C^ t' ^-* o • * °o -^0 ^AO^ & /ja^^a:'' '^^-s" bV" ^'^ r..*:^'. e M o » .-^ 7 .^^-V. ^^'^ .^ J2^ ^{ V) -: OF :— GRACE and TRUTH, ♦•BY-^- ■^ir.. S. WARNER. K- GEAND JU-NCTION, MICH. GQSPSL TRUMPET PUBLISHIIIG HOUSE. 1330. M \if Entered accordin-g to act of CongresSf in the year 1890, hy D. S. Warner^ in the office of the Librarian of Congress. PiR^EiFiA^SiB. rOSTRY is a Divine emanation. The more a pure mind ^riiiks in it:^ Spirits