will be declared2 ,the bad meet punishment1 the good reward4 ,dryden4 ,though ,reason cannot through ,faith's mysteries see1 ,it sees that there1 and such they be2 ,though it1 like ,moses1 by a sad command ,must not come into th' ,holy ,land1 ,yet thither it infallibly does guide1 ,and from afar 'tis all descried4 ,cowley4 ,through ,reason's wounds alone1 thy faith can die4 ,young4 ,reason the root2 fair faith is but the flower2 ,the fading flower shall die1 but reason lives ,immortal1 as her ,father in the skies4 ,young4 ',tis ,reason our great ,master holds so dear2 ',tis ,reason's injured rights ,his wrath resents2 ',tis ,reason's voice obeyed1 ,his glories crown2 ,to give lost ,reason life1 ,he poured ,his own4 ,young4 ,with scanty line shall ,reason dare to mete ,th' immeasurable depths of ,providence8 ,on the swol'n bladders of opinion borne1 ,she floats awhile1 then1 floundering1 sinks absorbed ,within that boundless sea she strove to grasp4 ,shall man1 here stationed to revere that ,god ,who called him into being from the dust1 ,his moral scheme implead1 and1 impious1 cite ,th' ,almighty ,legislator to the bar ,of erring intellect8 ,george ,bally4 ,far other flame the vain enthusiast feels ,when1 reason by delusive fancy led ,in sad captivity1 the thoughts confused ,rush on his mind in dark and doubtful sense1 ,his mind a chaos of blind zeal1 that spurns ,th' unerring clue which mild discretion lends4 ,perchance the clashing images strike out ,some ray of casual light2 how soon ,the weak and momentary glance is lost ,beneath a load of wild obscurity6 ,much does he labour with some weighty thought ,of faith1 of grace1 of ,heaven1 perchance of hell1 ,but all in vain be draws the thread confused ,to tedious length2 the end eludes his search1 ,and leaves him wrapt in wild perplexity1 ,recoiling still on the same beaten track4 ,charles ,jenner4 ,the godhead which is ours ,can never utterly be charmed or stilled2 ,that nothing hath a natural right to last ,but equity and reason4 ,wordsworth4 ,,redeemer4 ,i know that my ,redeemer liveth1 and that ,he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth4--,job1 xix4 #be4 ,thy ,redeemer the ,holy ,one of ,israel2 the ,god of the whole earth shall ,he be called4--,isaiah1 liv4 #e4 ,the ,redeemer shall come to ,zion1 and unto them that turn from transgression in ,jacob1 saith the ,lord4--,isaiah1 lix4 #bj4 ,o1 blest ,redeemer1 from ,thy sacred throne1 ,where saints and angels sing ,thy triumphs won1 ,from that exalted height of bliss supreme ,look down on those who bear ,thy ,sacred ,name2 ,restore their ways1 inspire them by ,thy grace1 ,thy laws to follow1 and ,thy steps to trace2 ,thy bright example to ,thy doctrine join1 ,and by their morals prove their faith divine6 ,boyse4 ,lift up your heads1 ye everlasting gates1 ,the ,king of ,glory comes6 ,he comes to clothe ,this mortal in the unperishable garb ,of immortality6 ,hear it1 ye dead1 ,hear the glad tidings6 and with trembling hope ,expect that day1 when at th' ,archangel's trump1 ,from the long sleep of many thousand years ,ye shall awake--awake to sleep no more3 ,hear it1 ,o living man1 ere greedy ,death ,consigns thee to the prison of the tomb2 ,hear and be wise1 seek thy ,redeemer's throne2 ,on bending knees implore ,his healing grace1 ,chaunt forth ,his praise and venerate ,his name4 ,william ,bolland4 ,then shall the day-spring rise1 before whose beams ,the darkness of the world is past3 for hark6 ,seraphs and angel-choirs with symphonies ,acclaiming of ten thousand golden harps1 ,amid the bursting clouds of heaven reveal'd4 ,at once in glory jubilant1--they sing3 8,god the ,redeemer liveth6 ,he who took ,man's nature on ,him1 and in human shroud ,veil'd ,his immortal glory6 ,he is risen-- ,god the ,redeemer liveth6 and behold ,the gates of life and immortality ,opened to all that breathe40 ,bowles4 ,out of my penitence there has grown hope2 ,i trust and raise my suppliant eyes to ,heaven1 ,and when my soul desponds1 ,i meekly say1 8,i know that my ,redeemer liveth40 ,miss ,landon4 ,he dies2 in whose high victory1 ,the slayer1 death himself1 shall die1 ,he dies2 by whose all-conquering tread ,shall yet be crushed the serpent's head2 ,from his proud throne to darkness hurled1 ,the god and tempter of this world4 ,he dies2 creation's awful ,lord1 ,jehovah1 ,christ1 ,eternal ,word6 ,to come in thunder from the skies2 ,to bid the buried world arise2 ,the earth ,his footstool1 heaven ,his throne2-- ,redeemer6 may ,thy will be done6 ,croly4 ,my blest ,redeemer lives4--,in that last day ,when1 like the baseless fabric of a dream1 ,earth's unsubstantial glories pass away1 ,he then shall stand1 acknowledged ,lord supreme4 ,my blest ,redeemer lives4--,though death the head ,consign1 a victim to the silent tomb2 ,though worms around my lifeless body spread1 ,though noisome worms these mouldering limbs consume1 ,triumphant still o'er ,satan's power ,i rise1 ,my ,god1 my ,god appears1 and wakes these languid eyes4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,rejected1 scorned1 ,despised1 a man of sorrow and distress1 ,to all the ills which poverty's chill cold1 ,or power of tyrant malice could inflict1 ,exposed a victim1 through life's wretched vale ,our blest ,redeemer passed4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,from all that dwell below the skies ,let the ,creator's praise arise2 ,let the ,redeemer's name be sung ,through every land by every tongue4 ,watts4 ,,redemption4 ,with the ,lord there is mercy1 and with ,him is plenteous redemption4--,psalm cxxx4 #g4 ,but of ,him are ye in ,christ ,jesus1 who1 of ,god1 is made unto us wisdom1 and righteousness1 and sanctification1 and redemption4--,i4 ,corinthians1 i4 #cj4 ,neither by the blood of goats and calves1 but by ,his own blood1 ,he entered in once into the holy place1 having obtained eternal redemption for us4--,hebrews1 ix4 #ab4 ,redemption6 'twas creation more sublime2 ,redemption6 'twas the labour of the skies2 ,far more than labour1 it was death in ,heaven3 ,a truth so strange6 'twere bold to think it true1 ,if not far bolder still1 to disbelieve4 ,young4 ,harp6 lift thy voice on high6 shout1 angels1 shout6 ,and loudest ye redeemed6 ,glory to ,god1 ,and to the ,lamb1 who bought us with ,his blood1 ,from every kindred1 nation1 people1 tongue2 ,and washed1 and sanctified1 and saved our souls2 ,and gave us robes of linen pure1 and crowns ,of life1 and made us kings and priests to ,god6 ,shout back to ancient time6 sing loud1 and wave ,your palms of triumph6 sing1 where is thy sting1 ,o death8 where is thy victory1 ,o grave8 ,thanks be to ,god1 eternal thanks1 who gave ,us victory through ,jesus ,christ1 our ,lord6 ,harp6 lift thy voice on high6 shout1 angels1 shout6 ,and loudest ye redeemed6 ,glory to ,god1 ,and to the ,lamb1 all glory and all praise6 ,all glory and all praise1 at morn and even1 ,that come and go eternally1 and find ,us happy still1 and ,thee for ever blest6 ,glory to ,god and to the ,lamb6 ,amen4 ,for ever and for evermore6 ,amen4 ,robert ,pollok4 ,redemption was no after-thought1 by ,sin ,awakened from thy depths1 celestial ,love6 ,when first ,humanity the fiend obeyed1 ,for in the councils of ,almighty ,grace ,thy priesthood1 ,oh ,incarnate6 was designed ,before ,creation out of nothing sprang4 ,but when at length the hour predestined came1 ,eternity a form of ,time assum'd2 ,then from ,his throne of perfect glory stoop'd ,the second in the ,godhead1 and ,himself ,in mortal limbs and lineaments array'd2 ,then did ,emmanuel on this blighted earth ,of sin and suffering1 body forth such grace ,as made our orb a miracle of worlds1 ,by there achieving what the ,god ,triune ,determined when their master-work was plann'd1 ,the vast atonement blood divine unveils4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,nor hymn1 nor harp1 nor song divine1 ,nor myriad orbs created ,thine1 ,thy measureless display of love ,to earth below1 and heaven above1 ,by their unmingled power could tell1-- ,that ends the curse1 and conquers hell6 ,lo6 the manger where ,he lies1 ,a world-redeeming sacrifice3 8,peace on earth6 to man good-will60 ,let the skies our anthem fill6 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,hark6 'tis the prophet of the skies ,proclaims redemption near2 ,the night of death and bondage flies1 ,the dawning tints appear4 ,zion1 from deepest shades of gloom1 ,awakes to glorious day2 ,her desert wastes with verdure bloom1 ,her shadows flee away4 ,to heal her wounds1 her night dispel1 ,the heralds cross the main2 ,on calvary's awful brow they tell1 ,that ,jesus lives again4 ,from ,salem's towers1 the ,islam sign1 ,with holy zeal is hurled3 ',tis there ,immanuel's symbols shine1 ,his banner is unfurled4 ,the gladdening news1 conveyed afar1 ,remotest nations hear2 ,to welcome ,judah's rising star1 ,the ransomed tribes appear4 ,again in ,bethlehem swells the song1 ,the choral breaks again2 ,while ,jordan's shores the strains prolong1 8,good-will and peace to men60 ,w4 ,p4 ,tappan4 ,redemption6 ,o1 thou beauteous mystic plan6 ,thou salutary source of light to man6 ,what tongue can speak thy comprehensive grace8 ,what thought thy depths unfathomable trace8 ,when lost in sin our ruined nature lay1 ,when awful justice claimed her righteous pay1 ,see the mild ,saviour bend ,his pitying eye1 ,and stop the lightning just prepared to fly6 ,boyse4 ,be every knee ,to ,christ in homage bent6 ,be every heart ,in adoration1 and in fervent prayer1 ,to ,him poured forth6 ,from ,his all-gracious birth1 ,the day-spring from on high descends3 grim death1 ,stripped of his boasted empire1 prostrate falls3 ,the cerements of the dank1 victorious grave ,are burst asunder3 th' adamantine gates ,of ,paradise unbarred3 man's forfeit race ,from the deep gulf of ,erebus redeemed1 ,to life1 to immortality arise4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,the grand ,redemption of degenerate man ,is not a single1 independent act1 ,but one great system2 that1 perchance1 involved ,in the one only greater1 ,god's high law ,pervading and supporting every part ,of the stupendous universe3 to thee1 ,dark are the system's limits2 nay1 the whole ,to thee unknown1 save some minuter spots1 ,displayed to show the parts thou hast to act ,in the alarming scene4 ,john ,hey4 ,,refuge4 ,the eternal ,god is thy refuge4--,deuteronomy1 xxxiii4 #bg4 ,the ,lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed1 a refuge in times of trouble4--,psalm ix4 #i4 ,i will say of the ,lord1 ,he is my refuge and my fortress4--,psalm xci4 #b4 ,at length life's stormy voyage well nigh done1 ,these waves shall toss my fragile bark no more1 ,but ah6 there waits the judge1 the unerring one1 ,who shall each word1 and work1 and thought explore4 ,and is it so8 the fantasy is o'er ,that made enshrined art my idol still2 ,and many a flying shade ,i chased before1 ,as my chief good was but a specious ill6 ,what1 if when death has wrack'd his power to kill1 ,the living death beyond the grave be mine4 ,the pencil and the chisel have no skill ,to chain such thoughts to rest4 ,o ,love ,divine ,who didst spread wide thy arms on ,calvary1 ,be thou my refuge1 ,lord6 for ,i have none save thine6 ,michael ,angelo4 ,when rising winds and rain descending1 ,a near approaching storm declare2 ,with trembling speed their wings extending1 ,the birds to sheltering trees repair4 ,so ,i1 by faith1 with sin oppressed1 ,would refuge taste1 ,o ,christ1 in thee2 ,thou art my hiding-place and rest1 ,from every evil shelter me4 ,from the ,german4 ,except the ,lord the city keep ,all vainly may the watchman wake1 ,the careless souls within who sleep ,in fear and terror well may quake4 ,except the soul for safety flee ,for refuge to the city built ,by ,god for trembling sinners1 he ,will be o'ertaken in his guilt4 ,egone4 ,,religion4 ,if any man among you seem to be religious1 and bridleth not his tongue1 but deceiveth his own heart1 this man's religion is vain4 ,pure religion and undefiled before ,god and the ,father is this1 ,to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction1 and to keep himself unspotted from the world4--,james1 i4 #bf1 #bg4 ,seeming devotion doth but gild the knave1 ,that's neither faithful1 honest1 just1 nor brave2 ,but where ,religion doth with ,virtue join1 ,it makes a hero like an angel shine4 ,waller4 ,religion's all4 ,descending from the skies ,to wretched man1 the goddess1 in her left1 ,holds out this world1 and in her right1 the next4 ,young4 ,religion6 ,providence6 an after state6 ,here is firm footing2 here is solid rock6 ,this can support us2 all is sea besides2 ,sinks under us1 bestows1 and then devours4 ,his band the good man fastens on the skies1 ,and bids earth roll1 nor feels her idle whirl4 ,young4 ,religion does not censure1 or exclude ,unnumbered pleasures1 harmlessly pursued4 ,cowper4 ,pity ,religion has so seldom found ,a skilful guide into poetic ground6 ,the flowers would spring where'er she deigned to stray1 ,and every muse attend her in the way4 ,virtue1 indeed1 meets many a rhyming friend1 ,and many a compliment politely penned2 ,but unattired in that becoming vest ,religion weaves for her1 and half undressed1 ,stands in the desert1 shivering and forlorn ,a wintry figure1 like a withered thorn4 ,the shelves are full1 all other themes are sped2 ,hackneyed and worn to the last flimsy thread1 ,satire has long since done his best1 and curs'd2 ,and loathsome ribaldry has done his worst2 ,fancy has sported all her powers away ,in tales and trifles1 and in children's play2 ,and 'tis the sad complaint1 and almost true1 ,whate'er we write1 we bring forth nothing new4 ',twere new1 indeed1 to see a bard all fire1 ,touched with a coal from ,heaven1 assume the lyre ,and tell the world1 still kindling as he sung1 ,with more than mortal music on his tongue1 ,that he who died below1 and reigns above1 ,inspires the song1 and that ,his name is ,love4 ,cowper4 ,religion6 what treasures untold ,reside in that heavenly word1 ,more precious than silver and gold1 ,or all that this earth can afford4 ,cowper4 ,and when religious sects ran mad1 ,he held1 in spite of all his learning1 ,that if a man's belief is bad1 ,it will not be improved by burning4 ,praed4 ,this ,religion1 which dilates our thoughts ,of ,god ,supreme to an infinity ,of awful greatness1 yet connects us with ,him ,as children1 loved and cherished2-- ,adoring awe with tenderness united4 ,joanna ,baillie4 ,religion pure1 ,unchanged in spirit1 though its forms and codes ,wear myriad modes1 ,contains all creeds within its mighty span-- ,the love of ,god1 displayed in love of man4 ,horace ,smith4 ,and when ,religion moves upon the face ,of the remote and multitudinous seas1 ,be hers again the peaceful mien that charmed ,judea's midnight winds in secret prayer1 ,and walked1 a spirit of prevailing love1 ,upon the star-lit waves of ,galilee4 ,a4 ,alexander4 ,that man alone is truly brave1 whose soul ,by virtue tutored1 by religion swayed1 ,at their tribunal every impulse scans4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,religion is the chief concern ,of mortals here below2 ,may ,i its great importance learn1 ,its sovereign virtue know6 ,more needful this than glittering wealth1 ,or aught the world bestows2 ,not reputation1 food1 nor health1 ,can give us such repose4 ,religion should our thoughts engage ,amidst our youthful bloom2 ',twill fit us for declining age1 ,and for the awful tomb4 ,fawcett4 ,o deem not that ,religion's hallowed name ,is justly given to deeds of guilt and shame4 ,deem not she loves the faggot and the steel1 ,the blood-stained hand1 the heart untaught to feel4 ,trace not her footsteps in the princely hall1 ,where ,borgia's father held high festival4 ,she flees from haunts of guilt1 nor heeds her voice ,to bid the unrepentant heart rejoice2 ,to the seared spirit opes no ready heaven2 ,forgives not him whom ,god hath not forgiven2 ,nor loves she pomp's vain homage2 not the tide ,of low oblations at the shrine of pride4 ,wm4 ,spicer ,wood4 ,i see the ocean tossing in its strength1 ,and with a moan that speaks of coming storms ,rousing the dark waves from their lair1 to greet ,the howling wind1 that in its force comes down ,as with a war-cry of defiance1 to ,the might of the proud waters2 in the midst ,a giant rock uprears its crest1 upon ,whose summit stands a form1 beneath whose crowned ,and awful brow the tempest seems to quail3 ,the pale magnificent beauty of her face ,is shaded by dark raven locks1 that seem ,like night descending on the setting sun-- ,the calm rebuking chastity of eye ,that lays the soul so bare before its glance ,is hers1 and her august and stately form ,towers o'er the storm and tempest like a god ,serene in power4 ',tis ,religion--yes1 ,woman thy homage is well paid to her1 ,who shall be as a mother to thy race2 ,when in his dungeon the lone prisoner weeps ,deserted by his kindred2 hunted down ,like a wild beast of prey by man1 and left ,year after year to count the lingering time ,by the slow pulse of his own failing heart2 ,when in the bitterness of his despair ,he weeps1 and deems himself forsaken by ,all living things2 her soothing voice shall thrill ,in comfort to his heart2 her form shall bend ,like a pitying mother's o'er him1 and ,uphold his drooping head2 her hallow'd brow ,shall shed its light upon his soul1 and cast ,around him peace ineffable4 ,l4 ,c4 ,reddell4 ,with ineffectual toil1 the ,pow'r ,supreme ,i sought along the mead which flow'rets bore2 ,thro' a dense woodland2--by a mazy stream2-- ,on heights2--in valleys2--by the wavy shore2 ,nor ,god ,i found within the solar beam2 ,nor in night's radiance4 ,what ,i could explore1 ,i saw1 with proofs of ,his existence teem2 ,his certain stamp it had1 but nothing more6 ,but thou1 ,religion6 can'st unveil ,his face6 ,shall1 then1 man's bosom feel no love for thee1 ,and seek thee not within thy hallow'd place8 ,how clearly there the eye of ,faith can see ,the ever-living ,god of ,truth--,love--,grace6 ,there man can learn to meet ,eternity6 ,rev4 ,w4 ,pulling4 ',tis ,religion that can give1 ,sweetest pleasures while we live2 ',tis ,religion must supply ,solid comfort when we die4 ,after death its joys will be ,lasting as eternity6 ,be the living ,god my friend1 ,then my bliss shall never end4 ,master4 ,,remembrance4 ,remember1 ,o ,lord1 thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses2 for they have been ever of old4 ,remember not the sins of my youth1 nor my transgressions2 according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake1 ,o ,lord4--,psalm xxv4 #f1 #g4 ,they that feared the ,lord spake often one to another1 and the ,lord hearkened1 and heard it1 and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the ,lord1 and that thought upon his name4--,malachi1 iii4 #af4 ,gethsemane1 can ,i forget8 or there ,thy conflict see1 ,thine agony and bloody sweat1 and not remember ,thee8 ,when to the cross ,i turn mine eyes1 and rest on ,calvary1 ,o ,lamb of ,god1 my sacrifice6 ,i must remember ,thee6 ,remember ,thee and all ,thy pains1 and all ,thy love to me2 ,yea1 while a breath or pulse remains1 ,i will remember ,thee6 ,and when these failing lips grow dumb1 and mind and memory flee1 ,when ,thou shalt in ,thy kingdom come1 ,jesus remember me4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,say1 who can mourn ,over the smitten idol1 by long years ,cemented with his being1 yet perceive ,no dark remembrance that he fain would blot1 ,troubling the tear8 ,if there were no kind deed ,omitted1 no sweet1 healing word of love ,expected1 yet unspoken2 no light tone ,that struck discordant on the shivering nerve1 ,for which the weeper fain would rend the tomb ,to cry1 8,forgive40 ,o1 let him kneel and praise ,god amid all his grief4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,remember me--not1 ,i entreat1 ,in scenes of festal week-day joy2 ,for then it were not kind or meet ,thy thoughts thy pleasures should alloy2 ,but on the sacred ,sabbath day1 ,and1 dearest1 on thy bended knee1 ,when thou for those thou lov'st dost pray1 ,sweet sister1 then remember me4 ,edward ,everett4 ,remember thee6 remember ,christ6 ,while mem'ry holds her place1 ,can we forget the ,lord of ,life1 ,who saves us by his grace8 ,the ,lord of ,life1 with glory crown'd1 ,on heaven's exalted throne1 ,forgets not those for whom on earth ,he heav'd his dying groan4 ,the promis'd joy he then obtain'd ,when he ascended hence1 ,up from the grave to ,god's right hand ,a ,saviour and a prince6 ,his glory now no tongue of man ,or seraph bright can tell3 ,yet still the chief of all his joys1 ,that souls are saved from hell4 ,for this he came and dwelt on earth2 ,for this his life was given2 ,for this he fought and vanquished death1 ,for this he pleads in heav'n6 ,join1 all ye saints beneath the sky1 ,your grateful praise to give3 ,sing loud hosannas to the ,lord1 ,who died that you might live4 ,dr4 ,wardlaw4 ,remember thy ,creator1 ,now in thy youthful days1 ,and let thy heart1 an opening flower1 ,breathe incense forth of praise4 ,remember thy ,creator2 ,o'er thee ,his love abides1 ,his wisdom plans1 ,his power sustains1 ,his bounteous hand provides4 ,remember thy ,creator1 ,in all life's mirth and glee1 ,and he shall in thy fading age ,still1 still1 remember thee4 ,w4 ,martin4 ,,repentance4 ,repent ye3 for the kingdom of heaven is at hand4 ,bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance4--,matthew1 iii4 #b1 #h4 ,repent ye1 and believe the gospel4--,mark1 i4 #ae4 ,repent ye therefore1 and be converted1 that your sins may be blotted out4--,acts1 iii4 #ai4 ,and the times of this ignorance ,god winked at2 but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent4--,acts1 xvii4 #cj4 ,for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of3 but the sorrow of the world worketh death4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 vii4 #aj4 ,confess yourself to ,heaven2 ,repent what's past2 avoid what is to come2 ,and do not spread the compost on the weeds ,to make them ranker4 ,shakspere4 ,try what repentance can3 what can it not8 ,yet what can it1 when one cannot repent8 ,o1 wretched state6 ,o1 bosom black as death6 ,o1 limed soul1 that struggling to be free1 ,art more engaged6 ,shakspere4 ,chide sinners as the father doth his child1 ,and keep them in the awe of loving fear2 ,make sin most hateful1 but in words be mild1 ,that humble patience may the better hear2 ,and wounded conscience may receive relief1 ,when true repentance pleads the sinner's grief4 ,yet flatter not the foul delight of sin1 ,but make it loathsome in the eye of love1 ,and seek the heart with holy thoughts to win ,unto the best way to the soul's behove3 ,so teach1 so live1 that both in word and deed ,the world may joy thy heavenly rules to read4 ,heal the infect of sin with oil of grace1 ,and wash the soul with true contrition's tears2 ,and when confession shows her heavy case1 ,deliver faith from all infernal fears1 ,that when high justice threatens sin with death1 ,mercy again may give ,repentance breath4 ,nicolas ,breton4 ,at the round world's imagined corners blow ,your trumpets1 angels2 and arise1 arise1 ,from death you numberless infinities ,of souls1 and to your scattered bodies go1 ,all whom the flood did1 and fire shall o'erthrow1 ,all whom war1 death1 age1 agues1 tyrannies1 ,despair1 law1 chance hath slain2 and you whose eyes ,shall behold ,god and never taste death's woe4 ,but let them sleep1 ,lord1 and men mourn a space2 ,for if above all these my sins abound1 ',tis late to ask abundance of ,thy grace1 ,when we are there2 here1 on this lowly ground ,teach me how to repent2 for that's as good ,as if ,thou hadst sealed my pardon with ,thy blood4 ,john ,donne4 ,heaven may forgive a crime to penitence1 ,for ,heaven can judge if penitence is true4 ,dryden4 ,while music flows around1 ,perfumes1 and oils1 and wine1 and wanton hours2 ,amid the roses1 fierce repentance rears ,her snaky crest3 a quick returning pang ,shoots through the conscious heart4 ,thomson4 ,i will to-morrow1 that ,i will1 ,i will be sure to do it2 ,to-morrow comes1 to-morrow goes1 ,and still thou art to do it4 ,thus still repentance is deferred1 ,from one day to another3 ,until the day of death is come ,and judgment is the other4 ,drexelius4 ,go1 let me weep6 there's bliss in tears1 ,when he who sheds them inly feels ,some lingering strain of early years ,effaced by every drop that steals4 ,the fruitless showers of worldly woe ,fall dark to earth and never rise2 ,while tears that from repentance flow1 ,in bright exhalement reach the skies4 ,leave me to sigh o'er hours that flew ,more idly then the summer's wind2 ,and while they pass'd a fragrance threw1 ,but left no trace of sweets behind4 ,the warmest sigh that pleasure heaves ,is faint1 is cold to those that swell ,the heart1 where pure repentance grieves ,o'er hours of pleasure loved too well4 ,moore4 ,he who seeks ,repentance for the past1 ,should woo the angel virtue for the future4 ,sir ,e4 ,b4 ,lytton4 ,divine ,repentance1 in thy sacred tear ,alone is wisdom for the erring heart1 ,that infancy of soul1 that stainless hour ,when all the chaos of our spirit sleeps ,in passionless repose1--how oft it woos ,our feelings back to purity and ,heaven6 ,alas6 that in our solitude we soar ,to perfect goodness1 but in life descend ,to dust again6--our aspirations quenched2 ,and all that purer moments wisely taught1 ,denied1 degraded1 or forgot6--,thus glide ,our years along1 in melancholy dreams ,of what they dare1 and what they cannot be6 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,repentance clothes in grass and flowers ,the grave in which the past is laid4 ,john ,sterling4 ,o blest ,repentance1 in thy weeping eye ,swim the pure beams of embryo-ecstacy4 ,and ,faith1 and ,hope1 and ,love1 and ,joy1 prepare ,to still thy heart1 and wipe thy bitter tear6 ,to thee alone the privilege is given1 ,by earthly woe1 to kindle joy in ,heaven1 ,for ,god ,himself descends to soothe the heart ,that weeps o'er sin1 and struggles to depart2 ,and deeper transport swells the bliss above1 ,as seraphs sing the triumphs of ,his love4 ,j4 ,k4 ,mitchell4 ,,resignation4 ,i would seek unto ,god1 and unto ,god would ,i commit my cause3 ,which doeth great things and unsearchable2 marvellous things without number4--,job1 v4 #h1 #i4 ,i know1 ,o ,lord1 that ,thy judgments are right1 and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me4--,psalm cxix4 #ge4 ,if1 friendless1 in a vale of tears ,i stray1 ,where briars wound1 and thorns perplex my way-- ,still let my steady soul ,thy goodness see1 ,and with strong confidence lay hold on ,thee2 ,with equal eye my various lot receive1 ,resigned to die1 or resolute to live2 ,prepared to kiss the sceptre or the rod1 ,while ,god is seen in all1 and all in ,god4 ,mrs4 ,barbauld4 ,thou ,power supreme6 whose mighty scheme1 ,these woes of mine fulfil1 ,here firm ,i rest2 they must be best1 ,because they are ,thy will6 ,then all ,i want1 7,o do ,thou grant ,this one request of mine67 ,since to enjoy ,thou didst deny1 ,assist me to resign4 ,burns4 ,luxury and pomp ,are but the splendid cover of distress ,rankling within2 while conscience1 ever gay1 ,and placid resignation to his lot1 ,cheer the poor tattered pilgrim1 and derive ,a flavour to his casual homely meal1 ,the rich man's laboured dainties cannot yield4 ,george ,bally4 ,yet is ,he there3 beneath our eaves ,each sound ,his wakeful ear receives2 ,hush idle words1 and thoughts of ill1 ,your ,lord is listening2 peace1 be still4 ,christ watches by a ,christian's hearth1 ,be silent1 vain1 deluding mirth1 ,till in thine altered voice be known1 ,somewhat of resignation's tone4 ,keble4 ,,rest4 ,return unto thy rest1 ,o my soul2 for the ,lord hath dealt bountifully with thee4--,psalm cxvi4 #g4 ,arise ye1 and depart2 for this is not your rest3 because it is polluted4--,micah1 ii4 #aj4 ,let us therefore fear1 lest a promise being left us of entering into ,his rest1 any of you should seem to come short of it4 ,there remaineth therefore a rest to the people of ,god4--,hebrews1 iv4 #a1 #i4 ,i pass1 with melancholy state1 ,by all these solemn heaps of fate1 ,and think1 as soft and sad ,i tread ,above the venerable dead1 8,time was1 like me1 they life possessed2 ,and time will be1 when ,i shall rest40 ,parnell4 ,think not of rest2 though dreams be sweet1 ,start up1 and ply your heavenward feet4 ,is not ,god's oath upon your head1 ,ne'er to sink back on slothful bed1 ,never again your loins untie1 ,nor let your torches waste and die1 ,till1 when the shadows thickest fall1 ,ye hear your ,master's midnight call8 ,keble4 ,hail1 heavenly voice1 once heard in ,patmos2 8,write1 ,henceforth the dead who die in ,christ are blest3 ,yea1 saith the ,spirit1 for they now shall rest ,from all their labours60 ,but no dull1 dark night ,that rest o'ershadows3 'tis the day-spring bright ,of bliss2 the foretaste of a richer feast2 ,a sleep1 if sleep it be1 of lively zest1 ,peopled with visions of intense delight4 ,and though the secrets of that resting-place ,the soul embodied knows not2 yet she knows ,no sin is there ,god's likeness to deface1 ,to stint ,his love1 no purgatorial woes2 ,her dross is left behind1 nor mixture base ,mars the pure stream of her serene repose4 ,bishop ,mant4 ,hail to the day1 which ,he1 who made the ,heaven1 ,earth1 and their armies1 sanctified and blest1 ,perpetual memory of the ,maker's rest6 ,hail to the day1 when ,he1 by whom was given ,new life to man1 the tomb asunder riven1 ,arose6 ,that day ,his church hath still confest1 ,at once creation's and redemption's feast1 ,sign of a world call'd forth1 a world forgiven4 ,welcome that day1 the day of holy peace1 ,the ,lord's own day6 to man's ,creator owed1 ,and man's ,redeemer2 for the soul's increase ,in sanctity1 and sweet repose bestowed2 ,type of the rest1 when sin and care shall cease1 ,the rest remaining for the lov'd of ,god4 ,bishop ,mant4 ,lord of the ,sabbath1 hear our vows1 ,on this ,thy day1 in this ,thy house1 ,and own1 as grateful sacrifice1 ,the songs which from the desert rise4 ,thine earthly sabbaths1 ,lord1 we love1 ,but there's a nobler rest above2 ,to that our labouring souls aspire1 ,with ardent pangs of strong desire4 ,no more fatigue1 no more distress1 ,nor sin nor hell shall reach the place2 ,no groans to mingle with the songs ,which warble from immortal tongues4 ,no rude alarms of raging foes2 ,no cares to break the long repose2 ,no midnight shade1 no clouded sun1 ,but sacred1 high1 eternal noon4 ,o long-expected day1 begin1 ,dawn on these realms of woe and sin6 ,fain would we leave this weary road1 ,and sleep in death to rest with ,god4 ,dr4 ,doddridge4 ,o1 rest not now1 but scatter wide the seeds ,of faithful words1 and yet more faithful deeds2 ,so thou shalt rest above eternally1 ,when ,god the harvest fruit shall give to thee4 ,bethune4 ,not in this weary world of ours ,can perfect rest be found2 ,thorns mingle with its fairest flowers1 ,even on cultured ground2 ,earth's pilgrim still his loins must gird ,to seek a lot more blest2 ,and this must be his onward word-- 8,in ,heaven alone is rest60 ,bernard ,barton4 ,he passeth calmly from that sunny morn1 ,where all the buds of youth are newly born1 ,through varying intervals of onward years1 ,until the eve of his decline appears2 ,and while the shadows round his path descend1 ,and down the vale of age his footsteps tend1 ,peace o'er his bosom sheds her soft control1 ,and throngs of gentlest memories charm the soul2 ,then1 weaned from earth1 he turns his steadfast eye ,beyond the grave1 whose verge he falters nigh1 ,surveys the brightening regions of the blest1 ,and1 like a wearied pilgrim1 sinks to rest4 ,willis ,g4 ,clark4 ,oh1 when life's sunset draws around me1 ,closing my eventful day1 ,let ,thy love1 ,o ,christ1 upon me ,shed its pure and spirit ray4 ,up the starry steeps of even1 ,let ,thy spirit be my guide1 ,till in the deathless light of heaven1 ,lost to earth1 my spirit glide4 ,there1 where daylight ever lingers1 ,o'er the vernal flower-clad plains1-- ,there1 where morning's rosy fingers ,wreathe with light the azure main-- ,there1 where all we dream of brightness1 ,joy or peace1 to make us blest1 ,may the wrapt soul on wings of lightness ,find rest1 ah1 yes3 eternal rest4 ,rev4 ,e4 ,case4 ,,resurrection--,,rising4 ,jesus of ,nazareth1 which was crucified3 he is risen3 he is not here3--,mark1 xvi4 #f4 ,the hour is coming1 in the which all that are in the grave shall hear ,his voice1 and shall come forth2 they that have done good1 unto the resurrection of life2 and they that have done evil1 unto the resurrection of damnation4--,john1 v4 #bh1 #bi4 ,i am the resurrection and the life3 he that believeth in me1 though he were dead1 yet shall he live2 and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die4--,john1 xi4 #be1 #bf4 ,now is ,christ risen from the dead1 and become the first-fruits of them that slept4 ,for since by man came death1 by man came also the resurrection of the dead4 ,for as in ,adam all die1 even so in ,christ shall all be made alive4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xv4 #bj1 #ba1 #bb4 ,the waking cock1 that early crows ,to wear the night away1 ,puts in my mind the trump that blows ,before the latter day2 ,and as ,i rise up lustily1 ,when sluggish sleep is past1 ,so hope ,i to rise joyfully ,to judgment1 at the last4 ,george ,gascoigne4 ,up1 and away1 ,thy ,saviour's gone before1 ,why dost thou stay1 ,dull soul8 ,behold the door ,is open1 and ,his precepts bid thee rise1 ,whose power hath vanquished all thine enemies4 ,in vain thou say'st ,thou art buried with thy ,saviour1 ,if thou delay'st ,to show by thy behaviour1 ,that thou art risen with ,him4 ,till thou shine ,like ,him1 how canst thou say ,his light is thine4 ,open thine eyes ,sin-seized soul1 and see ,what cobweb ties ,they are that trammel thee2 ,not profit1 pleasure1 honours1 as thou thinkest1 ,but loss1 pain1 shame1 at which thou vainly winkest4 ,all that is good ,thy ,saviour dearly bought ,with ,his heart's blood1 ,and it must then be sought1 ,where he keeps residence1 who rose this day2 ,linger no longer then1 up and away4 ,george ,herbert4 ,what though my body run to dust8 ,faith cleaves unto it1 counting every grain1 ,with an exact and most particular trust1 ,reserving all for flesh again4 ,george ,herbert4 ,man but dives in death2 ,dives from the sun1 in fairer day to rise2 ,the grave his subterranean road to bliss4 ,young4 ,angels of ,heaven1 ,ye who beheld ,him fainting on the cross1 ,and did ,him homage1 say1 may mortal join ,the hallelujahs of the risen ,god8 ,will the faint voice and grovelling song be heard ,amid the seraphim in light divine8 ,yes1 ,he will deign1 the ,prince of ,peace will deign ,for mercy to accept the hymn of faith1 ,low tho' it be and humble4 ,lord of life1 ,the ,christ1 the ,comforter6 thine advent now ,fills my uprising soul4 ,i mount1 ,i fly ,far o'er the skies1 beyond the rolling orbs2 ,the bonds of flesh dissolve1 and earth recedes1 ,and care1 and pain1 and sorrow1 are no more4 ,henry ,kirke ,white4 ,these ashes too1 the little dust ,our ,father's care shall keep1 ,till the last angel rise and break ,the long and dreary sleep4 ,then ,love's soft dew on every eye ,shall shed its mildest rays2 ,and the long-silent dust shall burst ,with shouts of endless praise4 ,henry ,kirke ,white4 ,majestical ,he rose3 trembled the earth2 ,the ponderous gate of stone was rolled away2 ,the keepers fell1 the angels1 awe-struck1 sunk ,into invisibility1 while forth ,the ,saviour of the world walked1 and stood ,before the sepulchre1 and viewed the clouds ,empurpled glorious by the rising sun4 ,graham4 ,jesus is risen6 triumphal anthems sing2 ,thus from dead winter mounts the sprightly spring2 ,thus does the sun from night's black shades return1 ,and thus the single bird wings from the ,arabian urn4 ,jesus is risen6 ,he shall the world restore6 ,awake1 ye dead6 dull sinners1 sleep no more6 ,wesley4 ,christ hath arisen6 ,oh6 not one cherished head ,hath 'midst the flowery sods been pillowed here ,without a hope1 7howe'er the heart hath bled ,in its vain yearnings o'er the unconscious bier17 ,a hope upspringing clear ,from those majestic tidings of the morn1 ,which lit the living way to all of woman born4 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,when by a good man's grave ,i muse alone1 ,methinks an angel sits upon the stone2 ,like those of old1 on that thrice-hallowed night1 ,who sat and watched in raiment heavenly bright2 ,and with a voice inspiring joy1 not fear1 ,says1 pointing upwards--that he is not here1 ,that he is risen4 ,samuel ,rogers4 ,deign from ,thy glory1 ,saviour1 now to shed ,on us ,thy quickening ,spirit's influence1 ,that1 risen with ,thee1 our hearts with strong desire ,may seek the things above1 and join the strain ,of seraphs that surround ,thy sapphire throne1 ,mingle our songs with theirs1 till1 in one tide ,of harmony1 the pealing anthem roll ,o'er the eternal hills1 and waft ,thy deathless fame4 ,s4 ,stennet4 ,,revelation4 ,the wrath of ,god is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men1 who hold the truth in unrighteousness2 ,because that which may be known of ,god is manifest in them2 for ,god hath shewed it unto them4--,romans1 i4 #ah1 #ai4 ,now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel1 and the preaching of ,jesus ,christ1 according to the revelation of the mystery1 which was kept secret since the world began1 but now is made manifest4--,romans1 xvi4 #be1 #bf4 ,gird up the loins of your mind1 be sober1 and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of ,jesus ,christ4--,i4 ,peter1 i4 #ac4 ,revealed religion first informed thy sight1 ,and ,reason saw not till ,faith sprung to light4 ,hence all thy natural worship takes the source3 ',tis ,revelation1 what thou think'st discourse1 ,else how com'st thou to see those truths so clear1 ,which so obscure to heathens did appear4 ,dryden4 ,thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light1 ,a blaze of glory that forbids the sight2 ,o1 teach me to believe ,thee thus concealed1 ,and search no farther than ,thyself revealed4 ,dryden4 ,bright as the morning of primeval day ,burst on the waters of chaotic gloom1 ,came ,revelation on the darksome world6-- ,then error vanish'd in celestial truth1 ,hush'd were the oracles1 and quench'd the fires ,that savage bigotry for ages fed3 ,new light1 new order1 new existence rose6 ,the pangs of woe1 the wrongs of patient worth1 ,were now no more1 as once their truth had been3 ,eternity would pay the debt of time1 ,the soul redeem1 and justify her ,god4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,sad error this1 to take ,the light of ,nature1 rather than the light ,of ,revelation for a guide4 ,as well ,prefer the borrowed light of earth's pale moon ,to the effulgence of the noon-day sun4 ,david ,bates4 ,,revenge4 ,all my familiars watched for my halting1 saying1 ,peradventure he will be enticed1 and we shall prevail against him1 and we shall take our revenge on him4--,jeremiah1 xx4 #aj4 ,dearly beloved1 avenge not yourselves1 but rather give place unto wrath4--,romans1 xii4 #ai4 ,talk not of fame6 ,what fame enjoyed that wretch ,that slew his brother8 he who could not brook ,rejection from his ,god1 with anger fired1 ,with envy stung1 the ties of nature burst1 ,and sacrificed the guiltless to revenge4 ,c4 ,p4 ,layard4 ,the fairest action of our human life ,is1 scorning to revenge an injury2 ,for who forgives without a further strife1 ,his adversary's heart doth to him tie3 ,and 'tis a firmer conquest1 truly said1 ,to win the heart1 than overthrow the head4 ,lady ,carew4 ,how rash1 how inconsiderate is rage6 ,how wretched1 ,o1 how fatal is our error1 ,when to revenge precipitate we run6 ,revenge1 that still with double force recoils ,back on itself1 and is its own revenge4 ,while to the short-lived1 momentary joy1 ,succeeds a train of woes--an age of torment4 ,frowde4 ,a wrong avenged is doubly perpetrated2 ,two sinners stand1 where lately stood but one4 ,thomas ,mc,keller4 ,why should man ,for a hasty syllable or two1 ,and vented only in forgetful fury1 ,chain all the hopes and riches of his soul ,to the revenge of that8 ,die lost for ever6 ,for he that makes his last peace with his ,maker ,in anger1 anger is his peace eternally3 ,he must expect the same return again ,whose venture is deceitful4 ,rowley4 ,,reverence4 ,god is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints1 and to be had in reverence of all them that are about ,him4--,psalm lxxxix4 #g4 ,he sent redemption unto ,his people3 ,he hath commanded ,his covenant for ever3 holy and reverend is ,his name4--,psalm cxi4 #i4 ,we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us1 and we gave them reverence4--,hebrews1 xii4 #i4 ,while they pervert pure nature's healthful rules ,to loathsome sickness1 worthily1 since they ,god's image did not reverence in themselves4 ,milton4 ,eternal ,spirit6 grant ,the wisdom meek1 that lives on truth divine ,however veiled4 ,a waiting mind impart1 ,and in our weakness show our strength to dwell1 ,like as of old the pensive ,mary sat ,low at ,his feet1 and listened to her ,lord2 ,absorb'd and self-renouncing1 be our soul ,before the cross in docile reverence bent4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,leaning on ,him1 make with reverent meekness ,his own1 thy will2 ,and with strength from ,him shall thy utter weakness ,life's task fulfil2 ,and that cloud itself1 which now before thee ,lies dark in view1 ,shall with beams of light1 from the inner glory1 ,be stricken through4 ,whittier4 ,he that to his earthly parent ,pays not reverence due1 ,to ,his great ,almighty ,father ,will be careless too3 ,he whose filial love is mingled ,with no filial fear1 ,scarcely will from sad reproaches ,keep his conscience clear4 ,grant me1 ,lord1 to duly mingle ,love and fear1 that so ,i revere my parents earthly1 ,and for ,thee true reverence know4 ,egone4 ,,reward4 ,verily there is a reward for the righteous4--,psalm lviii4 #aa4 ,only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked4--,psalm xci4 #h4 ,behold the ,lord ,god will come with strong hand1 and his arm shall rule for him2 behold1 his reward is with him1 and his work before him4--,isaiah1 xl4 #aj4 ,to judge the unfaithful dead1 but to reward ,his faithful1 and receive them into bliss4 ,milton4 ,blest are the humble souls that see ,their emptiness and poverty1 ,treasures of grace to them are given1 ,and crowns of joy laid up in heaven4 ,blest are the men of broken heart1 ,who mourn for sin with inward smart1 ,the blood of ,christ divinely flows1 ,a healing balm for all their woes4 ,blest are the souls who thirst for grace1 ,hunger and long for righteousness2 ,they shall be well supplied1 and fed ,with living streams and living bread4 ,blest are the sufferers1 who partake ,of pain and shame for ,jesus' sake1 ,their souls shall triumph in the ,lord1 ,glory and joy are their reward4 ,watts4 ,and ,i am glad that he has lived thus long1 ,and glad that he has gone to his reward3 ,nor deem that kindly ,nature did him wrong1 ,softly to disengage the vital cord4 ,when his weak hand grew palsied1 with his eye ,dark with the mists of age1 it was his time to die4 ,wm4 ,c4 ,bryant4 ,reward me not according to my deeds1 ,but give me grace to stand before ,thy throne1 ,clad in the robe of righteousness1 which ,he1 ,the ,saviour1 graciously hath lent to hide ,the foul and leprous taint of guilt4 ,o grant ,that ,his reward may rescue me from death6 ,egone4 ,,riches4 ,labour not to be rich3 cease from thine own wisdom4 ,wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not8 for riches certainly make themselves wings2 they fly away as an eagle toward heaven4--,proverbs1 xxiii4 #d1 #e4 ,how hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of ,god4--,mark1 x4 #bc4 ,for ye know the grace of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 that1 though he was rich1 yet for your sakes he became poor1 that ye through his poverty might be rich4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 viii4 #i4 ,high-built abundance1 heap on heap6 for what8 ,to breed new wants1 and beggar us the more2 ,then make a richer scramble for the throng1 ,soon as this feeble pulse1 which leaps so long1 ,almost by miracle1 is tired of play4 ,young4 ,all flesh is grass1 and all its glory fades ,like the fair flower1 dishevelled in the wind2 ,riches have wings1 and grandeur is a dream4 ,cowper4 ,nor riches boast intrinsic worth1 ,their charms at best superior earth3 ,these oft the heaven-born mind enslave1 ,and make an honest man a knave4 8,wealth cures my wants10 the miser cries4 ,be not deceived--the miser lies3 ,one want he has1 with all his store1 ,that worst of wants--the want of more4 ,cotton4 ,my soul1 with all thy weakened powers ,survey the heavenly prize6 ,nor let these glittering toys of earth ,allure thy wandering eyes4 ,the joys and treasures of a day ,i cheerfully resign2 ,rich in that large1 immortal store1 ,secured by grace divine4 ,doddridge4 ,riches are akin ,to fear1 to change1 to cowardice1 and death4 ,wordsworth4 ,,righteousness4 ,but we are all as an unclean thing1 and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags4--,isaiah1 lxiv4 #f4 ,we do not present our supplications before ,thee for our righteousnesses1 but for thy great mercies4--,daniel1 ix4 #ah4 ,for they being ignorant of ,god's righteousness1 and going about to establish their own righteousness1 have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of ,god4--,romans1 x4 #c4 ,ay me6 how many perils do enfold ,the righteous man1 to make him daily fall6 ,were not that heavenly grace doth him uphold1 ,and steadfast truth acquit him out of all4 ,spenser4 ,lord1 grant my just request2 ,o hear my cry1 ,and prayers that lips untouched by guile unfold1 ,my cause before ,thy high tribunal try1 ,and let ,thine eyes my ,righteousness behold4 ,for impious men1 and such as deadly hate ,my guiltless soul1 have compassed me about2 ,who swell with pride1 enclosed in their own fate1 ,and words of contumely thunder out4 ,filled with ,thy secret treasure1 to ,thy race1 ,they their accumulated riches leave6 ,but ,i with righteousness shall see ,thy face2 ,and rising in ,thy image1 joy receive4 ,sandys4 ,what is all righteousness that men devise8 ,what1 but a sordid bargain for the skies8 ,but ,christ as soon would abdicate ,his own1 ,as stoop from ,heaven to sell the proud a throne4 ,cowper4 ,all hail6--the age of crime and suffering ends2 ,the reign of righteousness from ,heaven descends2 ,vengeance for ever sheathes the afflicting sword6 ,death is destroyed1 and ,paradise restored2 ,man1 rising from the ruins of his fall1 ,is one with ,god1 and ,god is ,all in all4 ,james ,montgomery4 ,,rivers4 ,there is a river1 the streams whereof shall make glad the city of ,god1 the holy places of the tabernacles of the ,most ,high4--,psalm xlvi4 #d4 ,all the rivers run into the sea2 yet the sea is not full2 unto the place from whence the rivers come1 thither they return again4--,ecclesiastes1 i4 #g4 ,river6 river6 headlong river6 ,down you dash unto the sea2 ,sea1 that line hath never sounded1 ,sea1 that voyage hath never rounded1 ,like unto ,eternity6 ,mrs4 ,southey4 ,i think of that great ,river ,that from the throne flows free2 ,of weary pilgrims on its brink1 ,who1 thirsting1 have come down to drink2 ,of that unfailing ,stream ,i think1 ,when earthly streams ,i see6 ,mary ,howitt4 ,river1 beyond the rest ,thou wert supremely blest1 ,when ,zion's ,king stood in thy pearly bed2 ,there did the ,saviour stand1 ,pour by the prophet's hand ,thy simple waves o'er ,his anointed head4 ,o ,saviour6 in that tide ,which from ,thy pierced side ,on ,calvary's mount was poured out like wine1 ,cleanse my polluted soul1 ,the wounds of sin make whole1 ,and breathe ,thy spirit o'er this heart of mine4 ,w4 ,h4 ,brownlee4 ,bountiful rivers6 not upon the earth ,is record traced of ,god's exuberant grace1 ,so deeply graven1 as the channels worn ,by ever-flowing streams4 ,thomas ,ward4 ,oh1 beautiful river1 ,flowing so fresh and so free1 ,i thank the ,great ,giver ,of every good gift for thee4 ,egone4 ,,rock4 ,the ,lord is my rock4--,psalm xviii4 #b4 ,he that walketh righteously1 and speaketh uprightly2 ,he shall dwell on high3 his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks4--,isaiah1 xxxiii4 #ae1 #af4 ,behold1 ,i lay in ,sion a stumbling-stone and rock of offence3 and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed4--,romans1 ix4 #cc4 ,god1 known in ,hebron1 and by ,kedar's hill1 ,his glory to those rocks was once laid bare2 ,upon the mountain top we seek ,thee still1 ,lord1 tell us whether ,thou art there8 ,ye peaceful dwellers in these blest retreats2 ,as at the foot of mountains ,israel prayed1 ,for tranquil nights1 and on your rocky seats ,are sounds to you from heav'n conveyed8 ,never behold ye the celestial bands ,upon your sacred domes alight and bend8 ,never the harpings hear of angel-hands1 ,back from the rocks their echoes send8 ,rev4 ,w4 ,pulling1 from ,lamartine4 ,rock of ages6 cleft for me6 ,let me hide myself in thee6 ,let the water and the blood ,from thy wounded side which flowed1 ,be of sin the double cure2 ,cleanse me from its guilt and power4 ,while ,i draw this fleeting breath ,when my eyelids close in death1 ,when ,i soar to worlds unknown1 ,see ,thee on thy judgment throne1 ,rock of ages shelter me6 ,let me bide myself in thee6 ,toplady4 ,as the shade of a rock in a weary land ,whence gush the fresh waters at thy command2 ,as a rocky foundation whereon to build1 ,as a fortress of rock when the foe is afield1 ,such ,maker and ,saviour of man art thou1 ,our fortress1 our rock1 and our shield below4 ,egone4 ,,rod4 ,yea1 though ,i walk through the valley of the shadow of death1 ,i will fear no evil3 for ,thou art with me2 ,thy rod and ,thy staff they comfort me4--,psalm xxiii4 #d4 ,i will cause you to pass under the rod4--,ezekiel1 xx4 #cg4 ,the ,lord's voice crieth unto the city1 and the man of wisdom shall see thy name3 hear ye the rod1 and who hath appointed it4--,micah1 vi4 #i4 ,give me the voice of mirth1 the sound of laughter1 ,the sparkling glance of pleasure's roving eye1 ,the past is past1--,avaunt thou dark hereafter6 8,come1 eat and drink--to-morrow we must die60 ,so1 in his desperate mood1 the fool hath spoken-- ,the fool whose heart hath said1 8,there is no ,god40 ,but for the stricken heart1 the spirit broken1 ,there's balm in ,gilead yet4--,the very rod1 ,if we but kiss it1 as the stroke descendeth1 ,distilleth balm to allay the inflicted smart1 ,and 8,peace that passeth understanding10 blendeth ,with the deep sighing of the contrite heart4 ,caroline ,bowles4 ,he who each bitter cup rejects1 ,no living spring shall quaff2 ,he whom ,thy rod in love corrects1 ,shall lean upon ,thy staff3 ,happy1 thrice happy1 then1 is he1 ,who knows the chastening is from ,thee6 ,bernard ,barton4 ,faith and hope ,will teach me how to bear my lot2 ,to think ,almighty ,wisdom best1 ,to bow my head and murmur not4 ,the chastening hand of ,one above ,falls heavy1 but ,i kiss the rod3 ,he gives the wound1 and ,i must trust ,its healing to the self-same ,god4 ,eliza ,cook4 ,,sabbath4 ,remember the ,sabbath day to keep it holy4--,exodus1 xx4 #h4 ,thus saith the ,lord1 ,keep ye judgment1 and do justice3 for my salvation is near to come1 and my righteousness to be revealed4 ,blessed is the man that doeth this1 and the son of man that layeth hold on it3 that keepeth the ,sabbath from polluting it1 and keepeth his hand from doing any evil4--,isaiah1 lvi4 #a1 #b4 ,the ,sabbath was made for man1 and not man for the ,sabbath4 ,therefore the ,son of man is ,lord also of the ,sabbath4--,mark1 ii4 #bg1 #bh4 ,great ,lord of time6 ,great ,king of ,heav'n1 ,since weekly ,thou renew'st my days1 ,to ,thee shall daily thanks be giv'n1 ,and weekly sacrifice of praise4 ,this day the light1 time's eldest born1 ,her glorious beams did first display1 ,and then the evening and the morn ,did first obtain the name of day4 ,discretion grant me so to know ,what ,sabbath-rites ,thou dost require1 ,and grace my duty so to do1 ,that ,i may keep ,thy law entire4 ,george ,wither4 ,bright shadows of true rest6 some shoots of bliss2 ,heaven once a week2 ,the next world's gladness pre-possessed in this4 ,henry ,vaughan4 ,how many blessed groups this hour are bending ,through ,england's primrose meadow paths1 their way ,towards spire and tower1 'midst shadowy elms descending1 ,whence the sweet chimes proclaim the hallowed day4 ,the halls from old heroic ages grey1 ,pour their fair children forth2 and hamlets low1 ,with whose thick orchard blooms the soft winds play1 ,send out their inmates in a happy flow1 ,like a freed vernal stream4 ,i may not tread ,with them those pathways--to the feverish bed ,of sickness bound--yet oh my ,god6 ,i bless ,thy mercy1 that with ,sabbath peace hath filled ,my chastening heart1 and all its throbbings stilled ,to one deep calm of lowliest thankfulness4 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,the cheerful ,sabbath bells1 wherever heard1 ,strike pleasant on the sense1 most like the voice ,of one who from the far off hills proclaims ,tidings of good to ,zion4 ,charles ,lamb4 ,the ,sabbath bell1 ,that over wood1 and wild1 and mountain-dell ,wanders so far1 chasing all thoughts unholy ,with sounds most musical1 most melancholy4 ,samuel ,rogers4 ,ah6 why should a thought of a world that is flying1 ,encumber the pleasure of seasons like these8 ,or1 why should the ,sabbath be sullied with sighing1 ,while ,faith the bright side of eternity sees6 ,now let us repose from our care and our sorrow1 ,let all that is anxious and sad pass away2 ,the rough cares of life lay aside till to-morrow1 ,but let us be tranquil and happy to-day4 ,let us say to the world1 should it tempt us to wander1 ,as ,abraham said to his men on the plain1 ,there's the mountain of prayer1 ,i am going up yonder1 ,and tarry you here till ,i seek you again4 ,to-day on that mount we would seek for ,thy blessing1 ,o ,spirit of ,holiness meet with us there6 ,our hearts then will feel1 ,thine high influence possessing1 ,the sweetness of praise1 and the favour of prayer4 ,james ,edmeston4 ',tis past6 no more the ,summer blooms6 ,ascending in the rear1 ,behold1 congenial ,autumn comes1 ,the ,sabbath of the year6 ,what time thy holy whispers breathe1 ,the pensive evening shade beneath1 ,and twilight consecrates the floods2 ,while nature strips her garment gay1 ,and wears the verdure of decay1 ,o1 let me wander through the sounding woods6 ,logan4 ,when through the peaceful parish swells ,the music of the ,sabbath bells1 ,duly tread the sacred road ,which leads you to the house of ,god2 ,the blessing of the ,lamb is there1 ,for 8,god is in the midst of her40 ,bishop ,mant4 ,whether men sow or reap the fields1 ,her admonitions nature yields2 ,that not by bread alone we live1 ,or what a hand of flesh can give2 ,that every day should leave some part ,free for a ,sabbath of the heart2 ,so shall the seventh be truly blest1 ,from morn to eve with hallowed rest4 ,wordsworth4 ,on the seventh day reposing1 lo6 the great ,creator stood1 ,saw the glorious work accomplished1--saw and felt that it was good2 ,heaven1 earth1 man1 and beast have being1 day and night their courses run1-- ,first creation1--infant manhood1--earliest ,sabbath1--it is done4 ,on the seventh day reposing1 ,jesus filled ,his sainted tomb1 ,from ,his spirit's toil retreating1 while ,he broke man's fatal doom2 ',twas a new creation bursting1 brighter than the primal one1-- ',tis fulfilment1--reconcilement2 'tis redemption1--it is done4 ,da ,costa4 ,the ,all-beneficent ,cares for man's better nature1 and has given ,this ,sabbath-rest to lead his thoughts to ,heaven4 ,myriads of thanks for this divinest gift1 ,for this perpetually recurring day-- ,wherein both rich and poor--bond--free--can lift ,their hopes above this fading world1 and pray4 ,e4 ,j4 ,eames4 ,the solemn tolling of the ,sabbath bell ,hath something in it holier than of earth2 ,and when loud anthems to ,jehovah swell1 ,the spirit longeth for a heavenly birth2 ,and1 catching impulse from the good man's prayer1 ,the heart is softened to contrition there4 ,isaac ,f4 ,shepard4 ,with silent awe ,i hail the sacred morn1 ,which slowly wakes while all the fields are still2 ,a soothing calm on every breeze is borne1 ,a graver murmur gurgles from the rill1 ,an echo answers softer from the hill1 ,and softer sings the linnet from the thorn1 ,the skylark warbles in a tone less shrill3 ,hail1 light serene6 ,hail1 sacred ,sabbath morn6 ,the rooks float by in silent1 airy drove2 ,the sun a placid yellow lustre shows2 ,the gales that lately sighed along the grove1 ,have hushed their downy wings in dead repose2 ,the hovering rack of clouds forgets to move3 ,so smiled the day1 when the first morn arose6 ,dr4 ,leyden4 ,yes6 blessed ,sabbath morn1 thy light ,is affluent in pure delight ,to those who love thy rest2 ,beyond thy sun1 a heavenly ray ,adds moral lustre to the day1 ,and shines into the breast4 ,j4 ,k4 ,mitchell4 ,too soon our earthly ,sabbaths end6 ,cares of a work-day will return1 ,and faint our hearts1 and fitful1 burn3 ,o1 think1 my soul1 beyond compare1 ,think what a ,sabbath must be there2 ,where all is holy bliss1 that knows ,nor imperfection1 nor a close4 ,thomas ,grinfield4 ,it is the ,sabbath1 ,o my soul ,own its divine and potent sway2 ,let it each sinful thought control1 ,for thee1 for that1 was blest this day4 ,anon4 ,,sacrifice4 ,for thou desirest not sacrifice3 else would ,i give it3 thou delightest not in burnt offering4 ,the sacrifices of ,god are a broken spirit3 a broken and a contrite heart4 ,o ,god1 thou wilt not despise--,psalm li4 #af1 #ag4 ,i will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving1 and will call upon the name of the ,lord4--,psalm cxvi4 #ag4 ,for it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins4 ,wherefore when he cometh into the world1 he saith1 ,sacrifice1 and offering thou wouldst not1 but a body hast thou prepared me4--,hebrews1 x4 #d1 #e4 ,see where man's voluntary sacrifice ,bows ,his meek head1 the ,god eternal dies6 ,fixed to the ,cross ,his bleeding arms are bound1 ,while copious ,mercy streams from every wound4 ,bishop ,louth4 ,thou1 ,lord1 hast said1 8the blood of goats1 ,the flesh of rams ,i will not prize2-- ,a contrite heart1 a lowly thought1 ,are mine accepted sacrifice40 ,sir ,w4 ,scott4 ,when all the breast is pure1 each warm desire ,sublimed by holy ,love's ethereal fire1 ,on winged words our breathing thoughts may rise1 ,and soar to ,heaven1 a grateful sacrifice4 ,james ,scott4 ,well may the cavern depths of earth ,be shaken and her mountains nod2 ,well may the sheeted dead come forth ,to gaze upon a suffering ,god6 ,well may the temple-shrine grow dim1 ,and shadows veil the ,cherubim1 ,when ,he1 the chosen ,one of ,heaven1 ,a sacrifice for guilt is given6 ,j4 ,g4 ,whittier4 ,when bees sing chorus in the light1 ,of infant day in joy begun1 ,and sparkling dewdrops clear and bright ,mirror the full uprising sun1 ,then let us1 ,lord of light1 arise1 ,to pay our early sacrifice4 ,w4 ,martin4 ,,safety--,,saving4 ,i am the ,lord your ,god4 ,wherefore ye shall do my statutes1 and keep my judgments1 and do them2 and ye shall dwell in the land in safety4--,leviticus1 xxv4 #ag1 #ah4 ,the horse is prepared against the day of battle3 but safety is of the ,lord4--,proverbs1 xxi4 #ca4 ,look unto me1 and be ye saved1 all the ends of the earth3 for ,i am ,god1 and there is none else4--,isaiah1 xiv4 #bb4 ,the ,son of man is come to save that which was lost4--,matthew1 xviii4 #aa4 ,but we are not of them who draw back unto perdition2 but of them that believe to the saving of the soul4--,hebrews1 x4 #ci4 ,should any to himself for safety fly8 ,the way to save himself 7if any were7 ,is to fly from himself4 ,should he rely ,upon the promise of his wife8 ,what there1 ,what can he see1 but that he most may fear1 ,a syren sweet to death8 ,upon his friends8 ,who what he needs1 or what he hath not1 lends8 ,or wanting aid himself1 and to another sends8 ,his strength8 ',tis dust3--,his pleasure8 cause of pain3 ,his hope8 ,false courtier3--,youth or beauty8 ,brittle3 ,intreaty8 ,fond3--,repentance8 ,late and vain3 ,just recompense8 ,the world were all too little3 ,thy love8 ,he hath no title to a tittle3 ,hell's force8 ,in vain her furies hell shall gather3 ,his servants1 kinsmen1 or his children rather8 ,his child 7if good7 shall judge2 7if bad7 shall curse his father4 ,his life8 ,that brings him to his end1 and leaves him3 ,his end8 ,that leaves him to begin his woe3 ,his goods8 ,what good is this which so deceives him8 ,his gods of wood8 ,their feet1 alas6 are slow ,to go to help1 which must be helped to go3 ,honours1 great worth8 ,ah6 little worth they be ,unto their owners3--,wit8 ,that makes him see ,he wanted wit1 who thought he had it1 wanting ,thee4 ,giles ,fletcher4 ,o save me1 ,power ,of powers supreme1 in that tremendous hour6 ,thou1 who beneath the frowns of fate hath stood1 ,and in ,thy dreadful agony sweat blood2 ,thou who for me1 through ev'ry throbbing vein1 ,hast felt the keenest edge of mortal pain2 ,whom death led captive through the realms below1 ,and taught those horrid mysteries of woe3 ,defend me1 ,o my ,god6 ,o save me1 ,power ,of powers supreme1 in that tremendous hour6 ,young4 ,encompass'd with ten thousand ills1 ,press'd by pursuing foes1 ,i lift mine eyes unto the hills1 ,from whence salvation flows4 ,my help is from the ,lord1 who made ,and governs earth and sky2 ,i look to his almighty aid1 ,and ever-watching eye4 ,he who thy soul in safety keeps1 ,shall drive destruction hence2 ,the ,lord thy keeper never sleeps2 ,the ,lord is thy defence4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,place me on some desert shore ,foot of man ne'er wandered o'er2 ,lock me in a lonely cell ,beneath some prison citadel2 ,still1 here or there1 within ,i find ,my quiet kingdom of the mind2 ,nay1 'mid the tempest fierce and dark1 ,float me in peril's frailest barque1 ,my quenchless soul could sit and think1 ,and smile at danger's dizziest brink2 ,and wherefore8 ,god1 my ,god is still ,king of kings in good and ill2 ,and where ,he dwelleth--every where-- ,safety supreme and peace are there2 ,and where ,he reigneth--all around-- ,wisdom1 and love1 and power are found1 ,and1 reconciled to ,him and bliss1 8,my mind to me a kingdom is40 ,tupper4 ,,saint4 ,o love the ,lord1 all ye his saints3 for the ,lord preserveth the faithful4--,psalm xxxi4 #bc4 ,o fear the ,lord1 ye his saints2 for there is no want to them that fear him4--,psalm xxxiv4 #i4 ,giving thanks unto the ,father1 which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light4--,colossians1 i4 #ab4 ,if but one sun with his diffusive fires1 ,can fill the stars and the whole world with light1 ,and joy and light into each heart inspires3 ,and every saint shall shine in heaven as bright2 ,as doth the sun in his transcendant might2 7,as faith may well believe what truth once says7 ,what shall so many sun's united rays ,but dazzle all the eyes that now in heaven we praise8 ,here let my ,lord hang up his conquering lance1 ,and bloody armour with late slaughter warm2 ,and looking down on his weak militants1 ,behold his saints amidst their hot alarm1 ,hang all their golden hopes upon his arm2 ,and on this lower field when straying wide ,through ,satan's wiles1 who would their sails misguide1 ,anchor their fleshly ships fast in his wounded side4 ,giles ,fletcher4 ,what are these arrayed in white1 ,brighter than the noonday sun8 ,foremost of the sons of light1 ,nearest the eternal throne8 ,these are they that bore the cross1 ,nobly for their master stood2 ,sufferers in his righteous cause1 ,followers of the dying ,god4 ,out of great distress they came1 ,wash'd their robes by faith below ,in the blood of yonder ,lamb1 ,blood that washes white as snow1 ,therefore are they next the throne1 ,serve their ,maker day and night3 ,god resides among his own1 ,god doth in his saints delight4 ,de ,courcy4 ,a ,saint6 ,oh1 would that ,i could claim ,the privileged1 the honour'd name1 ,and confidently take my stand1 ,though lowest in the saintly band4 ,would1 though it were in scorn applied ,that term the test of truth could bide6 ,like kingly salutation given1 ,in mockery to the king of ,heaven4 ,a saint8 and what imports the name ,thus banded in derision's game8 8,holy and separate from sin2 ,to good1 nay even to ,god akin40 ,how shall the name of saint be prized1 ,though now neglected and despised1 ,and sinners to their doom be hurled1 ,when scorned saints shall 8judge the world40 ,marriot4 ,from saint to saint the world around ,celestial odours are diffused2 ,sweet thoughts are born on hallow'd ground1 ,where holy men have mused4 ,and none can tell how many springs ,flow to sustain one soul serene2 ,but every hour some tribute brings ,from sources quiet and unseen4 ,the loneliest pilgrim in the ways ,is never in his prayers alone2 ,but every one for thousands prays1 ,and thousands pray for every one4 ,we dwell with shadows round us here1 ,and nought is bright but heaven above3 ,when all our secret friends appear1 ,how many shall we know and love6 ,yet1 as we learn the mystery1 ,around ,one holy fount we fall1 ,and1 in the light eternal1 see ,that ,god is all in all4 ,j4 ,gostick4 ,,salvation4 ,he that is our ,god1 is the ,god of salvation4--,psalm lxviii4 #bj4 ,and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our ,god4--,isaiah1 lii4 #aj4 ,for ,god hath not appointed us to wrath1 but to obtain salvation by our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4--,i4 ,thessalonians1 v4 #i4 ,a cheerful confidence ,i feel1 ,my well-placed hopes with joy ,i see2 ,my bosom glows with heavenly zeal ,to worship ,him who died for me4 ,as man ,he pities my complaint2 ,his power and truth are all divine2 ,he will not fail1 ,he cannot faint1 ,salvation's sure1 and must be mine4 ,cowper4 ,almighty framer of the skies6 ,o let our pure devotion rise1 ,like incense in thy sight6 ,wrapt in impenetrable shade ,the texture of our souls was made ,till ,thy command gave light4 ,the ,son of ,glory gleamed the ray1 ,refined the darkness into day1 ,and bid the vapours fly3 ,impelled by his eternal love1 ,he left his palaces above ,to cheer our gloomy sky4 ,how shall we celebrate the day1 ,when ,god appeared in mortal clay1 ,the mark of worldly scorn3 ,when the ,archangel's heavenly lays ,attempted the ,redeemer's praise1 ,and hail'd salvation's morn4 ,chatterton4 8,thy ,spirit knows ,i love ,thee40 ,worthless wretch1 ,to dare to love a ,god6 ,but1 grace requires-- ,and grace accepts--,love divine ,constrains me2 ,i am thine4 ,incarnate ,love ,has seized and holds me in ,almighty arms3 ,here's my salvation1 my eternal hope1 ,amidst the wreck of worlds and dying nature1 8,i am the ,lord's2 and ,he for ever mine40 ,watts4 ,salvation6 ,o the joyful sound6 ',tis pleasure to our ears2 ,a sov'reign balm for every wound1 ,a cordial for our fears4 ,buried in sorrow and in sin1 ,at hell's dark door we lay2 ,but we arise by grace divine ,to see a heavenly day4 ,salvation6 let the echo fly ,the spacious earth around1 ,while all the armies of the sky ,conspire to raise the sound4 ,watts4 ,jesus1 transporting sound6 ,the joy of earth and heaven2 ,no other help is found1 ,no other name is given1 ,by which we can salvation have1 ,but ,jesus came the world to save4 ,wesley4 ,if the best ,thy great salvation ,must attain with trembling fear1 ,lord and ,judge of all creation1 ,where should sinful man appear8 ,god of love and mercies tender1 ,stern to vice1 to weakness mild1 ,teacher1 ,saviour1 ,sire1 ,defender1 ,save1 ,o save ,thy suppliant child6 ,by the claims which saints inherit ,from ,thy blood for converts pour'd1 ,by thy all-prevailing ,spirit1-- ,by ,thy covenanted ,word1-- ,by ,thy tears1 in sorrow weeping1 ,over harden'd sinners' doom2 ,take me to ,thy gracious keeping1 ,lead me to ,thy glorious home6 ,bishop ,spencer4 ,,satan4 ,then saith ,jesus unto him1 ,get thee hence1 ,satan3 for it is written1 ,thou shalt worship the ,lord thy ,god1 and him only shalt thou serve4--,matthew1 iv4 #aj4 ,and the ,god of peace shall bruise ,satan under your feet shortly4--,romans1 xvi4 #bj4 ,the other shape1 ,if shape it might be called that shape had none ,distinguishable in member1 joint1 or limb2 ,or substance might be called that shadow seemed1 ,for each seemed either2 black it stood as night1 ,fierce as ten furies1 terrible as hell1 ,and shook a dreadful dart2 what seemed his head1 ,the likeness of a kingly crown had on4 ,satan was now at hand2 and from his seat ,the monster1 moving onward1 came as fast ,with horrid strides1 hell trembled as he strode4 ,milton4 ,he trusted to have equalled the ,most ,high1 ,if he opposed2 and with ambitious aim ,against the throne and monarchy of ,god1 ,raised impious war in ,heav'n and battle proud ,with vain attempt4 ,him the ,almighty ,power ,hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky1 ,with hideous ruin and combustion1 down ,to bottomless perdition2 there to dwell ,in adamantine chains and penal fire1 ,who durst defy th' ,omnipotent to arms4 ,milton4 ,satan1 thy power's decline is nigh2 ,like lightning flashing through the sky1 ,thy demons hear the ,heavenly ,word1 ,and owning ,him ,creation's ,lord1 ,confess1 with fierce appalling yell-- ,emmanuel deigns on earth to dwell4 ,shepherd4 ,how sad our state by nature is6 ,our sin how deep it stains6 ,and ,satan binds our captive minds ,fast in his slavish chains4 ,watts4 ,,saviour4 ,i1 even ,i1 am the ,lord2 and beside me there is no ,saviour4--,isaiah1 xliii4 #aa4 ,thou shalt know that ,i the ,lord am thy ,saviour and thy ,redeemer1 the mighty ,one of ,jacob4--,isaiah1 lx4 #af4 ,and the angel said unto them1 fear not3 for1 behold1 ,i bring you good tidings of great joy1 which shall be to all people4 ,for unto you is born this day in the city of ,david a ,saviour1 which is ,christ the ,lord4 ,and this shall be a sign unto you2 ,ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes1 lying in a manger4--,luke1 ii4 #aj1 #aa1 #ab4 ,for our conversation is in heaven2 from whence also we look for the ,saviour1 the ,lord ,jesus ,christ4--,philippians1 iii4 #bj4 ,we trust in the living ,god1 who is the ,saviour of all men1 specially of those that believe4--,i4 ,timothy1 iv4 #aj4 ,and thou1 my soul1 inspired with holy flame1 ,view and review with most regardful eye ,that holy cross whence thy salvation came1 ,on which thy ,saviour and thy sin did die6 ,for in that sacred object is much pleasure1 ,and in that ,saviour is my life1 my treasure4 ,sir ,walter ,raleigh4 ,o unexampled ,love6 ,love nowhere to be found less than ,divine6 ,hail son of ,god1 ,saviour of men1 ,thy name ,shall be the copious matter of my song ,henceforth1 and never shall my harp ,thy praise ,forget1 nor from ,thy ,father's praise disjoin4 ,milton4 ,o may ,i pant for ,thee in each desire6 ,and with strong ,faith foment the holy fire6 ,stretch out my soul in ,hope1 and grasp the prize1 ,which in ,eternity's deep bosom lies6 ,at the great day of recompense behold1 ,devoid of fear1 the fatal book unfold6 ,then wafted upward to the blissful seat1 ,from age to age my graceful song repeat2 ,my ,light--my ,life--my ,god--my ,saviour1--see1 ,and rival angels in the praise of ,thee4 ,young4 ,o ,saviour ,god6 ,o ,lamb once slain6 ,at thought of ,thee1 ,thy love1 ,thy flowing blood1 ,all thoughts decay2 all things remembered fade2 ,all hopes return2 all actions done by men ,or angels disappear1 absorbed and lost4 ,pollok4 ,exalted high at ,god's right hand ,and ,lord of all below1 ,through ,him is pardoning love dispensed1 ,and boundless blessings flow4 ,and still for erring guilty man ,a brother's pity flows2 ,and still ,his bleeding heart is touched ,with memory of our woes4 ,so then1 my ,saviour1 and my ,king1 ,glad homage let me give2 ,and stand prepared like ,thee to die1 ,with ,thee that ,i may live4 ,mrs4 ,barbauld4 ,my soul shall cry to ,thee1 ,o ,lord6 ,to ,thee supreme incarnate word6 ,my rock and fortress1 shield and friend1 ,creator1 ,saviour1 source1 and end6 ,yea1 ,thou wilt hear ,thy servant's prayer1 ,though death and darkness speak despair4 ,bowdler4 ,dear ,saviour6 draw reluctant hearts1 ,to ,thee let sinners fly1 ,and take the bliss ,thy love imparts1 ,and drink1 and never die6 ,steele4 ,saviour6 and dost ,thou speak ,such gracious words to me8 ,dost ,thou the wanderer seek ,who basely fled from ,thee8 ,wilt ,thou my footsteps guide ,to where ,thy sheep beside ,the living streams abide8 ,i come1 ,i come1 with shame and grief opprest1 ,thy feet embrace1 and shelter in thy breast4 ,pearson4 ,a ,saviour's light shall break1 ,a ray from ,jacob's star the darkness streak3 ,to ,him the fairest scenes their lustre owe2 ,his covenant brightens the celestial bow2 ,his vast benevolence profusely spreads ,the yellow harvests1 and the verdant meads4 ,john ,duick4 ,great ,god1 ,thy judgments all are just and right2 ,thou art all pity1 and to anger slow2 ,but ,i have done such evil in ,thy sight1 ,that mercy now with justice cannot flow4 ,yes1 gracious ,god1 my sins have reached such height1 ,as leaves no choice but how to deal the blow2 ,such guilt to pardon would ,thy honour blight1 ,and even ,thy goodness seals my final woe4 ,consult ,thy glory1 then withhold no more1 ,let fall ,thy thunder1 and my tears forget1 ,wage war for war1 pour ,thy avenging flood2 ,the justice which consumes me ,i adore4 ,but where to strike1 ,o ,lord8 where find even yet ,a spot not covered by the ,saviour's blood8 ,james ,glassford4 ',tis midnight2 and on ,olive's brow ,the star is dimmed that lately shone2 ',tis midnight1 in the garden1 now1 ,the suffering ,saviour prays alone4 ',tis midnight2 and from all removed1 ,the ,saviour wrestles lone1 with fears2 ,e'en that disciple whom ,he loved ,heeds not his ,master's grief and tears4 ',tis midnight2 and for others' guilt ,the ,man of ,sorrows weeps in blood2 ,yet ,he that hath in anguish knelt1 ,is not forsaken by ,his ,god4 ',tis midnight2 and from ether plains ,is borne the song that angels know2 ,unheard by mortals are the strains ,that sweetly soothe the ,saviour's woe4 ,w4 ,b4 ,tappan4 ,,scorn4 ,blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly1 nor standeth in the way of sinners1 nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful4--,psalm i4 #a4 ,the scorner is an abomination to men4--,proverbs1 xxiv4 #i4 ,the scorner is consumed1 and all that watch for iniquity are cut off4--,isaiah1 xxix4 #bj4 ,blessed is the man who hath not walked astray ,in counsel of the wicked2 and i' the way ,of sinners hath not stood1 and in the seat ,of scorners hath not sat4 ,milton4 ,thrice happy he1 who shuns the way ,that leads ungodly men astray2 ,who fears to stand where sinners meet1 ,nor with the scorner takes his seat4 ,the law of ,god is his delight2 ,that cloud by day1 that fire by night1 ,shall be his comfort in distress1 ,and guide him through the wilderness4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,i may not scorn the meanest thing ,that on the earth doth crawl2 ,the slave who dares not burst his chain1 ,the tyrant in his hall4 ,the vile oppressor1 who hath made ,the widowed mother mourn1 ,though worthless1 he before me stand-- ,i cannot1 dare not scorn4 ,the darkest night that shrouds the sky1 ,of beauty hath a share2 ,the blackest heart hath signs to tell ,that ,god still lingers there4 ,i pity all that evil are-- ,i pity1 and ,i mourn2 ,but the ,supreme hath fashioned all1 ,and1 oh6 ,i dare not scorn4 ,robert ,nicol4 ,,sea4 ,the ,lord is a great ,god1 and a great ,king above all gods4 ,the sea is ,his1 and ,he made it3 and ,his hands formed the dry land4--,psalm xcv4 #c1 #e4 ,they that go down to the sea in ships1 that do business in great waters2 ,these see the works of the ,lord1 and ,his wonders in the deep4--,psalm cvii4 #bc1 #bd4 ,and the sea gave up the dead which were in it4--,revelation1 xx4 #ac4 ,and ,i saw a new heaven and new earth3 for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away2 and there was no more sea4--,revelation1 xxi4 #a4 ,sea6--of ,almightiness itself the immense ,and glorious mirror6--how thy azure face ,renews the heavens in their magnificence6 ,what awful grandeur rounds thy heavy space3 ,thy surge two worlds eternal-warring sweeps1 ,and ,god's throne rests on thy majestic deeps4 ,chenedolle4 ,mysterious deep1 farewell6 ,i turn from thy companionship1 but lo1 ,thy voice doth follow me4 ',mid lonely bower1 ,or twilight dream1 or wakeful couch1 ,i hear ,that solemn and reverberated hymn ,from thy deep organ1 which doth speak ,god's praise ,in thunder1 night and day4 ,still by my side1 ,even as a dim-seen spirit1 deign to walk1 ,prompter of holy thought1 and type of ,him1 ,sleepless1 immutable1 omnipotent4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,to thee the love of woman hath gone down2 ,dark flow thy tides o'er manhood's noble head1 ,o'er youth's bright looks1 and beauty's flowery crown6 ,yet must thou hear a voice--,restore the dead6 ,earth shall reclaim her precious things from thee3-- ,restore the dead1 thou sea6 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,how humbling to one1 with a heart and a soul1 ,to look on thy greatness1 and list to its roll2 ,to think how that heart in cold ashes shall be1 ,while the voice of ,eternity rises from thee6 ,but when thy deep surges no longer shall roll1 ,and the firmament's length is drawn back like a scroll1 ,then--then shall the spirit that sighs by thee now1 ,be more mighty1 more lasting1 more chainless than thou6 ,john ,a4 ,shea4 ,god of the dark and heavy deep6 ,the waves lie sleeping on the sands1 ,till the fierce trumpet of the storm ,hath summoned up their slumbering bands2 ,then the white sails are dashed like foam1 ,or hurry1 trembling1 o'er the seas1 ,till1 calmed by ,thee1 the sinking gale ,serenely breathes1--,depart in peace4 ,w4 ,b4 ,o4 ,peabody4 ,in every object here ,i see ,something1 ,o ,lord1 that leads to ,thee2 ,firm as the rock ,thy promise stands1 ,thy mercies countless as the sands1 ,thy love a sea immensely wide1 ,thy grace an overflowing tide4 ,in every object here ,i see ,something1 my heart1 that points to thee2 ,hard as the rocks that bound the strand1 ,unfruitful as the barren sand1 ,deep and deceitful as the ,ocean1 ,and like the tides in constant motion4 ,b4 ,barton4 ,the prayer is said1 ,and the last rite man pays to man is paid2 ,the plashing water marks his resting-place1 ,and folds him round1 in one long1 cold embrace2 ,bright bubbles for a moment sparkle o'er1 ,then break1 to be1 like him1 beheld no more2 ,down1 countless fathoms down1 he sinks to sleep1 ,with all the nameless shapes that haunt the deep4 ,charles ,sprague4 ,thou paragon of elemental powers1 ,mystery of waters--never slumbering sea6 ,impassioned orator with lips sublime1 ,whose waves are arguments which prove a ,god6 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,,seasons4 ,and ,god said1 ,let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night2 and let them be for signs1 and for seasons1 and for days1 and years4--,genesis1 i4 #ad4 ,while the earth remaineth1 seed-time and harvest1 and cold and heat1 and summer and winter1 and day and night1 shall not cease4--,genesis1 viii4 #bb4 ,he giveth snow like wool3 ,he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes4 ,he casteth forth ,his ice like morsels3 who can stand before ,his cold8 ,he sendeth out ,his word1 and melteth them3 ,he causeth ,his wind to blow1 and the waters flow4--,psalm cxlvii4 #af1 #ag1 #ah4 ,he changeth the times and the seasons4--,daniel1 ii4 #ba4 ,the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it1 and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed1 receiveth blessing from ,god4--,hebrews1 vi4 #g4 ,these1 as they change1 ,almighty ,father1 these ,are but the varied ,god4 ,the rolling year ,is full of ,thee4 ,forth in the pleasing ,spring ,thy beauty walks1 ,thy tenderness and love4 ,wide flush the fields2 the softening air is balm2 ,echo the mountains round2 the forest smiles2 ,and every sense1 and every heart is joy4 ,then comes ,thy glory in the ,summer months1 ,with light and heat refulgent4 ,then ,thy sun ,shoots full perfection through the swelling year2 ,and oft ,thy voice in dreadful thunder speaks2 ,and oft at dawn1 deep noon1 or falling eve1 ,by brooks and groves1 in hollow whispering gales4 ,thy bounty shines in ,autumn unconfined1 ,and spreads a common feast for all that live4 ,in ,winter awful ,thou6 with clouds and storms ,around ,thee thrown1 tempest o'er tempest rolled1 ,majestic darkness6 on the whirlwind's wing1 ,riding sublime1 ,thou bid'st the world adore1 ,and humblest nature with ,thy northern blast4 ,thomson4 ,truth bids me look on men as ,autumn leaves2 ,and all they bleed for1 as the ,summer's dust1 ,driven by the whirlwind4 ,young4 ,what prodigies can power divine perform ,more grand than it produces year by year1 ,and all in sight of inattentive man8 ,familiar with the effect1 we slight the cause1 ,and in the constancy of nature's course1 ,the regular return of genial months1 ,see nought to wonder at4 ,cowper4 ,when ,spring unlocks the flowers1 to paint the laughing soil2 ,when ,summer's balmy showers refresh the mower's toil2 ,when ,winter binds in frosty chains the fallow and the flood1 ,in ,god the earth rejoiceth still1 and owns her ,maker good4 ,the birds that wake the morning1 and those that love the shade2 ,the winds that sweep the mountain1 or lull the drowsy glade2 ,the sun that from his amber bower rejoiceth on his way1 ,the moon and stars their ,maker's name in silent pomp display4 ,shall man1 the lord of nature1 expectant of the sky-- ,shall man1 alone unthankful1 his meed of praise deny8 ,no1--let the sun forsake its course1 the seasons cease to be1 ,thee1 ,maker1 must we still adore2 and1 ,saviour1 honour ,thee4 ,the flowers of spring may wither1--the hope of ,summer fade1-- ,the ,autumn droop in ,winter1--the birds forsake the shade1-- ,the wind be lull'd1--the sun and moon forget their old decree1-- ,but we in nature's latest hour1 ,o ,lord6 will cling to ,thee4 ,bishop ,heber4 ,is there a heart that beats and lives1 ,to which no joy the ,spring-time gives8 ,alas6 in that unfeeling heart ,nor love nor kindliness has part2 ,or chilling want1 or pining care ,must brood1 or comfortless despair4 ,blest1 who without profane alloy ,can revel in that blameless joy6 ,more blest1 in every welcome hour1 ,if ,spring-time smile1 or winter lower1 ,who round him scatter'd hears or sees ,what still the excursive sense may please2 ,who round him finds1 perchance unsought1 ,fresh matter for improving thought2 ,and more1 the more he looks abroad1 ,marks1 owns1 and loves the present ,god6 ,bishop ,mant4 ,when youthful ,spring around us breathes1 ,thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh2 ,and every flower that ,summer wreathes1 ,is born beneath thy kindling eye2 ,where'er we turn ,thy glories shine1 ,and all things bright and fair are ,thine4 ,thomas ,moore4 ,ah1 how soon ,the shades of twilight follow hazy noon1 ,short'ning the busy day6--day that slides by ,amidst th' unfinish'd toils of husbandry2 ,toils still each morn resumed with double care1 ,to meet the icy terrors of the year2 ,to meet the threats of ,boreas undismay'd1 ,and ,winter's gathering frowns and hoary head4 ,then welcome1 cold2 welcome1 ye snowy nights6 ,heaven 'midst your rage shall mingle pure delights1 ,and confidence of hope the soul sustain1 ,while devastation sweeps along the plain3 ,nor shall the child of poverty despair1 ,but bless the ,power that rules the changing year2 ,assur'd--though horrors round his cottage reign-- ,that ,spring will come1 and ,nature smile again4 ,bloomfield4 ,,seeing--,,sight4 ,thou ,god seest me4--,genesis1 xvi4 #ac4 ,he that planted the ear1 shall ,he not hear8 ,he that formed the eye1 shall ,he not see4--,psalm xciv4 #i4 ,the light of the body is the eye3 if1 therefore1 thine eye be single1 thy whole body shall be full of light4 ,but if thine eye be evil1 thy whole body shall be full of darkness4 ,if therefore1 the light that is in thee be darkness1 how great is that darkness6--,matthew1 vi4 #bb1 #bc4 ,first the two eyes that have the seeing power1 ,stand as one watchman1 spy1 or sentinel1 ,being placed aloft within the head's high tower2 ,and though both see1 yet both but one thing tell4 ,these mirrors take into their little space ,the forms of moon1 and sun1 and every star1 ,of every body1 and of every place1 ,which with the wide world's arms embraced are3 ,yet their best objects1 and their noblest use1 ,hereafter1 in another world1 will be2 ,when ,god in them shall heavenly light infuse1 ,that face to face they may their ,maker see1 ,here are they guides1 which do the body lead1 ,which else would stumble in eternal night2 ,here in this world they do most knowledge read1 ,and are the casements which admit most light4 ,sir ,john ,davies4 ,though all the doors are sure1 and all our servants ,as sure bound with their sleeps2 yet there is ,one ,that wakes above1 whose eye no sleep can bind2 ,he sees through doors1 and darkness1 and our thoughts2 ,and1 therefore1 as we should avoid with fear1 ,to think ourselves amiss before ,his search2 ,so should we be as curious to shun ,all cause that others think not ill of us4 ,george ,chapman4 ,god nought foresees1 but sees3 for to ,his eyes ,nought is to come1 or past3 nor are you vile ,because that ,heaven foresees1 for ,god1 not we1 ,sees as things are2 things are not as we see4 ,john ,marston4 ,,seeking4 ,o ,god thou art my ,god2 early will ,i seek thee4--,psalm lxiii4 #a4 ,seek ye the ,lord while he may be found1 call ye upon him while he is near4--,isaiah1 lv4 #f4 ,it is time to seek the ,lord1 till he come and rain righteousness upon you4--,hosea1 x4 #ab4 ,seek and ye shall find4--,matthew1 vii4 #g4 ,we'll seek ,thy face at early dawn ,when clouds and darkness veil the sky1 ,upon the rising mist of morn1 ,confess our errors in a sigh1 ,and the first beam that shines above ,shall glow with ,thy forgiving love4 ,then will the clouds that linger oft ,about the region of the breast1 ,like those that faint in light aloft1 ,flee far away and give us rest2 ,while every darksome grief shall be ,dispelled by glory shed from ,thee4 ,like happy bees1 ,o6 let us roam1 ,extracting joy from all around1 ,and winging towards our heavenly home1 ,rise up with pure devotion crowned2 ,and ,thee1 great ,king of ,glory1 meet1 ,as tuneful larks the sun would greet4 ,give us the faith to feel and know ,that ,thou art mirrored full and true ,within the breast1 as ,thou dost show ,thy sun amid a drop of dew4 ,and thus from sleep ,thy saints upraise1 ,to seek ,thy face in prayer and praise4 ,w4 ,martin4 ,lord1 we come before ,thee now1 ,at ,thy feet we humbly bow2 ,o1 do not our suit disdain3 ,shall we seek ,thee ,lord in vain8 ,in ,thy own appointed way1 ,now we seek ,thee1 here we stay2 ,lord1 from hence we would not go1 ,till a blessing ,thou bestow4 ,hammond4 ,,sepulchre--,,tomb4 ,and when ,joseph had taken the body1 he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth4 ,and laid it in his own new tomb1 which he had hewn out in the rock3 and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre1 and departed4--,matthew1 xxvii4 #ei1 #fj4 ,in the end of the sabbath1 as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week1 came ,mary ,magdalene and the other ,mary to see the sepulchre4--,matthew1 xxviii4 #a4 ,and entering into the sepulchre1 they saw a young man sitting on the right side4 ,and he saith unto them1 ,be not affrighted3 ,ye seek ,jesus of ,nazareth1 which was crucified3 ,he is risen4--,mark1 xvi4 #e1 #f4 ,how sweet1 in the musing of faith to repair ,to the garden where ,mary delighted to rove2 ,to sit by the tomb where she breathed her fond prayer1 ,and paid her sad tribute of sorrow and love2 ,to see the bright beam which disperses her fear1 ,as the ,lord of her soul breaks the bars of her prison1 ,and the voice of the angel salutes her glad ear1-- ,the ,lord is a captive no more--8,he is risen40 ,cunningham4 ,i saw two women weeping by the tomb ,of one new buried1 in a fair green place1 ,bower'd with shrubs2 the eye retained no trace ,of aught that day performed2 but the faint gloom ,of dying day was spread upon the sky4 ,the moon was broad and bright above the wood2 ,the distance sounded of a multitude1 ,music1 and shout1 and mingled revelry4 ,at length came gleaming through the thicket-shade ,helmet and casque1 and a steel-armed band ,watched round the sepulchre in solemn stand4 ,the night-word passed1 from man to man convey'd2 ,and ,i could see those women rise and go ,under the dark trees1 moving sad and slow4 ,henry ,alford4 ,hark from the tomb a doleful sound1 ,my ears attend the cry2 ,ye living men come view the ground1 ,where you must shortly lie4 ,watts4 ,,service4 ,as for me and my house1 we will serve the ,lord4--,joshua1 xxiv4 #ae4 ,i beseech you therefore1 brethren1 by the mercies of ,god1 that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice1 holy1 acceptable unto ,god1 which is your reasonable service4--,romans1 xii4 #a4 ,servants1 be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh1 ,not with eye-service as men-pleasers2 but as the servants of ,christ1 doing the will of ,god from the heart4--,ephesians1 vi4 #e1 #f4 ,had ,i but served my ,god with half the zeal ,i served my king1 ,he would not1 in mine age1 ,have left me naked to mine enemies4 ,shakspere4 ,to tell you truly what ,i wish to be1 ,and never would be other1 if ,i could1 ,but in the comfort of the heaven's decree ,in soul and body that ,i ever should-- ,though in the world1 not to the world to live1 ,but to my ,god my service wholly give4 ,this would ,i be1 and would none other be1 ,but a religious servant of my ,god2 ,and know there is none other ,god but ,he1 ,and willingly to suffer mercy's rod2 ,joy in ,his grace1 and live but in ,his love1 ,and seek my bliss but in the heaven above4 ,thus would ,i spend in service of my ,god ,the ling'ring hours of these few days of mine1 ,to show how sin and death are overtrod ,but by the virtue of the power divine2 ,our thoughts but vain1 our substance slime and dust1 ,and only ,christ for our eternal trust4 ,nicolas ,breton4 ,expect not more from servants than is just2 ,reward them well1 if they observe their trust1 ,nor them with cruelty1 or pride invade2 ,since ,god and nature them our brothers made4 ,denham4 ,a few forsake the throng2 with lifted eyes1 ,ask wealth of ,heaven1 and gain a real prize-- ,truth1 wisdom1 grace1 and peace like that above1 ,sealed with ,his signet whom they serve and love4 ,cowper4 ,,shade--,,shadow4 ,we are but of yesterday1 and know nothing1 because our days upon earth are a shadow4--,job1 viii4 #i4 ,he that dwelleth in the secret place of the ,most ,high shall abide under the shadow of the ,almighty4--,psalm xci4 #a4 ,i am gone like the shadow when it declineth4--,psalm cix4 #bc4 ,the ,lord is thy shade upon thy right hand4--,psalm cxxi4 #e4 ,it is a dial--which points out ,the sunset as it moves about1 ,and shadows out in lines of night ,the subtle stages of time's flight1 ,till all-obscuring earth hath laid ,his body in perpetual shade4 ,dr4 ,henry ,king4 ,alas6 the idle tale of man is found ,depicted in the dial's moral round2 ,with ,hope ,reflection blinds his sacred rays ,to gild the total tablet of his days2 ,yet still the sport of some malignant ,power1 ,he knows but from its shade the present hour4 ,wordsworth4 ,between two breaths1 what crowded mysteries lie1-- ,the first short gasp1 the last and long drawn sigh6 ,like phantoms painted on the magic slide1 ,forth from the darkness of the past we glide1 ,as living shadows for a moment seen ,in airy pageant on the eternal screen1 ,traced by a ray from one unchanging flame1 ,then seek the dust and stillness1 whence we came4 ,o4 ,w4 ,holmes4 ,this shadow on the dial's face1 ,that steals1 from day to day1 ,with slow1 unseen1 unceasing pace1 ,moments1 and months1 and years away2 ,this shadow1 which in every clime1 ,since light and motion first began1 ,hath held its course sublime3 ,what is it8--,mortal man6 ,it is the scythe of ,time4 ,a shadow only to the eye1 ,it levels all beneath the sky4 ,anon4 ,,sheep--,,shepherd4 ,the ,lord is my shepherd2 ,i shall not want4 ,he maketh me to lie down in green pastures3 he leadeth me beside the still waters4--,psalm xxiii4 #a1 #b4 ,all we like sheep have gone astray2 we have turned every one to his own way4--,isaiah1 liii4 #f4 ,then said ,jesus1 ,i am the good shepherd and know my sheep1 and am known of mine4 ,as the ,father knoweth me1 even so know ,i the ,father3 and ,i lay down my life for the sheep4--,john1 x4 #g1 #ad1 #ae4 ',tis said1 that ,god is a consuming fire1 ,but oh6 'tis sure1 ,he now lays by his ire3 ,he thunders out1 ,with trumpet's shout1 ,no judgment from ,mount ,sinai2 but a still ,soft voice of love and free good will3 ,he that appear'd then in a warlike dress1 ,seeks now the stray sheep in the wilderness4 ,p4 ,fletcher4 ,lamb of ,jesus' blood-bought flock1 ,brought again from sin and straying6 ,hear the ,shepherd's gentle voice1 ',tis a true and faithful saying-- 8,greater love how can there be ,than to yield up life for thee6 ,bought with pang1 and tear1 and sigh1 ,turn and live6 why will ye die80 ,bishop ,doane4 ,and dost ,thou1 ,holy ,shepherd1 leave ,thine unprotected flock alone1 ,here in this darksome vale to grieve1 ,while ,thou ascend'st ,thy glorious throne8 ,oh1 where can they their hopes now turn1 ,who never lived but on ,thy love8 ,where rest the hearts for ,thee that burn1 ,when ,thou art lost in light above8 ,how shall those eyes now find repose ,that turn in vain ,thy smile to see8 ,what can they hear save mortal woes1 ,who lose ,thy voice's melody8 ,and who shall lay his tranquil hand ,upon the troubled ocean's might8 ,who hush the winds by ,his command8 ,who guide us through this starless night8 ,for ,thou art gone6--that cloud so bright1 ,that bears ,thee from our love away1 ,springs upwards through the dazzling light1 ,and leaves us here to weep and pray4 ,from the ,spanish of ,luis ,ponce de ,leon4 ,the ,lord my pasture shall prepare1 ,and feed me with a shepherd's care2 ,his presence shall my wants supply1 ,and guard me with a watchful eye2 ,my noonday walks ,he shall attend1 ,and all my midnight hours defend4 ,when in the sultry glebe ,i faint1 ,or on the thirsty mountains pant2 ,to fertile vales and dewy meads ,my weary wandering steps ,he leads2 ,where peaceful rivers1 soft and slow1 ,amid the verdant landscape flow4 ,though in the paths of death ,i tread1 ,with gloomy horrors overspread1 ,my steadfast heart shall fear no ill1 ,for ,thou1 ,o ,lord1 art with me still2 ,thy friendly crook shall give me aid1 ,and guide me through the dreadful shade4 ,though in a bare and rugged way1 ,through devious lonely wilds ,i stray1 ,thy bounty shall my wants beguile1 ,the barren wilderness shall smile1 ,with sudden greens and herbage crown'd1 ,and streams shall murmur all around4 ,addison4 ,the ,lord is my shepherd1 no want shall ,i know1 ,i feed in green pastures1 safe-folded ,i rest2 ,he leadeth my soul where the still waters flow1 ,restores me when wandering1 redeems when opprest4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,shortness4 ,how long1 ,lord8 wilt ,thou hide ,thyself for ever8 shall ,thy wrath burn like fire8 ,remember how short my time is3 wherefore hast ,thou made all men in vain4--,psalm lxxxix4 #df1 #dg4 ,man's life1 sir1 being ,so short1 and then the way that leads unto ,the knowledge of ourselves so long and tedious1 ,each minute should be precious4 ,beaumont and ,fletcher4 ,busy1 curious1 thirsty fly6 ,drink with me1 and drink as ,i6 ,freely welcome to my cup1 ,couldst thou sip and sip it up3 ,make the most of life you may2 ,life is short and wears away4 ,both alike are mine and thine ,hastening quick to their decline6 ,thine's a summer1 mine no more1 ,though repeated to threescore6 ,threescore summers1 when they're gone1 ,will appear as short as one6 ,oldys4 ,how short1 how narrow is the span1 ,how few the years allow'd to man2 ,and e'en in those few years he feels1 ,and groans1 beneath a thousand ills4 ,as springs the flower in some gay mead1 ,then sudden hangs its drooping head1 ,so does our boasted strength decay1 ,and1 like the shadow1 flee away4 ,for every moment that we breathe1 ,we're hast'ning to the gates of ,death6 ,and who can needful help afford1 ,in that sad hour1 but ,thou1 ,o ,lord8 ,conscious of guilt1 to ,thee we cry1 ,and raise the hand and lift the eye2 ,yet sure our sins may justly move ,thine anger1 rather than ,thy love6 ,r4 ,brown4 ,,sickness4 ,and ,jesus went about all ,galilee1 healing all manner of sickness1 and all manner of disease among the people4--,matthew1 iv4 #bc4 ,that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by ,esaias the prophet1 saying1 ,himself took our infirmities1 and bare our sicknesses4--,matthew1 viii4 #ag4 ,but chiefly1 ,thou1 ,whom soft-eyed pity once led down from ,heaven ,to bleed for man1 to teach him how to live1 ,and ,o1 still harder lesson1 how to die2 ,disdain not ,thou to smooth the restless bed ,of sickness and of pain4 ,bishop ,porteus4 ,when sickness to my fainting soul ,her fearful form display'd1 ,i to my secret chamber stole1 ,and humbly thus ,i pray'd4 ,if softened by the impending stroke1 ,my heart1 ,o ,lord1 will yield1 ,in mercy ,thy decree revoke1 ,and let my wound be heal'd4 ,but if from memory's tablet soon ,ingratitude would tear ,the bounteous giver1 and the boon1 ,oh1 hear not ,thou my prayer4 ,rather than bear that blackest stain ,within my breast1 ,i'd brave ,the keenest throes of restless pain-- ,the terrors of the grave4 ,if health's unmerited return ,should bless my future days1 ,oh1 may ,i from ,thy ,spirit learn ,a daily song of praise4 ,but should ,i shortly hence depart1 ,or1 lingering suffer still1 ,may that blest ,spirit1 ,lord1 impart ,submission to ,thy will4 ,bishop ,heber4 ,,silence4 ,unto ,thee will ,i cry1 ,o ,lord1 my rock2 be not silent to me3 lest if ,thou be silent to me1 ,i become like them that go down to the pit4--,psalm xxviii4 #a4 ,the ,lord is in ,his holy temple2 let all the earth keep silence before ,him4--,habakkuk1 ii4 #bj4 ,be silent1 ,o all flesh1 before the ,lord4--,zechariah1 ii4 #ac4 ,the silence1 often1 of pure innocence1 ,persuades when speaking fails4 ,shakspere4 ,sacred silence6 thou that art ,floodgate of the deeper heart1 ,offspring of a heavenly kind2 ,frost o' the mouth1 and thaw o' the mind1 ,admiration's readiest tongue1 ,leave the desert shades1 among ,reverend hermits' hallow'd cells1 ,where retired devotion dwells4 ,flecknoe4 ,in silence mend what ills deform thy mind2 ,but all thy good impart to all thy kind4 ,john ,sterling4 ,true prayer is not the noisy sound ,that clamorous lips repeat1 ,but the deep silence of a soul ,that clasps ,jehovah's feet4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,when some beloved voice1 that was to you ,both sound and sweetness1 failed suddenly1 ,and silence against which you dare not cry1 ,aches round you like a strong disease and new-- ,what hope1 what help1 what music will undo ,that silence to your sense4 ,elizabeth ,barrett ,browning4 ,ours is a world of words2 ,quiet we call 8,silence10 which is the merest word of all4 ,all nature speaks1 and ev'n ideal things ,flap shadowy sounds from visionary wings-- ,but ah6 not so when1 thus in realms on high1 ,the eternal voice of ,god is passing by1 ,and the red winds are withering in the sky6 ,e4 ,a4 ,poe4 ,,sin4 ,blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven1 whose sin is covered4--,psalm xxxii4 #a4 ,i will declare my iniquity2 ,i will be sorry for my sin4--,psalm xxxviii4 #ah4 ,hide ,thy face from my sins1 and blot out all my iniquities4--,psalm li4 #i4 ,i have blotted out1 as a thick cloud1 thy transgressions1 and1 as a cloud1 thy sins3 return unto me2 for ,i have redeemed thee4--,isaiah1 xliv4 #bb4 ,by one man sin entered into the world1 and death by sin2 and so death passed upon all men1 for that all have sinned4--,romans1 v4 #ab4 ,all things are of ,god1 who hath reconciled us to ,himself by ,jesus ,christ4 ,for ,he hath made ,him to be sin for us1 who knew no sin2 that we might be made the righteousness of ,god in ,him4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 v4 #ah1 #ba4 ,sin ever must ,be tortured with the rack of his own frame2 ,for he that holds no faith1 shall find no trust1 ,but sowing wrong1 is sure to reap the same4 ,daniel4 ,o1 how unsufferable is the weight ,of sin6 how miserable is their state1 ,the silence of whose secret sin conceals ,the smart1 till justice to revenge appeals6 99 99 99 99 99 ,who loves to sin1 in hell his portion's given2 ,who dies to sin shall1 after1 live in heaven4 ,quarles4 ',tis not to cry ,god mercy1 or to sit ,and droop1 or to confess that thou hast failed3 ',tis to bewail the sins thou didst commit2 ,and not commit those sins thou hast bewailed4 ,he that bewails1 and not forsakes them too1 ,confesses rather what he means to do4 ,quarles4 ,that sin does ten times aggravate itself1 ,that is committed in a holy place2 ,an evil deed done by authority1 ,is sin and subornation2 deck an ape ,in tissue1 and the beauty of the robe ,adds but the greater scorn unto the beast2 ,the poison shows worst in a golden cup2 ,dark night seems darker by the lightning's flash2 ,lilies that fester smell far worse then weeds2 ,and every glory that inclines to sin1 ,the same is treble by the opposite4 ,old ,play4 7#aeig47 ,much have we sinned to our shame1 ,but spare us who our sins confess2 ,and for the glory of ,thy name1 ,to our sick souls afford redress4 ,drummond4 ,it is a shame1 that man1 that has the seeds ,of virtue in him springing unto glory1 ,should make his soul degenerate with sin1 ,and slave to luxury2 to drown his spirits ,in lees of sloth2 to yield up the weak day ,to wine1 to lust1 and banquets4 ,shackerly4 ,sin1 like a bee1 unto thy hive may bring ,a little honey1 but expect the sting4 ,watkyns4 ,woe unto those who countenance a sin1 ,siding with vice that it may credit win1 ,by their unhallowed vote2 that do benight ,the truth with error1 putting dark for light1 ,and light for dark2 that call an evil good1 ,and would by vice have virtue understood4 ,bishop ,king4 ,o1 the dangerous siege ,sin lays about us6 ,and the tyranny ,he exercises1 when he hath expunged3 ,like to the horror of a winter's thunder1 ,mixed with a gushing storm1 that suffers nothing ,to stir abroad on earth but their own rages1 ,is sin1 when it hath gathered head above us3 ,no roof1 no shelter will secure us so1 ,but he will drown our cheeks in fear or woe4 ,chapman4 ,to threats the stubborn sinner oft is hard1 ,wrapped in his crimes1 against the storm prepared2 ,but when the milder beams of mercy play1 ,he melts1 and throws his cumbrous cloak away4 ,dryden4 ,for he that but conceives a crime in thought1 ,contracts the danger of an actual fault2 ,then what must he expect1 that still proceeds ,to finish sin1 and work up thoughts in deeds8 ,dryden4 ,what if the sinner's magazines are stored ,with the rich spoils that ,ophir's mines afford8 ,what if he spends his happy days and nights ,in softest joys1 and undisturbed delights8 ,where is his hope at last1 when ,god shall wrest ,his trembling soul from his reluctant breast8 ,blackmore4 ,what havoc hast thou made1 foul monster1 ,sin6 ,greatest and first of ills6 ,the fruitful parent ,of woes of all dimensions6 ,but for thee1 ,sorrow had never been6 ,blair4 ,lord6 with what care hast ,thou begirt us round6 ,parents first season us2 the schoolmasters ,deliver us to laws2 they send us bound ,to rules of reason2 holy messengers3 ,pulpits and ,sundays2 sorrow1 dogging sin2 ,afflictions sorted2 anguish of all sizes2 ,fine nets and stratagems to catch us in2 ,bibles laid open2 millions of surprises2 ,blessings beforehand2 ties of gratefulness2 ,the sound of glory ringing in our ears2 ,without1 our shame2 within1 our consciences2 ,angels and ,grace2 eternal hopes and fears6 ,yet all these fences and their whole array1 ,one cunning bosom sin blows quite away4 ,george ,herbert4 ,as the fond sheep that idly strays1 ,with wanton play1 through devious ways1 ,which never hits the road of home1 ,o'er wilds of danger learns to roam1 ,till1 wearied out with idle fear1 ,and passing there1 and turning here1 ,he will1 for rest1 to covert run1 ,and meet the wolf he strove to shun3 ,thus wretched ,i1 through wanton will1 ,ran blind and headlong on in ill4 ',twas thus from sin to sin ,i flew1 ,and thus ,i might have perished too2 ,but mercy dropped the likeness here1 ,and showed and saved me from my fear1 ,while o'er the darkness of my mind ,the sacred ,spirit purely shined1 ,and marked and brightened all the way ,which leads to everlasting day2 ,and broke the thickening clouds of sin1 ,and fixed the light of love within4 ,parnell4 ,on ,his pale brow the drops are large and red ,as victim's blood at votive altar shed-- ,his hands are clasped1 ,his eyes are raised in prayer-- ,alas1 and is there strife ,he cannot bear1 ,who calmed the tempest1 and who raised the dead8 ,there is6 there is6 for now the powers of hell ,are struggling for the mastery--'tis the hour ,when death exerts his last permitted power1 ,when the dead weight of sin1 since ,adam fell1 ,is visited on ,him who deigned to dwell-- ,a man with men1 that ,he might bear the stroke ,of wrath divine1 and break the captive's yoke-- ,but ,o1 of that dread strife1 what words can tell8 ,those1 only those which broke1 with many a groan1 ,from ,his full heart--8,o1 ,father1 take away ,the cup of vengeance ,i must drink to-day-- ,yet1 ,father1 not ,my will1 but ,thine1 be done60 ,it could not pass away1 for ,he alone ,was mighty to endure and strong to save3 ,nor would ,jehovah leave ,him in the grave1 ,nor could corruption taint ,his ,holy ,one4 ,dale4 ,when at first from virtue's path we stray1 ,how shrinks the feeble heart with sad dismay6 ,more bold at length1 by powerful habit led1 ,careless and sered1 the dreary wilds we tread2 ,behold the gaping gulf of sin with scorn1 ,and plunging deep1 to endless death are borne4 ,james ,scott4 ,,sinai4 ,the ,lord came from ,sinai1 and rose up from ,seir unto them2 ,he shined forth from ,mount ,paran1 and ,he came with ten thousands of saints3 from ,his right hand went a fiery law4--,deuteronomy1 xxxiii4 #b4 ,the mountains melted from before the ,lord1 even that ,sinai from before the ,lord ,god of ,israel4--,judges1 v4 #e4 ,god from the ,mount of ,sinai1 whose grey top ,shall tremble1 ,he descending1 will himself1 ,in thunder1 lightning1 and loud tempest's sound1 ,ordain them laws2 part such as appertain ,to civil justice1 part religious rites ,of sacrifice1 informing them by types ,and shadows1 of that destined ,seed to bruise ,the serpent1 by what means ,he shall achieve ,mankind's deliverance4 ,but the voice of ,god ,to mortal ear is dreadful6 ,they beseech ,that ,moses might repeat to them ,his will1 ,and terror cease4 ,he grants what they besought1 ,instructed that to ,god is no access ,without ,mediator1 whose high office now ,moses in figure bears1 to introduce ,one greater1 of whose day he shall foretell4 ,milton4 ,the mountain rocked round ,sinai's trembling sides2 ,in gloomy spires the dreadful smoke arose2 ,angelic trumpets pierced the ethereal vault2 ,wide-echoing thunder rent the conscious air2 ,fierce lightning shot its terrors through the sky2 ,all nature spake1 and with convulsive shock ,gave awful proof of the descending ,god4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,those laws which from ,mount ,sinai ,jehovah1 clothed with terrors1 while thick clouds ,and darkness wrapt him round1 pronounced1 in sounds ,which chilled the hearts of those who heard1 and froze ,their very blood4 ,beneath ,his awful feet ,earth trembled1 and the lofty mountain shook2 ,hoarse thunder growled1 and livid lightnings flashed1 ,while sounds of horror and distress amid ,the howling wilderness were heard4 ,william ,hodson4 ,,singing--,,song4 ,o sing unto the ,lord a new song3 sing unto the ,lord1 all the earth4 ,sing unto the ,lord1 bless his name2 shew forth his salvation from day to day4--,psalm xcvi4 #a1 #b4 ,and they sing the song of ,moses the servant of ,god1 and the song of the ,lamb1 saying1 ,great and marvellous are thy works1 ,lord ,god ,almighty4--,revelation1 xv4 #c4 ,who is the ,lord1 then8 ,earth to me hath cried3 ,he1 whose soul boundless everywhere is spread2 ,who measures the ,creation with a stride2 ,he1 who with splendour e'er the sun hath fed4 ,he1 who from nothingness all matter drew2 ,he1 who built up the universe on nought2 ,he1 who round shoreless seas a girdle threw2 ,he1 whose sole look forth light from darkness brought4 ,he1 who no heed to ,time's progression gives2 ,he1 who draws being from his own command2 ,who1 in the future as the present lives2 ,and recalls years1 departed from his hand4 ',tis ,he6--it is the ,lord6 ,oh6 may my tongue1 ,his countless glorious names to man repeat2 ,as the gold lamp before ,his altars hung2 ,i'll sing to ,him1 while holds my life her seat6 ,rev4 ,w4 ,pulling1 from ,lamartine4 ,thanks be to ,god6 ,his grace has shown ,how sinful man on earth ,may join the songs which round his throne ,give endless praises birth3 ,he gave ,his ,son for man to die6 ,he sent ,his ,spirit from on high ,to consummate the scheme3 ,o be that consummation blest6 ,and let ,redemption be confest ,a poet's noblest theme4 ,b4 ,barton4 8,worthy the ,lamb10 on earth we sing 8,who died our souls to save40 ,henceforth1 ,o ,death where is thy sting8 ,thy victory1 ,o ,grave8 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,sky4 ,stand still1 and consider the wondrous works of ,god4 ,hast thou with him spread out the sky1 which is strong1 and as a molten looking-glass8--,job1 xxxvii4 #ad1 #ah4 ,drop down1 ye heavens1 from above1 and let the skies pour down righteousness4--,isaiah1 xlv4 #h4 ,when yonder glorious sky ,lighted with million lamps1 ,i contemplate2 ,and turn my dazzled eye ,to this vain mortal state1 ,all dim and visionary1 mean and desolate1 ,a mingled joy and grief ,fills all my soul with dark solicitude2 ,i find a short relief ,in tears1 whose torrents rude ,roll down my cheeks1 or thoughts which then intrude4 ,thou bright1 sublime abode6 ,temple of light1 and beauty's fairest shrine3 ,my soul6 a spark of ,god1 ,aspiring to thy seats divine1 ,why1 why is it condemned in this dull cell to pine8 ,for there1 and there alone1 ,are peace1 and joy1 and never-dying love2 ,there1 on a splendid throne1 ',midst all those fires above1 ,in glories and delights which never wane nor move4 ,oh1 wondrous blessedness6 ,whose shadowy effluence hope o'er time can fling2 ,day that shall never cease1 ,no night there threatening1 ,no winter there to chill joy's ever-during spring4 ,ye fields of changeless green ,covered with living streams and fadeless flowers1 ,thou ,paradise serene1 ,eternal1 joyful hours ,my disembodied soul shall welcome in thy bowers4 ,luis ,ponce de ,leon1 ,spanish4 ,,slander4 ,for ,i have heard the slander of many3 fear was on every side3 while they took counsel together against me1 they devised to take away my life4--,psalm xxxi4 #ac4 ,he that uttereth a slander1 is a fool4--,proverbs1 x4 #ah4 ,that thou art blamed shall not be thy defect2 ,for slander's mark was ever yet the fair2 ,so thou be good1 slander doth but approve ,thy worth the greater4 ,shakspere4 ',tis slander1 ,whose edge is sharper than the sword2 whose tongue ,out-venoms all the worms of ,nile2 whose breath ,rides on the posting wind1 and doth belie ,all corners of the world2 kings1 queens1 and states1 ,maids1 matrons1 nay1 the secrets of the grave1 ,the viperous slander enters4 ,shakspere4 ,slander lives upon succession1 ,for ever housed when once it gets possession4 ,shakspere4 ,imperfect mischief6 ,thou1 like an adder1 venomous and deaf1 ,hast stung the traveller1 yet hear'st ,not his pursuing voice4 ,e'en when thou think'st ,to hide1 the rustling leaves and bended grass ,confess and point the path where thou hast crept4 ,congreve4 ,forgot by those who in the grave abide1 ,and as a broken vessel past repair1 ,slandered by many1 fear on every side1 ,who counsel take and would my life ensnare4 ,but ,lord1 my hopes on ,thee are fixed3 ,i said ,thou art my ,god1 my days are in ,thy hand2 ,against my furious foes oppose thy aid1 ,and those1 who prosecute my soul1 withstand4 ,sandys4 ,one who molests a harmless neighbour's peace1 ,insults fall'n worth or beauty in distress2 ,who loves a lie1 lame slander heaps about1 ,who writes a libel1 or who copies out4 ,pope4 ,,slavery4 ,is ,israel a servant8 is he a home-born slave8 why is he spoiled8--,jeremiah1 ii4 #ad4 ,there is no flesh in man's obdurate heart1 ,it does not feel for man2 the natural bond ,of brotherhood is severed1 as the flax ,that falls asunder at the touch of fire4 ,he finds his fellow guilty of a skin ,not coloured like his own2 and having power ,t' enforce the wrong1 for such a worthy cause1 ,dooms and devotes him as a lawful prey4 99 99 99 99 99 ,thus man devotes his brother1 and destroys2 ,and worse than all1 and most to be deplored1 ,as human nature's broadest1 foulest blot1 ,chains him1 and tasks him1 and exacts his sweat ,with stripes1 that mercy1 with a bleeding heart1 ,weeps1 when she sees inflicted on a beast4 ,then what is man8 and what man seeing this1 ,and having human feelings1 does not blush1 ,and hang his head1 to think himself a man4 ,cowper4 ,though cold as winter1 gloomy as the grave1 ,stone walls a ,prisoner make1 but not a ,slave4 ,shall man assume a property in man8 ,lay on the moral will a withering ban8 ,shame that our laws at distance should protect ,enormities1 which they at home reject6 8,slaves cannot breathe in ,england0--a proud boast6 ,and yet a mockery6 if from coast to coast1 ,though fettered slave be none1 her floors and soil ,groan underneath a weight of slavish toil1 ,for the poor many1 measured out by rules ,fetched with cupidity from heartless schools1 ,that to an ,idol1 falsely called 8the wealth ,of ,nations10 sacrifice a ,people's health1 ,body1 and mind1 and soul1 a thirst so keen ,is ever urging on the vast machine ,of sleepless ,labour1 'mid whose dizzy wheels ,the power least prized is that which thinks and feels4 ,wordsworth4 ,man seeks for gold in mines1 that he may weave ,a lasting chain for his own slavery2 ,in fear and restless care that he may live1 ,he toils for others1 who must ever be ,the joyless thralls of his captivity2 ,he murders1 for his chief delight's in ruin2 ,he builds the altar1 that its idol's fee ,may be his very blood2 he is pursuing1 ,o1 blind and willing wretch6 his own obscure undoing4 ,shelley4 ,lives there a savage ruder than the slave8 ,cruel as death1 insatiate as the grave1 ,false as the winds that round his vessel blow1 ,remorseless as the gulf that yawns below1 ,is he who toils upon the wafting flood ,a ,christian broker in the trade of blood2 ,boist'rous in speech1 in action prompt and bold1 ,he buys1 he sells--he steals1 he kills for gold4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,hast thou ever asked thyself ,what it is to be a slave8 ,bought and sold for sordid pelf1 ,from the cradle to the grave4 ',tis to know thy transient powers ,e'en of muscle1 flesh1 and bone1 ,cannot1 in thy happiest hours1 ,be considered as thine own4 ,but thy master's goods and chattels1 ,lent to thee for little more ,than to fight his selfish battles ,for some bits of shining ore4 ',tis to learn thou hast a heart ,beating in that bartered frame ,of whose ownership--no part ,thou canst challenge but in name2 ,for the curse of slavery crushes ,out the life-blood from its core1 ,and expends its throbbing gushes ,but to swell another's store4 ,god's best gift from heaven above1 ,meant to make a heaven on earth1 ,hallowing1 humanizing love6 ,with the ties which thence have birth1 ,these can never be his lot1 ,who1 like brutes1 is bought and sold1 ,holding such--as having not ,on his own the spider's hold4 ',tis to feel e'en worse than this1 ,if aught worse than this can be1 ,thou hast shrined1 for bale or bliss1 ,an immortal soul in thee6 ,but that this undying guest ,shares thy body's degradation1 ,until slavery's bonds unblest1 ,check each kindling aspiration4 ,and what should have been thy light1 ,shining e'en beyond the grave1 ,turns to darkness worse than night1 ,leaving thee a hopeless slave6 ,such is ,slavery6 ,couldst thou bear ,its vile bondage8 ,oh6 my brother1 ,how1 then1 canst thou1 wilt thou dare ,to inflict it on another8 ,bernard ,barton4 ,slave-mart6-- ,oh1 mart of blood6--but ,god for vengeance cries1 ,and man shall shrink when slaves in judgment rise2 ,the ,power that moulds the lily's snowy form1 ,ordains the sunbeam1 and propels the storm1 ,whose boundless presence all creation fills1 ,adorns the valleys1 and surmounts the hills1 ,designs for all1 and yet creates alone1 ,shall rise at last to vindicate ,his own6 ,j4 ,burbidge4 ,they are slaves who will not choose ,hatred1 scoffing1 and abuse1 ,rather than in silence shrink ,from the truth they needs must think2 ,they are slaves who dare not be ,in the right with two or three4 ,anon4 ,,sleep4 ,i will both lay me down in peace1 and sleep3 for ,thou1 ,lord1 only makest me dwell in safety4--,psalm iv4 #h4 ,he giveth ,his beloved sleep4--,psalm cxxvii4 #b4 ,come sleep1 ,o sleep1 the certain knot peace1 ,the baiting-place of wit1 the balm of woe1 ,the poor man's wealth1 the prisoner's release1 ,th' indifferent judge between the high and low4 ,sir ,philip ,sidney4 ,sleep that knits up the revelled sleeve of care1 ,the death of each day's life1 sore labour's bath1 ,balm of hurt minds1 great nature's second course1 ,chief nourisher in life's feast4 ,shakspere4 ,why rather sleep liest thou in smoky cribs ,upon uneasy pallets stretching thee1 ,and hushed with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber1 ,than in the perfumed chambers of the great ,under the canopies of costly state1 ,and lulled with sounds of sweetest melody8 99 99 99 99 99 ,canst thou1 ,o partial sleep6 give thy repose ,to the wet seaboy in an hour so rude2 ,and in the calmest and most stillest night ,with all appliances and means to boot ,deny it to a king8 ,shakspere4 ,sleep on1 my love6 in thy cold bed ,never to be disquieted6 ,my last #8,good night6'--thou wilt not wake ,till ,i thy fate shall overtake-- ,till age1 or grief1 or sickness1 must ,marry my body to the dust ,it so much loves--and fill the room ,my heart keeps empty in thy tomb4 ,stay for me there6 ,i will not fail ,to meet thee in that hollow vale3 ,and think not much of my delay1 ,i am already on the way1 ,and follow thee with all the speed ,desire can make1 or sorrows breed4 ,each minute is a short degree1 ,and every hour a step towards thee4 ,at night when ,i betake to rest1 ,next morn ,i rise nearer my ,west ,of life1 almost by eight hours' sail1 ,than when sleep breath'd his drowsy gale4 ,bishop ,king4 ,how blessed was that sleep ,the sinless ,saviour knew6 ,in vain the storm-winds blew1 ,till ,he awoke to others' woes1 ,and hushed the billows to repose4 ,how beautiful is sleep6 ,the sleep that christians know3 ,ye mourners6 cease your woe4 ,while soft upon his ,saviour's breast1 ,the righteous sinks to endless rest4 ,mrs4 ,m',cartee4 ,good night6 ,slumber till the morning light6 ,slumber till the dawn of day ,brings its troubles with its ray6 ,sleep without or fear or fright6 ,our ,father wakes6 ,good night6 ,korner4 ,sleep sweetly1 tender heart1 in peace6 ,sleep1 holy spirit1 blessed soul1 ,while the stars burn1 the moons increase1 ,and the great ages onward roll4 ,sleep till the end1 true soul and sweet1 ,nothing comes to thee new or strange4 ,sleep1 full of rest from head to feet2 ,lie still1 dry dust1 secure of change4 ,tennyson4 ,o ,thou1 who in the garden's shade ,didst wake ,thy weary ones again1 ,who slumbered at that fearful hour2 ,forgetful of ,thy pain2 ,bend o'er us now1 as over them1 ,and set our sleep-bound spirits free2 ,nor leave us slumbering in the watch ,our souls should keep with ,thee6 ,j4 ,g4 ,whittier4 ,,sloth4 ,the hand of the diligent shall bear rule3 but the slothful shall be under tribute4--,proverbs1 xii4 #bd4 ,slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep2 and an idle soul shall suffer hunger4--,proverbs1 xix4 #ae4 ,be not slothful1 but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises4--,hebrews1 vi4 #ab4 ,he that outlives ,nestor1 and appears ,to have passed the date of grey ,methusalem's years1 ,if he his life to sloth and sin doth give1 ,i say he only was1 he did not live4 ,thomas ,randolph4 ,two principles from the beginning strove ,in human nature1 still dividing man1-- ,sloth and activity2 the lust of praise1 ,and indolence that rather wished to sleep4 99 99 99 99 99 ,sloth lay till mid-day1 turning on his couch ,like ponderous door upon its weary hinge1 ,and having rolled him out with much ado1 ,and many a dismal sigh1 and vain attempt1 ,he sauntered out1 accoutred carelessly1-- ,with half-oped1 misty1 unobservant eye1 ,somniferous1 that weighed the object down ,on which its burden hung1--an hour or two1 ,then with a groan retired to rest again4 ,the one1 whatever deed had been achieved1 ,thought it too little1 and too small the praise3 ,the other tried to think1 for thinking so ,answered his purpose best1 that what of great ,mankind could do had been already done2 ,and therefore laid him calmly down to sleep4 ,pollok4 ,why in sloth thy days consume8 ,why anticipate the tomb8 ,wasting thus thy youthful prime1 ,slumbering before the time8 ,sluggard up6 there's work to do1 ,let not sloth thy soul ensnare2 ,only the reward is due ,unto those the toil who share4 ,egone4 ,,snare4 ,the proud have hid a snare for me1 and cords2 they have spread a net by the wayside2 they have set gins for me4--,psalm cxl4 #e4 ,the law of the wise is a fountain of life1 to depart from the snares of death4--,proverbs1 xiii4 #ad4 ,make no friendship with an angry man2 and with a furious man thou shalt not go3 ,lest thou learn his ways1 and get a snare to thy soul4--,proverbs1 xxii4 #bd1 #be4 ,warn all creatures from thee ,henceforth1 lest that too heavenly form pretended ,to hellish falsehood snare them4 ,milton4 ,in the embattled plain ,though ,death exults and claps his raven wings1 ,yet reigns he not1 even there1 so absolute1 ,so merciless1 as in yon frantic scenes ,of midnight revel and tumultuous mirth1 ,where1 in the intoxicating draught concealed1 ,or couched beneath the glance of lawless love1 ,he snares the simple youth1 who1 nought suspecting1 ,meant to be blest--but finds himself undone4 ,bishop ,porteus4 ,beset with snares on every hand1 ,in life's uncertain path ,i stand2 ,saviour divine6 diffuse ,thy light ,to guide my doubtful footsteps right4 ,doddridge4 ,he that hath made his refuge ,god1 ,shall find a most secure abode2 ,shall walk all day beneath ,his shade1 ,and there at night shall rest his head4 ,then will ,i say1 8,my ,god1 ,thy pow'r ,shall be my fortress and my tow'r3 ,i1 that am form'd of feeble dust1 ,make ,thine almighty arm my trust40 ,thrice happy man6 thy ,maker's care ,shall keep thee from the fowler's snare2 ,satan1 the fowler1 who betrays ,unguarded souls a thousand ways4 ,watts4 ,,soldiers4 ,thou therefore endure hardness1 as a good soldier of ,jesus ,christ4 ,no man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life2 that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier4--,,ii4 ,timothy1 ii4 #c1 #d4 ,thy life's a warfare1 thou a soldier art1 ,satan's thy foeman1 and a faithful heart ,thy two-edged weapon1 patience is thy shield1 ,heaven is thy chieftain1 and the world thy field4 ,to be afraid to die1 or wish for death1 ,are words and passions of despairing breath3 ,who doth the first1 the day doth faintly yield2 ,and who the second1 basely flies the field4 ,francis ,quarles4 ,soldiers of ,christ1 arise1 ,and put your armour on1 ,strong in the strength which ,god supplies1 ,through ,his eternal ,son2 ,strong in the ,lord of ,hosts1 ,and in ,his mighty power1 ,who in the strength of ,jesus trusts1 ,is more than conqueror4 ,stand then in ,his great might1 ,with all ,his strength endued2 ,but take1 to arm you for the fight1 ,the ,panoply of ,god3 ,that having all things done1 ,and all your conflicts pass'd1 ,ye may o'ercome though ,christ alone1 ,and stand entire at last4 ,wesley4 ,soldier rise6 the war is done2 ,lo6 the hosts of hell are flying3 ',twas the ,lord thy battle won2 ,jesus vanquished them by dying4 ,pass the stream--before thee lies ,all the conquered land of glory4 ,hark6--what songs of rapture rise6 ,these proclaim the victor's story4 ,soldier1 lay thy weapons down1 ,quit the sword1 and take the crown4 ,triumph6 all thy foes are banished1 ,death is slain1 and earth has vanished4 ,phelan4 ,,solomon4 ,in ,gibeon the ,lord appeared to ,solomon in a dream by night3 and ,god said1 ,ask what ,i shall give thee4 ,and ,solomon said1 ,give ,thy servant an understanding heart to judge ,thy people1 that ,i may discern between good and bad4 ,and the speech pleased the ,lord1 that ,solomon had asked this thing4--,i4 ,kings1 iii4 #e1 #f1 #i1 #aj4 ,and ,god said to ,solomon1 ,because this was in thine heart1 and thou hast not asked riches1 wealth1 or honour1 nor the life of thine enemies1 neither yet hast asked long life2 but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself1 that thou mayest judge my people1 over whom ,i have made thee king3 ,wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee2 and ,i will give thee riches and wealth1 and honour1 such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee1 neither shall there any after thee have the like4--,,ii4 ,chronicles1 i4 #aa1 #ab4 ,a righteous sceptre in ,jerusalem ,reigned over ,israel2 and the arts of peace ,in higher honour placed ,king ,david's son1 ,than all the father's fierce and weary wars4 ,plenty and comfort blessed the labouring poor1 ,and splendour graced the noble and the wise3 ,silver was nothing counted2 massive gold ,adorned the temple and the royal board1 ,and richly-laden ships1 from distant shores1 ,swelled the king's tribute and the people's wealth4 ,worthier than gold1 than jewels far more rare1 ,was the king's wisdom2 all the people bowed ,before the mighty mind of ,solomon1 ,for ,god was with him4 ,h4 ,h4 ,weld4 ,in wealth1 in power1 tranquillity1 and fame1 ,his mightier son1 high-favoured ,solomon1 ,serene in strength1 and dreadful without war1 ,reigns jubilant3 in knowledge peerless he1 ,with proverb1 meditation1 holy song1 ,exalts the soul2 while o'er his laws preside ,truth unncorrupt1 integrity severe1 ,by keen discernment led4 ,with lustrous train ,see ,sheba's queen1 to prove his wisdom come1 ,and kings from every realm1 admiring1 hear ,his varied eloquence2 admiring1 view ,magnificence and regal state profuse ,beyond compare4 ,charles ,hoyle4 ,,son4 ,in this was manifested the love of ,god toward us1 because that ,god sent his only begotten ,son into the world1 that we might live through him4 ,herein is love1 not that we loved ,god1 but that he loved us1 and sent his ,son to be the propitiation for our sins4 ,and we have seen and do testify that the ,father sent the ,son to be the ,saviour of the world4--,i4 ,john1 iv4 #i1 #aj1 #ad4 ,of all creation1 first ,begotten ,son1 divine ,similitude1 ,in whose conspicuous countenance1 without cloud ,made visible1 the ,almighty ,father shines1 ,whom else no creature can behold3 on ,thee ,impressed1 the effulgence of ,his glory bides2 ,transfused in ,thee ,his ample spirit rests4 ,the ,heaven of heavens1 and all the powers therein ,by ,thee created4 ,milton4 ,the ,lord of ,hosts hath walked ,this world of man2 the one ,almighty sent ,his everlasting ,son to wear the flesh1 ,and glorify this mortal human shape2 ,and the blind eyes unclosed to see the ,lord1 ,and the dumb tongues broke out in songs of praise1 ,and the grave cast forth its wondering dead1 ,and trembling devils murmured sullen homage4 ,h4 ,h4 ,milman4 ,i am ere the beginning4 ,manifold ,creation of the ,father's will1 by me ,expressed1 in its begotten order rolled2 ,image express of ,him whom none may see1 ,my glory veils and shadows for behoof ,of all ,his creatures1 ,his great ,deity2 ,whereof ye are partakers1 though aloof ,it dwells from you1 ye in its light doth dwell1 ,sun of the soul--a pattern and a proof4 ,the ,father sitteth inaccessible ,to eye or ear4 ,in me ,his plenitude ,abides--,his only ,son for whom ye will1 ,rays of that ,radiance wherein may be viewed ,his glory only4 ,i ,his brightness am1 ,his word in whom ,he sole is understood4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,,sorrow4 ,many sorrows shall be to the wicked3 but he that trusteth in the ,lord1 mercy shall compass him about4--,psalm xxxii4 #aj4 ,sorrow is better than laughter3 for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better4--,ecclesiastes1 vii4 #c4 ,for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of3 but the sorrow of the world worketh death4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 vii4 #aj4 ,oh1 sacred sorrow1 by whom hearts are tried ,sent not to punish mortals1 but to guide1 ,if thou art mine 7and who shall proudly dare ,to tell his ,maker he has had his share87 ,still let me feel for what ,thy pangs are sent1 ,and be my guide1 and not my punishment4 ,from the ,russian4 ,i suffer now for what hath former been1 ,sorrow is held the eldest son of sin4 ,john ,webster4 ,peace was theirs1 and harmony within1 ,they know no sorrow1 for they know no sin4 ,whyte4 ,whate'er thy lot1 whoe'er thou be1 ,confess thy folly1--kiss the rod2 ,and in thy chastening sorrow1 see ,the hand of ,god4 ,a bruised reed ,he will not break-- ,afflictions all ,his children feel3 ,he wounds them for ,his mercy's sake-- ,he wounds to heal4 ,james ,montgomery4 ,with boldness1 therefore1 at the throne ,let us make all our sorrows known2 ,and ask the aid of heavenly power ,to help us in the evil hour4 ,logan4 ,if affliction grasps thee rudely ,and presents the rack and cup1 ,drink the draught and brave the torture-- ,even in despair1--look up6 ,still look up6 ,for ,one there liveth ,with the will and power to save-- ,one who knows each human sorrow1 ,from the cradle to the grave4 ,j4 ,l4 ,chester4 ,,soul4 ,and the ,lord ,god formed man of the dust of the ground1 and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life1 and man became a living soul4--,genesis1 ii4 #g4 ,bless the ,lord1 ,o my soul3 and all that is within me1 bless his holy name4--,psalm ciii4 #a4 ,i wait for the ,lord1 my soul doth wait1 and in his word do ,i hope4 ,my soul waiteth for the ,lord more than they than watch for the morning4--,psalm cxxx4 #e1 #f4 ,for what is a man profited1 if he shall gain the whole world1 and lose his own soul8 or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul8--,matthew1 xvi4 #bf4 ,though life1 since finite1 has so ill excuse ,for being but in finite objects learned1 ,yet sure the soul was made for little use1 ,unless it be in infinites concerned4 ,sir ,william ,davenant4 ,but ,thou which didst man's soul of nothing make1 ,and when to nothing it was fallen again1 ,to make it new1 the form of man didst take1 ,and1 ,god with ,god1 becam'st a man with men3 ,thou that hast fashioned twice this soul of ours1 ,so that she is by double title thine2 ,thou only know'st her nature and her powers1 ,her subtile form ,thou only canst define4 ,we that acquaint ourselves with every zone1 ,and pass the tropics and behold each pole2 ,when we come home are to ourselves unknown1 ,and unacquainted still with our own soul4 ,davies4 ,poor soul1 the centre of my sinful earth1 ,fooled by those rebel powers that thee array1 ,why dost thou pine within1 and suffer dearth1 ,painting thy outward walls so costly gay8 ,why so large cost1 having so short a leese1 ,dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend8 ,shall worms1 inheritors of this excess1 ,eat up thy charge8 ,is this thy body's end8 ,then1 soul1 live thou upon thy servant's loss1 ,and let that pine to aggravate thy store2 ,buy terms divine in selling hours of dross2 ,within be fed1 without be rich no more2 ,so shalt thou feed on death1 that feeds on men2 ,and1 death once dead1 there's no more dying then4 ,shakspere4 ,the soul which doth with ,god unite1 ,those gaieties how doth she slight1 ,which o'er opinion sway6 ,like sacred virgin wax1 which shines ,on altars or on ,martyrs' shrines1 ,how doth she burn away6 ,how violent are her throes till she ,from envious earth deliver'd be1 ,which doth her flight restrain6 ,how doth she doat on whips and racks1 ,on fires1 and the so dreaded axe1 ,and every murdering pain6 ,how soon she leaves the pride of wealth1 ,the flatteries of youth and health1 ,and fame's more precious breath2 ,and every gaudy circumstance ,that doth the pomp of life advance ,at the approach of death4 ,w4 ,habington4 ,sweet day6 so cool1 so calm1 so bright6 ,the bridal of the earth and sky3 ,the dew shall weep thy fall to-night1 ,for ,thou must die4 ,sweet rose6 whose hue1 angry and brave1 ,bids the rash gazer wipe his eye3 ,thy root is ever in the grave1 ,and thou must die4 ,sweet spring6 full of sweet days and roses1 ,a box where sweets compacted lie3 ,my music shows you have your closes1 ,and all must die4 ,only a sweet and virtuous soul1 ,like season'd timber never gives1 ,but1 though the whole world turns to coal1 ,then chiefly lives4 ,herbert4 ,the soul of man 7let man in homage bow ,who names his soul7 a native of the skies6 ,high-born and free1 her freedom should maintain1 ,unsold1 unmortgaged for earth's little bribes4 ,young4 ,dearly pays the soul ,for lodging ill2 too dearly rents her day4 ,young4 ,the soul1 secure in her existence1 smiles ,at the drawn dagger1 and defies its point3 ,the stars shall fade away1 the sun himself ,grow dim with age1 and nature sink in years3 ,but thou shalt flourish in immortal youth1 ,unhurt amidst the war of elements1 ,the wreck of matter1 and the crash of worlds6 ,addison4 ,for from the birth ,of mortal man1 the sovereign ,maker said1 ,that not in humble1 nor in brief delight1 ,not in the fading echoes of renown1 ,power's purple robe1 nor pleasure's flowery lap1 ,the ,soul should find enjoyment3 but from these ,turning1 disdainful1 to an equal good1 ,through all the ascent of things enlarge her view1 ,till every bound at length should disappear1 ,and infinite perfection close the scene4 ,akenside4 ,the soul on earth is an immortal guest1 ,condemned to starve at an unreal feast3 ,a spark1 which upwards tends by nature's force2 ,a stream1 diverted from its parent source2 ,a drop dissevered from the boundless sea2 ,a moment1 parted from eternity2 ,a pilgrim panting for the rest to come2 ,an exile1 anxious for his native home4 ,hannah ,more4 ,since soul decays not2 freed from earth1 ,and earthly coils1 it bursts away2 ,receiving a celestial birth1 ,and spurning off its bonds of clay1 ,it soars and seeks another sphere1 ,and blooms through heaven's eternal year4 ,moir4 ,o ,lady6 we receive but what we give1 ,and in our life alone does nature live3 ,ours is her wedding-garment1 ours her shroud6 ,and would we aught behold1 of higher worth ,than that inanimate cold world allowed ,to the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd1 ,ah6 from the soul itself must issue forth1 ,a light1 a glory1 a fair luminous cloud ,enveloping the earth1 ,and from the soul itself must there be sent ,a sweet and potent voice1 of its own birth1 ,of all sweet sounds the life and element4 ,coleridge4 ,the spirit leaves the body's wondrous frame1 ,that frame itself a world of strength and skill2 ,the nobler inmate new abodes will claim1 ,in every change to ,thee aspiring still4 ,although from darkness born1 to darkness fled1 ,we know that light beyond surrounds the whole2 ,the man survives1 though the weird corpse be dead1 ,and ,he who dooms the flesh1 redeems the soul4 ,john ,sterling4 ,lord6 we sit and cry to ,thee1 ,like the blind beside the way3 ,make our darkened souls to see ,the glory of ,thy perfect day6 ,lord6 rebuke our sullen night1 ,and give ,thyself unto our sight6 ,h4 ,h4 ,milman4 ,the ,soul6--the ,soul6--with its eye of fire1 ,thus1 thus shall it soar when its foes expire2 ,it shall spread its wings o'er the ills that pained1 ,the evils that shadowed1 the sins that stained2 ,it shall dwell where no rushing cloud hath sway1 ,and the pageants of earth shall have melted away4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,that mysterious thing1 ,which hath no limit from the walls of sense1-- ,no chill from hoary time1--with pale decay ,no fellowship1--but shall stand forth unchanged1 ,unscorched amid the resurrection fires1 ,to bear its boundless lot of good or ill4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,,sowing4 ,they that sow in tears shall reap in joy4--,psalm cxxvi4 #e4 ,in the morning sow thy seed1 and in the evening withhold not thine hand3 for thou knowest not whether shall prosper1 either this or that1 or whether both shall be alike good4--,ecclesiastes1 xi4 #f4 ,sow in the morn thy seed1 ,at eve hold not thine hand2 ,to doubt and fear give thou no heed1-- ,broad-cast it o'er the land4 ,beside all waters sow1 ,the highway furrows stock2 ,drop it where thorns and thistles grow1 ,scatter it on the rock4 ,the good1 the fruitful ground1 ,expect not here nor there2 ,o'er hill and dale1 by plots 'tis found2 ,go forth1 then1 everywhere4 ,thou know'st not which may thrive1 ,the late or early sown2 ,grace keeps the precious germs alive1 ,when and wherever strown4 ,and duly shall appear1 ,in verdure1 beauty1 strength1 ,the tender blade1 the stalk1 the ear1 ,and the full corn at length4 ,thou canst not toil in vain2 ,cold1 heat1 and moist1 and dry1 ,shall foster and mature the grain1 ,for garners in the sky4 ,thence1 when the glorious end1 ,the day of ,god is come1 ,the angel-reapers shall descend1 ,and heaven cry1 8,harvest home60 ,james ,montgomery4 ,sow thy seed1 and reap in gladness6 ,man himself is all a seed2 ,hope and hardship1 joy and sadness1 ,slow the plant to ripeness lead4 ,john ,sterling4 ,,speech4 ,day unto day uttereth speech1 and night unto night sheweth knowledge4--,psalm xix4 #b4 ,let not an evil speaker be established in the earth4--,psalm cxl4 #aa4 ,let your speech be alway with grace1 seasoned with salt1 that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man4--,colossians1 iv4 #f4 ,the glittering heaven's refulgent glow1 ,and sparkling spheres of golden light1 ,jehovah's work and glory show1 ,by burning day or gentle night4 ,in silence1 through the vast profound1 ,they move their orbs of fire on high1 ,nor speech1 nor word1 nor answering sound1 ,is heard upon the tranquil sky2 ,yet to the earth's remotest bar ,their burning glory all is known2 ,their living light has sparkled far1 ,and on the attentive silence shone4 ,god 'mid the shining legions1 rears ,a tent where burns the radiant sun2 ,as1 like a bridegroom bright1 appears ,the monarch1 on his course begun4 ,from end to end of azure heaven ,he holds his fiery path along2 ,to all1 his circling heat is given1 ,his radiance flames the spheres among4 ,by sunny ray1 and starry throne1 ,the wonders of our mighty ,lord ,to man's attentive heart are known1 ,bright as the promise of ,his word4 ,j4 ,w4 ,eastbourne4 ,first think2 and if thy thoughts approve thy will1 ,then speak2 and1 after1 that thou speak'st1 fulfil4 ,thomas ,randolph4 ,speak gently6--'tis a little thing ,dropped in the heart's deep well2 ,the good1 the joy that it may bring ,eternity shall tell4 ,daniel ,bates4 ,,spirit4 ,if ye then1 being evil1 know how to give good gifts unto your children3 how much more shall your heavenly ,father give the ,holy ,spirit to them that ask ,him4--,luke1 xi4 #ac4 ,the ,comforter1 which is the ,holy ,ghost1 whom the ,father will send in my name1 he shall teach you all things4--,john1 xiv4 #bf4 ,and suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind1 and it filled all the house where they were sitting4 ,and there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire1 and it sat upon each of them4 ,and they were all filled with the ,holy ,ghost1 and began to speak with other tongues1 as the ,spirit gave them utterance4--,acts1 ii4 #b1 #c1 #d4 ,likewise the ,spirit also helpeth our infirmities3 for we know not what we should pray for as we ought3 but the ,spirit itself maketh intercession for us4--,romans1 viii4 #bf4 ,your body is the temple of the ,holy ,ghost4--,i4 ,corinthians1 vi4 #ai4 ,every spirit as it is most pure1 ,and hath in it the more of heavenly light1 ,so it the fairer body doth procure ,to habit in1 and is more fairly dight ,with cheerful grace1 and amiable sight2 ,for of the soul the body form doth take1 ,for soul is form1 and doth the body make4 ,spenser4 ,darkness profound ,covered the abyss2 but on the watery calm ,his brooding wings the ,spirit of ,god outspread1 ,and vital virtue infused1 and vital warmth1 ,throughout the fluid mass4 ,milton4 ,millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth1 ,unseen1 both when we sleep and when we wake4 ,milton4 ,immortal honour1 endless fame ,attend the ,almighty ,father's name2 ,the ,saviour ,son be glorified1 ,who for lost man's redemption died2 ,and equal adoration be1 ,eternal ,paraclete6 to ,thee4 ,dryden4 ,that ,he1 ,the ,third ,in the ,eternal ,essence1 to the prayer ,sincere should come1 should come as soon as asked1 ,proceeding from the ,father and the ,son1 ,to give ,faith and ,repentance1 such as ,god ,accepts4 ,pollok4 ,our ,god is a ,spirit1 and they who1 aright1 ,would perform the pure worship ,he loveth1 ,in the heart's holy temple will seek with delight1 ,that spirit the ,father approveth4 ,bernard ,barton4 ,will ,he again in flames of glory ,from ,his celestial hill unfold ,his ,spirit1 to confirm the story ,of the inspired ,twelve of old8 ,else1 when the light so brightly glowing1 ,each dark cloud fringing with its flame1 ,like snow-white mantle lightly flowing ,around the ,ethiop's sable frame8 ,forth from the open doors of ,heaven1 ,the radiance over all is shed2 ,a splendour to the earth is given1 ,like glory round a saintly head6 ,the valleys all1 the mountain spires1 ,the world and all therein1 to-night ,are bathed in the celestial fire1 ,as once the ,twelve were crowned with light6 ,to-morrow is the celebration ,of the out-flowing ,spirit's might1 ,and all the earth1 in preparation1 ,is consecrated in this light6 ,and1 like yon golden candles burning ,around the glorious evening skies1 ,the ,spirit's holy fire returning1 ,from every ,christian heart shall rise6 ,gostick1 from the ,german of ,freiligrath4 ',tis a solemn place3 ,for this dark purple loam1 wherein ,i lie1 ,and this green mould1 the mother of bright flowers1 ,was bone and sinew once1 now decomposed2 ,perhaps has lived1 breathed1 walked1 as proud as we1 ,and animate with all the faculties1 ,and finer senses of the human soul6 ,and now what are they8 ,to their elements ,each has returned1 dust crumbled back to dust1 ,the spirit gone to ,god4 ,william ,thompson ,bacon4 ,when the ,spirit of our ,god ,came down1 ,his flock to find1 ,a voice from ,heaven was heard abroad-- ,a rushing1 mighty wind4 ,nor doth the outward ear alone ,at that high warning start2 ,conscience gives back th' appalling tone2 ',tis echoed in the heart4 ,keble4 ,if yet the ,holy ,spirit deigns to dwell ,in earthly domes1 'tis not in those defiled ,with pride1 with fraud1 with rapine1 or with lust2 ',midst the rough foliage of the thorny brake1 ,the clustering grape not blushes1 and the fig ,decks not the prickly thistle's barren stalk2 ,even thus shall all be measured by their fruits4 ,charles ,jenner4 ,on your souls ,the ,spirit of ,god shall dart with inward ray1 ,and heavenly light in fullest streams be poured4 ,then shall ye to remotest peoples1 ,jew ,or ,gentile1 bear ,christ's name1 and through the world ,proclaim forgiveness of repented sins4 ,thomas ,hughes4 ,the ,spirit of ,god ,from ,heaven descending1 dwells in domes of clay2 ,in mode far passing human thought1 ,he guides1 ,impels1 instructs3 intense pursuit of good ,and cautious flight of evil ,he suggests1 ,but in such gentle murmurs1 that to know ,his heavenly voice1 we must have done ,his will4 ,john ,hay4 ,,stars4 ,and ,god made two great lights2 the greater light to rule the day1 and the lesser light to rule the night3 he made the stars also4--,genesis1 i4 #af4 ,where wast thou when the morning stars sang together8--,job1 xxxviii4 #d1 #g4 ,he telleth the number of the stars2 he calleth them all by their names4--,psalm cxlvii4 #d4 ,now when ,jesus was born in ,bethlehem of ,judea in the days of ,herod the king1 behold1 there came wise men from the east to ,jerusalem4 ,saying1 ,where is he that is born ,king of the ,jews8 for we have seen his star in the east1 and are come to worship him4--,matthew1 ii4 #a1 #b4 ,confusion heard ,his voice1 and wild uproar ,stood ruled1 stood vast infinitude confined2 ,till1 at ,his second bidding1 darkness fled1 ,light shone1 and order from disorder sprung3 ,swift to their several quarters hasted then ,the cumbrous elements1 ,earth1 ,flood1 ,air1 ,fire2 ,and this ethereal quintessence of ,heaven ,flew upward1 spirited with various forms1 ,that rolled orbicular1 and turned to stars ,numberless1 as thou seest1 and how they move3 ,each had his place appointed1 each his course4 ,milton4 ,at ,his birth1 a star ,unseen before in ,heaven1 proclaims ,him come1 ,and guides the eastern sages1 who inquire ,his place1 to offer incense1 myrrh1 and gold1 ,his place of birth1 a solemn angel tells ,to simple shepherds1 keeping watch by night3 ,they gladly thither haste1 and by a choir ,of squadroned angels1 hear ,his carol sung3 ,a ,virgin is ,his ,mother1 but ,his ,sire1 ,the ,power of the ,most ,high4 ,milton4 ,child of the earth6 oh1 lift thy glance ,to yon bright firmament's expanse2 ,the glories of its realm explore1 ,and gaze1 and wonder1 and adore6 ,doth it not speak to every sense1 ,the marvels of ,omnipotence8 ,seest thou not there the ,almighty name ,inscribed in characters of flame8 ,count o'er those lamps of quenchless light1 ,that sparkle through the shades of night2 ,behold them6--can a mortal boast ,to number that celestial host8 ,mark well each little star1 whose rays ,in distant splendour meet thy gaze3 ,each is a world by ,him sustain'd ,who from eternity hath reign'd4 ,each1 kindled not for earth alone1 ,hath circling planets of its own1 ,and beings whose existence springs ,from ,him1 the all-powerful ,king of ,kings4 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,ye stars6 bright legions that before all time1 ,camped on yon plain of sapphire1 what shall tell ,your burning myriads1 but the eye of ,him1 ,who bade thro' heaven your golden chariots wheel1 ,yet who earth-born can see your hosts1 nor feel ,immortal impulses--,eternity8 ,what wonder if the o'erwrought soul should reel ,with its own weight of thought1 and the wild eye ,see fate within your tracks of sleepless glory lie8 ,for ye behold the ,mightiest4 ,from that steep ,what ages have ye worshipped round your ,king1 ,ye heard his trumpet sounded o'er the deep ,of earth3--ye heard the morning angels sing4 ,upon that orb now o'er me quivering1 ,the gaze of ,adam fixed from ,paradise8 ,the wanderers of the deluge saw it spring ,above the mountain's surge1 and hailed its rise1 ,lighting their lonely track with hope's celestial dyes4 ,on ,calvary shot down that purple eye1 ,when1 but the soldier and the sacrifice1 ,all were departed4--,mount of ,agony6 ,but ,time's broad pinion1 ere the giant dies1 ,shall cloud your clime4--,ye fruitage of the skies1 ,your vineyard shall be shaken6 ,from your urn1 ,censers of heaven1 no more shall glory rise ,your incense to the throne6 ,the heavens shall burn6 ,for all your pomps are dust1 and shall to dust return4 ,croly4 ,and ye1 bright sisters1 stars my dear companions1 ,which with enamel deck ,heaven's azure field1 ,and to the heavenly lyre your steps adapting1 ,knit and unknit your choruses harmonious1 ,into your chain celestial introduced1 ,ye shall direct mine eyes to that bright desert1 ,that view bewildering labyrinths of fire2 ,your beams should teach me how to praise and show ,him whom ye seek1 and whom1 perhaps1 ye see2 ,and merging in my breast his trembling brightness1 ,i should perceive in him all ye perceive4 ,rev4 ,w4 ,pulling1 from ,lamartine4 ,ye quenchless stars6 so eloquently bright1 ,untroubled sentries of the shadowy night1 ,while half the world is lapp'd in downy dreams1 ,and round the lattice creep your midnight beams1 ,how sweet to gaze upon your placid eyes1 ,in lambent beauty looking from the skies4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,stars1 wherefore do ye rise8 ,to light thy spirit to the skies4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,when up to nightly skies we gaze1 ,where stars pursue their endless ways1 ,we think we see1 from earth's low clod1 ,the wide and shining home of ,god4 ',tis vain to dream those tracts of space1 ,with all their worlds1 approach ,his face3 ,one glory fills each wheeling ball-- ,one love has shaped and moved them all4 ,this earth1 with all its dust and tears1 ,is no less ,his than yonder spheres2 ,and rain-drops weak1 and grains of sand1 ,are stamped by ,his immediate hand4 ,john ,sterling4 ,yet as the stars1 the holy stars of night1 ,shine out when all is dark1 ,so would ,i1 cheered by hopes more purely bright1 ,tread still the thorny path1 whose close is light2 ,if1 but at last1 the tossed and weary barque1 ,gains the sure haven of her final rest4 ,lucy ,hooper4 ,,stillness4 ,and1 behold1 the ,lord passed by1 and a great and strong wind rent the mountains1 and brake in pieces the rocks before the ,lord2 but the ,lord was not in the wind3 and after the wind an earthquake2 but the ,lord was not in the earthquake3 ,and after the earthquake a fire2 but the ,lord was not in the fire2 and after the fire a still small voice4--,i4 ,kings1 xix4 #aa1 #ab4 ,stand in awe1 and sin not3 commune with your own heart upon your bed1 and be still4--,psalm iv4 #d4 ,be still1 and know that ,i am ,god4--,psalm xlvi4 #aj4 ',tis stillness now6 ,a sudden stay ,has check'd the wild wind on its way1 ,as1 screaming on its mother's breast1 ,at once the infant sinks to rest4 ,and now1 throughout the wood1 that late ,wav'd bending to the tempest's weight1 ,nor could its depths an echo form1 ,save to the wailing of the storm2 ,nor bends a twig1 nor breathes a breath3 ',tis silence1 like the calm of death4 ',twould seem that winter had foregone1 ,by wrong unsurp'd1 his stormy throne1 ,and giv'n the rightful sway again ,to mild ,october's placid reign4 ,or rather ,he1 whose boundless force ,directs each month's1 each season's course1 ,who formed creation's works of old1 ,and1 what ,he form'd1 hath still controll'd1 ,even ,he hath said1 at whose high will ,the wind or swells or falls1 8,be still60 ,mant4 ,the ,almighty ,king1 ,not always in the splendid scene of pomp ,tremendous1 on the sounding tempest rides1 ,or sweeping whirlwind2 nor in the awful peal ,of echoing thunder is ,he always heard1 ,or seen in lightning's livid flames2 but oft1 ,when every turbid element is hushed1 ,in the still voice of nature stands confest ,the ,lord ,omnipotent4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,,storm4 ,he commandeth1 and raiseth the stormy wind4 ,he maketh the storm a calm4--,psalm cvii4 #be1 #bi4 ,thou shalt be visited of the ,lord of ,hosts with thunder1 and with earthquake1 and great noise1 with storm and tempest4--,isaiah1 xxix4 #f4 ,the storm was laid1 the winds retired1 ,obedient to ,thy will2 ,the sea1 that roared at ,thy command1 ,at ,thy command was still4 ,addison4 ,o ,god6 have mercy in this dreadful hour ,on the poor mariner6 in comfort here ,safe shelter'd as ,i am1 ,i almost fear ,the blast that rages with resistless power4 ,what were it now to toss upon the waves-- ,the madden'd waves1 and know no succour near2 ,the howling of the storm alone to hear1 ,and the wild sea that to the tempest raves2 ,to gaze amid the horrors of the night1 ,and only see the billows' gleaming light2 ,and in the dread of death to think of her ,who1 as she listens sleepless to the gale1 ,puts up a silent prayer and waxes pale8 ,o ,god6 have mercy on the mariner6 ,southey4 ,a thunder-storm6--the eloquence of heaven1 ,when every cloud is from its slumber riven1 ,who hath not paused beneath its hollow groan1 ,and felt ,omnipotence around him thrown8 ,with what a gloom the ush'ring scene appears6 ,the leaves all fluttering with instinctive fears1 ,the waters curling with a fellow dread1 ,a breezeless fervour round creation spread1 ,and1 last1 the heavy rain's reluctant shower1 ,with big drops patt'ring on the tree and bower1 ,while wizard shapes the low'ring sky deform1-- ,all mark the coming of a thunder-storm4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,,stranger4 ,i am a stranger and a sojourner with you4--,genesis1 xxiii4 #d4 ,the ,lord loveth the stranger1 in giving him food and raiment4 ,love ye therefore the stranger3 for ye were strangers in the land of ,egypt4--,deuteronomy1 x4 #ah1 #ai4 ,do no wrong1 do no violence to the stranger4--,jeremiah1 xxii4 #c4 ,he will vouchsafe ,this day to be your guest3 bring forth1 and pour ,abundance1 fit to honour and receive ,the heavenly stranger4 ,milton4 ,the stranger's heart6 ,oh1 wound it not6 ,a yearning anguish is its lot2 ,in the green shadow of thy tree1 ,the stranger finds no rest with thee4 ,thou think'st the vine's low rustling leaves ,are music round the household eaves2 ,to him that sound hath sorrow's tone-- ,the stranger's heart is with his own4 ,thou think'st the children's laughing play ,a lovely sight at fall of day2 ,then are the stranger's thoughts opprest-- ,a mother's voice comes o'er his breast4 ,thou think'st it sweet when friend to friend ,beneath one roof in prayer may blend2 ,then doth the stranger's eye grow dim-- ,far1 far are those who've prayed with him4 ,thy hearth1 thy home1 thy vintage land-- ,the voices of thy kindred band2 ,oh6 'midst them all when blest thou art1 ,deal gently with the stranger's heart4 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,why should ,i a stranger be ,in my ,father's dwelling1 ,while hill and river1 rock and tree1 ,of ,his love are telling8 ,always heard1 their simple voice1 ,bidding child-like hearts rejoice1 ,whispers us that love is near4 ,what we seek in yonder sphere1 ,love can find it now1 and here4 ,j4 ,gostick4 ,,stream4 ,there is a river1 the streams whereof shall make glad the city of ,god1 the holy place of the tabernacles of the ,most ,high4--,psalm xlvi4 #d4 ,he brought streams also out of the rock1 and caused waters to run down like rivers4--,psalm lxxviii4 #af4 ,in the wilderness shall waters break out1 and streams in the desert4--,isaiah1 xxxv4 #f4 ,who see not that the valleys of the world ,might even right with the mountains3 that they grow ,green and lie warmer2 and ever peaceful are ,when clouds spit fire at hills1 and burn them bare4 ,not valley's part1 but we should imitate streams ,that run below the valleys1 and do yield ,to every mole-hill2 every bank embrace ,that checks their currents2 and when torrents come1 ,that swell and raise them past their natural height1 ,how mad they are and troubled2 like low streams ,with torrents crown'd are men with diadems4 ,chapman4 ,around ,thy throne1 in peaceful streams1 ,o ,god6 celestial pleasure glides2 ,the brightening wave ,thine image beams1 ,untinged by sorrow's darkened tides4 ,that stream my fainting spirit cheers ,when sultry suns pour down their heat2 ,and when ,i cross the vale of tears1 ,it makes the cup of sorrow sweet4 ,j4 ,alexander4 ,i know a stream1 a gentle stream ,which by a valley glides along1 ,that well might suit a ,poet's theme1 ,or fit a raptured ,minstrel's song2 ,and often ,i have stood to look ,on the calm beauty of that brook1 ,and thought the scene was such as might ,have shone upon ,creation's morn1 ,when all the morning stars of light1 ,sang joyously that earth was born2 ,and angels as they paused to see1 ,joined the triumphant ,jubilee6 ,and ,god himself in glory stood1 ,and there pronounced it very good4 ,ann ,pratt4 ,,strength4 ,as thy days1 so shall thy strength be4--,deuteronomy1 xxxiii4 #be4 ,the ,lord is my strength and song1 and is become my salvation4--,psalm cxviii4 #ad4 ,he that is mighty hath done to me great things2 and holy is ,his name4 ,he hath shewed strength with his arm2 ,he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts4--,luke1 i4 #di1 #ea4 ,vigour from toil1 from trouble patience grows4 ,the weakly blossom1 warm in summer bower1 ,some tints of transient beauty may disclose2 ,but ah6 it withers in the chilling hour4 ,mark yonder oaks6 ,superior to the power ,of all the warring winds of heaven they rise1 ,and from the stormy promontory tower1 ,and toss their giant arms amid the skies1 ,while each assailing blast increase of strength supplies4 ,beattie4 ,the strength of man sinks in the hour of trial2 ,but there doth live a power1 that to the battle ,girdeth the weak4 ,joanna ,baillie4 ,when adverse winds and waves arise1 ,and in my heart despondence sighs1-- ,while life her throng of care reveals1 ,and weakness o'er my spirit steals1-- ,grateful ,i hear the kind decree1 ,that 8as my day1 my strength shall be40 ,when1 with sad footstep1 memory roves ',mid smitten joys1 and buried loves1-- ,when sleep my tearful pillow flies1 ,and dewy morning drinks my sighs1-- ,still to ,thy promise1 ,lord1 ,i flee1 ,that 8as my day1 my strength shall be40 ,one trial more must yet be past1 ,one pang1--the keenest and the last2 ,and when1 with brow convulsed and pale1 ,my feeble quivering heart-strings fail1 ,redeemer1 grant my soul to see ,that 8as her day1 her strength shall be40 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,,strife4 ,let there be no strife1 ,i pray thee1 between me and thee4--,genesis1 xiii4 #h4 ,thou shalt hide them in the secret of ,thy presence from the pride of man2 ,thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues4--,psalm xxxi4 #bj4 ,he that passeth by1 and meddleth with strife belonging not to him1 is like one that taketh a dog by the ears4--,proverbs1 xxvi4 #ag4 ,foolish and unlearned questions avoid1 knowing that they do gender strifes4--,,ii4 ,timothy1 ii4 #bb4 ,o shame to men6 ,devil with ,devil damned ,firm concord holds1 men only disagree ,of creatures rational1 though under hope ,of heavenly grace2 and ,god proclaiming peace1 ,yet live in hatred1 enmity1 and strife ,among themselves4 ,milton4 ,o for thy children too confined6 ,thy sons in peace thou canst not feed1 ,doomed land6 to strangers now resigned ,such judgment hath begun on thee4 ,a foe1 by thee unharmed indeed1 ,sits at thy board and mocks thy toils1 ,divides thy frantic people's spoils1 ,and holds thy sword of sovereignty4 ,frantic he too6 ,o never6 no1 ,was nation blessed by blood and wrong2 ,the conquered feel not all the wo2 ,still turns to tears the guilty's joy3 ,though not his haughty way along ,th' eternal vengeance sweeps and breaks2 ,it follows1 watches still1 and wakes1 ,at his last moment to destroy4 ,stamped in one image at our birth1 ,made in the likeness all of one2 ,ever at every part of earth ,where breath of life we may inherit1 ,be brethren all6 ,our unison ,accursed be he to strife who turns1 ,accursed who mocketh him that mourns1 ,or saddeneth one immortal spirit6 ,from the ,italian of ,manzoni4 ,,submission4 ,submit yourselves therefore to ,god4--,james1 iv4 #g4 ,submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the ,lord's sake4--,i4 ,peter1 ii4 #ac4 ,since 'tis ,thy sentence ,i should part ,with the most precious treasure of my heart1 ,i freely that and more resign1 ,my heart itself1 as its delight is thine2 ,my little all ,i give to thee1 ,thou gav'st a greater gift1 ,thy ,son1 to me4 ,take all1 great ,god1 ,i will not grieve1 ,but still will wish that ,i had still to give2 ,i hear thy voice1 thou bid'st me quit ,my paradise2 ,i bless and do submit2 ,i will not murmur at thy word1 ,nor beg thy angel to sheathe up his sword4 ,norris4 ,almighty power1 ,i love ,thee6 blissful name1 ,my healer1 ,god6 and may my inmost soul ,love and adore for ever6 ,oh1 'tis good ,to wait submissive at ,thy holy throne1 ,to leave petitions at ,thy feet1 and bear ,thy frowns and silence with a patient soul4 ,the hand of mercy is not short to save1 ,nor is the ear of heavenly pity deaf ,to mortal cries4 ,watts4 ,though round him numerous tribes1 ,sworn foes to ,heaven's dread ,ruler1 pitch their tents1 ,no wayward doubts or coward fears appal ,the patriarch's soul4 ,by the bright hope sustained ,that in his seed all nations should be blessed1 ,calm and unmoved the delegated seer ,submissive bends to the ,eternal ,will4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,christ had his sorrows--so must thou1 ,if thou wilt tread the path ,he trod-- ,o then1 like ,him1 submissive bow1 ,and own the sovereignty of ,god4 ,anon4 ,,suffering4 ,for ,i reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us4--,romans1 viii4 #ah4 ,christ hath suffered for us in the flesh4 ,if any man suffer as a ,christian let him not be ashamed4--,i4 ,peter1 iv4 #a1 #af4 ,but the ,god of all grace1 who hath called us unto his eternal glory by ,christ ,jesus1 after that ye have suffered awhile1 make you perfect1 stablish1 strengthen1 settle you4--,i4 ,peter1 v4 #aj4 ,christ suffers1 and in this his tears begin2 ,suffers for us1 and joy on us bestows3 ,suffers to death1--here is his manhood seen2 ,suffers to rise1--and hence his ,godhead shows2 ,for man that could not by himself have rose ,out of the grave doth by the ,godhead rise2 ,and ,god that could not die1 in manhood dies1 ,that we in both might live1 by that sweet sacrifice4 ,giles ,fletcher4 ,they who have rarest joy1 know joy's true measure2 ,they who most suffer1 value suffering's pause2 ,they who but seldom taste the simplest pleasure1 ,kneel oftenest to the ,giver and the ,cause4 ,mrs4 ,norton4 ,o ye1 whose hearts in secret bleed ,o'er transient hope1 like morning dew1 ,o'er friendship faithless in your need1 ,or love to all its vows untrue1 ,who shrink from persecution's rod1 ,or slander's fang1 or treachery's tone1 ,look meekly to the ,son of ,god1 ,and in ,his griefs forget your own4 ,forsaken are ye8--so was ,he2 ,reviled8--yet check the 'vengeful word2 ,rejected8--should the servant be ,exalted o'er his suffering ,lord8 ,nor deem that ,heaven's omniscient eye ,is e'er regardless of your lot1-- ,deluded man from ,god may fly1 ,but when was man by ,god forgot8 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,,sun4 ,o give thanks unto the ,lord2 for ,he is good3 ,to ,him that made great lights2 the sun to rule by day3 for ,his mercy endureth for ever4--,psalm cxxxvi4 #a1 #g1 #h4 ,the ,lord1 which giveth the sun for a light by day2 the ,lord of ,hosts is ,his name4--,jeremiah1 xxxi4 #ce4 ,he maketh ,his sun to rise on the evil and on the good4--,matthew1 v4 #de4 ,when creatures had no real light ,inherent in them1 ,thou didst make the sun ,impart a lustre1 and allow them bright2 ,and in this1 show what ,christ hath done4 ,george ,herbert4 ,great source of day6 best image here below ,of thy ,creator1 ever pouring wide ,from world to world the vital ocean round4 ,on nature write with every beam his praise4 ,the thunder rolls3 he hushed the prostrate world2 ,while cloud to cloud returns the solemn hymn4 ,bleat out afresh ye hills1 ye mossy rocks ,return the sound2 the broad responsive low ,ye valleys raise1 for the great shepherd reigns1 ,and ,his unsuffering kingdom yet will come4 ,thomson4 ,look up to ,heaven6 the industrious sun ,already half his race hath run1 ,he cannot halt nor go astray1 ,but our immortal spirits may4 ,lord6 since his rising in the east1 ,if we have faltered or transgressed1 ,guide1 from thy love's abundant source1 ,what yet remains of this day's course4 ,help with thy grace through life's short day ,our upward and our downward way1 ,and glorify for us the west1 ,when we shall sink to final rest4 ,wordsworth4 ,as some tall cliff1 that lifts its awful form1 ,swells from the vale1 and midway leaves the storm2 ,tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread1 ,eternal sunshine settles on its head4 ,goldsmith4 ,doth thy great ,maker1 ,sun6 forbid the thought1 ,that of his glory1 thou one ray hast caught2 ,when thou go'st measuring the boundless skies1 ,art thou not ,sun6 the brightness of his eyes8 ,ah6 if ,i've sometimes in misfortune's days ,blasphem'd the sun's vexation-causing rays2 ,and if ,i've cursed the gifts1 receiv'd from thee1 ,my ,god6 who readest hearts--,o pardon me6 ,pulling1 from ,lamartine4 ,i marvel not1 ,o sun1 that unto thee ,in adoration man should bow the knee1 ,and pour the prayer of mingled awe and love2 ,for like a ,god thou art1 and on thy way ,of glory sheddest1 with benignant ray1 ,beauty and life and joyance from above4 ,southey4 ,source of light6 thou mak'st the sun ,on his burning axles run3 ,the stars like dust around him fly1 ,and strew the area of the sky3 ,he drives so swift his race above1 ,mortals can't perceive him move2 ,to smooth his course oblique or straight1 ,olympus shakes not with his weight4 ,as the queen of solemn night1 ,fills at his vase her orb of light1 ,imparted lustre1 thus we see ,the solar virtues shine by thee6 ,phbus borrows from thy beams ,his radiant locks1 and golden streams6 ,whence thy warmth and light disperse1 ,to cheer the grateful universe4 ,samuel ,wesley4 ,cold and obscure1 in vain the king and sage ,gave law and learning to the darkened age4 ,there was no present faith1 no future hope1 ,earth bounded then the earth-drawn horoscope2 ,till to the east there rose the promised star-- ,till rose the ,sun of ,righteousness afar-- ,till on a world redeemed the ,saviour shone1 ,earth for ,his footstool1--,heaven for ,his throne4 ,miss ,landon4 ,sun of the firmament6 planet of wonderment6 ,now thy far journey of day it is done2 ,still thou art parting bright1 shedding immortal light ,down on the throne of night--hail6 setting sun6 ,slow thou depart'st away1 far from the realms of day1 ,ling'ring in pity on summer's loved bowers2 ,thy last ray is streaming1 thy farewell tint beaming1 ,yet soon thou'lt return to refreshen the flowers4 ,thy parting brings sadness1 yet nations in gladness ,are waiting to worship thee--fountain of light6 ,where'er thy footsteps be1 there do we beauty see1 ,thou kindlest day in the dwellings of night4 ,where sleeps the thunder--there dost thou wander1 ,down 'neath the ocean deep1 there dost thou stray1 ,kissing the stars at morn1 high on the air upborne1 ,skirting creation's far verge on thy way4 ,grandeur and glory1 they travel before thee1 ,brightness and majesty walk in thy train6 ,darkness it flies from thee1 clouds may not rise to thee ,when thou awak'st from the ocean again4 ,all own thy influence1 kindly thou dost dispense ,blessings o'er nature where'er its bounds be2 ,afric's lone desert1 it blooms at thy presence2 ,and ,lapland is turn'd into summer by thee4 ,time cannot conquer thee1 age cannot alter thee1 ,years have no power to limit thy sway2 ,strength and sublimity1 still they attend on thee1 ,pilgrim of ages1 but not of decay4 ,sun of the firmament6 planet of wonderment6 ,now thy far journey of day it is done2 ,still thou art parting bright1 shedding immortal light ,down on the throne of night--hail6 setting sun6 ,robert ,gilfillan4 ,o ,sun6 what makes thy beams so bright8 --,the word that said 8,let there be light60 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,superstition4 ,then ,paul stood in the midst of ,mars' hill1 and said1 ,ye men of ,athens1 ,i perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious4--,acts1 xvii4 #bb4 ',tis ,superstition6 that ,dread bolt that seems to him and thee the home ,of torture1 is the earth1 the beauteous earth1 ,created by thy ,god1 a perfect thing1 ,all loveliness1 and life1 and light1 to be ,the dwelling-place of thee and thine--but this1 ,this ignorant1 besotted fool1 sees but ,in that beneficent gift1 where all is formed ,for happiness1 a scene of punishment ,and death2 turns every joy to bitterness1 ,reproaches ,god with never-ending fears1 ,and1 like a thankless wretch1 dashes aside ,the cup of happiness the ,almighty hand ,gives to his lips1 when he might know his praise1 ,and gratitude can but be shown by free ,and innocent enjoyment2 not content ,that his own soul must suffer misery1 ,he would crush down his fellow-beings with ,the weight of his own gloom4 ,his voice shall fill ,the earth with one loud cry2 at his command1 ,the homes of thousands shall be desolate2 ,at his command1 fathers shall give their sons ,to be devoured by lingering fire1 or stretched ,upon a wheel1 whose racking torture tears ,the victim limb-meal1 and then lift their hands1 ,their impious hands1 to heaven1 and call the deed ,of blasphemy a holy act4 ,weak fools6 ,to think it pleaseth ,him who made them in ,his image--that that image should be torn1 ,defaced1 and blotted4 ,constantia ,louisa ,riddell4 ,but hence1 far hence be ostentatious pomp1 ,and superstition's tinsel4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,fell ,superstition leads ,her horrid train1 engendered in the womb ,of her own mad imaginings4 ,a4 ,alexander4 ,,supper1 ,,the ,,lord',s4 ,whoso eateth my flesh1 and drinketh my blood1 hath eternal life2 and ,i will raise him up at the last day4 ,for my flesh is meat indeed1 and my blood is drink indeed4--,john1 vi4 #ed1 #ee4 ,the ,lord ,jesus1 the same night in which ,he was betrayed1 took bread4 ,and when ,he had given thanks1 ,he brake it1 and said1 ,take eat2 this is my body1 which is broken for you3 this do in remembrance of me4 ,after the same manner also ,he took the cup1 when ,he had supped1 saying1 ,this cup is the ,new ,testament in my blood3 this do ye1 as oft as ye drink it1 in remembrance of me4 ,for as often as ye eat this bread1 and drink this cup1 ye do show the ,lord's death till ,he come4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xi4 #bc1 #bd1 #be1 #bf4 ,him first to love1 great right and reason is1 ,who first to us our life and being gave1 ,and after1 when we fared had amiss1 ,us wretches from the second death did save2 ,and last1 the ,food of ,life1 which now we have1 ,even ,he ,himself1 in ,his dear ,sacrament1 ,to feed our hungry souls1 unto us lent4 ,then next to love our brethren1 that were made ,of that self-mould1 and that self-,maker's hand4 ,spenser4 ,i love to mingle there ,in sympathy of praise and prayer1 ,and listen to that ,living ,word1 ,which breathes the ,spirit of the ,lord3 ,or1 at the mystic table placed1 ,those eloquent mementoes taste ,of ,thee1 ,thou suffering ,lamb divine1 ,thy soul-refreshing bread and wine2 ,sweet viands1 given us to assuage ,the faintness of the pilgrimage4 ,thomas ,grinfield4 ,and oft your willing steps renew1 around the sacred board1 ,and break the bread1 and pour the wine1 in memory of your ,lord3 ,to drink with me the grape's first juice1 to you shall yet be given1 ,fresh from the deathless vine that blooms in blest abodes of ,heaven4 ,thomas ,dale4 ,bread of ,heaven1 on ,thee we feed1 ,for ,thy flesh is meat indeed2 ,ever let our souls be fed ,with this true and ,living ,bread4 ,vine of ,heaven1 ,thy blood supplies ,this blest cup of sacrifice2 ,lord1 ,thy wounds our healing give2 ,to ,thy cross we look and live4 ,day by day1 with strength supplied1 ,through the life of ,him who died1 ,lord of life1 ,o' let us be ,rooted1 grafted1 built on ,thee6 ,conder4 ,bow thee to earth1 and from thee cast ,all stubbornness of human will2 ,then dare to drink the ,sacred ,cup ,thy ,god and ,saviour died to fill4 ,come with thy guilt new-washed in tears1 ,thy spirit raised in faith above2 ,then drink1 and so thy soul shall live1 ,thy ,saviour's blood1--thy ,saviour's love4 ,miss ,landon4 ,break to us each1 this day1 our daily bread1 ,nor let earth's fading food alone be given2 ,feed us upon ,,thy ,,word1--in ,christ our ,head1 ,to find ,thy ,peace1 the living ,bread from ,heaven4 ,h4 ,h4 ,weld4 ,for say1 can fancy1 fond to weave the tale ,of bliss ideal1 feign more genuine joy ,than thine1 ,believer1 when the man of ,god ,gives to thy hand the consecrated cup1 ,blessed memorial of a ,saviour's love6 ,glowing with zeal1 the humble penitent ,approacheth3 ,faith her fostering radiance points ,full on his contrite heart3 ,hope cheers his steps1 ,and ,charity1 the fairest in the train ,of ,christian virtues1 swells his heaving breast ,with love unbounded4 ,thomas ,zouch4 ,so is it with true ,christian hearts2 ,their mutual share in ,jesus' blood ,an everlasting bond imparts ,of holiest brotherhood3 ,oh6 might we all our lineage prove1 ,give and forgive1 do good and love1 ,by soft endearments in kind strife ,lightening the load of daily life6 ,keble4 ,thou who didst taste ,of man's infirmities1 yet bar his sins ,from thine unspotted soul1 forsake us not ,in our temptations1 but so guide our feet1 ,that our ,last ,supper in this world may lead ,to that immortal banquet by thy side1 ,where there is no betrayer4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,by chain yet stronger must the soul be tied3 ,one duty more1 last stage of this ascent1 ,brings to thy food1 memorial ,sacrament1 ,the offspring1 haply at the parents' side2 ,but not till they1 with all that do abide ,in ,heaven1 have lifted up their hearts to laud ,and magnify the glorious name of ,god1 ,fountain of ,grace1 whose ,son for sinners died1 ,here must my song in timid reverence pause2 ,but shrink not1 ye1 whom to the saving rite ,the ,altar calls2 come early1 under laws ,that can secure for you a path of light ,through gloomiest shade2 put on1 nor dread its weight1 ,armour divine1 and conquer in your cause4 ,wordsworth4 ,here ,he led ,from the ,last ,supper1 when the hymn was sung1 ,his few grieved followers out1 in that drear night1 ,when1 in the garden1 on the mountain's slope1 ,his agony wrung forth the crimson drops6 ,while these sad pictures hang upon thy sides1 ,thou consecrated height1 dissolve the heart ,in pious sorrow6 ,hannah ,f4 ,gould4 ,,supplication4 ,i cried to ,thee1 ,o ,lord2 and unto the ,lord ,i made supplication4--,psalm xxx4 #h4 ,let my supplication come before ,thee3 deliver me according to ,thy word4--,psalm cxix4 #agj4 ,o my ,god incline ,thine ear1 and hear3 for we do not present our supplications before ,thee for our righteousnesses1 but for ,thy great mercies4--,daniel1 ix4 #ah4 ,oh1 when ,thy last frown shall proclaim ,the flocks of goats to folds of flame2 ,and all ,thy lost sheep found shall be1 ,let 8,come1 ye blessed0 then call me4 ,oh1 hear a suppliant heart all crush'd ,and crumbled into contrite dust2 ,my ,hope1 my ,fear1 my ,judge1 my ,friend1 ,take charge of me1 and of my end4 ,crashaw4 ,like the low murmur of the secret stream1 ,which through dark alders winds its shaded way1 ,my suppliant voice is heard4 ,ah1 do not deem ,that on vain toys ,i throw my hours away4 ,in the recesses of the forest vale1 ,on the wild mountains1 on the verdant sod1 ,when the fresh breezes of the morn prevail1 ,i wander lone1 communing with my ,god4 ,beckford4 ,from lowest depths of woe ,to ,god ,i send my cry2 ,lord bear my supplicating voice1 ,and graciously reply6 ,my soul with patience waits ,for ,thee1 the living ,lord2 ,my hopes are on ,thy promise built1 ,thy never-failing word6 ,let ,israel trust in ,god2 ,no bounds ,his mercy knows2 ,the plenteous source and spring from whence ,eternal succour flows4 ,brady and ,tate4 ,,teaching4 ,blessed is the man whom ,thou chastenest1 ,o ,lord1 and teachest him out of ,thy law4--,psalm xciv4 #ab4 ,there was a man of the ,pharisees1 named ,nicodemus3 ,the same came to ,jesus by night1 and said unto ,him1 ,rabbi1 we know that ,thou art a teacher come from ,god4--,john1 iii4 #a1 #b4 ,let the word of ,christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom2 teaching and admonishing one another4--,colossians1 iii4 #af4 ,the azure vault1 the crystal circles bright1 ,the gleaming1 fiery torches powdered there1 ,the changing round1 the shining1 beamy light1 ,the sad and bearded fires1 the monsters fair1 ,and prodigies appearing in the air2 ,the rending thunders1 and the blust'ring winds1 ,the birds in hue1 and shape1 and nature rare2 ,the pretty notes of winged musicians fine2 ,of earth the saucy flowers1 the metalled mine1 ,the wholesome herbs1 the healthful1 pleasant trees1 ,the silver streams1 the beasts of sundry kinds2 ,the bounding waves and fishes of the seas3 ,all these for teaching man the ,lord did frame1 ,to do ,his will whose glory shines in flame4 ,king ,james ,i4 ,if man sleeps on1 untaught by what he sees1 ,can he prove infidel to what he feels8 ,young4 ,father of light and life6 ,thou good ,supreme6 ,o teach me what is good6 ,teach me ,thyself6 ,save me from folly1 vanity1 and vice1 ,from every low pursuit4 ,thomson4 ,spirit of ,light6 do ,thou impart ,majestic truths1 and teach my heart2 ,teach me to know how weak ,i am1 ,how vain my powers1 how poor my frame2 ,teach me celestial paths untrod1 ,the ways of glory and of ,god4 ,crabbe4 ,lord1 grant our hearts be so inclined1 ,thy work to seek1 ,thy will to do2 ,and while we teach the youthful mind1 ,our own be taught ,thy lessons too4 ,miss ,landon4 ,chief of the household ,gods ,which hallow ,scotland's lowly ,scottish homes6 ,while looking at thy signs ,which speak1 though dumb1 deep thought upon me comes-- ,with sad yet solemn dreams my heart is stirred1 ,like childhood when it hears the carol of a bird6 ,the mountains old and hoar-- ,the chainless winds--the streams so pure and free-- ,the ,god-enamelled flowers-- ,the waving forest--the eternal sea-- ,the eagle floating o'er the mountain's brow-- ,are teachers all2 but oh6 they are not such as thou6 ,robert ,nicoll4 ,to conquer hate1 ,and in its place to cherish love unfeigned1 ,forgiveness and forgetfulness of wrongs1 ,no precepts but the perfect law of ,christ1 ,no teacher but the blessed ,son of ,god1 ,could e'er instruct mankind4 ,c4 ,p4 ,layard4 ,here the lamented dead in dust shall lie1 ,life's lingering languors o'er1 its labours done2 ,where waving boughs1 between the earth and sky1 ,admit the farewell radiance of the sun4 ,and here the impressive stone1 engraved with words ,which grief sententious gives to marble pale1 ,shall teach the heart2 while waters1 leaves1 and birds ,make cheerful music in the passing gale4 ,willis ,g4 ,clark4 ,your voiceless lips1 ,o flowers1 are living preachers1 ,each cup a pulpit1 every leaf a book1 ,supplying to my fancy numerous teachers1 ,from loneliest nook4 ,were ,i1 ,o ,god1 in churchless lands remaining1 ,far from the voice of teachers and divines1 ,my soul would find in flowers of ,thy ordaining1 ,priests1 sermons1 shrines4 ,horace ,smith4 ,,tears4 ,my tears have been my meat day and night1 while they continually say unto me1 ,where is thy ,god8--,psalm xlii4 #c4 ,the ,lord ,god will wipe away tears from off all faces4--,isaiah1 xxv4 #h4 ,they shall hunger no more1 neither thirst any more2 neither shall the sun light on them1 nor any heat4 ,for the ,lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them1 and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters3 and ,god shall wipe away all tears from their eyes4--,revelation1 vii4 #af1 #ag4 ,not when the earth revives with genial heat1 ,to fresh and blooming flowers1 the bee applies ,with such delight1 and bears on loaded thighs ,the fragrant treasure to her loaded seat2 ,not young and timorous hind with course so fleet1 ,escaped to trackless forest from the cries ,of fell pursuit1 now unsuspected flies1 ,panting to reach the cooling waters sweet1 ,as ,i in those hot tears exult1 which shower ,from my relenting eyes1 when up to ,god1 ,with love or kindling zeal my heart ascends4 8,how great10 in transport thus my soul ,i pour1 8,must be their glory in the blest abode1 ,whose joy the pleasure of my grief transcends60 ,from the ,italian of ,gabriel ,fiamma4 ,no sigh1 no murmur the wide world shall hear2 ,from every face ,he wipes off every tear4 ,pope4 ,to hurry at thy mandate1 matchless ,king6 ,the orbs of night have cars of sapphire dyes2 ,to reach ,thee th' eagle hath at least his wing1 ,and nought have we except our sighs6 ,may thy saints' voice ascend and calm thy wrath1 ,terrestrial incense is the just man's prayer2 ,but pass we sinners1 nought the sinner hath1 ,unto thy shrine1 but tears to bear4 ,lamartine4 ,raise it to ,heaven when thine eye fills with tears1 ,for only in a watery sky appears ,the bow of light2 and from th' invisible skies ,hope's glory shines not1 save through weeping eyes4 ,frances ,ann ,kemble4 ,thou hast wept mournfully1 ,o1 human love6 ,e'en on this greensward2 night hath heard thy cry1 ,heart-stricken one6 thy precious dust above1 ,night1 and the hills1 which sent forth no reply ,unto thine agony6 ,but he who wept like thee1 thy ,lord1 thy guide1 ,christ1 hath arisen1 ,o love6 thy tears shall all be dried4 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,thank ,god1 bless ,god1 all ye who suffer not ,more grief than ye can weep for4 ,that is well-- ,that is light grieving6 lighter none befel1 ,since ,adam forfeited the primal lot4 ,tears6 what are tears8 ,the babe weeps in its cot1 ,the mother singing3 at her marriage bell ,the bride weeps3 and before the oracle ,of high-faned hills1 the poet hath forgot ,that moisture on his cheeks4 ,commend the grace1 ,mourners who weep6 ,albeit1 as some have done1 ,ye grope1 tear-blinded1 in a desert place1 ,and touch but tombs1--look up6 ,those tears will run1 ,soon1 in long rivers1 down the lifted face1 ,and leave the vision clear1 for stars and sun4 ,miss ,barrett4 ,o1 turn1 and be thou turned6 ,the selfish tear1 ,in bitter thoughts of low-born care begun1 ,let it flow on1 but flow refined and clear1 ,the turbid waters brightening as they run4 ,let it flow on1 till all thine earthly heart ,in penitential drops have ebbed away2 ,then fearless1 turn where ,heaven hath set thy part1 ,nor shudder at the eye that saw thee stray4 ,o1 lost and found6 ,all gentle souls below ,their dearest welcome shall prepare1 and prove ,such joy o'er thee as raptured seraphs know1 ,who learn their lesson at the ,throne of ,love4 ,keble4 ,what sadder scene can angels view ,than self-deceiving tears1 ,poured idly over some dark page ,of earlier life1 though pride or rage ,a record of to-day engage1 ,a woe for future years8 ,keble4 ,for ,spring1 and flowers of ,spring1 ,blossoms and what they bring1 ,be our thanks given2 ,thanks for the maiden's bloom1 ,for the sad prison's gloom2 ,and for the sadder tomb1 ,e'en as for heaven6 ,great ,god thy will be done1 ,when the soul's rivers run ,down the worn cheeks1 ,done when the righteous bleed1 ,when the wrong'd vainly plead1 ,done in the mended deed1 ,when the heart breaks4 ,lo6 how the dutiful ,snows clothe in beautiful ,life1 the dead earth6 ,lo6 bow the clouds distil ,riches o'er vale and hill1 ,while the storm's evil will ,dies in its birth6 ,bless'd is the unpeopled down1 ,bless'd is the crowded town1 ,where the tir'd groan3 ,pain but appears to be2 ,what are man's fears to ,thee1 ,god6 if all tears shall be ,gems on ,thy throne4 ,e4 ,elliot4 ,and tears once filled ,his eye ,beside a mortal's grave1 ,who left ,his throne on high ,the lost to seek and save4 ,and fresh1 from age to age1 ,their memory shall be kept1 ,while man shall bless the page ,which tells that ,jesus wept6 ,bernard ,barton4 ,alas6 who hath not tears on earth1 ,perchance though often wept unseen8 ,on every soil they have their birth1 ,in hearts where blithest smiles have been4 ,tears are the blessings of the heart1 ,when nature oft would fain rebel1 ,yet bends beneath the rending dart1 ,and tears her deepest anguish tell4 ,tears are the heir-loom of our race1 ,from sire to son profusely given2 ,bright dew-drops on the mourner's face1-- ,bright only in the light of ,heaven4 ,in that pure light the mother sees ,through her fast tears the cloud grow bright2 ,hope gilded with sweet promises1 ,smiling upon the brow of night4 ,faith draws the distant vision nigh1 ,where basks her child in thornless bowers2 ,while cherub hands suppress each sigh1 ,and wreath her heart with fadeless flowers4 ,in that bright world no tears are seen1 ,for ,god hath wiped all tears away2 ,earth's last deep groan of anguish keen ,ne'er mingles with ,redemption's lay4 ,washed in the ,saviour's cleansing blood1 ,the white-robed saints in glory stand1 ,hailing ,earth's lingerers o'er the flood ,to the full bliss of ,canaan's land4 ,oh1 blest re-union6 ,no more tears ,shall dim the sun-blaze of the soul1 ,but smiles shall be the chroniclers ,of joys that own not death's control4 ,w4 ,j4 ,brock4 ,the sage's and the poet's theme1 ,in every clime1 in every age2 ,thou charm'st in ,fancy's idle dream1 ,in ,reason's philosophic page4 ,that very law which moulds a tear1 ,and bids it trickle from its source2 ,that law preserves the earth a sphere1 ,and guides the planets in their course4 ,rogers4 ,,temperance4 ,every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things4 ,now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown1 but we an incorruptible4--,i4 ,corinthians1 ix4 #be4 ,if all the world ,should1 in a pet of ,temperance1 feed on pulse1 ,drink the clear stream1 and nothing wear but frieze1 ,th' ,all-,giver would be unthank'd1 would be unprais'd1 ,not half ,his riches known1 and yet despis'd2 ,and we should serve ,him as a grudging master1 ,and a penurious niggard of ,his wealth4 ,milton4 ,nature1 good cateress1 ,means her provision only to the good1 ,that live according to her sober laws1 ,and holy dictates of spare ,temperance4 ,milton4 ,rarely shall that path be trod1 ,which without horror leads to death's abode4 ,some few1 by temperance taught1 approaching slow1 ,to distant fate by easy journeys go2 ,gently they lay them down1 as evening sheep ,on their own woolly fleeces softly sleep4 ,dryden4 ,grateful and salutary spring the plants ,which crown our numerous gardens1 and ,invite to health and temperance1 in the simple meal ,unpoisoned with rich sauces1 to provoke ,th' unwilling appetite to gluttony4 ,for this the bulbous esculents their roots ,with sweetness fill2 for this with cooling juice ,the green herb spreads its leaves2 and opening buds1 ,and flowers1 and seeds1 with various flavours4 ,dodsley4 ,he who can guard 'gainst the low baits of sense1 ,will find ,temptation's arrows hurtless strike ,against the brazen shield of ,temperance4 ,for 'tis the inferior appetites enthral ,the man1 and quench the immortal light within him2 ,the senses take the soul an easy prey1 ,and sink the imprison'd spirit into brute4 ,h4 ,more4 ,,temple4 ,the ,lord is in ,his holy temple1 the ,lord's throne is in heaven4--,psalm xi4 #d4 ,one thing have ,i desired of the ,lord1 that will ,i seek after2 that ,i may dwell in the house of the ,lord all the days of my life1 to behold the beauty of the ,lord1 and to enquire in ,his temple4--,psalm xxvii4 #d4 ,and ,i ,john saw the holy city1 new ,jerusalem1 coming down from ,god out of heaven4 ,and ,i saw no temple therein2 for the ,lord ,god ,almighty and the ,lamb are the temple of it4--,revelation1 xxi4 #b1 #bb4 ,rise1 crowned with light1 imperial ,salem1 rise6 ,exalt thy towering head1 and lift thine eyes6 ,see a long race thy spacious courts adorn2 ,see future sons1 and daughters yet unborn1 ,in crowding ranks1 on every side arise1 ,discarding life1 impatient for the skies6 ,see barbarous nations at thy gates attend1 ,walk in thy light1 and in thy temple bend4 ,pope4 ',twas thee ,the almighty chose among the sons of men1 ,to dedicate a temple to ,his name1 ,where ,he whose awful presence fills the vast ,immensity of space1 who makes the clouds ,his chariot1 rides sublime the whirlwind's wing1 ,and guides the raging storm1 would deign to dwell1 ,and make ,his presence known4 ,the exalted task ,thy wisdom worthily performed4 ,william ,hodson4 ,the groves were ,god's first temples4 ,ere man learned ,to hew the shaft1 and lay the architrave1 ,and spread the root above them1--ere he framed ,the lofty vault1 to gather and roll back ,the sound of anthems2 in the darkling wood1 ,amidst the cool and silence1 he knelt down1 ,and offered to the ,mightiest solemn thanks ,and supplication4 ,w4 ,c4 ,bryant4 ,o ,thou1 to whom1 in ancient time1 ,the lyre of ,hebrew bards was strung1 ,whom kings adored in songs sublime1 ,and prophets praised with glowing tongue4 ,not now1 on ,zion's height alone1 ,the favoured worshipper may dwell1 ,nor where1 at sultry noon1 ,thy ,son ,sat1 weary1 by the ,patriarch's well4 ,from every place below the skies1 ,the grateful song1 the fervent prayer-- ,the incense of the heart--may rise ,to heaven1 and find acceptance there4 ,in this ,thy house1 whose doors we now ,for social worship first unfold1 ,to ,thee the suppliant throng shall bow1 ,while circling years on years are roll'd4 ,to ,thee shall age1 with snowy hair1 ,and strength and beauty1 bend the knee1 ,and childhood lisp1 with reverend air1 ,its praises and its prayers to ,thee4 ,o ,thou1 to whom in ancient time1 ,the lyre of prophet bards was strung1 ,to ,thee1 at last1 in every clime1 ,shall temples rise1 and praise be sung4 ,pierpont4 ,and now the assembled ,hosts advance1 and glow ,into a hymn as they ascend the hill1 ,in numbers without number1 singing so4 8,glad was ,i when they said to me1 we will ,go up into the ,temple of the ,lord2 ,lo1 we shall dwell in ,salem40 ,thus1 until ,they reached the sacred gates1 did they record ,their raptures in no mortal verse2 their strain ,of higher mood they raised and bolder word4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,in a temple fair to see1 ,gracious ,lord1 we worship ,thee3 ,meet it is that we should come ,duly to the hallowed dome2 ,kneel1 and pray1 our sins confessing1 ,asking--hoping for ,thy blessing4 ,egone4 ,,temptation4 ,then was ,jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil4--,matthew1 iv4 #a4 ,lead us not into temptation4--,matthew1 vi4 #ac4 ,watch and pray1 that ye enter not into temptation4--,matthew1 xxvi4 #da4 ,there hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man3 but ,god is faithful1 who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able2 but will with the temptation also make a way to escape1 that ye may be able to bear it4--,i4 ,corinthians1 x4 #ac4 ,not thou mistrust1 but tender love enjoins1 ,that ,i should mind thee oft1 and mind thou me ,firm we subsist yet possibly to swerve1 ,since reason not impossibly may meet ,some specious object by the foe suborned1 ,and fall into deception unaware1 ,not keeping strictest watch as she was warned4 ,seek not temptation then2 which to avoid ,were better6 99 99 99 trial will come unsought4 ,wouldst thou approve thy constancy1 approve ,first thy obedience3 th' other who can know1 ,not seeing thee attempted1 who attest8 ,but if thou think1 trial unsought may find ,us both securer that thus warned thou seem'st1 ,go1 for thy stay not free absents thee more1 ,go1 in thy native innocence1 rely ,on what thou hast of virtue1 summon all1 ,for ,god towards thee hath done his part2 do thine4 ,milton4 ,when gath'ring clouds around ,i view1 ,and days are dark1 and friends are few1 ,on ,him ,i lean1 who not in vain1 ,experienced every human pain2 ,he sees my wants1 allays my fears1 ,and counts and treasures up my tears4 ,if aught should tempt my soul to stray ,from heavenly wisdom's narrow way1 ,to flee the good ,i would pursue1 ,or do the sin ,i would not do1 ,still ,he1 who felt temptation's power ,shall guard me in that dangerous hour4 ,grant4 ,and now came on temptation's demon hour ,to crush the ,saviour6 ,by the ,holy ,ghost ,constrained1 within a desert's trackless wild ,alone ,he wandered1 unperceived by eyes ,of mortal2 there to fathom time and truth1 ,redemption and the vast designs of ,love4 99 99 99 99 99 ,thus forty days of dire temptation leagued ,their might hell-born1 with hunger1 thirst1 and pain4 ,meanwhile1 in thankless calm the world reposed1 ,life went her rounds1 and busy hearts maintain'd ,their wonted purpose3 still uprose the parent orb1 ,and all the dewy ravishment of flowers ,enkindled2 day and ocean mingled smiles1 ,and then1 meek night with starr'd enchantment rose1 ,while moonlight wander'd o'er the palmy hills ,of green-hair'd ,palestine3 and thus unmark'd ,by aught portentous1 save demonian wiles1 ,his fasting period in the desert gloom ,messiah braved4 ,robert ,montgomery4 ,the ,tempter to my soul hath said1 8,there is no help in ,god for thee30 ,lord1 lift thou up thy servant's head1 ,my glory1 shield1 and solace be4 ,thus to the ,lord ,i made my cry2 ,he heard me from his holy hill2 ,at his command the waves roll'd by2 ,he beckon'd and the winds were still4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,o trembling1 learn ,that ,peter1 too1 was chosen by his ,lord1 ,admonished1 and forewarned1 and resolute1 ,and sworn to persevere in righteousness2 ,yet in the hour of trial1 ,peter fell4 ,into temptation lead us not1 ,o ,god6 ,but with ,thy hand deliver us from ill6 ,cockburn4 ,he who sends temptation1 giveth ,strength to meet and overcome the foe1 ,if but to ,him we pray1 ,and in ,him put our trust4 ,egone4 ,,thankfulness4 ,o ,lord my ,god1 ,i will give thanks unto thee for ever4--,psalm xxx4 #ab4 ,enter into his gates with thanksgiving1 and into his courts with praise3 be thankful unto him1 and bless his name4--,psalm c4 #d4 ,in every thing give thanks2 for this is the will of ,god in ,christ ,jesus concerning you4--,i4 ,thessalonians1 v4 #ah4 ,a thankful heart hath earned me favour twice1 ,but he that is ungrateful wants no vice4 ,quarles4 ,god is much displeased ,that you take with unthankfulness ,his doing2 ,in common1 worldly things1 'tis called ungrateful1 ,with dull unwillingness to repay a debt ,which with a bounteous hand was kindly lent2 ,much more to be thus opposite with ,heaven1 ,for it requires the debt it lent you4 ,shakspere4 ,when all thy mercies1 ,o my ,god1 ,my rising soul surveys1 ,transported with the view1 ,i'm lost ,in wonder1 love1 and praise4 ,unnumber'd blessings on my head ,thy tender care bestow'd1 ,before my infant heart conceived ,from whom those blessings flow'd4 ,ten thousand thousand precious gifts ,my daily thanks employ2 ,nor is the least a grateful heart1 ,to taste those gifts with joy4 ,through every period of my life ,thy goodness ,i'll pursue2 ,and1 after death1 in distant worlds1 ,the glorious theme renew4 ,addison4 ,break forth into thanksgiving1 ,ye banded instruments of wind and chords6 ,unite1 to praise the ,ever-living1 ,your inarticulate notes with the voice of words1 ,nor hushed be service from the lowing mead1 ,nor mute the forest hum of noon3 ,thou too be heard lone eagle6 freed ,from snowy peak and cloud1 attune ,thy hungry barkings to the hymn ,of joy1 that from her utmost walls ,the six days work1 by flaming ,seraphim ,transmits to ,heaven6 as deep to deep ,shouting through one valley rolls2 ,all worlds1 all nature1 mood and measure keep ,for praise and ceaseless gratulation poured ,into the ear of ,god--their ,lord4 ,wordsworth4 ,is there any smile of prophecy upon the world's wide face8 ,among the striving millions there1 say who shall win the race8 ',mid fallen towers1 and falling thrones1 and glories that decay1 ,will any kingdom rise to shine in everlasting day8 ,one spirit powers ,his riches o'er all the earth abroad1 ,and all these changing pictures shew the glory of our ,god4 ,but1 would you know the meaning and the virtue of the whole1 ,descend to yonder vale1 where dwells one happy human soul4 ,there sitting in the sunshine1 the grey-haired labourer see1 ,he smiles upon his grandson there1 who plays besides the tree2 ,where1 when a child1 he played himself1 and soon its bough shall wave1 ,when he rests from all his labours1 above his quiet grave6 ,oh yes2 there is a meaning and a rest for every heart1 ,not in gazing on the whole1 but in doing well a part2 ,where rests in peace and thankfulness1 one reasonable soul1-- ,there centres all the happiness1 the wisdom of the whole6 ,j4 ,gostick4 ,,thought4 ,o ,lord1 how great are thy works8 and thy thoughts are very deep4--,psalm xcii4 #e4 ,i hate vain thoughts2 but thy law do ,i love4--,psalm cxix4 #aac4 ,the thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the ,lord4--,proverbs1 xv4 #bf4 ,which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature4--,matthew1 vi4 #bg4 ,my words fly up1 my thoughts remain below2 ,words without thoughts never to ,heaven go4 ,shakspere4 ,rise1 ,o my soul1 with thy desires to heaven1 ,and with divinest contemplation use ,thy time1 where time's eternity is given1 ,and let vain thoughts no more thy thoughts abuse2 ,but sown in darkness let them lie2 ,so live the better1 let the worst thoughts die6 ,sir ,walter ,raleigh4 ,think that is just2 'tis not enough to do1 ,unless thy very thoughts are upright too4 ,thomas ,randolph4 ,his pure thoughts were borne ,like fumes of sacred incense o'er the clouds1 ,and wafted thence on angels' wings1 through ways ,of light to the bright ,source of all4 ,congreve4 ,companion none is like ,unto the mind alone1 ,for many have been harmed by speech1-- ,through thinking1 few1 or none4 ,fear oftentimes restraineth words1 ,but makes not thoughts to cease2 ,and he speaks best1 that hath the skill ,when for to hold his peace4 ,our wealth leaves us at death1 ,our kinsmen at the grave1 ,but virtues of the mind unto ,the heavens with us we have2 ,wherefore1 for virtue's sake1 ,i can be well content1 ,the sweetest time of all my life ,to deem in thinking spent4 ,lord ,vaux4 ,thoughts uncontrolled and unimpressed1 the births ,of pure election1 arbitrary range1 ,not to the limits of one world confined4 ,young4 ,o ye1 whose hours in jocund train advance1 ,whose spirits to the song of gladness dance1 ,who flowery fields in endless view survey1 ,glittering in beams of visionary day2 ,o yet while ,fate delays th' impending blow1 ,be roused to thought1 anticipate the woe2 ,lest1 like the lightning's glance1 the sudden ill ,flash to confound1 and penetrate to kill4 ,beattie4 ,o reader1 had you in your mind1 ,such stores as silent thought can bring1 ,o gentle reader1 you would find ,a tale in everything4 ,wordsworth4 ,lulled in the countless chambers of the brain1 ,our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain4 ,awake but one1 and lo6 what myriads rise6 ,each stamps its image as the other flies6 ,each1 as the various avenues of sense1 ,delight or sorrow to the soul dispense1 ,frightens or fades2 yet all1 with magic art1 ,control the latent fibres of the heart4 ,rogers4 ,god is great and right6 ,he crowned man's brow with radiant orbs of light-- ,light which inspires all abstracts1 and prints ,on each twin lens all images and tints4 ,to contract1 brings the world beyond our span1 ,and makes the farthest star converse with man2 ,to read ,his works1 ,god thus illumed the head1 ,but made man's breast no window to be read4 ,glory to ,god2 though given to ,king and ,pope1 ,to seal our eyes1 our bosoms none can ope2 ,there still shall freedom one asylum find3 ,go to1 make creeds and laws to scourge mankind2 ,enthral them1 hand and foot1 and sight and speech1 ,thought only1 thought is barred beyond your reach2 ,what racks can bind8 or what research unveil ,the soul1 with flesh encompassed as a mail ,of proof1 impervious1 save to ,god alone1 ,defies her labours1 and resumes her own4 ,whether she break communion with the tongue ,and bid it mock you with the lie you wrung1 ,or scorning such degenerate use of breath1 ,escape with truth1 and leave you dust and death4 ,nicholas ,thorning ,moile4 ,think'st thou to be concealed1 thou little thought1 ,that in the curtained chamber of the soul ,dost wrap thyself so close1 and dream to do ,a secret work8 ,look to the hues that roll ,o'er the changed brow--the moving lips behold-- ,linking thee unto speech--the feet that run ,upon thy errands1 and the deeds that stamp ,thy lineage plain before the noon-day sun2 ,look to the pen that writes thy history down ,in those tremendous books that ne'er unclose ,until the day of doom1 and blush to see ,how vain thy trust in darkness to repose1 ,where all things tend to judgment4 ,so beware1 ,o1 erring human heart6 what thought thou lodgest there4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,methought ,i heard a reverend old man speak2 ,grey were his locks1 his eyes were calmly bright1 ,the rosiness of youth was on his cheek1 ,and1 as he spoke1 a heaven of truth and light ,open'd itself upon my inner sight2 ,while1 banish'd by his accents soft and meek1 ,dissolve itself in holy harmony4 ,then to the old man1 doubtfully1 ,i said1 8,yet in the world these evils are not dead60 ,but1 confidently1 thus he gave reply-- 8,as in my thoughts1 so in the world they lie40-- ,and with these words he rais'd his drooping head4 ,j4 ,gostick4 ,free from guile1 and free from sin1 ,may the thoughts my breast within1 ,gracious ,god1 ,thy favour win6 ,egone4 ,,tidings4 ,blessed is the man that feareth the ,lord4 ,he shall not be afraid of evil tidings3 his heart is fixed1 trusting in the ,lord4--,psalm cxii4 #a1 #g4 ,and there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field1 keeping watch over their flock by night4 ,and the angel said unto them1 ,fear not3 for behold ,i bring you good tidings of great joy1 which shall be to all people4--,luke1 ii4 #h1 #aj4 ,the tidings which that infant brings1 ,are not for conquerors1 or for kings3 ,not for the sceptre or the brand1 ,for crowned head1 or red right hand4 ,but to the contrite and the meek1 ,the sinful1 sorrowful1 and weak3 ,or those who1 with a hope sublime1 ,are waiting for the ,lord's good time4 ,only for those the angels sing1 8,all glory to our new-born ,king1 ,and peace and good-will unto men1 ,hosanna to our ,god6 ,amen60 ,miss ,landon4 ,sent from the ark1 the dove1 with timid flight1 ,strove through the storms1 yet found not where to light2 ,pursued by winds o'er restless ocean's roar1 ,back to the flood-tossed crew no leaf she bore3 ,so through the past man's tempest-driven mind1 ,sent fancy forth some resting-place to find2 ,o'er bush1 tree1 hill1 she winged her trackless way1 ,nor foothold found her weary flight to stay2 ,back o'er the sea on terror-haunted air1 ,she flew1 to tell the tidings of despair2 ,again she flies for fairer forms to seek1 ,and lo6 the olive borne upon her beak6 ,hear her glad news1--she rested on the tomb1 ,saw the dawn break1 and flit the ancient gloom6 ,through night she swept1 and heard the gentle fall ,of angel footsteps in its silent hall2 ,upborne from earth1 in strong and joyous flight1 ,fearless she sought the empyrean height1 ,gazed on the source whence pours the living ray1 ,on earth's time-shadows1 ,god's eternal day4 ,john ,brooks ,fellon4 ,,time4 ,o ,lord1 ,thou art my ,god3 my times are in ,thy hand4--,psalm xxxi4 #ad1 #ae4 ,it is time to seek the ,lord4--,hosea1 x4 #ab4 ,it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be light4--,zechariah1 xiv4 #g4 ,but this ,i say1 brethren1 the time is short4--,i4 ,corinthians1 vii4 #bi4 ,behold1 now is the accepted time3 behold1 now is the day of salvation4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 vi4 #b4 ,and the angel which ,i saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth1 lifted up his hand to heaven1 ,and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever1 that there should be time no longer4--,revelation1 x4 #e1 #f4 ,like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore1 ,so do our minutes hasten to their end2 ,each changing place with that which goes before1 ,in sequent toil all forwards do contend4 ,nativity once in the main of light1 ,crawls to maturity1 wherewith being crown'd1 ,crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight1 ,and time that gave1 doth now his gift confound4 ,time doth transfix the flourish set on youth1 ,and delves the parallels in beauty's brow2 ,feeds on the rarities of nature's truth1 ,and nothing stands but for his scythe to mow4 ,shakspere4 ,misshapen time1 copesmate of ugly night2 ,swift subtle post1 carrier of grisly care2 ,eater of youth1 false slave to false delight1 ,base watch of woes1 sin's pack-horse1 virtue's snare3 ,thou nursest all1 and murderest all that are4 ,shakspere4 ,time's glory is to calm contending kings1 ,to unmask falsehood1 and bring truth to light2 ,to stamp the seal of time on aged things1 ,to wake the morn1 and sentinel the night1 ,to wrong the wronger1 till he render right4 ,shakspere4 ,time is so swift that none can match his course1-- ,time is so strong that none can match his force3 ,like to a thiefe ,time stealingly doth haste2 ,no man can call ,time backe when ,time is past4 99 99 99 99 99 ,time is as swift as thought--the swift'st-wing'd swallow ,cannot endure the flight of ,time to follow3 ,time is of the ,ubiquitaries' race1-- ,time's here1 ,time's there1 ,time is in every place2 ,time is divided in a three-fold sum1 ,time past1 ,time present1 and the ,time to come4 ,a present ,time ,i presently intreat1 ,for therein lies the sum of my conceit1 ,for ,time 7once past7 can never be recall'd4 ,and therefore ,time is figured to be bald4 ,peter ,small4 ,fly1 envious ,time1 till thou run out thy race1 ,call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours1 ,whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace1 ,and glut thyself with what thy womb devours1 ,which is no more than what is false and vain1 ,and merely mortal dross2 ,so little is our loss1 ,so little is our gain4 ,for when as each thing bad thou hast entomb'd1 ,and last of all thy greedy self consum'd1 ,then long eternity shall greet our bliss ,with an individual kiss2 ,and joy shall overtake us as a flood1 ,and perfectly divine1 ,with truth1 and peace1 and love1 shall ever shine1 ,about the supreme throne ,of ,him1 to whose happy-making sight alone1 ,when once our heavenly-guided soul shall climb1 ,then all this earthly grossness quit1 ,attir'd with stars1 we shall for ever sit ,triumphing over ,death1 and ,chance1 and thee1 ,o ,time6 ,milton4 ,throw years away6 ,throw empires1 and be blameless4 ,moments seize ,heavens on their wing3 a moment we may wish1 ,when worlds want wealth to buy4 ,young4 ,o ,time6 than gold more sacred2 more a load ,than lead to fools1 and fools reputed wise4 ,what moment granted man without account8 ,what years are squandered1 wisdom's debt unpaid6 ,our wealth in days all due to that discharge4 ,young4 ,time as he passes us1 has a dove's wing1 ,unroil'd and swift1 and of a silken sound2 ,but the ,world's ,time1 is ,time in masquerade6 ,theirs1 should ,i paint him1 has his pinions fledged1 ,with motley plumes2 and where the peacock shews ,his azure eyes1 is tinctured black and red ,with spots quadrangular of diamond form1 ,ensanguined hearts1 clubs typical of strife1 ,and spades1 the emblems of untimely graves4 ,cowper4 8,why sits thou by that ruin'd hall1 ,thou aged carle so stern and grey8 ,dost thou its former pride recall1 ,or ponder how it pass'd away80 8,know'st thou not me80 the deep voice cried1 8,so long enjoyed1 so oft misused-- ,alternate1 in thy fickle pride1 ,desired1 neglected1 and accused8 ,before my breath1 like smoking flax1 ,man and his marvels pass away1 ,and changing empires wane and wax1 ,are founded1 flourish1 and decay4 ,redeem mine hours--the space is brief ,while in my glass the sand-grains shiver1 ,and measureless thy joy or grief1 ,when time and thou shalt part for ever60 ,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,time speeds away--away--away3 ,another hour--another day-- ,another month--another year-- ,drop from us like the leaflet sear2 ,drop like the life-blood from our hearts2 ,the rose-bloom from the cheek departs1 ,the tresses from the temples fall1 ,the eye grows dim and strange to all4 ,time speeds away--away--away1 ,like torrent in a stormy day2 ,he undermines the stately tower1 ,uproots the tree1 and snaps the flower2 ,and sweeps from our distracted breast ,the friends that loved--the friends that blest2 ,and leaves us weeping on the shore1 ,to which they can return no more4 ,time speeds away--away--away3 ,no eagle through the skies of day1 ,no wind along the hills can flee ,so swiftly or so smooth as he4 ,like fiery steed--from stage to stage1 ,he bears us on from youth to age2 ,then plunges in the fearful sea ,of fathomless eternity4 ,knox4 ,time1 as he courses onwards1 still unrolls ,the volume of concealment4 ,in the future1 ,as in the optician's glassy cylinder1 ,the undistinguishable blots and colours ,of the dim past collect and shape themselves1 ,upstarting in their own completed image ,to scare1 or to reward4 ,coleridge4 ,and who is he1 the vast1 the awful form1 ,girt with the whirlwind1 sandalled with the storm8 ,a western cloud around his limbs is spread1 ,his crown a rainbow1 and a sun his head1 ,to highest ,heaven he lifts his kingly hand1 ,and treads at once the ocean and the land2 ,and hark6 ,his voice amid the thunder's roar1 ,his dreadful voice--that time shall be no more6 ,bishop ,heber4 ,i ask'd an aged man1 a man of cares1 ,wrinkled1 and curved1 and white with hoary hairs2 8,time is the warp of life10 he said1 8,oh1 tell ,the young1 the fair1 the gay1 to weave it well60 ,i ask'd the ancient1 venerable dead1 ,sages who wrote1 and warriors who bled2 ,from the cold grave a hollow murmur flow'd1 8,time sow'd the seed we reap in this abode60 ,i ask'd a dying sinner1 ere the tide ,of life had left his veins4--8,time60 he replied2 8,i've lost it6 ah1 the treasure60 and he died4 ,i ask'd the golden sun and silver spheres1 ,those bright chronometers of days and years2 ,they answered1 8,time is but a meteor glare10 ,and bade us for ,eternity prepare4 ,i ask'd the ,seasons1 in their annual round1 ,which beautify or desolate the ground2 ,and they replied1 7no oracle more wise17 8',tis folly's blank1 and wisdom's highest prize60 ,i ask'd a spirit lost1 but oh1 the shriek ,that pierc'd my soul6 ,i shudder while ,i speak6 ,it cried1 8a particle6 a speck6 a mite ,of endless years1 duration infinite60 ,of things inanimate1 my dial ,i ,consulted1 and it made me this reply-- 8,time is the season fair of living well1 ,the path of glory1 or the path of hell60 ,i ask'd my ,bible1 and methinks it said1 8,time is the present hour1 the past is fled2 ,live6 live to-day6 to-morrow never yet ,on any living being rose or set60 ,i ask'd old ,father ,time himself at last2 ,but in a moment he flew swiftly past3-- ,his chariot was a cloud1 the viewless wind ,his noiseless steeds1 which left no trace behind4 ,i ask'd a mighty angel1 who shall stand ,one foot on sea1 and one on solid land3 8,by ,heaven10 he cried1 8,i swear the mystery's o'er2 ,time was10 he cried1 8but ,time shall be no more60 ,joshua ,marsden4 ,o ,time6 the fatal wreck of mortal things1 ,that draws oblivion's curtains over kings4 ,their sumptuous monuments1 men know them not1 ,their names without a record1 are forgot1 ,their parts1 their ports1 their pomp's all laid i' the dust1 ,nor wit1 nor gold1 nor buildings1 'scape ,time's rust2 ,but he whose name is 'graved in the white stone1 ,shall last and shine when all of these are gone4 ,mrs4 ,anne ,bradstreet4 ,be silent and still1 for his end draweth near1 ,and watch with a quivering breath2 ,no mortal eye beheld his birth1 ,but all shall behold his death1 ,for the nations from every land and clime ,shall gather to gaze on the close of ,time4 ,the ,moon shall look down with a tearful eye1 ,and the ,sun shall withhold his fire1 ,and the hoary ,earth1 all parched and dry1 ,shall flame for his funeral pyre1 ,when the ,angel1 that standeth on earth and shore1 ,proclaimeth that 8,time shall be no more60 ,edward ,pollok4 ,o1 ,god of times1 and yet1 in time a man6 ,before all times thy time of being was2 ,and yet in time thy human birth began1 ,lest we should fade1 untimely1 like the grass1-- ,thou that hast said thy word should never pass1 ,and thou that dost all times begin and end1-- ,vouchsafe thy comfort to my sad soul send4 ,g4 ,ellis4 ,a moment is a mighty thing1 ,beyond the soul's imagining1 ,for in it1 though we trace it not1 ,how much there crowds of varied lot6 ,how much of life1 life cannot see1 ,darts onward to eternity6 ,while vacant hours of beauty roll ,their magic o'er some yielded soul1 ,ah6 little do the happy guess ,the sum of human wretchedness2 ,or dream1 amid the soft farewell ,that time of them is taking1 ,how frequent mourns the funeral knell1 ,what noble heart is breaking1 ,while myriads to their tombs descend ,without a mourner1 creed1 or friend6 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,,to-,,day--,,to-,,morrow4 ,boast not thyself of to-morrow1 for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth4--,proverbs1 xxvii4 #a4 ,ye know not what shall be on the morrow4--,james1 iv4 #ad4 ,to-day is yesterday returned2 returned ,full-powered to cancel1 expiate1 raise1 adorn1 ,and reinstate us on the rock of peace4 ,let it not share its predecessors' fate2 ,nor1 like its elder sisters1 die a fool4 ,young4 ,at thirty man suspects himself a fool1 ,knows it at forty1 and reforms his plan2 ,at fifty chides his infamous delay1 ,pushes his prudent purpose to resolve4 ,in all the magnanimity of thought ,resolves and re-resolves1 then dies the same4 ,in human hearts what bolder thought can rise ,than man's presumption on to-morrow's dawn4 ,where is to-morrow8 in another world4 ,and yet on this perhaps1 this peradventure1 7,infamous for lies7 as on a rock of adamant ,we build our mountain hopes1 spin our eternal schemes1 ,and big with life's futurities expire4 ,young4 ,to-morrow you will live1 you always cry1 ,in what far country does this morrow lie1 ,that 'tis so mighty long ere it arrive8 ,beyond the ,indies does this morrow live8 ',tis so far fetch'd this morrow1 that ,i fear ',twill be both very old and very dear4 ,to-morrow ,i will live1 the fool does say2 ,to-day itself's too late1 the wise lived yesterday4 ,cowley4 ,to-morrow6 ,that fatal mistress of the young1 the lazy1 ,the coward and the fool1 condemned to lose ,an useless life in waiting for to-morrow1 ,till interposing death destroys the prospect3 ,strange6 that this general fraud1 from day to day1 ,should fill the world with wretches undetected4 ,dr4 ,johnson4 ,to-morrow then begins the task1 you say3 ,alas6 you'll act to-morrow as to-day3 ,what8 is one day1 7you cry17 too much to ask8 ,trust me to-morrow shall commence the task4 ,but think1 ere yet to-morrow's dawn come on1 ,our yesterday's to-morrow will be gone4 ,thus1 while the present from the future borrows1 ,to-morrows slowly creep upon to-morrows1 ,till months and years behold the task undone1 ,which1 still beginning1 never is begun4 ,just as the hinder of two chariot wheels ,still presses closely on its fellow's heels2 ,so flies to-morrow1 while you fly so fast1 ,for ever following1 and for ever last4 ,howes1 from ,persius4 ,to-morrow1 didst thou say8 ,methought ,i heard ,horatio say1 ,to-morrow4 ,go to--,i will not hear of it--,to-morrow6 ',tis a sharper1 who stakes his penury ,against thy plenty--who takes thy ready cash1 ,and pays thee nought but wishes1 hopes1 and promises1 ,the currency of idiots--injurious bankrupt1 ,that gulls the easy creditor6--,to-morrow6 ,it is a period nowhere to be found ,in all the hoary registers of ,time1 ,unless perchance in the fool's calender4 ,wisdom disclaims the word1 nor holds society ,with those who own it4 ,no1 my ,horatio1 ',tis ,fancy's child1 and folly is its father2 ,wrought of such stuff as dreams are1 and as baseless ,as the fantastic visions of the evening4 ,cotton4 ,as ,time glides on in silent flow1 ,to-day yields to to-morrow2 ,to-morrow's expectations grow ,to-day's own bliss or sorrow4 ,still1 as to-morrow's sun appears1 ,it shines upon to-day2 ,so1 realized1 our hopes and fears ,for ever melt away4 ,anon4 ,,tongue4 ,the tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright3 but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness4 ,a wholesome tongue is a tree of life3 but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit4--,proverbs1 xv4 #b1 #d4 ,the tongue is a little member1 and boasteth great things4 ,behold1 how great a matter a little fire kindleth6 ,and the tongue is a fire1 a world of iniquity3 so is the tongue among our members1 that it defileth the whole body1 and setteth on fire the course of nature2 and it is set on fire of hell4 ,the tongue can no man tame2 it is an unruly evil1 full of deadly poison4 ,therewith bless we ,god1 even the ,father2 and therewith curse we men1 which are made after the similitude of ,god4 ,out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing4 ,my brethren1 these things ought not so to be4--,james1 iii4 #e1 #f1 #h1 #i1 #aj4 ,the man ,in whom this spirit entered1 was undone4 ,his tongue was set on fire of hell1 his heart ,was black as death1 his legs were faint with haste ,to propagate the lie his soul had framed4 ,pollok4 ,sacred interpreter of human thought1 ,how few respect1 or use thee as they ought6 ,but all shall give account of every wrong1 ,who dare dishonour or defile the tongue2 ,who prostitute it in the cause of vice1 ,or sell their glory at the market price6 ,cowper4 ,nor did the pulpit's oratory fail ,to achieve its higher triumph4--,not unfelt ,were its admonishments1 nor lightly heard ,the awful truths1 delivered thence by tongues ,endowed with various power to search the soul4 ,wordsworth4 ,from idle words that restless throng1 ,and haunt our hearts when we would pray1 ,from pride's false chime1 and jarring wrong1 ,seal ,thou my lips1 and guard the way3 ,for ,thou hast sworn that every ear1 ,willing1 or loth1 ,thy trump shall hear1 ,and every tongue unchained be1 ,to own no hope1 ,o ,god1 but ,thee4 ,keble4 ,,treasure4 ,treasures of wickedness profit nothing3 but righteousness delivereth from death4--,proverbs1 x4 #b4 ,lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth1 where moth and rust doth corrupt1 and where thieves break through and steal3 ,but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven3 ,for where your treasure is1 there will your heart be also4--,matthew1 vi4 #ai1 #bj1 #ba4 ,he is a path1 if any be misled2 ,he is a robe1 if any naked be2 ,if any chance to hunger1 ,he is bread2 ,if any be a bondman1 ,he is free2 ,if any be but weak1 how strong is ,he6 ,to dead men life ,he is1 to sick men health2 ,to blind men sight1 and to the needy1 wealth-- ,a pleasure without loss1 a treasure without stealth4 ,giles ,fletcher4 ,not to understand a treasure's worth ,till time has stolen away the slighted good1 ,is cause of half the poverty we feel1 ,and makes the world the wilderness it is4 ,cowper4 ,engage this roving treacherous heart1 ,great ,god6 to choose the better part2 ,to scorn the trifles of a day1 ,for joys that none can take away4 ,then let the wildest storms arise1 ,let tempests mingle earth and skies2 ,no fatal shipwreck shall ,i fear1 ,but all my treasure with me bear4 ,if ,thou1 my ,jesus1 still art nigh1 ,cheerful ,i live1 and cheerful die2 ,secure1 when mortal comforts flee1 ,to find ten thousand worlds in ,thee4 ,doddridge4 ,think'st thou the man whose mansions hold ,the worldling's pomp1 and miser's gold1 ,obtains a richer prize ,than he1 who1 in his cot at rest1 ,finds heavenly peace a willing guest1 ,and bears the promise in his breast ,of treasure in the skies4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,what are they8--gold and silver1 ,or what such ore can buy8 ,the price of silken luxury-- ,rich robes of ,tyrian dye8 ,guests that come thronging in ,with lordly pomp and state8 ,or thankless liveried serving men1 ,to stand about the gate8 ,or are they daintiest meats1 ,sent up on silver fine8 ,or golden cups o'er brimm'd ,with rich ,falernian wine8 ,or parchments1 setting forth ,broad lands our fathers held8 ,parks for our deer1 ponds for our fish1 ,and woods that may be fell'd8 ,no1 no6 they are not these6 or else ,god help the poor man's need6 ,then1 sitting 'mid his little ones1 ,he would be poor indeed6 ,they are not these--our household wealth ,belongs not to degree3 ,it is the love within our souls-- ,the children at our knee6 ,my heart o'erfloweth to mine eyes ,when ,i see the poor man stand1 ,after his daily work is done1 ,with children by the hand3-- ,and this he kisseth tenderly1 ,and that sweet names doth call2 ,for ,i know he has no treasure ,like those dear children small6 ,oh1 children young1 ,i bless ye6 ,ye keep such love alive6 ,and the home can ne'er be desolate ,where love has room to thrive6 ,oh1 precious household treasures1 ,life's sweetest1 holiest claim-- ,the ,saviour bless'd ye while on earth-- ,i bless ye in ,his name6 ,mary ,howitt4 ,,tree4 ,the trees of the ,lord are full of sap2 the cedars of ,lebanon which ,he hath planted4--,psalm civ4 #af4 ,and now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees3 therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire4--,matthew1 iii4 #aj4 ,every good tree bringeth forth good fruit2 but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit4--,matthew1 xii4 #ag4 ,a tree was first the instrument of strife1 ,when ,eve to sin her soul did prostitute2 ,a tree is now the instrument of life1 ,though ill that trunk1 and ,christ's fair body suit2 ,ah1 cursed tree6 and yet1 oh1 blessed fruit6 ,that death to ,him1 this life to us doth give3 ,strange is the cure when things past cure revive1 ,and the physician dies to make his patient live4 ,giles ,fletcher4 ,like crowded forest trees we stand1 ,and some are marked to fall3 ,the axe shall smite1 at ,god's command1 ,and soon shall smite us all4 ,green as the bay tree1 ever green1 ,with its new foliage on1 ,the gay1 the thoughtless have ,i seen2 ,i passed1 and they were gone4 ,cowper4 ,of all the trees that in earth's vineyard grow1 ,and with their clusters tempted man to pull ,and eat1 one tree alone the true ,celestial manna bore1 which filled the soul4 ,the tree of holiness1 of heavenly seed1 ,a native of the skies1 though stunted made1 ,and dwarfed by time's cold1 damp1 ungenial soil1 ,and chilling winds1 yet yielding fruit so pure1 ,so nourishing and sweet1 as on his way ,refreshed the pilgrim2 and begot desire ,unquenchable1 to climb the arduous path ,to where her sister plants1 in their own clime1 ,around the fount and by the stream of life1 ,blooming beneath the sun that never sets1 ,bear fruit of perfect relish fully ripe4 ,pollok4 ,god spake3 the hills and plains put on ,their robe of freshest green2 ,dark forest in the valleys wave1 ,and budding trees are seen4 ,the word of ,his breath clothes the forest with leaves1 ,the high gift of beauty the spring-tide receives4 ,krummacher4 ,i heard the language of the trees1 ,in the noons of the early summer2 ,as the leaves were moved like rippling seas ,by the wind--a constant comer4 ,it came and it went at its wanton will2 ,and evermore loved to dally1 ,with branch and flower1 from the cope of the hill ,to the warm depths of the valley4 ,the sunlight glow'd2 the water flow'd2 ,the birds their music chanted1 ,and the words of the trees on my senses fell-- ,by a spirit of ,beauty haunted3-- ,said each to each1 in mystic speech3-- 8,the skies our branches nourish2-- ,the world is good1--the world is fair1-- ,let us enjoy and flourish60 ,again ,i heard the steadfast trees2 ,the wintry winds were blowing2 ,there seem'd a roar as of stormy seas1 ,and of ships to the depths down-going4 ,and ever a moan through the woods was blown1 ,as the branches snapp'd asunder1 ,and the long boughs swung like the frantic arms ,of a crowd in affright and wonder1 ,heavily rattled the driving hail2 ,and storm and flood combining1 ,laid bare the roots of mighty oaks ,under the shingle twining4 ,said tree to tree1 8,these tempests free ,our sap and strength shall nourish2 ,though the world be hard--though the world be cold-- ,we can endure and flourish40 ,charles ,mackay4 ,,trembling4 ,serve the ,lord with fear1 and rejoice with trembling4--,psalm ii4 #aa4 ,fear ye not me8 saith the ,lord3 will ye not tremble at my presence8--,jeremiah1 v4 #bb4 ,eternal ,lord of light and life2 the soul ,of nature and the ,deity of all1 ,whose spirit bending o'er the wondrous whole1 ,suffers unwill'd1 no flower or bird to fall3 ,can the proud eye look upwards to yon dome1 ,or view the rich array spread forth below1 ,and not feel pledges of a dearer home1 ,that make the bosom leap1 the spirit glow1 ,and stretch its hopes far into eternity1 ,till1 like the ,patriarch's dove1 it rests1 great ,lord on ,thee4 ,on ,thee1 its ark of perfect holiness1 ,with tokens of its everlasting peace1 ,and certainty of fadeless joy to bless ,it in a higher state when time shall cease1 ,the stars shall burn2 those living orbs were fed ,with pure effulgence from ,thy vital ray1 ,to light us deep into ,thy essence1 shed ,abroad through earth and air by night and day3 ,fill'd with that glory would my spirit soar1 ,and1 although trembling1 yet exultingly1 adore4 ,w4 ,martin4 ,ye trembling souls dismiss your fears1 ,be mercy all your theme2 ,mercy1 which like a river flows1 ,in one perpetual stream6 ,fear not the powers of earth and hell1 ,god will those powers restrain2 ,his arm shall all their rage repel ,and make their efforts vain6 ,fear not that he will e'er forsake1 ,or leave ,his work undone2 ,he's faithful to his promises1 ,and faithful to ,his ,son6 ,beddome4 ,,trial4 ,search me1 ,o ,god1 and know my heart3 try me1 and know my thoughts4--,psalm cxxxix4 #bc4 ,the trial of your faith1 being much more precious than of gold that perisheth1 though it be tried with fire1 might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of ,jesus ,christ4--,i4 ,peter1 i4 #g4 ,beloved1 think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you1 as though some strange thing happened unto you4--,i4 ,peter1 iv4 #ab4 ,lest our trial1 when least sought1 ,may find us both perhaps far less prepared4 ,milton4 ,within our life these sorrows we contain ,uncertain days1 yet full of certain grief2 ,in number few1 yet infinite in pain2 ,o'ercharged with wants1 but naked of relief1 ,in ruling it our evil parts are chief2 ,and though our time be not cut short by death1 ,old age will creep to stop uncertain breath4 ,yet to the much affliction of the mind1 ,this of the body is a scant compare1 ,wherein so many and so much ,i find1 ,as would astone my spirits to declare-- ,trial can only tell us what we are3 ,for we whom custom hath with grief acquainted1 ,by us her sad proportion best is painted4 ,christopher ,lever1 #afjg4 ,he bids him glow with unremitting love ,to all on earth1 and to ,himself above ,condemns the injurious deed1 the slanderous tongue1 ,the thought that meditates a brother's wrong2 ,brings not alone the more conspicuous part-- ,his conduct--to the test1 but tries his heart4 ,cowper4 ,lord1 search my soul1 try ev'ry thought2 ,though my own heart accuse me not ,of walking in a false disguise1 ,i beg a trial of ,thine eyes4 ,doth secret mischief lurk within8 ,do ,i indulge some unknown sin8 ,o turn my feet whene'er ,i stray1 ,and lead me in ,thy perfect way4 ,watts4 ,,tribulation4 ,in the world ye shall have tribulation4--,john1 xvi4 #cc4 ,we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of ,god4--,acts1 xiv4 #bb4 ,patient in tribulation4--,romans1 xii4 #ab4 ,the wisdom of this world is idiotism2 ,strength1 a weak reed2 health1 sickness' enemy2 7,and it at length will have the victory27 ,beauty is but a painting2 and long life ,is a long journey in ,december gone3 ,tedious and full of tribulation4 ,dekkar4 ,begone unbelief1 my ,saviour is near1 ,and for my relief will surely appear2 ,by prayer let me wrestle1 and ,he will perform2 ,with ,christ in the vessel1 ,i smile at the storm4 ,his love in time past forbids me to think ,he'll leave me at last in trouble to sink2 ,each sweet ,ebenezer ,i have in review1 ,confirms ,his good pleasure to help me quite through4 ,why should ,i complain of want or distress1 ,temptation or pain8 he told me no less6 ,the heirs of salvation1 ,i know from ,his word1 ,through much tribulation must follow their ,lord4 ,newton4 ,lo6 round the throne1 a glorious band1 ,the saints1 in countless myriads1 stand2 ,of ev'ry tongue1 redeem'd to ,god1 ,array'd in garments wash'd in blood6 ,through tribulation great they came2 ,they bore the cross1 despis'd the shame2 ,but now from all their labours rest1 ,in ,god's eternal glory bless'd4 ,duncan4 ,thou dost conduct ,thy people ,through torrents of temptation ,nor will we fear1 while ,thou art near1 ,the fire of tribulation4 ,de ,courcey4 ,,triumph4 ,then sang ,moses and the children of ,israel this song unto the ,lord1 and spake1 saying1 ,i will sing unto the ,lord1 for ,he hath triumphed gloriously3 the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea4--,exodus1 xv4 #a4 ,the triumphing of the wicked is short4--,job1 xx4 #e4 ,thanks be unto ,god1 which always causeth us to triumph in ,christ4--,,ii4 ,corinthians1 ii4 #ad4 ,hail1 ,thou6 that on this glorious morn didst burst ,the bands of death6 all hail1 incarnate ,lord6 ,first-born of heaven1 what time the barren grave ,with wondrous throes gave forth ,thy present flesh1 ,in all its incorruptible array ,of majesty and light4 ,triumphant ,lord1 ,who1 in ,thy rising power1 didst captive lead ,captivity1 and at ,thy chariot wheels ,the vanquished hosts of hell didst with ,thee bring6 ,hail1 conquering ,king6 ,almighty ,prince of ,life6 ,first-fruits of those that sleep1 in hope assured ,of that bright morning1 when the trumpet's sound ,shall wake the slumbering dead1 when from the tomb ,thy quickened saints shall spring to swell ,thy strain1 ,clad in immortal bloom4 ,thy angel bands ,attend ,thee up the skies with cheerful notes2 ,we1 too1 responsive cry 8,our ,god is gone1 ,is upward gone40 ,s4 ,stennet4 ,rejoice1 believer1 in the ,lord1 ,who makes your cause ,his own2 ,the hope that's built upon ,his word1 ,can ne'er be overthrown6 ,as surely as ,he overcame1 ,and triumph'd once for you2 ,so surely you that love ,his name1 ,shall triumph in ,him too6 ,newton4 ,the ,lord of ,lords has triumphed gloriously4 ,h4 ,h4 ,milman4 ,humility o'er self victorious1 ,of earthly triumphs the most glorious4 ,william ,peter4 ,,trouble4 ,the ,lord hear thee in the day of trouble4--,psalm xx4 #a4 ,in the day of my trouble ,i will call upon thee3 for thou wilt answer me4--,psalm lxxxvi4 #g4 ,i cried unto the ,lord with my voice2 with my voice unto the ,lord did ,i make my supplication4 ,i poured out my complaint before him2 ,i shewed before him my trouble4--,psalm cxlii4 #a1 #b4 ,from out of the depths of misery ,i cry ,to ,thee ,o ,lord1 and that most earnestly1 ,prayers intermixed with sighs and tears ,my soul sends up into ,thine ears4 ,i pour out all my moan ,before ,thee1 ,thee alone1 ,and for relief ,show ,thee my grief4 ,lord1 when my troubled spirit could not rest ,for anguish of my mind1 ,thou knowest best ,what way to help me1 and did see ,a path through all to set me free4 ,thy foes1 and mine1 do lay ,snares for me1 in my way ,one did privily ,in ambush lie4 ,i looked on every side1 but ,i could see ,none who would know1 and much less succour me4 ,my friends revolted totally1 ,on whom ,i used to rely2 ,all ways to 'scape by flight ,were stopped1 and shut up quite1 ,and none did care ,my soul to spare4 ,thus troubled2 laid on wait for2 desolate2 ,enclosed around2 and thus disconsolate2 ,i cried to ,thee1 ,o ,lord1 and said1 ,thou art my hope1 my help1 my aid1 ,the rock ,i build upon2 ,my lot1 my portion1 ,for this life1 and ,a better land4 ,joseph ,bunyan4 ,when the heart is sore smitten by sorrow1 ,and the bosom is darksome and drear1 ,and when bright hope no longer may borrow ,a smile from the future to cheer2 ,and the eye that would gaze on the morrow1 ,is constrain'd to gaze on through a tear-- ,even then there's a hope that can brighten ,the soul in its darksome abode1 ,that can dry up its sorrow1 and lighten1 ,the weight of its wearisome load3 ',tis the hope which no joy can heighten1 ,that leads it to trust in its ,god4 ,though the world to our griefs may be ever ,disdainful1 unkind1 and unjust2 ,and mankind may be eager to sever ,the links of our holier trust2 ,and the mighty may daily endeavour ,to tread our torn hearts in the dust1 ,still thy presence1 ,lord1 cannot be taken ,from those that all faithful will be3 ,then why should our spirits be shaken8 ,and why should we languish to flee8 ,when we know we are never forsaken1 ,in the midst of our troubles1 by ,thee4 ,w4 ,martin4 ,if the nation-feeding corn ,thriveth under iced snow2 ,if the small bird on the thorn ,useth well its guarded sloe2 ,bid thy cares thy comforts double1 ,gather fruit from thorns of trouble4 ,e4 ,elliot4 ,in the time of ,grief and trouble1 ,then we call upon the ,lord1 ,and he hears our supplication1 ,ever faithful to his word2 ,but when o'er the trouble passeth1 ,as a cloud that hid the sun1 ,we forget the hand that raised us1 ,careless of the blessing won4 ,egone4 ,,trust4 ,some trust in chariots1 and some in horses2 but we will remember the name of the ,lord our ,god4--,psalm xx4 #g4 ,o my ,god1 ,i trust in ,thee3 let me not be ashamed4--,psalm xxv4 #b4 ,commit thy way unto the ,lord2 trust also in ,him2 and ,he shall bring it to pass4--,psalm xxxvii4 #e4 ,trust in the ,lord with all thine heart3 and lean not unto thine own understanding4--,proverbs1 iii4 #e4 ,but1 ,o1 the soul that never dies ,at once it leaves the clay2 ,ye thoughts pursue it where it flies1 ,and track its wondrous way4 ,up to the courts where angels dwell1 ,it mounts triumphant there2 ,or devils plunge it down to hell1 ,in infinite despair4 ,and must my body faint and die8 ,and must this soul remove8 ,o for some guardian angel high1 ,to bear it safe above6 ,jesus1 to ,thy dear faithful hand1 ,my naked soul ,i trust2 ,and my flesh waits for ,thy command1 ,to drop into the dust4 ,watts4 ,backsliding ,israel1 bear the voice ,of thy forgiving ,god2 ,nor force such goodness to exert ,the terrors of the rod4 ,thus saith the ,lord1 8,my mercy flows1 ,an unexhausted stream2 ,and after all its millions saved1 ,its sway is still supreme40 ,own but the follies thou hast done1 ,and mourn thy sins in dust1 ,and soon thy trembling heart shall learn ,to hope1 and love1 and trust4 ,doddridge4 ,men safelier trust to ,heaven than to themselves ,when least themselves1 in the mad whirl of crowds1 ,where folly is contagious1 and1 too oft1 ,even wise men leave their better sense at home1 ,to chide and wonder at them when returned4 ,coleridge4 ,frail children of dust1 ,and feeble as frail1 ,in ,thee do we trust1 ,nor find ,thee to fail2 ,thy mercies how tender1 ,how firm to the end6 ,our ,maker--,defender1 ,redeemer1 and ,friend4 ,o measureless might6 ,ineffable love6 ,while angels delight ,to hymn ,thee above1 ,the humbler creation1 ,though feeble their lays1 ,with true adoration1 ,shall lisp to ,thy praise4 ,sir ,r4 ,grant4 ,do good1 shun evil3 live not thou ,as if at death thy being died1 ,nor error's syren voice allow ,to draw thy steps from truth aside2 ,look to thy journey's end--the grave6 ,and trust in ,him whose arm can save4 ,moir4 ,then shall1 gorgeous as a gem1 ,shine thy mount1 ,jerusalem2 ,then shall in the desert rise ,fruits of more than ,paradise2 ,earth by angel feet be trod1 ,one great garden of her ,god2 ,till are dried the martyr's tears ,through a glorious thousand years4 ,now1 in hope of ,him1 we trust ,earth to earth1 and dust to dust4 ,croly4 ,we see no more in ,thy pure skies1 ,how soft1 ,o ,god6 the sunset dies3 ,how every coloured hill and wood ,seems melting in the golden flood3 ,yet1 by the precious memories won ,from bright hours1 now for ever gone1 ,father1 o'er all ,thy works we know ,thou still art shedding beauty's glow2 ,still touching every cloud and tree ,with glory1 eloquent of ,thee2 ,still feeding all ,thy flowers with light1 ,though man hath barred it from our sight4 ,we know ,thou reignest1 the unchanging ,one1 ,all-just6 ,and bless ,thee still1 with free and boundless trust4 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,o let my trembling soul be still1 ,while darkness veils this mortal eye1 ,and wait ,thy wise1 ,thy holy will3 ,wrapp'd yet in fears and mystery1 ,i cannot1 ,lord6 ,thy purpose see6 ,yet all is ruled--since ruled by ,thee4 ,when mounted on ,thy clouded car1 ,thou send'st ,thy darker spirits down1 ,i can discern ,thy light afar1 ,thy light sweet beaming through ,thy frown2 ,and should ,i faint a moment--then ,i think of ,thee--and smile again1 ,so1 trusting in ,thy love1 ,i tread ,the narrow path of duty on2 ,what though some cherished joys are fled6 ,what though some flattering dreams are gone2 ,yet purer1 brighter joys remain1 ,why should my spirit then complain8 ,bowring4 ,for now in truth ,i find ,my ,father all ,his promises hath kept2 ,he comforts those who here in sadness wept4 ,eyes to the blind ,thou art1 ,o ,god6 ,earth ,i no longer see1 ,yet trustfully my spirit looks to ,thee4 ,mrs4 ,neal4 ,oh1 yet we trust that1 somehow1 good ,will be the final goal of all1 ,to pangs of nature1 sins of will1 ,defects of doubt and taints of blood2 ,that nothing walks with aimless feet2 ,that not one life shall be destroy'd1 ,or cast as rubbish to the void1 ,when ,god hath made the pile complete4 ,that not a worm is cloven in vain2 ,that not a moth with vain desire ,is shrivell'd in a fruitless fire1 ,or but subserves another's gain4 ,behold6 we know not anything2 ,i can but trust that good shall fall ,at last1 far off1 at last to all1 ,and every winter change to spring4 ,so runs my dream3--but what am ,i8 ,an infant crying in the night2 ,an infant crying for the light2 ,and with no language but a cry4 ,tennyson4 ,in patience1 then1 possess thy soul1 ,stand still6--for while the thunders roll1 ,thy ,saviour sees thee through the gloom1 ,and will to thy assistance come2 ,his love and mercy will be shown ,to those who trust in ,him alone4 ,william ,allen4 ,some in chariots1 some in horses1 ,we in ,god ,jehovah trust2 ,and1 while ,he our sure resource is1 ,they are fallen in the dust3 ,save ,jehovah1 save and hear us1 ,king of glory1 ,king of might2 ,when we call1 be ever near us1-- ,even for ,thy servants fight4 ,tupper4 ,oft1 alas6 we make our boast ,in the strength of armed host3 ,creatures frail in whom we trust1 ,what are they but ashes--dust8 ,egone4 ,,truth4 ,the truth of the ,lord endureth for ever4--,psalm cxvii4 #b4 ,buy the truth1 and sell it not2 also wisdom1 and instruction1 and understanding4--,proverbs1 xxiii4 #bc4 ,speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour4--,zechariah1 viii4 #af4 ,jesus saith unto him1 ,i am the way1 the truth1 and the life3 no man cometh unto the ,father1 but by me4--,john1 xiv4 #f4 ,when ,he1 the ,spirit of truth1 is come1 ,he will guide you into all truth4--,john1 xvi4 #ac4 ,it is the ,spirit that beareth witness1 because the ,spirit is truth4--,i4 ,john1 v4 #f4 ,dare to be true2 nothing can need a lie1 ,a fault which needs it most1 grows two thereby4 ,herbert4 ,truth1 in her pure simplicity1 wants art ,to put a feigned blush on4 ,john ,ford4 ,defend the truth2 for that who will not die1 ,a coward is1 and gives himself the lie4 ,thomas ,randolph4 ,these furies fell1 which turn the world to ruth1 ,both ,envy1 ,strife1 and ,slander1 her appear1 ,in dungeon dark they long enclosed ,truth1 ,but time at length did loose his daughter dear1 ,and sets aloft that sacred lady bright1 ,who things long hid reveals and brings to light4 ,though ,strife wake her1 though ,envy eat her heart1 ,the innocent though ,slander rend and spoil3 ,yet ,time will come1 and take this lady's part1 ,and break her bands and bring her foes to foil4 ,despair not then1 though ,truth be hidden oft1 ,because at length1 she shall be set aloft4 ,whitney4 ,god hath how sent ,his living oracle ,into the world to teach ,his final will1 ,and sends ,his ,spirit of truth henceforth to dwell ,in pious hearts3 and inward oracle ,to all truth requisite for men to know4 ,milton4 ,for error and mistake are infinite1 ,but truth has but one way to be i' th' right3 ,as numbers may t' infinity be grown1 ,but never be reduc'd to less than one4 ,butler4 ,marble and recording brass decay1 ,and like the 'graver's memory1 pass away2 ,the works of man inherit1 as is just1 ,their author's frailty1 and return to dust2 ,but truth divine for ever stands secure1 ,its head is guarded1 as its base is sure2 ,fixed in the rolling flood of endless years1 ,the pillar of the eternal plan appears2 ,the raving storm and dashing wave defies1 ,built by that ,architect who built the skies4 ,cowper4 ,but what is ,truth8 ',twas ,pilate's question1 put ,to ,truth itself1 that deigned him no reply4 ,and wherefore8 ,will not ,god impart ,his light ,to them that ask it8 ,freely1--'tis ,his joy1 ,his glory1 and ,his nature1 to impart4 ,but to the proud1 uncandid1 insincere1 ,our negligent enquirer1 not a spark4 ,cowper4 ,all truth is precious1 if not all divine1 ,and what dilates the powers must needs refine4 ,cowper4 ,so many minds did gird their orbs with beams1 ,though one did fling the fire1 ,heaven flowed upon the soul in many dreams ,of high desire4 ,thus truth was multiplied on truth1 the world ,like one great garden show'd1 ,and thro' the wreaths of floating dark upcurl'd ,rare sunrise flow'd4 ,tennyson4 ,dark1 dark1 yea1 irrecoverably dark1 ,is the soul's eye2 yet how it strives and battles ,through the impenetrable gloom to fix ,that master light1 the secret truth of things1 ,which is the body of the infinite ,god4 ,arthur ,h4 ,hallam4 ,searching the skiey depths all night in vain1 ,the starry seer hath known this mystery-- ,that the sky orb1 which over half the sky ,hath baulked his chase1 and mocked his utmost pain ,if 7haply while the daylight poured amain ,into the empty concave of the night7 ,hath stepped into his glass1 as clear to sight ,as the one tree that stars a glassy plain1 ,so is it known that some secretive ,truth1 ,which ,thought and ,patience strove in vain to find1 ,just when ,despair and ,doubt were swallowing all1 ,hath dropped into the heart without a call1 ,conspicuous as a ,fire1 and sweet as ,youth1 ,an everlasting stronghold to the mind4 ,thomas ,burbidge4 ,not seldom1 clad in radiant vest1 ,deceitfully goes forth the morn2 ,not seldom evening1 in the west1 ,sinks smilingly forsworn4 ,the smoothest seas will sometimes prove ,to the confiding bark untrue2 ,and if she trust the stars above1 ,they can be treacherous too4 ,the umbrageous oak1 in pomp outspread1 ,full oft1 when storms the welkin rend1 ,draws lightning down upon the head ,it promised to defend4 ,but ,thou art true1 incarnate ,lord6 ,who didst vouchsafe for man to die1 ,thy smile is sure1 ,thy plighted word ,no change can falsify4 ,wordsworth4 ,that one half creation is to know ,luxurious joy1 and others only woe1 ,and so go down into the common tomb ,with none to question their unequal doom8 ,shall we give credit to a thought so fond8 ,ah6 no--the world beyond--the world beyond6 ,there shall the desolate heart regain its own6 ,there the oppressed shall stand before ,god's throne6 ,there1 when the tangled web is all explained1 ,wrong suffered1 pain inflicted1 grief disdained1 ,man's proud1 mistaken judgments and false scorn ,shall melt1 like mists before the uprising morn1 ,and holy truth stand forth1 serenely bright1 ,in the rich flood of ,god's eternal light6 ,mrs4 ,norton4 ,it is not in the heart of thought ,nor in the breast of care1 ,that truth its dwelling-place has sought1 ,for all is sterile there3 ,nor is it in the mind where gay ,delusive visions throng1 ,that chastening truth can find a way ,its glittering dreams among3 ,yet as within the desert far1 ,there are reflections given ,of light1 so in the heart there are ,remembrances of ,heaven4 ,w4 ,anderson4 ,oh6 truth abideth with ,him everywhere2 ,and lovely is her brow1 albeit too bright ,for earthly eye1 she veils her aspect fair1 ,lest bold vain men be blasted with its light1 ,beneath a diverse visage1 now austere1 ,now lovely1 suited to the gazer's sight4 ,he who upon her naked face might bear ,to look1 would know her heavenly and divine1 ,and ,deity itself in her revere-- ,thy soul1 oh ,man6 is her especial shrine2 ,there find her1 thou unto thyself shalt wake1 ,and to thy ,god2 for heaven is her's and thine3 ,seek her in youth1 nor yet in age forsake4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,immortal ,truth6 by inspiration taught1 ,thou spurn'st the servile chains of human art2 ,in native majesty arrayed1 thou shed'st ,thy radiant beams through all this vale below2 ,thy piercing voice resounds through distant climes1 ,by all distinguished1 and by all adored4 ,charles ,jenner4 ,truth is in each flower ,as well as in the solemnest things of ,god4 ,truth is the voice of ,nature and of ,time-- ,truth is the startling monitor within us-- ,nought is without it1 it comes from the stars1 ,the golden sun1 and every breeze that blows-- ,truth1 it is ,god6 and ,god is everywhere6 ,william ,thomson ,bacon4 ,,unity4 ,behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity6 ,it is like the precious ointment upon the head1 that ran down upon the beard1 even ,aaron's beard3 that went down to the skirts of his garments4--,psalm cxxxiii4 #a1 #b4 ,endeavouring to keep the unity of the ,spirit in the bond of peace4--,ephesians1 iv4 #c4 ,e'en as the ointment whose sweet odours blended1 ,from ,aaron's head upon his beard descended1 ,and1 falling thence1 with rich perfume ran o'er ,the holy garb the prophet wore3 ,so doth the unity that lives with brothers ,share its best blessings and its joy with others4 ,kamphuyzen4 ,behold how good it is that brethren dwell ,in unity together4 ,sweet it is1 ,as the rich unguent that o'er ,aaron fell ,from head to beard1 and even deigned to kiss ,his garment skirts4 ',tis precious as the dew ,distilled on ,hermon in fine essences4 ,yea1 it refreshes ,zion's mountains too2 ,for there the blessing of eternal life1 ,the ,lord our ,god shall evermore renew4 ,j4 ,a4 ,heraud4 ,the glorious universe around1 ,the heavens with all their train1 ,sun1 moon1 and stars are firmly bound ,in one mysterious chain4 ,in one fraternal bond of love1 ,one fellowship of mind1 ,the saints below1 the saints above1 ,their bliss and glory find4 ,here1 in their house of pilgrimage1 ,thy statutes are their song2 ,there1 through one bright eternal age1 ,thy praises they prolong6 ,lord1 may our union form a part ,of that thrice happy whole1 ,derive its pulse from ,thee1 the heart1 ,its life from ,thee1 the soul4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,valour4 ,through ,god we shall do valiantly3 for ,he it is that shall tread down our enemies4--,psalm cviii4 #ac4 ,i never saw an angry person valiant3 ,virtue is never aided by a vice4 ,ben ,jonson4 ,in the good man's breast1 ,justice and piety1 with valour reign3 ,he1 though the fabric of the shaken world ,should burst in thundering ruin o'er his head1 ,calm and unawed would view the crushing wreck1 ,nor shudder at destruction2 but to brave ,the wrath of ,heaven1 or rashly to intrude1 ,spotted with guilt1 into his ,maker's sight2 ,or lift for mercy a rebellious hand ,dyed with a brother's gore1 he justly fears2 ,yet1 in ,himself collected1 will defy ,the taunt of malice1 or that groundless right ,the weakest1 lightest of mankind assume ,to brand with infamy his injured name1 ,and scorn the coward1 daring to forgive4 ,c4 ,p4 ,layard4 ,who is valiant1 tell me who8 ,is it he who braves all danger1 ,foremost ever in the field1 ',mid the clash of sword and shield1 ,where there's bloodiest work to do1 ,unto fear a stranger8 ,who is valiant1 tell me who8 ,he1 who where the tempest rages1 ',mid the elemental strife1 ,boldly risking limb and life1 ,with a dauntless heart and true1 ,in the work engages8 ,these are valiant1 but methinks ',tis a higher1 nobler valour1 ,in a cause that just and right1 ,bearing scorn1 neglect1 and slight1 ,with a soul that never shrinks1 ,and a cheek that knows no pallor4 ,egone4 ,,vanity4 ,surely ,god will not hear vanity1 neither will the ,almighty regard it4--,job1 xxxv4 #ac4 ,behold1 thou hast made my days as an handbreadth3 and mine age is as nothing before thee3 verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity4--,psalm xxxix4 #e4 ,man is like to vanity3 his days are as a shadow that passeth away4--,psalm cxliv4 #d4 ,vanity of vanities1 saith the ,preacher1 vanity of vanities2 all is vanity4--,ecclesiastes1 i4 #b4 ,cast not thy serious wit on idle things1 ,make not thy free-will slave to vanity4 ,davies4 ,what well-devised ear regards ,what earth can say8 ,thy words are gold1 but thy regards ,are painted clay3 ,thy cunning can but pack the cards1 ,thou canst not play3 ,thy game at weakest1 still thou vy'st3 ,if seen and then revy'd1 deny'st2 ,thou art not what thou seem'st false world1 thou ly'st4 ,thy tinsel bosom seems a mint ,of new coined treasure3 ,a paradise that hath no stint1 ,no change1 no measure1 ,a painted cask1 but nothing in it1 ,nor wealth1 nor pleasure1 ,vain earth6 that falsely thus comply'st ,with man2 vain man6 that thou rely'st ,on earth2 vain man1 thou dot'st1 vain earth1 thou ly'st4 ,what mean dull souls1 in this high measure ,to haberdash ,in earth's bare wares1 whose greatest treasure ,is drop and trash8 ,the height of whose enchanting pleasure ,is but a flash8 ,are these the goods that thou supply'st ,us mortals with8 ,are these the highest8 ,can these bring cordial peace6 vain world thou ly'st4 ,francis ,quarles4 ,the pride ,and wand'ring vanity1 when least was safe1 ,rejected my forewarning4 ,milton4 ,the man we celebrate must find a tomb1 ,and we that worship him1 ignoble graves4 ,nothing is proof against the general curse ,of vanity1 that seizes all below4 ,cowper4 ,how wise a short retreat to steal1 ,the vanity of life to feel1 ,and from its cares to fly3 ,to act one calm1 domestic scene1 ,earth's bustle and the grave between1 ,retire1 and learn to die6 ,hannah ,more4 ,lord1 let me know mine end1 ,my days1 how brief their date1 ,that ,i may timely comprehend ,how frail my best estate4 ,my life is but a span ,mine age is nought with ,thee2 ,man1 in his highest honour1 man ,is dust and vanity4 ,james ,montgomery4 ,art thou puffed with vanity8 ,hear the preacher1 what saith he8 ,be thy state however great1 ,lofty though thy station be1 ,like a shadow1 o'er a meadow ,swiftly that is seen to flee3 ,like a morning flower that soon ,withers in the eye of noon2 ,like a gleam1 upon a stream1 ,that we but a moment see2-- ,such thou art1 oh1 haughty man1 ,and thy days are but a span2 ,and thy works1 however strong1 ,may not have endurance long2 ,and thy thoughts1 however high1 ,what are they but vanity8 ,egone4 ,,vapour4 ,whatsoever the ,lord pleased1 that did ,he in heaven1 and in earth1 in the seas1 and all deep places4 ,he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth4--,psalm cxxxv4 #f1 #g4 ,what is your life8 ,it is even a vapour1 that appeareth for a little time1 and then vanisheth away4--,james1 iv4 #ad4 ,great is the ,lord1 exalted high1 ,above all pow'rs and ev'ry throne2 ,whate'er ,he please in earth and sea1 ,or heav'n1 or hell1 ,his hand hath done4 ,at ,his command the vapours rise1 ,the lightnings flash1 the thunders roar2 ,he pours the rain1 ,he brings the wind ,and tempests from ,his airy store4 ,watts4 ,life is a span1 a fleeting hour6 ,how soon the vapour flies6 ,man is a tender transient flower1 ,that e'en in blooming dies4 ,steele4 ,how gloriously 'neath yon cerulean arch1 ,the vapoury legions hold their stately march2 ,onward they press1 with banners all unroll'd1 ,like gleaming cohorts1 clad in steel and gold2 ,the space they cover is of vast extent1 ,and afar off rise tower and battlement1 ,as of some city bright1 with jasper walls1 ,enclosing1 as we deem1 wide stately halls1 ,and spacious streets1 and temples all inlaid ,with precious stones1 and fit for worship made4 ',t is but a dream6 behold1 comes on the night2 ,the heavens grow black1 and blotted from the sight ,are those fair shapes1 and such the airy schemes ,of human pride1 all unsubstantial dreams4 ,vapour and mist enwrap our senses here1 ,only about ,god's throne is all serene and clear4 ,egone4 ,,vengeance4 ,o ,lord ,god1 to whom vengeance belongeth2 ,o ,god1 to whom vengeance belongeth1 shew ,thyself4--,psalm xciv4 #a4 ,say to them that are of a fearful heart1 be strong2 fear not3 behold1 your ,god will come with vengeance1 even ,god with a recompense4--,isaiah1 xxxv4 #d4 ,dearly beloved1 avenge not yourselves1 but rather give place unto wrath3 for it is written1 ,vengeance is mine2 ,i will repay1 saith the ,lord4--,romans1 xii4 #ai4 ,from ,sinai's top ,jehovah gave the law1 ,life for obedience1 death for every flaw4 ,when the great ,sovereign would ,his will express1 ,he gives a perfect rule1 what can ,he less8 ,and guards it with a sanction as severe ,as vengeance can inflict1 or sinners fear3 ,else ,his own glorious rights ,he would disclaim1 ,and man might safely trifle with ,his name4 ,cowper4 ,speak not of vengeance6 't is the right of ,god4 8,vengeance is ,his40 ,who shall usurp the bolt ,and launch it for ,omnipotence8 shall man ,assume the right of judgment1 or prescribe ,how far the line of mercy shall extend1 ,or punishment shall stretch its iron rod8 ,in thine own cause to judge1 who gave thee right1 ,presumptuous man6 ,c4 ,p4 ,layard4 ,some deluded minds1 ,harrowed by penal terrors1 in the gulf ,of black despair are whelmed4 ,no ray of hope ,dispels the involving gloom2 a ,deity1 ,with all the thunder of dread vengeance round ,him1 ,is ever present to their tortured thoughts4 ,samuel ,hayes4 ,to vengeance horrible aroused1 ,and clad in tenfold fierceness1 shalt thou stand ,beside the atheist's bed2 by his who oft1 ,with wit profane1 and poignant blasphemy1 ,and specious show of argument1 hath scoffed ,each awful truth1 and ridiculed his ,god4 ,william ,gibson4 ,,victory4 ,o sing unto the ,lord a new song2 for he hath done marvellous things3 his right hand1 and his holy arm1 hath gotten him the victory4--,psalm xcviii4 #a4 ,o death1 where is thy sting8 ,o grave1 where is thy victory8 ,thanks be to ,god1 which giveth us the victory1 through our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xv4 #ee1 #eg4 ,this is the victory that overcometh the world1 even our faith4--,i4 ,john1 v4 #d4 ,ye dead6 where can your dwelling be8 --,the house of all the living2--come and see4 ,o life6 what is thy breath8 --,a vapour lost in death4 ,o death6 how ends thy strife8 --,in everlasting life4 ,o grave6 where is thy victory8 --,ask ,him who rose again from me4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,look1 ye saints1 the sight is glorious1 ,see the 8,man of ,sorrows0 now2 ,from the fight returned victorious1 ,every knee to ,him shall bow6 ,crown ,him6 crown ,him6 ,crowns become the victor's brow4 ,sinners in derision crown'd ,him1 ,mocking thus the ,saviour's claim2 ,saints and angels crowd around ,him1 ,own ,his title1 praise ,his name3 ,crown ,him6 crown ,him6 ,spread abroad the victor's fame6 ,kelly4 ,millions now before the throne1 ,lay their trophied offerings down2 ,clad in robes of purity1 ,now they sing of victory4 ,millions more still onward go1 ,militant while here below2 ,soon the shield and sword shall be ,laid aside for victory4 ,w4 ,j4 ,brock4 ,beauty2--may that of holiness be mine2 ,may power be given me to o'ercome the world2 ,for pleasure1 may ,i have a hand to pour ,the oil and wine upon another's wound6 ,for honour1 may ,i bear my ,saviour's cross2 ,for splendour1 light that from ,his follower beams2 ,and be my glory ,his approving smile2 ,my fame1 the world's reproaches for ,his sake2 ,my wealth1 a conscience where no rust corrodes-- ,one that may look into a coming world1 ,as nature shall dissolve1 and feel secure2 ,with these to aid me in the mortal strife1 ,may ,i1 the palm of victory o'er the grave1 ,make my immortal prize6 ,hannah ,f4 ,gould4 ,waft not to me the blast of fame1 ,that swells the trump of victory2 ,for to my ear it gives the name ,of slaughter and of misery4 ,boast not so much of honour's sword1 ,wave not so high the victor's plume2 ,they point me to the bosom gor'd1 ,they point me to the blood-stained tomb4 ,the boastful shout1 the revel loud1 ,that strive to drown the voice of pain2 ,what are they but the fickle crowd1 ,rejoicing o'er their brethren slain8 ,and oh1 through glory's fading blaze1 ,i see the cottage taper1 pale1 ,which sheds its faint and feeble rays1 ,where unprotected orphans wail4 ,where the sad widow weeping stands1 ,as if her day of hope was done2 ,where the wild mother clasps her hands1 ,and asks the victor for her son4 ,where1 midst that desolated land1 ,the sire lamenting o'er his son1 ,extends his pale and powerless hand1 ,and finds its only prop is gone4 ,see1 how the bands of war and woe ,have rifled sweet domestic bliss2 ,and tell me if your laurels grow1 ,and flourish in a soil like this4 ,sigourney4 ,up to the strife with care1 ,be thine an oaken heart1 ,life's daily contest nobly share1 ,nor act a craven part2 ,give murmurs to the coward throng1 ,be thine the joyous notes of song4 ,if thrown upon the field1 ,up to the task once more1 ',t is worse than infamy to yield1 ',t is childish to deplore2 ,look stern misfortune in the eye1 ,and breast the billow manfully4 ,close in with every foe1 ,as thickly on they come1 ,they can but lay thy body low1 ,and send thy spirit home2 ,yet may'st thou stand it out and view ,what giant energy can do4 ,soon shall the combat cease1 ,the struggle fierce and long1 ,and thine be true1 unbroken peace1 ,and thine the victor's song2 ,beyond the clouds will wait for thee4 ,the wreath of immortality4 7,rev47 ,e4 ,c4 ,jones4 ,who shall wear the victor's wreath ,in the realms of deathless glory8 ,those who reaped the fields of death1 ,heroes of an earthly story8 ,nay not these1 nor such as these1 ,they have won rewards and prizes1 ,shadowy unrealities1 ,which the humble saint despises4 ,he the victor's wreath shall wear1 ,meekly who the cross could bear4 ,egone4 ,,vine4 ,return1 we beseech thee1 ,o ,god of hosts3 look down from heaven1 and behold and visit this vine2 ,and the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted1 and the branch that thou madest so strong for thyself4--,psalm lxxx4 #ad1 #ae4 ,i am the true vine1 and my ,father is the husbandman4--,john1 xv4 #a4 ,thanks to ,thy sovereign grace1 ,o ,god1 if ,i ,am graffed in that true vine a living shoot1 ,whose arms embrace the world1 and in whose root1 ,planted by faith1 our life must hidden lie4 ,but ,thou beholdest how ,i fade and dry6 ,choked with a waste of leaf1 and void of fruit1 ,unless ,thy spring perennial shall recruit ,my sapless branch1 still wanting fresh supply4 ,o cleanse me1 then1 and make me to abide ,wholly in ,thee1 to drink ,thy heavenly dew1 ,and1 watered daily with my tears to grow4 ,thou art the truth1 thy promise is my guide2 ,prepare me when ,thou comest1 ,lord1 to show ,fruits answering to the stock on which ,i grow4 ,from the ,italian of ,vittoria ,colonna4 ,hast ,thou not planted with ,thy hands ,a lovely vine in heathen lands8 ,did not ,thy pow'r defend it round1 ,and heav'nly dews enrich the ground8 ,how did the spreading branches shoot1 ,and bless the nations with the fruit6 ,but now1 dear ,lord1 look down and see ,thy mourning vine1 that lovely tree4 ,why is its beauty thus defac'd8 ,why hast ,thou laid her fences waste8 ,strangers and foes against her join1 ,and ev'ry beast devours the vine4 ,return1 ,almighty ,god1 return3 ,nor let ,thy bleeding vineyard mourn2 ,turn us to ,thee1 ,thy love restore2 ,we shall be sav'd and sigh no more4 ,watts4 ,,violence4 ,violence shall no more be heard in thy land1 wasting nor destruction within thy borders4--,isaiah1 lx4 #ah4 ,thus saith the ,lord1 do no wrong1 do no violence to the stranger1 the fatherless1 nor the widow4--,jeremiah1 xxii4 #c4 ,and the soldiers likewise demanded of him1 saying1 and what shall we do8 ,and he said unto them1 ,do violence to no man4--,luke1 iii4 #ad4 ,all the elements ,at least had gone to wreck1 disturbed and torn ,with violence of this conflict1 had not soon ,th' ,eternal hung his golden scales4 ,milton4 ,grieved at heart1 when looking down ,he saw ,the whole earth filled with violence2 and all flesh ,corrupting each their way4 ,milton4 ,the grief of mind is that intestine war ,that stirs sedition in the state of man2 ,where1 when our passions once commanding are1 ,our peaceful days are desperate1 for then ,the stir's more hot than when it first began2 ,for heady passion 's like an untamed beast1 ,that riots most when we desire it least4 ,this violence exceeds his virtuous mien1 ,like swelling tides that overcome their shore1 ,leaving the awful current of their stream1 ,and break their banks that bounded them before2 ,yet grief in his great violence is more2 ,for if that reason bound not grief with laws1 ,in our destruction grief will be the cause4 ,christopher ,lever4 ,first ,envy1 eldest born of hell1 imbrued ,her hands in blood1 and taught the sons of men ,to make a death which ,nature never made1 ,and ,god abhorred2 with violence rude to break ,the thread of life ere half its length was run1 ,and rob a wretched brother of his being4 ,bishop ,porteus4 ,,virtue4 ,whatsoever things are true1 whatsoever things are honest1 whatsoever things are just1 whatsoever things are pure1 whatsoever things are lovely1 whatsoever things are of good report2 if there be any virtue1 and if there be any praise1 think on these things4--,philippians1 iv4 #h4 ,giving all diligence add to your faith virtue2 and to virtue knowledge4--,,ii4 ,peter1 i4 #e4 ,heaven doth with us as we with torches do2 ,not light them for themselves3 for if our virtues ,did not go forth of us1 't were all alike ,as if we had them not4 ,shakspere4 ,tell faith it's fled the city2 ,tell how the country erreth2 ,tell manhood1 shakes of pity2 ,tell virtue1 least preferreth2 ,and if they do reply ,spare not to give the lie4 ,sir ,w4 ,raleigh4 --,walls of brass resist not ,a noble undertaking--nor can vice ,raise any bulwark to make good a place ,where virtue seeks to enter4 ,fletcher4 ,eternal ,spirit6 ,thou who think'st not scorn ,to make thyself a lowly habitant ,in the mean cottage of the human breast ,when purity has been thy harbinger3 ,come then1 and lead the virtues in ,thy train2 ,allot to each her office2 ceaseless guard ,still let them bold around this earth-born heart1 ,and watch1 with closest glance1 its languid pulse4 ,john ,hey4 ,virtue's no virtue whiles it lives secure2 ,when difficulty waits on 't1 then 't is pure4 ,john ,quarles4 ,yet sometimes nations will decline so low ,from virtue1 which is reason1 that no wrong ,but justice1 and some fatal course annexed1 ,deprives them of their outward liberty1 ,their inward lost4 ,milton4 ,life swarms with ills2 the boldest are afraid2 ,where1 then1 is safety for a tender maid8 ,unfit for conflict1 round beset with woes1 ,and man1 whom least she fears1 her worst of foes2 ,when kind1 most cruel2 when oblig'd the most1 ,the least obliging2 and by favours lost4 ,cruel by nature1 they for kindness hate1 ,and scorn you for those ills themselves create3 ,if on your frame our sex a blot has thrown1 ',twill ever stick1 through malice of your own4 ,most hard6 in pleasing your chief glory lies2 ,and yet from pleasing your chief dangers rise3 ,then please the best2 and know1 for men of sense1 ,your strongest charms are native innocence2 ,arts on the mind1 like paint upon the face1 ,fright him that's worth your love from your embrace1 ,in simple manners1 all the secret lies2 ,be kind and virtuous1 you'll be blest and wise4 ,young4 ,our hearts ne'er bow but to superior worth1 ,nor ever fail of their allegiance there2 ,fools1 indeed1 drop the man in their account1 ,and vote the mantle into majesty4 ,shall man be proud to wear his livery1 ,and souls in ermine scorn a soul without8 ,can place or lessen us1 or aggrandise8 ,pigmies are pigmies still1 though perched on hills1 ,and pyramids are pyramids in vales2 ,each man makes his own stature1 builds himself3 ,virtue alone outlives the pyramids2 ,her monuments shall last when ,egypt's fall4 ,young4 ,i saw the virtuous man contend ,with life's unnumbered woes2 ,and he was poor--without a friend1 ,press'd by a thousand foes4 ,i saw the passion's pliant slave ,in gallant trim1 and gay2 ,his course was pleasure's placid wave1 ,his life a summer's day4 ,and ,i was caught in folly's snare1 ,and join'd her giddy train1 ,but found her soon the nurse of care ,and punishment1 and pain4 ,there surely is some guiding pow'r ,which rightly suffers wrong1 ,gives vice to bloom its little hour1 ,but virtue late and long4 ,camoens4 ,o ,thou6 by whose almighty nod the scale ,of empire rises1 or alternate falls1 ,send forth the saving virtues round the land ,in bright patrol3 white peace and social love2 ,the tender-looking charity1 intent ,on gentle deeds1 and shedding tears through smiles2 ,undaunted truth1 and dignity of mind3 ,courage composed and keen2 sound temperance1 ,healthful in heart and look2 clear chastity1 ,with blushes reddening as she moves along1 ,disordered at the deep regard she draws2 ,rough industry2 activity untired1 ,with copious life informed1 and all awake4 ,thomson4 ,virtue with peculiar charms appears ,crowned with the garland of life's blooming years4 ,cowper4 ,while virtue lends a zest to joy1 ,and bliss to rapture warms1 ,our very tears she turns to smiles1 ,and every pang disarms4 ,but vice her foul circean cup ,may medicate in vain3 ,e'en in her mirth some sorrow lurks1 ,in all her pleasures1 pain4 ,since this1 with voice from heav'n1 proclaims ,that ,he that rules above1 ,doth on the side of virtue stand1 ,let fear be lost in love4 ,c4 ,c4 ,colton4 ,know thou this truth1 7enough for man to know17 ,virtue alone is happiness below4 ,pope4 ,virtue1 the strength and beauty of the soul1 ,is the best gift of heaven3 a happiness ,that e'en above the smiles and frowns of fate ,exalts great nature's favourites2 a wealth ,that ne'er encumbers1 nor can be transferred4 ,riches are oft by guilt and baseness earned1 ,or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave2 ,or throw a cruel sunshine on a fool4 ,but for one end1 one much neglected use1 ,are riches worth your care3 for nature's wants ,are few1 and without opulence supplied4 ,this noble end is to produce the soul2 ,to show the virtues in their fairest light2 ,to make humanity the minister ,of bounteous ,providence2 and lend the breast ,that generous luxury the ,gods enjoy4 ,dr4 ,armstrong4 ,virtue in itself commands its happiness1 ,of every outward object independent4 ,francis4 ,virtue ,stands like the sun1 and all which rolls around ,drinks life1 and light1 and glory1 from her aspect4 ,byron4 ,the discipline of slavery is unknown ,among us1--hence the more do we require ,the discipline of virtue2 order else ,cannot subsist1 nor confidence1 nor peace-- ,thus duties rising out of good possest1 ,and prudent caution needful to avert ,impending evil1 equally require1 ,that the whole people should be taught and trained4 ,so shall licentiousness and black resolve ,be rooted out1 and virtuous habits take ,their place2 and genuine piety descend ,like an inheritance1 from age to age4 ,wordsworth4 ,,visions4 ,and ,god spake unto ,israel in the visions of the night4--,genesis1 xlvi4 #b4 ,now a thing was secretly brought to me1 and mine ear received a little thereof4 ,in thoughts from the visions of the night1 when deep sleep falleth on men4--,job1 iv4 #ab1 #ac4 ,our revels now are ended3 these our actors1 ,as ,i foretold you1 were all spirits1 and ,are melted into air1 into thin air2 ,and1 like the baseless fabric of this vision1 ,the cloud-capt towers1 the gorgeous palaces1 ,the solemn temples1 the great globe itself1 ,yea1 all which it inherit1 shall dissolve2 ,and1 like this insubstantial pageant faded ,leave not a rack behind6 ,shakspere4 ,visions and inspirations some expect ,their course here to direct4 ,like senseless chemists1 their own wealth destroy1 ,imaginary gold to enjoy4 ,so stars appear to drop to us from the sky1 ,and gild the passage as they fly2 ,but when they fall1 and meet the opposing ground1 ,what but a sordid slime is found6 ,cowley4 ,the days of old1 in vision1 ,bring vanish'd bliss to view1 ,the years of lost fruition ,their joys in pangs renew3 ,remember'd songs of gladness1 ,through night's lone silence brought ,strike notes of deeper sadness ,and stir desponding thought4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,such castles we build too1 on life's ocean rising ,frail phantoms of wishes the future disguising-- ,they meet us at eve when vague fancies are flowing1 ,but melt in thin air when the daylight is glowing1 ,alas6 could such visions indeed be our own1 ,when approached and possessed1 they would cease to delight-- ,but so long as they skirt the horizon's dim zone1 ,they e'er seem enticing1 empurpled1 and bright6 ,w4 ,h4 ,leatham4 ,,voice4 ,the voice of the ,lord is upon the waters1 the ,god of glory thundereth4 ,the voice of the ,lord is powerful3 the voice of the ,lord is full of majesty4--,psalm xxix4 #c1 #d4 ,a fool's voice is known by multitude of words4--,ecclesiastes1 v4 #c4 ,the ,lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard4--,isaiah1 xxx4 #cj4 ,let me ,thy voice betimes i' the morning hear6 ,call1 and ,i'll come2 say ,thou the when and where3 ,draw me but first1 and after ,thee ,i'll run1 ,and halt not once until my race be done4 ,herrick4 ,there seems a voice in every gale1 ,a tongue in every opening flower1 ,which tells1 ,o ,god1 the wondrous tale ,of ,thy indulgence1 love1 and power3 ,the birds1 that rise on quivering wing1 ,appear to hymn their ,maker's praise1 ,and all the mingling sounds of ,spring ,to ,thee a general anthem raise4 ,mrs4 ,opie4 ,there is a tongue in every leaf1-- ,a voice in every rill2-- ,a voice that speaketh everywhere1 ,in flood and fire1 through earth and air6 ,a tongue that's never still6 ',tis the ,great ,spirit1 wide diffused ,through every thing we see1 ,that with our spirits communeth1 ,of things mysterious--life and death1 ,time and eternity4 ,miss ,bowles4 ,the voice of the ,lord on the ocean is known1 ,the ,god of eternity thundereth abroad2 ,the voice of the ,lord from the depth of his throne ,is terror and power2--all nature is awed4 ,the voice of the ,lord through the calm of the wood ,awakens its echoes1 strikes light through its caves2 ,the ,lord sitteth ,king on the turbulent flood1 ,the winds are his servants1 his servants the waves4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,waiting4 ,lead me in thy truth1 and teach me3 for thou art the ,god of my salvation2 on thee do ,i wait all the day4--,psalm xxv4 #e4 ,wait on the ,lord3 be of good courage1 and he shall strengthen thine heart3 wait1 ,i say1 on the ,lord4--,psalm xxvii4 #ad4 ,the ,lord is a ,god of judgment3 blessed are all they that wait for him4--,isaiah1 xxx4 #ah4 ,the ,lord direct your heart into the love of ,god1 and into the patient waiting for ,christ4--,,ii4 ,thessalonians1 iii4 #e4 ,they also serve who only stand and wait4 ,milton4 ,how difficult the task to wait ,for promises to be fulfilled1 ,to stand1 and watch1 and hope1 though late ,the coming glory be revealed4 ,to feel and know the sun will rise1 ,and patiently endure the night1 ,with eye of faith1 through gloomy skies1 ,to see afar the dawning light4 ,full many a fiery soul would dare ,the scorn of man1 the martyr's stake1 ,whose eager spirit could not bear1 ,humbly to wait for ,jesu's sake4 ,we ask for some great thing to do1 ,some mighty1 herculean task1 ,and always doubt that ,god is true1 ,because he grants not what we ask4 ,we sow1 and look to see the grain ,bend with its weight the golden ears2 ,we pray1 and deem our prayers are vain1 ,because in heaven no sign appears4 ,oh1 give to me the christian's mind1 ,neither depressed1 nor yet elate1 ,if active service be assigned1 ,or patiently to watch and wait1 ,and still a patient joy to find1 ,whatever be my earthly state4 ,egone4 ,,walking4 ,enoch walked with ,god4--,genesis1 v4 #bd4 ,i will walk before ,god in the land of the living4--,psalm cxvi4 #i4 ,he that walketh uprightly walketh surely3 but he that perverteth his ways shall be known4--,proverbs1 x4 #i4 ,can two walk together1 except they be agreed6--,amos1 iii4 #c4 ,o for a closer walk with ,god1 ,a calm and heavenly frame1 ,a light to shine upon the road ,that leads me to the ,lamb4 ,where is the blessedness ,i knew ,when first ,i saw the ,lord8 ,where is the soul-refreshing view ,of ,jesus and his word8 ,return1 ,o holy ,dove6 return1 ,sweet messenger of rest6 ,i hate the sins that made thee mourn1 ,and drove thee from my breast4 ,the dearest idol ,i have known1 ,whate'er that idol be1 ,help me to tear it from thy throne1 ,and worship only thee4 ,so shall my walk be close with ,god1 ,calm and serene my frame2 ,so purer light shall mark the road ,that leads me to the ,lamb4 ,cowper4 ,delightful record6 ,enoch walked with ,god3 ,how great his happiness sublime and pure6 ,here all is excellence--all solid bliss1 ,and all of heaven that can be found below4 ,o1 while ,i dwell a sojourner on earth1 ,with steadfast purpose may ,i walk with ,god6 ,and though ,i cannot shun the gates of death1 ,i soon shall triumph in immortal peace4 ,joseph ,jones4 ,,wander4 ,thou tellest my wanderings3 put thou my tears into thy bottle3 are they not in thy book8--,psalm lvi4 #h4 ,thus saith the ,lord unto this people1 ,thus have they loved to wander1 they have not refrained their feet1 therefore the ,lord doth not accept them4--,jeremiah1 xiv4 #aj4 ,the rolling planets1 and the glorious sun1 ,still keep that order which they first begun2 ,they their first lesson constantly repeat1 ,which their ,creator1 as a law1 did set1 ,above1 below1 exactly all obey3 ,but wretched men have found another way4 ,knowledge of good and evil as at first 7,that vain persuasion7 keeps them still accurst4 ,the sacred word refusing as a guide1 ,slaves they become to luxury and pride1 ,as clocks remaining in the skilful hand ,of some great master1 at the figure stand1 ,but1 when abroad1 neglected they do go1 ,at random strike1 and the false hour do show2 ,so from our ,maker wandering we stray1 ,like birds that know not to their nests the way4 ,in ,him we dwelt before our exile here1 ,and may1 returning1 find contentment there1 ,true joy may find1 perfection of delight1 ,behold ,his face1 and shun eternal night4 ,waller4 ,o ,lord1 my ,god1 ,i wandered have ,as one that runs astray1 ,and have in thought1 and word1 and deed1 ,in idleness and play1 ,offended sore ,thy ,majesty ,in heaping sin to sin1 ,and yet ,thy mercy hath me spared1 ,so gracious hast ,thou been6 ,o ,lord1 my faults ,i now confess1 ,and sorry am therefore2 ,but not so much as fain ,i would3 ,o ,lord1 what wilt ,thou more8 ,wm4 ,hunnis4 ,,want4 ,for want and famine they were solitary4--,job1 xxx4 #c4 ,that which is wanting cannot be numbered4--,ecclesiastes1 i4 #ae4 ,thou art weighed in the balances1 and art found wanting4--,daniel1 v4 #bg4 ,want is a bitter and hateful good1 ,because its virtues are not understood4 ,yet many things1 impossible to thought1 ,have been1 by need1 to full perfection brought4 ,sharpness of wit1 and active diligence2 ,prudence at once1 and fortitude it gives1 ,and1 if in patience taken1 mends our lives2 ,for even that indigence that brings me low1 ,makes me myself1 and ,him above1 to know4 ,dryden4 ,lord1 grant1 oh grant me thy compassion1 ,for ,i in thee my trust have placed2 ,display thy wings for my salvation1 ,until my griefs are overpast4 ,to thee ,i sue1 oh ,god most high1 ,to thee that canst all want supply4 ,george ,wither4 ,on ,god for all events depend2 ,you cannot want when ,god's your friend4 ,weigh well your part1 and do your best2 ,leave to your ,maker all the rest4 ,the hand which formed thee in the womb1 ,guides from the cradle to the tomb4 ,cotton4 ,father1 'tis thine each day to yield ,thy children's wants a fresh supply2 ,thou cloth'st the lilies of the field1 ,and hearest the young ravens cry2 ,on thee we cast our care1 we live ,through thee1 who know'st our every need1 ,o feed us with thy grace1 and give ,our souls this day the living bread6 ,j4 ,wesley4 ,,war4 ,come behold the works of the ,lord3 ,he maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth2 he breaketh the bow1 and cutteth the spear in sunder2 he burneth the chariot in the fire4--,psalm xlvi4 #h1 #i4 ,they shall beat their swords into plowshares1 and their spears into pruning hooks3 nation shall not lift up sword against nation1 neither shall they learn war any more4--,isaiah1 ii4 #d4 ,from whence come wars and fightings among you8 come they not hence1 even of your lusts that war in your members8--,james1 iv4 #a4 ,o war1 thou son of hell1 ,whom angry heavens do make their minister6 ,shakspere4 ,o1 shame to men1 devil with devil damned ,firm concord holds1 men only disagree ,of creatures rational1 though under hope ,of heavenly grace1 and ,god proclaiming peace1 ,yet live in hatred1 enmity1 and strife ,among themselves1 and levy cruel wars1 ,wasting the earth1 each other to destroy2 ,as if1 7which might induce us to accord17 ,man had not hellish foes enough besides1 ,that day and night for his destruction wait4 ,milton4 ,rash1 fruitless war1 from wanton glory wag'd ,is only splendid murder4 ,thomson4 ,o war6--what1 what art thou8 ,at once the proof and scourge of man's fall'n state8 ,after the brightest conquest1 what appears ,of all thy glories8 for the vanquish'd chains6 ,for the proud victors1 what8 alas6 to reign ,o'er desolated nations6 ,hannah ,more4 ,war1 horrid war6 oh6 would ye understand ,that direful word--that scourge of every land1 ,oh6 then peruse the well-known leaves that time ,himself hath traced in characters sublime3 ,consult the archives of many a vast domain ,where pomp1 and power1 and crime once held their reign1 ,and view with retrospective eye ,th' ,imperial ,states whose awful destiny ,it was to fade1 decay1 and disappear1 ,with scarce a trace to say 8,we once were here60 ,yet wars and battles mark'd their passing day ,with strife tumultuous1 and wild affray4 ,count ,frederick ,von ,erlach4 ,the ,son of ,god goes forth to war1 ,a kingly crown to gain2 ,his blood red banner streams afar1-- ,who follows in his train8 ,who best can drink his cup of woe1 ,triumphant over pain2 ,who patient bears his cross below1 ,he follows in his train4 ,the martyr first1 whose eagle eye ,could pierce beyond the grave2 ,who saw his ,master in the sky1 ,and called on ,him to save4 ,like him1 with pardon on his tongue1 ,in midst of mortal pain1 ,he prayed for them who did the wrong1-- ,who follows in his train8 ,a glorious band1 the chosen few ,on whom the ,spirit came6 ,twelve valiant saints1 their hopes they knew1 ,and mocked the cross and flame4 ,they met the tyrant's brandished steel1 ,the lion's gory mane2 ,they bow'd their necks the death to feel1-- ,who follows in their train8 ,a noble army--men and boys1 ,the matron and the maid1 ,around their ,saviour's throne rejoice1 ,in robes of light array'd1 ,they climbed the steep ascent of ,heaven1 ,through peril1 toil1 and pain2 ,o ,god1 to us may grace be given1 ,to follow in their train6 ,bishop ,heber4 ,secure from actual warfare1 we have loved ,to swell the war-whoop1 passionate for war6 ,alas6 for ages ignorant of all ,its ghastlier workings1 famine1 or blue plague1 ,battle or siege1 or flight through wintry snows6 ,we1 this whole people1 have been clamorous ,for war and bloodshed2 animating sports1 ,the which we pay for as a thing to talk of2 ,spectators and not combatants6 ,no guess ,anticipative of a wrong unfelt1 ,no speculation or contingency1 ,however dim and vague1 too vague and dim ,to yield a justifying cause2 and forth1 ,stuffed out with big preamble1 holy names ,and adjurations of the ,god in heaven1 ,we send our mandates for the certain death ,of thousands and ten thousands6 ,boys and girls1 ,and women that would groan to see a child ,pull off an insect's leg1 all read of war1 ,the best amusement for our morning's meal6 ,the poor wretch who has learnt his only prayer ,from curses1 who knows scarcely words enough ,to ask a blessing from his heavenly ,father1 ,becomes a fluent phraseman1 absolute ,and technical in victories and defeats1 ,and all our dainty terms for fratricide2 ,terms which we trundle smoothly o'er our tongues ,like mere abstractions1 empty sounds1 to which ,we join no feeling1 and attach no form6 ,as if the soldier died without a wound2 ,as if the fibres of this godlike frame ,were gored without a pang2 as if the wretch ,who fell in battle1 doing bloody deeds1 ,passed off to heaven1 translated1 and not killed2 ,as though he had no wife to pine for him1 ,no ,god to judge him4 ,coleridge4 ,of all the murderous trades by mortals plied1 ',tis war alone that never violates ,the hallowed day by simulate respect-- ,by hypocritic rest2 no1 no1 the work proceeds1 ,from sacred pinnacles are hung the flags ,that give the sign to slip the leash for slaughter1 ,the bells whose knoll a holy calmness poured ,into the good man's breast1 whose sound consoled ,the sick1 the poor1 the old--perversion dire6 ,pealing with sulphurous tongue1 speak death-fraught words4 ,from morn to eve destruction revels frenzied1 ,till at the hour when peaceful vesper chimes ,were wont to sooth the ear1 the trumpet sounds ,pursuit1 and flight altern2 and for the song ,of larks descending to their grass-bowered homes1 ,the croak of flesh-gorged ravens1 as they slake ,their thirst in hoof-prints filled with gore1 disturbs ,the stupor of the dying man2 while death ,triumphantly sails down the ensanguined stream1 ,on corses1 throned and crowned with shivered boughs1 ,that erst hung imaged in the crystal tide4 ,grahame4 ,when war the demon lifts his banner high ,and loud artillery rends the affrighted sky2 ,swords clash with swords1 on horses horses rush1 ,man tramples man1 and nations nations crush1 ,death his vast scythe with sweep enormous wields2 ,and shuddering pity quits the ensanguined fields4 ,dr4 ,darwin4 ,how like a fiend may man be made1 ,plying the foul and monstrous trade ,whose harvest-field is human life1 ,whose sickle is the reeking sword6 ,quenching1 with reckless hands in blood1 ,sparks kindled by the breath of ,god4 ,j4 ,g4 ,whittier4 ,such is war6 ,o heavens6 when will the spiritual ,sun arise1 ,and with ,his beams effulgent1 drive away ,the mists of error that so long have hung ,their dark1 unnatural drapery o'er the mind1 ,that broods o'er human carnage6 when will man ,turn from the path of ,cain1 and learn to see ,a brother without hating8 ,rufus ,dawes4 ,,watching4 ,watch and pray1 that ye enter not into temptation4--,matthew1 xxvi4 #da4 ,what ,i say unto you ,i say unto all1 ,watch4--,mark1 xiii4 #cg4 ,if therefore thou shalt not watch1 ,i will come on thee as a thief1 and thou shalt not know what hour ,i will come upon thee4--,rev4 iii4 #c4 ,the towers of heaven are filled ,with armed watch1 that render all access ,impregnable4 ,milton4 ,faithful soul1 pray always2 pray1 ,and still in ,god confide2 ,he thy feeble step shall stay1 ,nor suffer thee to slide2 ,lean on thy ,redeemer's breast2 ,he thy quiet spirit keeps1 ,rest in him1 securely rest2 ,thy ,watchman never sleeps4 ,neither sin1 nor earth1 nor hell1 ,thy keeper can surprise2 ,careless slumbers cannot steal ,on his all-seeing eyes2 ,he is ,israel's sure defence2 ,israel all his care shall prove1 ,kept by watchful providence1 ,and ever-wakeful love4 ,c4 ,wesley4 ,watch o'er my lips1 and guard them1 ,lord1 ,from ev'ry rash and heedless word2 ,nor let my feet incline to tread ,the guilty path where sinners lead4 ,watts4 ,in time of tribulation1 ,hear1 ,lord1 my feeble cries2 ,with humble supplication1 ,to thee my spirit flies2 ,my heart with grief is breaking1 ,scarce can my voice complain3 ,mine eyes1 with tears kept waking1 ,still watch and weep in vain4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,water4 ,he hath compassed the waters with bounds1 until the day and night come to an end4--,job1 xxvi4 #aj4 ,thus saith the ,lord1 when thou passest through the waters1 ,i will be with thee2 and through the rivers1 they shall not overflow thee4--,isaiah1 xliii4 #a1 #b4 ,ho1 every one that thirsteth1 come ye to the waters4--,isaiah1 lv4 #a4 ,ho6 every one that thirsts1 draw nigh1 7',tis ,god invites a fallen race27 ,mercy and free salvation buy2 ,buy wine1 and milk1 and gospel grace4 ,come to the living waters1 come6 ,sinners1 obey your ,maker's call2 ,return1 ye weary wanderers home1 ,and find my grace is free for all4 ,see from the ,rock a fountain rise1 ,for you1 in healing streams1 it rolls2 ,money ye need not bring1 nor price1 ,ye labouring1 burden'd1 sin-sick souls4 ,c4 ,wesley4 ,come hither ye that thirst1 ,come to the waters free1 ,with a blithesome bound and a joyful burst1 ,like a bird in its liberty4 ,drink at this holy spring1 ,that flows for ever bright1 ,oh1 hasten in faith6 make wing1 make wing1 ',tis a well of sweet delight4 ,this living water flows ,not heedlessly1 nor vain2 ,drink1 it a fountain of life bestows1 ,ye never can thirst again4 ,man's heart1 that barren place1 ,shall blossom like the rose1 ,grow fertile in love1 and abound in grace1 ,wherever that water flows4 ,and every plant shall show ,clusters of goodly fruit1 ,while all who gaze1 in delight may know1 ,that ,christ is at its root4 ,what fruit each plant may bring1 ,is his1 and only his2 ,for ,he the lovely and constant spring ,of living water is4 ,w4 ,martin4 ,come let me view the wonder6 ,let me look ,on nature in her grandeur and her power2 ,reading the fairer portions of her book1 ,i may have missed her in her solemn hour1 ,searching fresh beauty in each wildling flower1 ,and melody in every woodland song2 ,i have not seen her when her features lower1 ,or known the terrors that to ,god belong1 ,not viewing1 in his might1 the terrible1 the strong6 ,come1 let me look into the vast abyss1 ,see the great rush1 the whirlwind and the storms2 ,hear the 8vast hell0 where oceans 8howl0 and 8hiss10 ,and fell destruction loveliness deforms4 ,where is the horror which so much alarms1 ,at which alike timid and strong turn back8 ,i hear no howls4 ,i see no horrid forms2 ,nor dream of nations or of nature's wrack1 ,i see a mighty1 but a lovely cataract4 ,no terrors sit upon its smiling brow1 ,there sunshine plays upon the waters clear2 ,and as it pours its mighty flood below1 ,sunshine and glory make their dwelling there3 ,i wonder and admire1 but cannot fear1 ,all is so lovely and so beautiful4 ,see6 the blessed bow of many tints is here1 ,a seven-fold bow of promised safety full1 ,spanning the glorious whole1 each rising fear to lull4 ,pour on for ever1 thou mighty flood1 ,thy stream of goodness thus4 ,for ever flow1 ,unchanging emblem of infinitude1 ,nor deem thy bounty needs a course more slow1 ,unmeasured fountains pour their wealth below1 ,where diamond wells in deep concealment lie2 ,and constant streams that never ebb can know1 ,for ever flowing1 bring their rich supply1 ,fed by eternal streams--springs which can never dry4 ,w4 ,f4 ,rock4 ,,waves4 ,hitherto shalt thou come1 but no further3 and here shall thy proud waves be stayed4--,job1 xxxviii4 #aa4 ,fear ye not me8 saith the ,lord3 will ye not tremble at my presence1 which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree1 that it cannot pass it3 and though the waves thereof toss themselves1 yet can they not prevail2 though they roar1 yet can they not pass over it8--,jeremiah1 v4 #bb4 ,deep calleth unto deep4 ,and what are we1 ,that hear the question of that voice sublime8 ,o1 what are all the notes that ever rung ,from war's vain trumpet1 by thy thundering side6 ,yea1 what is all the riot man can make ,in his short life1 to thy unceasing roar6 ,and yet1 bold babbler1 what art thou to ,him ,who drowned a world1 and heaped the waters far ,above its loftiest mountains8--a light wave1 ,that breaks1 and whispers of its ,maker's might4 ,j4 ,g4 ,c4 ,brainard4 ,thou1 ,thou alone1 with whom1 enthroned on high1 ,sits co-essential wisdom1 bad'st subside ,the valleys1 and the mountains1 from amidst ,th' o'erwhelming moisture1 heave their brow sublime4 ,the liquid troops1 obedient to ,thy voice1 ,fled to the appointed station4 ,thou a bound ,hast set1 they cannot pass2 nor ever spread ,their flowing mantle o'er th' invested earth3 ,thou to the sea sayest1--,hitherto advance1 ,and here thy proud licentious waves be stayed4 ,george ,bally4 ,how oft the ruddy cheek will pale ,to leave the earth behind6 ,how oft the glowing heart will quail ,before the tempest wind6 ,we fear the billow's dash1 but why8 ,there's ,one to guard and save2 ,there's ,one whose wide and watchful eye ,sleeps not above the wave4 ,eliza ,cook4 ,,way4 ,show me thy ways1 ,o ,lord2 teach me thy paths4--,psalm xxv4 #d4 ,jesus saith ,i am the way1 the truth1 and the life4--,john1 xiv4 #f4 ,the way of the wicked is an abomination unto the ,lord4--,proverbs1 xv4 #i4 ,thou canst accomplish all things1 ,lord of might6 ,and every thought is naked to ,thy sight4 ,but ,o1 ,thy ways are wonderful1 and lie ,beyond the deepest reach of mortal eye4 ,young4 ,to me1 ,o ,lord1 be ,thou 8,the ,way10 ,to me be ,thou 8,the ,truth20 ,to me1 my ,saviour1 be 8,the ,life10 ,thou ,guardian of my youth6 ,so shall that ,way be my delight1 ,that ,truth shall make me free2 ,that ,life shall raise me from the dead1 ,and then ,i'll live to thee4 ,leigh ,richmond4 ,thou art the ,way1 the ,truth1 the ,life-- ,and hearts that1 with presumption rife1 ,would seek through other means to gain ,light1 ,truth1 and ,life1 but toil in vain3 ,thy hand alone controls our way1 ,thy ,truth bids darkness turn to day2 ,and they ,eternal ,life have gained ,whose names are written on ,thy ,hand4 ,s4 ,d4 ,patterson4 ,know well1 my soul1 ,god's hand controls ,whate'er thou fearest2 ,round ,him1 in calmest music1 rolls ,whate'er thou hearest4 ,what to thee is shadow1 to ,him is day1 ,and the end ,he knoweth2 ,and not on a blind and aimless way ,the ,spirit goeth4 ,j4 ,g4 ,whittier4 ,,weakness4 ,it is good neither to eat flesh1 nor to drink wine1 nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth1 or is offended1 or is made weak4--,romans1 xiv4 #ba4 ,comfort the feeble-minded1 support the weak4--,i4 ,thessalonians1 v4 #ad4 ,what weaker breast1 ,since ,adam's armour failed1 dares warrant his8 ,that1 made by ,god of all his creatures best1 ,straight made himself the worst of all the rest3 ,if any strength we have1 it is to ill2 ,but all the good is ,god's1 both power and will2 ,the dead man cannot rise1 though he himself may kill4 ,giles ,fletcher4 ,ah6 what are we1 but lumps of walking clay8 ,why should we swell8 ,whence should our spirits rise8 ,are not the beasts as strong1 and birds as gay1 ,trees longer lived1 and creeping things as wise8 ,only our souls were left an inward light1 ,to feel our weakness1 and confess ,thy might4 ,sir ,h4 ,wotton4 ,still let us1 ,lord1 with grace be blest1 ,who in thy guardian mercy rest1 ,extend thy mercy's arms to me1 ,the weakest soul that trusts in ,thee2 ,and never let me lose thy love1 ',till ,i1 even ,i1 am crowned above4 ,dryden4 ,oft have ,i heard of ,thine ,almighty power1 ,but never saw thee till this dreadful hour4 ,o'erwhelmed with shame1 the ,lord of life ,i see1 ,abhor myself1 and give my soul to ,thee4 ,nor shall my weakness tempt ,thine anger more3 ,man was not made to question1 but adore4 ,young4 ,and though sometimes ,thou seem'st ,thy face to hide1 ,as one that had withdrawn his love from me1 ',tis that my faith may to the full be tried1 ,and that ,i may thereby the better see ,how weak ,i am1 when not upheld by ,thee6 ,thomas ,ellwood4 ,,wealth4 ,blessed is the man that feareth the ,lord1 ,wealth and riches shall be in his house4--,psalm cxii4 #a1 #c4 ,wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished3 but he that gathereth by labour shall increase4--,proverbs1 xiii4 #aa4 ,let no man seek his own1 but every man another's wealth4--,i4 ,corinthians1 x4 #bd4 ,i have no guide those honours to obtain1 ,which men might heretofore by virtue gain2 ,nor have ,i wit if wealth were given me1 ,to think bought place or title honoured me2 ,i yet have no belief that they are wise1 ,who for base ends can basely temporize2 ,or that it will at length be all for me1 ,that ,i lived poor to keep my spirit free4 99 99 99 99 99 ,i should on ,god alone so much depend1 ,that ,i should need nor wealth nor other friend4 ,wither4 ,wide-wasting pest6 that rages unconfined1 ,and crowds with crimes the records of mankind2 ,for gold1 his sword the hireling ruffian draws2 ,for gold1 the hireling judge distorts the laws2 ,wealth heaped on wealth1 nor truth nor safety buys1 ,the dangers gather as the treasures rise4 ,dr4 ,johnson4 ,glittering stones1 and golden things1 ,wealth and honours that have wings1 ,ever fluttering to be gone1 ,i could never call my own3 ,riches that the world bestows1 ,she can take1 and ,i can lose2 ,but the treasures that are mine ,lie afar beyond her line1 ,when ,i view my spacious soul1 ,and survey myself a whole1 ,and enjoy myself alone1 ,i'm a kingdom of my own4 ,watts4 ,,weariness4 ,the people shall weary themselves for very vanity4--,habakkuk1 ii4 #ac4 ,consider him that endureth such contradiction of sinners against himself1 lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds4--,hebrews1 xii4 #c4 ,let us not be weary in well doing4--,galatians1 vi4 #i4 ,poor worldling6 stay thy vain pursuit of peace ,in empty vanities3 no good can live ,in all the gilded charms that mock thee3 cease ,thy hold on these2 loose every cord1 and hear ,the word of ,god3 8,come ye that weary are6 ,ye heavy-laden1 come1 and ,i will give ,you rest40 ,o1 heed that call6 in holy fear1 ,in deep humility1 bow down3 the star ,of hope shall rise1 and joy shall speak thy soul's release4 ,isaac ,f4 ,shepard4 ,o1 ,i am weary of this sinful life6 ,weary of error1 and yet erring still1 ,knowing1 yet doing not ,thy holy will1 ,o1 ,i am weary of this endless strife6 ,i ask not that ,thou take me from the earth1 ,but keep me from its evils--guide my feet1 ,and give me strength its many cares to meet-- ,to act all worthy of my heavenly birth4 ,mary ,j4 ,reed4 ,weariness will follow those ,who touch upon their journey's close ,but as the sun1 though setting1 burns ,still brightly1 and to glory turns ,the very clouds that round him roll2 ,so1 even so1 do thou my soul1 ,with in-born radiance1 more and more1 ,illume the shades of ,sixty-four4 ,nay1 let a yet diviner power ,glorify thy latter hour3 ,too long faithless and forlorn ,earthly image thou hast borne2 ,now that heavenly impress seek1 ,which1 when flesh is frail and weak1 ,gives the soul new power to soar ,eagle-winged1 at ,sixty-four4 ,bernard ,barton4 ,,weeping4 ,thou shalt weep no more4--,isaiah1 xxx4 #ai4 ,blessed are ye that weep now3 for ye shall laugh4--,luke1 vi4 #ba4 ,jesus wept4--,john1 xi4 #ce4 ,rejoice with them that do rejoice1 and weep with them that weep4--,romans1 xii4 #ae4 ,though woe to joy6 ,and though1 at morn thou weep1 ,and though the midnight find thee weeping still1 ,good cheer6 good cheer6 ,the ,shepherd loves his sheep-- ,resign thee to the watchful ,father's will4 ,rosegarten4 ,oh6 glorious miracle of heavenly love6 ,oh6 wondrous spectacle of saving grace6 ,oh6 sympathy divine with human woe6 ,he who had conquered death did condescend ,to weep over a grave where others wept6 ,how deep the lesson--and how marvellous ,the meaning of such sorrow6 ,said it not2 ,thy grief offends me not1 if it be meek1 ,trustful1 and humble4 ,i forbid not tears1 ,when they flow patiently4 ,i would not close ,the springs of sympathy4 ,i made ye thus ,to cling one to the other1 and to feel ,each for his neighbour1 both in joy and woe2 ,yet teach your sorrow reverence2 and believe ,that he who smites you is the ,lord your ,god4 ,miss ,pardoe4 ,thou who hearest plaintive music1 ,or sweet songs of other days2 ,heaven-revealing organs pealing1 ,or clear voices hymning praise1 ,and would'st weep1 thou know'st not wherefore1 ,though thy soul is steeped in joy2 ,and the world looks kindly on thee2 ,and thy bliss hath no alloy-- ,weep1 nor seek for consolation1 ,let the heaven-sent droplets flow1 ,they are hints of mighty secrets2 ,we are wiser than we know4 ,charles ,mackay4 ,,well4 ,men will praise thee1 when thou doest well to thyself4--,psalm xlix4 #ah4 ,say ye to the righteous1 that it shall be well with him4--,isaiah1 iii4 #aj4 ,if when ye do well1 and suffer for it1 ye take it patiently1 this is acceptable with ,god4--,i4 ,peter1 ii4 #bj4 ,such music6 ,before was never made1 ,but when of old the sons of morning sung ,whilst the ,creator great ,his constellations set1 ,and the well-balanced world on hinges hung4 ,milton4 ,to pray1 without devotion1 is to prate2 ,and hearing is but half our exercise3 ,we ought not1 therefore1 to regard alone ,how often1 but how well1 the work be done4 ,george ,wither4 ,circles are prais'd1 not that abound ,in largeness1 but th' exalted round3 ,so life we praise that does excel ,not in much time1 but acting well4 ,waller4 ,am ,i doing well or ill8 ,soul1 a solemn question this6 ,am ,i seeking to fulfil ,god's most high and holy will1 ,bending all mine efforts still ,to attain eternal bliss8 ,am ,i doing well or ill8 ,ask the world1 and it will say-- ,well1 for gold thy coffers fill2 ,thou hast learning1 thou hast skill1 ,thou hast climbed up fortune's hill1 ,and helped others on the way4 ,am ,i doing well or ill8 ,still recurs the solemn quest2 ,worldly wealth1 and men's good will1 ,cannot satisfy1 nor still ,anxious doubts1 and fears that fill ,thee with sadness and unrest4 ,egone4 ,,wife4 ,whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing1 and obtaineth favour of the ,lord4--,proverbs1 xviii4 #bb4 ,a prudent wife is from the ,lord4--,proverbs1 xix4 #ad4 ,seek a good wife of thy ,god1 for she is the best gift of ,his ,providence2 ,yet ask not in bold confidence that which ,he hath not promised3 ,thou knowest not ,his good will3--be thy prayer then submissive thereunto4 ,and leave thy petition to ,his mercy1 assured that ,he will deal well with thee4 ,if thou art to have a wife of thy youth1 she is now living on the earth1 ,therefore think of her1 and pray for her weal2 yea1 though thou hast not seen her4 ,they that love early become like-minded1 and the tempter toucheth them not3 ,they grow up leaning on each other1 as the olive and the vine4 ,martin ,f4 ,tupper4 ,true wife6 fond wife6 let us together lean1 ,like trees with intertwining boughs1 that so ,brave angry skies1 whatever winds may blow3 ,and1 though there interpose a cloudy screen1 ,lift up their heads towards the blue serene ,from whence the sunbeams1 and the rain-drops flow1 ,by which they gather strength1 and taller grow1 ,and keep their shoots and saplings fresh and green4 ,true wife6 fond wife6 we have together stood1 ,through years of trial1 each supporting each1 ,ever unto the infinite and good1 ,thy thoughts than mine have higher1 wider reached2 ,and ,i have felt how true the wise one's word2 ,thou art indeed a gift1 a favour from the ,lord6 ,egone4 ,my wife6 how fondly shall thy memory ,be shrined within the chamber of my heart6 ,thy virtuous worth was only known to me1 ,and ,i can feel how hard it is to part4 ,c4 ,l4 ,chester4 ,,will--,,willing4 ,teach me to do thy will2 for thou art my ,god4--,psalm cxliii4 #aj4 ,thy will be done in earth1 as it is in heaven4--,matthew1 vi4 #aj4 ,the world passeth away1 and the lust thereof3 but he that doeth the will of ,god abideth for ever4--,i4 ,john1 ii4 #ag4 8,thy will be done40 ,and is't not ever done8 ,but1 as in heaven1 it must be made our own4 ,his will must all our inclinations sway1 ,whom nature1 and the universe obey4 ,happy the man1 whose longings are confined ,to what has been eternally designed2 ,referring all to ,his paternal care1 ,to whom more dear than to ourselves we are6 ,waller4 ,half mankind maintain a churlish strife ,with ,him1 the ,donor of eternal life1 ,because the deed1 by which ,his love confirms ,the largess ,he bestows1 prescribes the terms4 ,compliance with ,his will your lot ensures1 ,accept it only1 and the boon is yours4 ,and sure it is as kind to smile and give1 ,as with a frown to say1 ,do this and live4 ,cowper4 ,thou ,power ,supreme1 whose mighty scheme ,these woes of mine fulfil1 ,here1 firm1 ,i rest1 they must be best1 ,because they are ,thy ,will6 ,then all ,i want1 7,o1 do ,thou grant ,this one request of mine17 ,since to enjoy ,thou dost deny1 ,assist me to resign4 ,burns4 ,lord1 ,i submit4 ,complete ,thy gracious will1 ,for1 if ,thou slay me1 ,i will trust ,thee still4 ,o1 be my will so swallowed up in ,thine1 ,that ,i may do ,thy will1 in doing mine8 ,hannah ,more4 ,subdued and instructed1 ,i bow to ,thy will2 ,my hopes and my longings to ,thee ,i resign2 ,o give me the heart that can wait and be still1 ,nor know of a wish or a pleasure but thine6 ,sir ,r4 ,grant4 ,my ,god and ,father1 while ,i stray ,far from my home1 on life's rough way1 ,o teach me from the heart to say1 8,thy will be done60 ,if thou shouldst call me to resign ,what most ,i prize1 it ne'er was mine2 ,i only yield ,thee what was ,thine2 8,thy will be done60 ,renew my will from day to day1 ,blend it with thine1 and take away ,all that now makes it hard to say1 8,thy will be done60 ,then1 when on earth1 ,i breathe no more ,the prayer1 oft mix'd with tears before1 ,i'll sing upon a happier shore1 8,thy will be done60 ,elliott4 8,o ,father6 not my will1 but ,thine be done60 ,so spake the ,son4 ,be this our charm1 mellowing earth's ruder noise ,of griefs and joys-- ,that we may cling for ever to ,thy breast1 ,in perfect rest6 ,keble4 ,but now1 see where ,he lies ,on the cold ground1 exposed to thick1 dank air1 ,and all the fury of the maddening skies6 ,see how each nerve and vein ,trembles and throbs with torture6 how ,his eyes ,start from their seat with anguish and despair6 ,what drops of sanguine sweat roll down amain ,from ,his fair limbs6 8,o ,father1 ,o remove1 ,if possible1 this cup1 yet not ,my will1 ,but ,thine be done60 ,o agonizing love6 ,james ,scott4 ,perchance he gives his thousands to the poor-- ,he well may give what he can use no more4 ,what willing charity6 gives1 dares he say8 ,he gives1 but not till ,heaven has snatched away4 ,thomas ,ward4 ,he sendeth sun1 ,he sendeth shower1 ,alike they're needful to the flower2 ,and joys and tears alike are sent ,to give the soul fit nourishment4 ,as comes to me or cloud or sun1 ,father6 ,thy will1 not mine be done4 ,oh1 ne'er will ,i at life repine1 ,enough that ,thou hast made it mine4 ,where falls the shadow cold of death1 ,i yet will sing with parting breath1 ,as comes to me or shade or sun1 ,father6 ,thy will1 not mine be done4 ,sarah ,flower ,adams4 ,it is a short and simple prayer1 ,but 'tis the ,christian's stay ,through every varied scene of care1 ,until his dying day4 ,as through the wilderness of life ,calmly he wanders on1 ,his prayer in every time of strife ,is still 8,thy will be done60 ,mary ,anne ,brown4 ,by scale and method works the ,will ,supreme1 ,nor clouds1 nor waves1 without a limit stream2 ,and all the floods that daylight never saw1 ,the rayless tide of ruin1 owns a law4 ,o'er all confusions marring earth and air1 ,o'er all the shuddering hours of man's despair1 ,still reigns one fixed decree of peace and love1 ,and still1 though dim below1 'tis bright above4 ,john ,sterling4 ,leaning on ,him1 make with reverent meekness1 ,his own1 thy will2 ,and with strength from ,him shall thy utter weakness ,life's task fulfil2 ,and that cloud itself1 which now before thee ,lies dark in view1 ,shall1 with beams of light1 for the inner glory1 ,be stricken through4 ,j4 ,g4 ,whittier4 ,,wind4 ,stormy wind fulfilling ,his word4--,psalm cxlviii4 #h4 ,the wind goeth toward the south1 and turneth about unto the north1 it whirleth about continually1 and the wind returneth again according to his circuits4--,ecclesiastes1 i4 #f4 ,he that createth the wind1 the ,lord1 the ,god of ,hosts is ,his name4--,amos1 iv4 #ac4 ,the wind bloweth where it listeth1 and thou hearest the sound thereof1 but canst not tell whence it cometh1 and whither it goeth3 so is every one that is born of the spirit4--,john1 iii4 #h4 ,winds1 whence and whither do ye blow8 --,ye must be born again to know4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,god of the chainless winds that wildly wreck1 ,the moaning forest1 and the ancient oak ,rend like a sapling spray1--and sweep the sand ,o'er the lost caravan1--that trod with pride ,of tinkling bells1 and camel's arching neck1 ,the burning desert1--a dense host at morn1 ,at eve1 a bubble1 on the trackless waste4 ,god of the winds6--canst ,thou not rule the heart1 ,and gather back its passions1 when ,thou wilt1 ,bidding them1 8,peace--be still60 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,we come6 we come6 and ye feel our might1 ,and we're hastening on in our boundless flight1 ,and over the mountains1 and over the deep ,our broad invisible pinions sweep1 ,like the spirit of liberty1 wild and free6 ,and ye look on our works1 and own 'tis we1 ,ye call us the winds2 but can ye tell ,whither we go1 or where we dwell8 ,ye mark1 as we vary our forms of power1 ,and fell the forest1 or fan the flower1 ,when the harebell moves1 and the rush is bent1 ,when the tower's o'erthrown1 and the oak is rent1 ,as we waft the bark o'er the slumbering wave1 ,or hurry its crew to a watery grave3 ,and ye say it is we6 but can ye trace ,the wandering winds to their secret place8 ,and whether our breath be loud and high1 ,or come in a soft and balmy sigh1 ,our threatenings fill the soul with fear1 ,or our gentle whisperings woo the ear1 ,with music aerial1 still 'tis we4 ,and ye list1 and ye look2 but what do ye see8 ,can ye hush one sound of our voice to peace1 ,or waken one note1 when our numbers cease8 ,our dwelling is in the ,almighty's hand2 ,we come and we go at ,his command3 ,though joy or sorrow may mark our track1 ,his will is our guide1 and we look not back3 ,and if1 in our wrath1 ye would turn us away ,or win us in gentlest air to play1 ,then lift up your hearts to ,him who binds1 ,or frees as he will1 the obedient winds4 ,miss ,gould4 ,ye viewless minstrels of the sky6 ,i marvel not on times gone by ,that ye were deified3 ,for even on this later day1 ,to me oft has your power or play1 ,unearthly thoughts supplied4 ,ye restless1 homeless1 shapeless things6 ,who mock all our imaginings1 ,like spirits in a dream2 ,what epithet can words supply1 ,unto the bard1 who takes so high ,unmanageable theme8 ,but one3--to me1 when fancy stirs ,my thoughts1 ye seem heaven's messengers1 ,who leave no path untrod2 ,and when1 as now1 at midnight hour1 ,i hear your voice in all its power1 ,it seems the voice of ,god4 ,bernard ,barton4 ,the wind breathes low1 the withering leaf ,scarce whispers from the tree2 ,so gently flows the parting breath ,when good men cease to be4 ,w4 ,p4 ,o4 ,peabody4 ,,wisdom4 ,the fear of the ,lord that is wisdom4--,job1 xxviii4 #bh4 ,so teach us to number our days1 that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom4--,psalm xc4 #ab4 ,wisdom is the principal thing2 therefore get wisdom4--,proverbs1 iv4 #g4 ,how much better is it to get wisdom than gold4--,proverbs1 xvi4 #af4 ,if any of you lack wisdom1 let him ask of ,god1 that giveth to all men liberally1 and upbraideth not3 and it shall be given him4--,james1 i4 #e4 ,the wise1 ,i here observe1 ,are wise towards ,god1 in whose great service still1 ,more than in that of kings1 themselves they serve4 ,sir ,w4 ,davenant4 ,he that is of reason's skill bereft1 ,and wants the staff of wisdom him to stay1 ,is like a ship in midst of tempest left1 ,withouten helm or pilot her to sway2 ,full sad and dreadful is that ship's event3 ,so is the man that wants intendiment4 ,spenser4 ,wisdom1 the antidote of sad despair1 ,makes sharp afflictions seem not as they are1 ,through patient sufferance2 and doth apprehend1 ,not as they seeming are1 but as they end4 ,francis ,quarles4 ,wisdom's self ,oft seeks so sweet1 retired solitude2 ,where1 with her best nurse--contemplation-- ,she plumes her feathers1 and lets go her wings1 ,that in the various bustle of resort ,were all too muffled1 and sometimes impaired4 ,milton4 ,all is best1 though we oft doubt ,what the unsearchable dispose ,of highest wisdom brings about2 ,and ever best found in the close4 ,milton4 ,so teach us1 ,lord1 to count our days1 ,and eye their constant race1 ,to measure what we want in time1 ,by wisdom and by grace4 ,christopher ,pitt4 ,wisdom smiles when humble mortals weep4 ,when sorrow wounds the breast1 as ploughs the glebe1 ,and hearts obdurate feel the softening shower1 ,her seeds celestial then glad wisdom sows1 ,her golden harvest triumphs in the soil4 ,young4 ,the weak have remedies1 the wise have joys3 ,superior wisdom is superior bliss4 ,young4 ,when knowledge1 at her ,father's dread command1 ,resigned to ,israel's king her golden key1 ,o1 to have joined the frequent auditors ,in wonder and delight1 that whilom heard ,great ,solomon descanting on the brutes2 ,o1 how sublimely glorious to apply ,to ,god's own honour1 and good-will to man1 ,that wisdom he alone1 of man1 possessed ,in plenitude so rich1 and cope so rare4 ,smart4 ,knowledge and wisdom1 far from being one1 ,have oft-times no connexion1 knowledge dwells ,in heads replete with thoughts of other men2 ,wisdom in minds attentive to their own4 ,knowledge1 a rude unprofitable mass1 ,the mere materials with which wisdom builds1 ,till smooth'd and squared1 and fitted to its place1 ,does but encumber whom it seems t' enrich4 ,knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much1 ,wisdom is humble that he knows no more4 ,cowper4 ,thus wisdom's words discover ,thy glory and ,thy grace1 ,thou everlasting ,lover ,of our unworthy race6 ,thy gracious eye surveyed us ,ere stars were seen above2 ,in wisdom ,thou hast made us1 ,and died for us in love4 ,cowper4 ,when did wisdom covet length of days8 ,or seek its bliss in pleasure1 wealth1 or praise8 ,no3--wisdom views with an indifferent eye ,all finite things1 as blessings born to die4 ,hannah ,more4 ,wisdom is humble1 said the voice of ,god1 ',tis proud1 the world replied4 ,wisdom1 said ,god1 ,forgives1 forbears1 and suffers1 not for fear ,of man1 but ,god4 ,wisdom revenges1 said ,the world2 is quick and deadly of resentment1 ,thrusts at the very shadow of affront1 ,and hastes1 by death1 to wipe its honour clean4 ,wisdom1 said ,god1 loves enemies1 entreats1 ,solicits1 begs for peace4 ,wisdom1 replied1 ,the world1 hates enemies1 will not ask peace1 ,conditions spurns1 and triumphs in their fall4 ,wisdom mistrusts itself1 and leans on ,heaven1 ,said ,god4 ,it trusts and leans upon itself1 ,the world replied4 ,wisdom retires1 said ,god1 ,and counts it bravery to bear reproach1 ,and shame1 and lowly poverty1 upright2 ,and weeps with all who have just cause to weep4 ,wisdom1 replied the world1 struts forth to gaze1 ,treads the broad stage with clamorous foot1 ,attracts all praises1 counts it bravery ,alone to wield the sword1 and rush on death2 ,and never weeps1 but for its own disgrace4 ,wisdom1 said ,god1 is highest1 when it stoops ,lowest before the ,holy ,throne2 throws down ,its crown1 abased2 forgets itself1 admires1 ,and breathes adoring praise4 ,there wisdom stoops ,indeed1 the world replied2 there stoops1 because ,it must1 but stoops with dignity2 and thinks ,and meditates1 the while1 of inward worth4 ,pollok4 ,come to my aid1 celestial ,wisdom1 come2 ,from my dark soul dispel the doubtful gloom2 ,my passions still1 my purer breast inflame1 ,to sing that ,god from whom existence came4 ,boyse4 ,see6 full of hope1 thou trustest to the earth ,the golden seed1 and waitest till the ,spring ,summons the buried to a happier birth2 ,but1 in ,time's furrow duly scattering1 ,think'st thou how deeds1 by wisdom sown1 may be ,silently ripen'd for eternity8 ,schiller4 ,up6 'tis no dreaming time6 ,awake6 ,awake6 ,for ,he who sits on the high ,judge's seat1 ,doth in ,his record mark each wasted hour1 ,each idle word4 ,take heed thy shrinking soul ,find not their weight too heavy1 when it stands ,at that dread bar from whence is no appeal4 ,lo1 while ye trifle1 the light sand steals on1 ,leaving the hour-glass empty1 and thy life ,glideth away2--stamp wisdom on its hours4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,few and precious are the words which the lips of wisdom utter2 ,to what shall their rarity be likened8 what price shall count their worth8 ,perfect and much to be desired1 and giving joy with riches1 ,no lovely thing on earth can picture all their beauty4 ,they be chance pearls1 flung among the rocks by the sullen waters of oblivion1 ,which diligence loveth to gather1 and hang round the neck of memory2 ,they be white-winged seeds of happiness1 wafted from the islands of the blessed1 ,which thought carefully tendeth1 in the kindly garden of the heart2 ,they be sproutings of an harvest for eternity1 bursting through the tilth of time1 ,green promise of the golden wheat1 that yieldeth angel's food2 ,they be drops of the crystal dew1 which the wings of seraphs scatter1 ,when on some brighter sabbath1 their plumes quiver most with delight3 ,such1 and so precious1 are the words which the lips of wisdom utter4 ,martin ,f4 ,tupper4 ,faith and hope ,will teach me how to bear my lot6 ,to think ,almighty ,wisdom best1 ,to bow my head1 and murmur not4 ,the chast'ning hand of ,one above ,falls heavy1 but ,i kiss the rod1 ,he gives the wound1 and ,i must trust ,its healing to the self-same ,god4 ,eliza ,cook4 ,,witness4 ,a faithful witness will not lie3 but a false witness will utter lies4--,proverbs1 xiv4 #e4 ,if we receive the witness of men1 the witness of ,god is greater3 for this is the witness of ,god which he hath testified of his ,son4 ,he that believeth on the ,son of ,god hath the witness in himself4--,i4 ,john1 v4 #i1 #aj4 ,in ocean's wide domains1 ,half buried in the sands1 ,like skeletons in chains ,with shackled feet and hands4 ,beyond the fall of dews1 ,deeper than plummet lies1 ,float ships1 with all their crews1 ,no more to sink or rise4 ,there the black slave-ship swims ,freighted with human forms1 ,those fettered1 fleshless limbs ,are not the sport of storms4 ,these are the bones of slaves3 ,they gleam from the abyss2 ,they cry from yawning waves1 8,we are the ,witnesses60 ,within earth's wide domains ,are markets for men's lives2 ,their necks are galled with chains1 ,their wrists are cramped with gyves4 ,dead bodies1 that the kite ,in deserts makes its prey2 ,murders1 that with affright ,scare school-boys from their play4 ,all evil thoughts and deeds2 ,anger1 and lust1 and pride2 ,the foulest1 rankest weeds1 ,that choke life's groaning tide6 ,these are the woes of slaves2 ,they glare from the abyss2 ,they cry1 from unknown graves-- 8,we are the ,witnesses60 ,longfellow4 ,,woe4 ,woe unto them that rise up early in the morning1 that they may follow strong drink2 that continue until night1 till wine inflame them4 --,isaiah1 v4 #aa4 ,woe unto us1 that we have sinned4--,lamentations1 v4 #af4 ,venomous thornes that are so sharpe and kene1 ,bear flowers we see full fresh and fayre of hue1 ,poyson is also put in medicine1 ,and unto man his health doth oft renew4 ,the fire that all things eke consumeth clene ,may hurt and heale2 then if this be true1 ,i trust sometime my harm may be my healthe1 ,since every woe is joined with some wealth6 ,wyatt4 ,though life seem one uncomfortable void1 ,guilt at thy heels1 before thy face despair2 ,yet1 gay this scene1 and light this load of woe1 ,compared with thy hereafter4 ,bishop ,porteus4 ,but1 ,god be thanked6 there are moments1 when ,man1 subdued by nature's mightiest powers1 ,thinks even his purer self the sport of waves4 ,in such like moments 'tis the ,godhead shows us ,the distance 'twixt itself and us1--chastises ,man's vain audacity to equal it1 ,and casts him back to nothingness and woe4 ,in such like moments1 even the wisest sinks ,unto the dust3 he1 too1 is formed of dust2 ,but soon again he rises purified ,by ,fate's worst blast1 and thus the ,eternal's will ,declares and proves its own omnipotence4 ,herder4 ,but dreadful is their doom whom doubt has driven ,to censure fate1 and pious hope forego3 ,like yonder blasted boughs1 by lightning riven1 ,perfection1 beauty1 life1 they never know1 ,but frown on all that pass1 a monument of woe4 ,beattie4 ,woe unto those that with the morning sun ,rise to drink wine1 and set till he have done ,his weary course2 not ceasing1 until night ,have quenched their understanding with the light4 ,bishop ,king4 ,the ,son of ,god1 in doing good1 ,was fain to look to ,heaven1 and sigh2 ,and shall the heirs of sinful blood ,seek joy unmixed in charity8 ,god will not let love's work impart ,full solace1 lest it steal the heart2 ,be thou content in tears to sow1 ,blessing1 like ,jesus1 in thy woe4 ,keble4 ,v vobis1 ye whose lip doth lave ,so deeply in the sparkling wine1 ,regardless though that passion wave ,shut from the soul heaven's light divine2 ,v vobis6--heed the trumpet blast1 ,fly ere the leprous taint is deep1 ,fly6--ere the hour of hope be past1 ,and pitying angels cease to weep4 ,v vobis1 ye who fail to read1 ,that name which glows where'er ye tread1 ,the ,alpha of an infant creed1 ,the ,omega of the sainted dead2 ',tis written where the pencill'd flowers ,their tablet to the desert show1 ,and where the mountain's rocky towers ,frown darkly on the vale below2 ,where roll the wondrous orbs on high1 ,in glorious order strong and fair1 ,in every letter of the sky ,that midnight graves--'tis there--'tis there6 ,it gleams on ocean's wrinkled brow1 ,and in the shell that gems its shore1 ,and where the solemn forests bow ,v vobis1 ye1 who scorn the lore4 ,l4 ,h4 ,sigourney4 ,,woman4 ,who can find a virtuous woman8 for her price is far above rubies4 ,a woman that feareth the ,lord1 she shall be praised4--,proverbs1 xxxi4 #aj1 #cj4 ,nevertheless1 neither is the man without the woman1 neither the woman without the man in the ,lord4--,i4 ,corinthians1 xi4 #aa4 ,well ,i understand1 in the prime end ,of nature1 her th' inferior in the mind ,and inward faculties1 which most excel ,in outward2 also her resembling less ,his image who made both1 and less expressing ,the character of that dominion given ,o'er other creatures2 yet1 when ,i approach ,her loveliness1 so absolute she seems1 ,and in herself complete2 so well to know ,her own1 that what she wills to do or say1 ,seems wisest1 virtuousest1 discreetest1 best2 ,all higher knowledge in her presence falls ,degraded6 wisdom in discourse with her ,loses1 discount'nanc'd1 and like folly shows4 ,authority and reason on her wait1 ,as one intended first1 not after made ,occasionally2 and to consummate all4 ,greatness of mind and nobleness their seat ,build in her1 loveliest1 and create an awe ,about her1 as a guard angelic placed4 ,milton4 ,so woman1 born to dignify retreat ,unknown to flourish1 and unseen be great1 ,to give domestic life its sweetest charm1 ,with softness polish1 and with virtue warm3 ,fearful of fame1 unwilling to be known1 ,should seek but ,heaven's applauses and her own2 ,should dread no blame but that which crimes impart1 ,the censures of a self-condemning heart4 ,hannah ,more4 ,for woman is not undevelopt man1 ,but diverse3 could we make her as the man1 ,sweet love were slain1 whose dearest bond is this ,not like to like1 but like in difference3 ,yet in the long years liker must they grow2 ,the man be more of woman1 she of man2 ,he gain in sweetness and in moral height1 ,nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world2 ,she mental breadth1 nor fail in childward care3 ,more as the double-natured ,poet1 each3 ,till at the last she set herself to man1 ,like perfect music unto noble words2 ,and so these twain upon the skirts of ,time1 ,sit side by side1 full-summ'd in all their powers1 ,dispensing harvest1 sowing the ,to-be1 ,self-reverent each1 and reverencing each1 ,distinct in individualities1 ,but like each other ev'n as those we love4 ,then comes the statelier ,eden back to men1 ,then reign the world's great bridals1 chaste and calm2 ,then springs the crowning race of humankind6 ,tennyson4 ,what highest prize hath woman won ,in science or in art8 ,what mightiest work by woman done1 ,boasts city1 field1 or mart8 8,she hath no ,raphael10 ,painting saith2 8,no ,newton10 ,learning cries2 ,show us her ,steam-ship6 her ,macbeth1 ,her thought-won victories6 ,hail boastful man6 though worthy are ,thy deeds when thou art true1 ,things worthier still and holier far1 ,our sister yet will do2 ,for this the worth of woman shows1 ,on every peopled shore1 ,that still as man in wisdom grows1 ,he honours her the more4 ,oh6 not for wealth1 or fame1 or pow'r1 ,hath man's weak angel striven1 ,but silent as the growing flower1 ,to make of earth a heav'n6 ,and in her garden of the sun1 ,heaven's brightest rose shall bloom2 ,for woman's best is unbegun6 ,her advent yet to come4 ,ebenezer ,elliot4 ,,word4 ,thy word is a lamp unto my feet1 and a light unto my path4--,psalm cxix4 #aje4 ,for there is not a word in my tongue1 but1 lo1 ,o ,lord1 ,thou knowest it altogether4--,psalm cxxxix4 #d4 ,the grass withereth1 the flower fadeth3 but the word of our ,god shall stand for ever4--,isaiah1 xl4 #h4 ,every idle word that men shall speak1 they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment4--,matthew1 xii4 #cf4 ,ill deeds are doubled with an evil word4 ,shakspere4 ,almighty ,lord6 the sun shall fail1 ,the moon forget her nightly tale1 ,and deepest silence bush on high ,the radiant chorus of the sky2 ,but fixed for everlasting years1 ,unmoved amid the wreck of spheres1 ,thy word shall shine in cloudless day1 ,when heaven and earth have passed away4 ,sir ,r4 ,grant4 ,not words alone it cost the ,lord1 ,to purchase pardon for ,his own2 ,nor will a soul by grace restored1 ,return the ,saviour's words alone4 ,easy indeed it were to reach ,a mansion in the courts above1 ,if swelling words and fluent speech1 ,might serve instead of faith and love4 ,but none shall gain the blissful place1 ,or ,god's unclouded glory see1 ,who talks of free and sovereign grace1 ,unless that grace has made him free4 ,cowper4 ,o happy they who know the ,lord1 ,with whom be deigns to dwell1 ,he feeds and cheers them by ,his word1 ,his arm supports them well4 ,he helped ,his saints in ancient days1 ,who trusted in ,his name2 ,and we can witness to ,his praise1 ,his love is still the same4 ,his presence sweetens all our cares1 ,and makes our burdens light2 ,a word from ,him dispels our fears1 ,and gilds the gloom of night4 ,newton4 ,there is a stream whose gentle flow ,supplies the city of our ,god2 ,life1 love1 and joy1 still gliding thro'1 ,and wat'ring our divine abode4 ,that sacred stream1 ,thy holy word1 ,that all our raging fear controls2 ,sweet peace ,thy promises afford1 ,and give new strength to fainting souls4 ,watts4 ,when quiet in my house ,i sit1 ,thy book be my companion still1 ,my joy ,thy sayings to repeat1 ,talk o'er the records of ,thy will1 ,and search the oracles divine ,till every heart-felt word be mine4 ,o may the gracious words divine ,subject of all my converse be2 ,so will the ,lord ,his follower join1 ,and walk and talk himself with me2 ,so shall my heart ,his presence prove1 ,and burn with everlasting love4 ,oft as ,i lay me down to rest1 ,o may ,thy reconciling word ,sweetly compose my weary breast6 ,while1 in the bosom of my ,lord1 ,i sink in blissful dreams away1 ,and visions of eternal day4 ,rising to sing my ,saviour's praise1 ,thee may ,i publish all day long2 ,and let ,thy precious word of grace ,flow from my heart1 and fill my tongue1 ,fill all my life with purest love1 ,and join me to the church above4 ,c4 ,wesley4 ,where deeds pull down1 words can repair no faith4 ,chapman4 ,a voice to light gave being3 ,to ,time1 and man his earth-born chronicler2 ,a voice shall finish doubt and dim foreseeing1 ,and sweep away life's visionary stir2 ,the trumpet1 7we intoxicate with pride1 ,arm at its blast for deadly wars17 ,to archangelic lips applied1 ,the grave shall open1 quench the stars4 ,o silence6 are men's noisy years ,no more than moments of thy life8 ,is harmony1 blest queen of smiles and tears1 ,with her smooth tones and discords just1 ,tempered into rapturous strife1 ,thy destined bond-slave8 ,no6 though earth be dust ,and vanish1 though the ,heavens dissolve1 her stay ,is in the word1 that shall not pass away4 ,wordsworth4 ,why1 thou never-setting light1 ,is thy brightness veil'd from me8 ,why does this unusual night ,cloud thy best benignity8 ,i am lost without thy ray1 ,guide my wandering footsteps1 ,lord6 ,light my dark and erring way ,to the noontide of thy word4 ,bowring1 from the ,russian4 ,i saw one man1 armed simply with ,god's ,word1 ,enter the souls of many fellow-men1 ,and pierce them sharply as a two-edged sword1 ,while conscience echoed back his words again2 ,till1 even as showers of fertilizing rain ,sink through the bosom of the valley clod1 ,so their hearts opened to the wholesome pain1 ,and hundreds knelt upon the flowery sod1 ,one good man's earnest prayer1 the link 'twixt them and ,god4 ,mrs4 ,norton4 ,,works--,,work4 ,unto thee1 ,o ,lord1 belongeth mercy2 for thou renderest to every man according to his work4--,psalm lxii4 #ab4 ,the works of the ,lord are great1 sought out of all them that have pleasure therein4--,psalm cxi4 #b4 ,prepare thy work without1 and make it fit for thyself in the field3 and afterwards build thine house4--,proverbs1 xxiv4 #bg4 ,these are ,thy glorious works1 ,parent of ,good1 ,almighty1 ,thine this universal frame1 ,thus wondrous fair2 ,thyself how wondrous then6 ,unspeakable1 who sitt'st above the ,heavens ,to us invisible1 or dimly seen ,in these thy lowest works2 yet these declare ,thy goodness beyond thought and power divine4 ,speak ye who best can tell1 ye sons of light1 ,angels2 for ye behold ,him1 and with songs ,and choral symphonies1 day without night1 ,circle his throne rejoicing6 ye in ,heaven1 ,on ,earth1 join all ye creatures to extol ,him first1 him last1 him midst1 and without end4 ,milton4 ,if faith produce no works2 ,i see ,that faith is not a living tree4 ,thus faith and works together grow1 ,no separate life they e'er can know3 ,they're soul and body1 hand and heart1-- ,what ,god hath joined1 let no man part4 ,hannah ,more4 ,o1 how unlike the complex works of man1 ,heaven's easy1 artless1 unencumbered plan6 ,no meretricious graces to beguile1 ,no clustering ornaments to clog the pile2 ,from ostentation1 as from weakness free1 ,it stands1 like the cerulean arch we see1 ,majestic in its own simplicity4 ,inscribed above the portal1 from afar ,conspicuous as the brightness of a star1 ,legible only by the light they give1 ,stand the soul-quickening words3 ,believe and live6 ,cowper4 ,oh how ,i love with melted soul to leave ,the house of prayer1 and wander in the fields ,alone6 what though the opening air be chill6 ,although the lark1 checked in his airy path1 ,eke out his song1 perched on the fallow clod ,that still o'ertops the blade2 although no branch ,have spread its foliage1 save the willow wand ,that dips its pale leaves in the swollen stream4 ,what though the clouds oft lower2 their threats but end ,in summer showers1 that scarcely fill the folds ,of moss-couched violets1 or interrupt ,the merle's dulcet pipe--melodious bird6 ,he hid behind the milk-white sloe-thorn spray1 7,whose early flowers anticipate the leaf17 ,welcomes the time of buds1 the infant year4 ,sweet is the sunny nook to which my steps ,have brought me1 hardly conscious where ,i roamed1 ,unheeding where--so lovely all around1 ,the works of ,god arrayed in vernal smile4 ,grahame4 ,how manifold ,thy works1 ,o ,lord1 ,in wisdom1 power1 and goodness wrought6 ,the earth is with ,thy riches stored1 ,and ocean with ,thy wonders fraught3 ,unfathom'd caves beneath the deep ,for ,thee their hidden treasures keep4 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,wherever in the world ,i am1 ,in whatsoe'er estate1 ,i have a fellowship with hearts ,to keep and cultivate2 ,and a work of lowly love to do ,for the ,lord on whom ,i wait4 ,a4 ,l4 ,waring4 ,fellow-workers are we2 hour by hour1 ,human tools are shaping ,heaven's great schemes1 ,till we see no limit to man's power1 ,and reality outstrips old dreams4 ,toil and struggle1 therefore1 work and weep1 ,in ,god's care ye shall calmly sleep1 ,when the night cometh4 ,mrs4 ,embury4 ,lord of all ,being6 where can fancy fly1 ,to what far realms1 unmeasured by thine eye8 ,where can he hide beneath ,thy blazing sun1 ,where dwell'st ,thou not1 the boundless1 viewless ,one8 ,shall guilt couch down within the cavern's gloom1 ,and quivering1 groaning1 meditate her doom8 ,or scale the mountains1 where the whirlwinds rest1 ,and in the night-blast cool her fiery breast8 ,within the cavern-gloom ,thine eye can see1 ,the sky-clad mountains lift their heads to ,thee6 ,thy spirit rides upon the thunder storms1 ,darkening the sky with their terrific forms6 ,beams in the lightning1 rocks upon the seas1 ,roars in the blast1 and whispers in the breeze2 ,in calms1 in storm1 in ,heaven1 in earth1 ,thou art6 ,trace but ,thy works1 they bring ,thee to the heart4 ,r4 ,montgomery4 ,the blackbird early leaves its rest ,to meet the smiling morn1 ,and gather fragments for its nest ,from upland1 wood1 and lawn4 ,the busy bee that wings its way ',mid sweets of varied hue1 ,at every flower would seem to say-- 8,there's work enough to do40 ,the cowslip and the spreading vine1 ,the daisy in the grass1 ,the snowdrop and the eglantine1 ,preach sermons as we pass4 ,the ant within its cavern deep1 ,would bid us labour too1 ,and writes upon its tiny heap1 8,there's work enough to do40 ,the planets1 at their ,maker's will1 ,move onward in their cars1 ,for ,nature's wheel is never still-- ,progressive as the stars6 ,the leaves that flutter in the air1 ,and summer breezes woo1 ,one solemn truth to man declare-- 8,there's work enough to do40 ,j4 ,burbidge4 ,,world4 ,the ,lord is the true ,god1 he is the living ,god1 and an everlasting king3 ,he hath made the earth by his power1 he hath established the world by his wisdom4--,jeremiah1 x4 #aj1 #ab4 ,what shall it profit a man1 if he shall gain the whole world1 and lose his own soul8--,mark1 viii4 #cf4 ,if the world hate you1 ye know that it hated me before it hated you4 ,if ye were of the world1 the world would love his own3 but because ye are not of the world1 but ,i have chosen you out of the world1 therefore the world hateth you4--,john1 xv4 #ah1 #ai4 ,be not conformed to this world1 but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind1 that ye may prove what is that good1 and acceptable1 and perfect will of ,god4--,romans1 xii4 #b4 ,the friendship of the world is enmity with ,god3 whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world1 is the enemy of ,god4--,james1 iv4 #d4 ,and the world passeth away1 and the lust thereof3 but he that doeth the will of ,god abideth for ever4--,i4 ,john1 ii4 #ag4 ,the weary mariner so fast not flies ,an howling tempest1 harbour to attain2 ,nor shepherd hastes1 when frays of wolves arise1 ,so fast to fold1 to save his bleating train6 ,as ,i1 wing'd with contempt and just disdain1 ,now fly the world and what it most doth prize1 ,and sanctuary seek1 free to remain ,from wounds of abject times1 and envy's eyes3 ,to me this world did once seem sweet and fair1 ,while sense's light mind's perspective kept blind2 ,now like imagin'd landscapes in the air1 ,and weeping rainbows1 her best joys ,i find2 ,or if aught here is had that praise should have1 ,it is an obscure life and silent grave4 ,william ,drummond4 ,of this fair volume which we 8world0 do name1 ,if we the sheets and leaves could turn with care1 ,of him who it corrects and did it frame1 ,we clear might read the art and wisdom rare1 ,find out his power1 which wildest powers doth tame1 ,his providence extending everywhere1 ,his justice1 which proud rebels doth not spare1 ,in every page--no period of the same4 ,but silly we1 like foolish children1 rest ,well pleas'd with colour'd vellum1 leaves of gold1 ,fair dangling ribbands--leaving what is best2 ,on the great writer's sense ne'er taking hold2 ,or if by chance we stay our minds on aught1 ,it is some picture on the margin wrought4 ,william ,drummond4 ,seek well another world2 who studies this1 ,travels in clouds1 seeks manna where none is4 ,henry ,vaughan4 ,lord1 mail my heart with faith1 and be my shield1 ,and if a world confront me1 ,i'll not yield4 ,francis ,quarles4 ,to tremble1 7as the creatures of an hour ,ought17 at the view of an ,almighty power ,before ,his presence1 at whose awful throne ,all tremble in all worlds except our own2 ,to supplicate ,his mercy1 love ,his ways1 ,and prize them above pleasure1 wealth1 or praise2 ,though common sense1 allowed a casting voice1 ,and free from bias1 must approve the choice2 ,convicts a man fanatic in the extreme1 ,and wild as madness in the world's esteem4 ,cowper4 ,the joy that vain amusements give1 ,o1 sad conclusion that it brings1 ,the honey of a crowded hive ,defended by a thousand stings4 ',tis thus the world rewards the fools ,that live upon her treacherous smiles2 ,she leads them blindfold1 by her rules1 ,and ruins all whom she beguiles4 ,cowper4 ,what is this world8 ,what but a spacious burial-field unwalled1 ,strewed with death's spoils1 the spoils of animals1 ,savage and tame1 and full of dead men's bones8 ,the very turf on which we tread once lived1 ,and we that live must lend our carcases1 ,to cover our own offspring3 in their turns1 ,they too must cover theirs4 ,blair4 ,unthinking1 idle1 wild1 and young1 ,i laughed and danced1 ,i talked and sung1 ,and proud of health1 of freedom vain1 ,dreamed not of sorrow1 care1 nor pain3 ,oh6 then in those light hours of glee1 ,i thought the world was made for me4 ,but when the hour of trial came1 ,and sickness shook my feeble frame1 ,and folly's gay pursuits were o'er1 ,and ,i could sing and dance no more1 ,oh6 then ,i thought bow sad 'twould be ,were only this world made for me4 ,princess ,amelia4 ,virtue1 for ever frail as fair below1 ,her tender nature suffers in the crowd1 ,nor touches on the world without a stain2 ,the world's infectious4 ,young4 ,the world's a school ,of wrong1 and what proficients swarm around ,we must or imitate or disapprove2 ,must 'list as their accomplices or foes2 ,that stains our innocence1 this wounds our peace4 ,young4 ,thrice happy world1 where gilded toys ,no more disturb our thoughts1 no more pollute our joys6 ,there light or shade no more succeed by turns1 ,there reigns the eternal sun with an unclouded ray1 ,there all is calm as night1 yet all immortal day1 ,and truth for ever shines1 and love for ever burns4 ,isaac ,watts4 ,the flower that smiles to-day1 ,to-morrow dies2 ,all that we wish to stay1 ,tempts1 and then flies3 ,what is this world's delight8 ,lightning1 that mocks the night1 ,brief even as bright4 ,shelley4 ,dreams cannot picture a world so fair-- ,sorrow and death may not enter there2 ,time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom1 ,for beyond the clouds1 and beyond the tomb1 ,it is there1 it is there1 my child6 ,mrs4 ,hemans4 ,thou art1 ,o ,god1 the life and light ,of all this wondrous world we see2 ,its glow by day1 its smile by night1 ,are but reflections caught from ,thee2 ,where'er we turn1 ,thy glories shine1 ,and all things fair and bright are ,thine4 ,thomas ,moore4 ,o world6 how little do thy joys ,concern a soul that knows ,itself not made for such low toys ,as thy poor hand bestows6 ,then take away thy tinsel wares1 ,that dazzle here our eyes2 ,let us go up above the stars1 ,where all our treasure lies4 ,the way we know3 our dearest ,lord ,himself has gone before3 ,and has engaged ,his faithful word1 ,to open us the door4 ,hicks4 ,the world is too much with us2 late and soon1 ,getting and spending1 we lay waste our powers4 ,wordsworth4 ,pass on1 relentless world6 ,i grieve ,no more for all that thou hast riven2 ,pass on1 in ,god's name1 only leave ,the things thou never yet hast given-- ,a heart at ease1 a mind at home1 ,affections fixed above thy sway1 ,faith set upon a world to come1 ,and patience through life's little day4 ,george ,lunt4 ,,worship4 ,o worship the ,lord in the beauty of holiness3 fear before him1 all the earth4--,psalm xcvi4 #i4 ,in vain do they worship me1 teaching for doctrines the commandments of men4--,mark1 vii4 #g4 ,but the hour cometh1 and now is1 when the true worshippers shall worship the ,father in spirit and in truth3 for the ,father seeketh such to worship him4--,john1 iv4 #bc4 ,first worship ,god2 he that forgets to pray ,bids not himself good-morrow nor good-day3 ,let thy first labour be to purge thy sin1 ,and serve ,him first1 whence all things did begin4 ,thomas ,randolph4 ,there is a joy which angels well might prize3 ,to see1 and hear1 and aid ,god's worship1 when ,unnumbered tongues--a host of ,christian men1 ,youths1 matrons1 maidens1 join4 ,their sounds arise 8,like many waters20 now glad symphonies ,of thanks and glory to our ,god1 and then1 ,seal of the social prayer1 the loud ,amen4 ,faith's common pledge1 contrition's mingled cries4 ,thus when the church of ,christ was hale and young1 ,she call'd on ,god1 one spirit and one voice2 ,thus from corruption cleansed1 with health new strung1 ,her son she nurtured4 ,oh6 be theirs by choice1 ,what duty bids1 to worship1 heart and tongue1 ,at once to pray1 at once in ,god rejoice6 ,bishop ,mant4 ,the cheerfu' supper done1 wi' serious face1 ,they1 round the ingle1 form a circle wide2 ,the sire turns o'er1 wi' patriarchal grace1 ,the big ha'-bible1 ance his father's pride2 ,his bonnet rev'rently is laid aside1 ,his lyart haffets wearing thin and bare2 ,those strains that ance did sweet in ,zion glide1 ,he wales a portion with judicious care2 ,and 8,let us worship ,god60 he says1 with solemn air4 ,burns4 ,not always he ,hath holiest heart1 whose worship is most loud1 ,and that is purest prayer1 where one alone is bowed4 ,g4 ,h4 ,colton4 ,sweet is the solemn voice that calls ,the christian to the house of prayer6 ,i love to stand within its walls1 ,for ,thou1 ,o ,lord1 art present there6 ,i love to tread the hallowed courts1 ,where two or three for worship meet2 ,for thither ,christ himself resorts1 ,and makes the little band complete4 ,lyte4 ,the earth is one great temple1 made ,for worship everywhere2 ,and its flowers are the bells1 in glen and glade1 ,that ring the heart to prayer4 ,a solemn preacher is the breeze2 ,at noon or twilight dim1 ,the ancient trees give homilies-- ,the river hath a hymn4 ,for the city bell takes seven days ,to reach the townsman's ear1 ,but he who kneels in nature's ways1 ,hath sabbath all the year4 ,t4 ,k4 ,hervey4 ,give to the sceptic gain and gaud2 ,the ,christian envies not his lot1 ,who1 while his fellow-men applaud1 ,is by his outraged ,god forgot4 ,more blest is he1 who1 'mid the cares ,of this world's loud and busy mart1 ,the melody of worship bears ,for ever1 in his inmost heart4 ,miss ,pardoe4 ,the ,god who reigns on high ,the great archangels sing2 ,and 8,holy1 holy1 holy10 cry1 8,almighty ,king6 ,who was and is the same1 ,and evermore shall be2 ,jehovah1 ,father1 ,great ,i am1 ,we worship ,thee40 ,t4 ,olivers4 ,,worthy4 ,thou art worthy1 ,o ,lord1 to receive glory and honour and power3 for ,thou hast created all things1 and for ,thy pleasure they are and were created4--,revelation1 iv4 #aa4 ,worthy is the ,lamb that was slain to receive power1 and riches1 and wisdom1 and strength1 and honour1 and glory1 and blessing4--,revelation1 v4 #ab4 ,come1 let us join our cheerful songs1 ,with angels round the throne1 ,ten thousand thousand are their tongues1 ,but all their joys are one4 8,worthy the ,lamb that died10 they cry1 8,to be exalted thus60 8,worthy the ,lamb10 our lips reply1 8,for ,he was slain for us40 ,jesus is worthy to receive ,honour and power divine1 ,and blessings more than we can give1 ,be ,lord for ever ,thine6 ,watts4 ,worthy1 ,o ,lord1 art ,thou1 ,that every knee should bow1 ,every tongue to ,thee confess2 ,universal nature join1 ,strong and mighty1 ,thee to bless1 ,gracious1 merciful1 benign4 ,wisdom is due to ,thee1 ,and might and majesty2 ,thee in mercy rich we prove1 ,glory1 honour1 praise receive2 ,worthy thou of all our love1 ,more than all we pant to give4 ,c4 ,wesley4 ,sing we the song of those who stand1 ,around the eternal throne1 ,of every kindred1 clime1 and land1 ,a multitude unknown4 8,worthy the ,lamb for sinners slain10 ,cry the redeem'd above1 8,blessing and honour to obtain1 ,and everlasting love40 ,j4 ,montgomery4 ,,wound4 ,praise ye the ,lord3 for it is good to sing praises unto our ,god4 ,he healeth the broken in heart1 and bindeth up their wounds4--,psalm cxlvii4 #a1 #c4 ,the spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity3 but a wounded spirit who can bear8--,proverbs1 xviii4 #ad4 ,he was wounded for our transgressions1 he was bruised for our iniquities3 the chastisement of our peace was upon him2 and with his stripes we are healed4--,isaiah1 liii4 #e4 ,no wounds like those a wounded spirit feels1 ,no cure for such1 till ,god1 who makes them1 heals4 ,and thou1 sad sufferer under nameless ill1 ,that yields not to the touch of human skill1 ,improve the kind occasion1 understand ,a ,father's frown1 and kiss ,his chastening hand4 ,cowper4 ,come6 said ,jesus' sacred voice1 ,come1 and make my ways your choice3 ,i will guide you to your home2 ,weary pilgrim1 hither come4 ,ye1 by fiercest anguish torn1 ,in strong remorse for guilt1 who mourn2 ,here repose your heavy care3 ,a wounded spirit who can bear8 ,mrs4 ,barbauld4 ,saviour6 all the stone remove ,from my flinty1 frozen heart2 ,thaw it with the beams of love1 ,pierce it with ,thy mercy's dart3 ,wound the heart that wounded ,thee2 ,break it in ,gethsemane6 ,hart4 ,angels rejoice in ,jesu's grace1 ,and vie with man's more favoured race1 ,the blood that did for us atone1 ,conferred on them some gift unknown2 ,their joy through ,jesu's pains abounds1 ,they triumph by his glorious wounds4 ,c4 ,wesley4 ,,wrath4 ,o ,lord rebuke me not in thy wrath3 neither chasten me in ,thy hot displeasure4--,psalm xxxviii4 #a4 ,he that is slow to wrath is of great understanding3 but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly4--,proverbs1 xiv4 #bi4 ,o ,lord1 in wrath remember mercy4--,habakkuk1 iii4 #b4 ,for the great day of his wrath is come2 and who shall be able to stand4--,revelation1 vi4 #ag4 ,o throw away ,thy rod1 ,o throw away ,thy wrath6 ,my gracious ,saviour and my ,god1 ,o take the gentle path6 ,thou seest my heart's desire ,still unto ,thee is bent2 ,still does my longing soul aspire ,to an entire consent4 ,not even a word or look ,do ,i approve or own1 ,but by the model of ,thy book1 ,thy sacred book alone4 ,although ,i fail1 ,i weep2 ,although ,i halt in pace1 ,yet still with trembling steps ,i creep ,unto the throne of grace4 ,o then1 let wrath remove6 ,for love will do the deed3 ,love will the conquest gain2 with love ,e'en stony hearts will bleed4 ,o throw away ,thy rod6 ,what though man frailties hath6 ,thou my ,saviour and my ,god1 ,o throw away ,thy wrath6 ,herbert4 ,awake6 ,thou who shalt wake when the creation sleeps2 ,when1 like a taper1 all these suns expire2 ,when ,time1 like him of ,gaza in his wrath1 ,plucking the pillars that support the world1 ,in ,nature's ample ruins lies intombed2 ,and midnight1 universal midnight reigns6 ,young4 ,dreadful attempt6 ,just reeking from self-slaughter1 in a rage ,to push into the presence of our ,judge6 ,as if we challenged ,him to do ,his worst1 ,and mattered not ,his wrath4 ,blair4 ,o day of wrath6 that dreadful day1 ,when earth in dust shall pass away6 ,what dread shall strike the sinner dumb1 ,when the ,almighty ,judge shall come1 ,every bidden sin to sum6 ,when the wondrous trumpet's tone1 ,ringing through each cavern lone1 ,calls the dead before the ,throne-- ,when cruel death himself shall die1 ,and1 freed from dark mortality1 ,the creature to his ,judge reply3 ,what shall then that creature say8 ,what power shall be the sinner's stay1 ,when the just are in dismay8 ,lord of all power and majesty1 ,pure fountain of all piety1 ,save us when we cry to ,thee6 ,o thou whose vengeance waits on sin1 ,cleanse our souls from guilt within1 ,ere the day of wrath begin6 ,with suppliant heart and bended knee1 ,low stooping in the dust to ,thee1 ,lord6 save us in extremity6 ,that day of wrath1 that dreadful day1 ,when man to judgment wakes from clay-- ,be thou the trembling sinner's stay1 ,when heaven and earth shall pass away4 ,from the ,latin1 ,r4 ,p4 ,the day of wrath1 that dreadful day1 ,shall all the world in ashes lay1 ,the last loud trumpet's mighty sound ,shall wake the nations under ground4 ,thou ,great ,creator of mankind1 ,let guilty souls now favour find2 ,my ,god1 my ,saviour1 and my ,friend1 ,do not forsake me in the end4 ,roscommon4 ,,year4 ,when a few years are come1 then ,i shall go the way whence ,i shall not return4--,job1 xvi4 #bb4 ,thou crownest the year with thy goodness1 thy paths drop fatness4--,psalm lxv4 #aa4 ,for a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past1 and as a watch in the night4 ,for all our days are passed away in thy wrath3 we spend our years as a tale that is told4 ,the days of our years are threescore years and ten2 and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years1 yet is their strength labour and sorrow2 for it is soon cut off1 and we fly away4--,psalm xc4 #d1 #i1 #aj4 ,if a man live many years and rejoice in them all2 yet let him remember the days of darkness for they shall be many4--,ecclesiastes1 xi4 #h4 ,another year of time has passed away1 ,and long eternity is drawing near3 ,another year--perhaps another day1 ,and man and all his works1 may disappear1 ,time's but a courser1 and his fleet career ,may end before he reach another round2 ,or1 should he chance to run another year1 ,he lays a thousand dead at every bound6 ,why longer trust to future years in store8 ,why hang our hopes upon a spider's thread8 ,begin the work of life1 and1 sleep no more1 ,a flower late planted ne'er may raise its head2 ,or choked by weeds neglected in the soil1 ,may never1 never bloom1 nor shed a cheerful smile4 ,peter ,still4 ,eternal source of every joy1 ,well may ,thy praise our lips employ1 ,while in ,thy temple we appear ,to hail ,thee sovereign of the year4 ,wide as the wheels of nature roll ,thy hand supports and guides the whole6 ,the sun is taught by ,thee to rise1 ,and darkness when to veil the skies4 ,the flowery spring at ,thy command1 ,perfumes the air and paints the land2 ,the summer rays with vigour shine ,to raise the corn and cheer the vine4 ,thy hand1 in ,autumn1 richly pours ,through all our coasts redundant stores2 ,and winters softened by thy care1 ,no more the face of horror wear4 ,seasons1 and months1 and weeks1 and days1 ,demand successive songs of praise2 ,and be the grateful homage paid1 ,with morning light and evening shade4 ,here in thy house let incense rise1 ,and circling sabbaths bless our eyes1 ,till to those lofty heights we soar1 ,where days and years revolve no more4 ,doddridge4 ,the middle watch is past6 ,another year ,dawns on the human race with hope and fear4 ,the last has gone1 with mingl'd sigh and song1 ,to join for ever its ancestral throng2 ,and ,time reveals1 ,as past it steals1 ,the potent hand of ,god1 the ,everlasting1 ,guiding the ,sun1 with all his blazing peers1 ,and filling up the measure of our years1 ,until ,messiah1 ,prince1 to judgment hasting1 ,shall roll the darkness from this world of sin1 ,and bid a bright eternity begin4 ,the years fly faster than they did whilom-- ,with greater speed they go1 with greater come1 ,has time renewed its youth8 or fearing age1 ,perspiring1 pants it to fulfil its stage8 ,perhaps men's fears1 ,and falling tears1 ,oiling its wheels has caused this rapid rolling2 ,or1 urged along by old ,creation's groans1 ,and sympathizing with its piteous moans1 ,it flies to set their massive death-bell tolling2 ,when blooming ,paradise shall clothe the earth1 ,and angels shout to heaven its second birth4 ,all years are like1 yet no one like another2 ,sons of one sire1 yet no one like his brother2 ,all use one language1 yet the tales they tell ,speak now of earth1 anon of heaven and hell4 ,they all are sent1 ,with kind intent1 ,the messengers of ,god1 the loving ,father1 ,to tell his weeping children1 that his eye ,watches their sorrows from his world on high1 ,where1 near himself1 he means them all to gather2 ,yet when they reach this cloud-environ'd globe1 ,these messengers assume a sable robe4 ,on then1 ye years6 accelerate your flight2 ,ye'll sooner cross the realm of murky night1 ,on1 on1 unresting6 till your pinions1 riven1 ,drop down exhausted in the vault of heaven6 ,and thou1 ,o ,time1 ,the sage sublime1 ,nobly obedient to the ,king ,eternal1 ,shalt lay thy silver'd head to peaceful rest1 ,close by the mansions of the ransom'd blest1 ,who on thy breast were borne to joys supernal4 ,then shall the memory of thy faithful flight ,be set to music in the realms of light6 ,w4 ,leask4 ,awake1 ye saints1 and raise your eyes1 ,and raise your voices high3 ,awake1 and praise that sov'reign love1 ,that shows salvation nigh6 ,on all the wings of time it flies2 ,each moment brings it near2 ,then welcome each declining day6 ,welcome each closing year4 ,doddridge4 ,old time has turn'd another page ,of eternity and truth2 ,he reads with a warning voice to age1 ,and whispers a lesson to youth4 ,a year has fled o'er heart and head ,since last the yule-log burnt2 ,and we have a task to closely ask1 ,what the bosom and brain have learnt8 ,oh6 let us hope that our souls have run ,with wisdom's precious grains2 ,oh6 may we find that our hands have done ,some work of glorious pains4 ,then a welcome and cheer to the merry new year1 ,while the holly gleams above us2 ,with a pardon for the foes who hate1 ,and a prayer for those who love us4 ,we may have seen some loved ones pass ,to the land of hallow'd rest2 ,we may miss the glow of an honest brow ,and the warmth of a friendly breast3 ,but if we nursed them while on earth1 ,with hearts all true and kind1 ,will their spirits blame the sinless mirth ,of those true hearts left behind8 ,no no6 it were not well or wise ,to mourn with endless pain2 ,there's a better world beyond the skies1 ,where the good shall meet again4 ,then a welcome and cheer to the merry new year1 ,while the holly gleams above us2 ,with a pardon for the foes who hate1 ,and a prayer for those who love us4 ,have our days rolled on serenely free ,from sorrow's dim alloy8 ,do we still possess the gifts that bless ,and fill our souls with joy8 ,are the creatures dear still clinging near8 ,do we hear loved voices come8 ,do we gaze on eyes whose glances shed ,a halo round our home8 ,oh1 if we do1 let thanks be pour'd ,to ,him who hath spared and given1 ,and forget not o'er the festive board ,the mercies held from heaven4 ,then a welcome and cheer to the merry new year1 ,while the holly gleams above us2 ,with a pardon for the foes who hate1 ,and a prayer for those who love us4 ,eliza ,cook4 ,,youth4 ,wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way8 by taking heed thereto according to ,thy word4--,psalm cxix4 #i4 ,i love them that love me2 and those that seek me early shall find me4--,proverbs1 viii4 #ag4 ,rejoice ,o young man in thy youth2 and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth1 and walk in the ways of thine heart1 and in the sight of thine eyes3 but know thou1 that for all these things ,god will bring thee into judgment4--,ecclesiastes1 xi4 #i4 ,thrice happy he whose downy age had been ,reclaimed by scourges from the prime of sin2 ,and1 early seasoned with the taste of truth1 ,remembers his ,creator in his youth4 ,francis ,quarles4 ,something of youth ,i in old age approve1 ,but more the marks of age in youth ,i love4 ,who this observes1 may in his body find ,decrepit age1 but never in his mind4 ,denham4 ,youth lost in dissipation1--we deplore ,through life's sad remnant1 what no sighs restore2 ,our years1 a fruitless loss without a prize1 ,too many--yet too few to make us wise4 ,cowper4 ,grace is a plant1 where'er it grows1 ,of pure and heavenly root2 ,but fairest in the youngest shows1 ,and yields the sweetest fruit4 ,cowper4 ,youth's a soft scene1 but trust her not2 ,her airy minutes swift as thought1 ,slide off the slippery sphere2 ,moons with their months make hasty rounds1 ,the sun has passed his vernal bounds1 ,and wheels about his year4 ,watts4 ,for pleasures1 vanities1 and hates1 ,the compact we renew1 ,and ,judas rises in our hearts-- ,we sell our ,saviour too4 ,how1 for some moments' vain delights1 ,we will embitter years1 ,and in our youth lay up for age ,only remorse and tears4 ,miss ,landon4 ,days of my youth6 ye have glided away2 ,hairs of my youth6 ye are frosted and gray2 ,eyes of my youth6 your keen sight is no more2 ,cheeks of my youth6 ye are furrow'd all o'er2 ,strength of my youth6 all your vigour is gone2 ,thoughts of my youth6 your gay visions are flown4 ,days of my youth6 ,i wish not your recall2 ,hairs of my youth6 ,i'm content you should fall2 ,eyes of my youth6 ye much evil have seen2 ,cheeks of my youth6 bathed in tears have you been2 ,thoughts of my youth6 ye have led me astray6 ,strength of my youth6 why lament your decay8 ,days of my age6 ye will shortly be past2 ,pains of my age6 but awhile can ye last2 ,joys of my age6 in true wisdom delight2 ,eyes of my age6 be religion your light2 ,thoughts of my age6 dread not the cold sod2 ,hopes of my age6 be ye fixed on your ,god6 ,c4 ,tucker4 ,come1 while the blossoms of thy years are brightest1 ,thou youthful wanderer in a flowery maze2 ,come1 while the restless heart is bounding lightest1 ,and joy's pure sunbeams tremble in thy ways2 ,come while sweet buds1 like summer flowers unfolding1 ,waken rich feelings in the careless breast2 ,while yet thy hand the ephemeral wreath is holding1 ,come--and secure interminable rest6 ,come1 while the morning of thy life is glowing1 ,ere the dim phantoms thou art chasing die2 ,ere the gay spell which earth is round thee throwing1 ,fades like the crimson from a sunset sky2 ,life hath but shadows1 save a promise given1 ,which lights the future with a fadeless ray2 ,o1 touch the sceptre1 win a hope in ,heaven2 ,come1 turn thy spirit from the world away6 ,willis ,g4 ,clark4 ,live that thy young and glowing breast ,can think of death without a sigh1 ,and be assured that life is best ,which finds us least afraid to die4 ,eliza ,cook4 ,,zeal4 ,for ,i bear them record that they have a zeal of ,god1 but not according to knowledge4--,romans1 x4 #b4 ,it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing4--,galatians1 iv4 #ah4 ,as many as ,i love1 ,i rebuke and chasten3 be zealous1 therefore1 and repent4--,revelation1 iii4 #ai4 ,farewell to earth2 my life of sense is o'er2 ,my heart is changed1 ,i feel my bonds untied2 ,and casting every thought impure aside1 ,my guilty course abandon and deplore4 ,fallacious leaders ,i obey no more2 ,i follow thee1 refuse all other guide2 ,and ne'er did shipwrecked bark with broken side ,loose from the shelves more anxious for a shore4 ,and since ,i spent with risk of mortal harm1 ,my life and dearest hours1 nor gathered thence ,profit or fruit1 ,i crowd my sail to thee4 ,lord1 ,i am turned6 now let thy gracious arm ,sustain me3 and my future service be ,with zeal proportioned to my past offence4 ,from the ,italian of ,gabriel ,fiamma4 ,zeal is that pure and heavenly flame ,the fire of love supplies2 ,while that which often bears the name1 ,is self in a disguise4 ,true zeal is merciful and mild1 ,can pity and forbear2 ,the false is headstrong1 fierce1 and wild2 ,and breathes revenge and war4 ,while zeal for truth the ,christian warms1 ,he knows the worth of peace2 ,but self contends for names and forms1 ,its party to increase4 ,zeal has attained its highest aim1 ,its end is satisfied1 ,if sinners love the ,saviour's name1 ,nor seeks it ought beside4 ,newton4 ,if1 gracious ,god1 in life's green1 ardent year1 ,a thousand times thy patient love ,i tried2 ,with reckless heart1 with conscience hard and sere1 ,thy gifts perverted1 and thy power defied3 ,o grant me1 now that wintry snows appear ,around my brow1 and youth's bright promise hide4 ,grant me with reverential awe to hear ,thy holy voice1 and in thy word confide6 ,blot from my book of life its early stain6 ,since days misspent will never more return1 ,my future path do thou in mercy trace2 ,so cause my soul with pious zeal to burn1 ,that all the trust which in thy name ,i place1 ,frail as ,i am1 may not prove wholly vain4 ,from the ,italian of ,pietro ,bembo4 ,with zeal we watch1 ,and weigh the doctrine1 while the spirit 'scapes2 ,and in the carving of our cummin-seeds1 ,our metaphysical hair-splitting1 fail ,to note the orbit of that star of love ,which never sets4 ,mrs4 ,sigourney4 ,it is well to be zealous for the truth1 ,god loveth not those who are lukewarm2 ,fear not the reproach of the world2 ,hide not thy light under a bushel2 ,tell thy neighbour1 or those in high places1 ,of the sin which thou see'st them committing1 ,yet not roughly1 nor rudely1 though firmly1 ,but temper thy zeal with discretion4 ,it is well to be zealous1 for so were ,of old those who bore ,god's commission2 ,their hearts burned like coals from the altar1 ,and they pressed towards the mark of their calling4 ,so do thou1 in thy sphere and station1 ,spread the truth as it dwelleth in ,jesus2 ,in season and out be thou instant2 ,let thy zeal be according to knowledge4 ,egone4 ,,zion4 ,out of ,zion1 the perfection of beauty1 ,god hath shined4--,psalm l4 #b4 ,for the ,lord hath chosen ,zion2 ,he hath desired it for ,his habitation4--,psalm cxxxii4 #ac4 ,behold ,i lay in ,zion a stumbling-stone and rock of offence2 and whosoever believeth on ,him shall not be ashamed4--,romans1 ix4 #cc4 ,glorious things of thee are spoken1 ,zion1 city of our ,god6 ,he1 whose word cannot be broken1 ,formed thee for ,his own abode4 ,on the rock of ages founded1 ,what can shake ,thy sure repose8 ,with salvation's walls surrounded1 ,thou may'st smile at all ,thy foes4 ,saviour1 if of ,zion's city ,i through grace a member am1 ,let the world deride or pity1 ,i will glory in the name4 ,fading is the worldling's pleasure1 ,all his boasted pomp and show2 ,solid joys1 and lasting treasure1 ,none but ,zion's children know4 ,newton4 ,keep thou ,zion-ward thy face1 ,ask in faith the aid of grace1 ,use the strength which grace shall give1 ,die to self1 in ,christ to live4 ,bernard ,barton4 ,go1 walk about ,zion and measure the length1 ,her walls and her bulwarks mark well2 ,contemplate her palaces1 glorious in strength1 ,her towers and their pinnacles tell4 ,then say to your children3--8,our stronghold is tried1 ,this ,god is our ,god to the end2 ,his people for ever his counsels shall guide1 ,his arm shall for ever defend40 ,james ,montgomery4 ,by ,babylon's proud stream we sate1 ,and tears gushed quick from every eye1 ,when our own ,zion's fallen state ,came rushing to our memory2 ,and there1 the willow-groves among1 ,sorrowing1 our silent harps we hung4 ,for there our tyrants in their pride1 ,bade ,judah raise the exulting strain1 ,and our remorseless spoilers cried1 8,come breathe your native hymns again40 ,oh1 how in stranger climes can we ,pour forth ,jehovah's melody8 ,when thou1 loved ,zion1 art forgot1 ,let this unworthy hand decay2 ,when ,salem is remembered not1 ,mute be these guilty lips for aye6 ,yea1 if in transport's livelier thrill1 ,thou1 ,zion1 art not dearer still6 ,thomas ,dale4 ,he who slumbereth not1 nor sleepeth1 ,his ancient watch around us keepeth2 ,still sent from ,his creating hand1 ,new witnesses for truth shall stand-- ,new instruments to sound abroad ,the ,gospel of a risen ,lord2 ,to gather to the fold once more ,the desolate and gone astray1 ,the scattered of a cloudy day1 ,and ,zion's broken walls restore4 ,j4 ,g4 ,whittier4 ,the ,lord shall comfort ,zion1 ,her places waste restore1 ,and1 of her silent wilderness1 ,make ,eden bloom once more2 ,his garden she shall then become1 ,and worthy of ,his choice1 ,gladness and thanks in all her smiles1 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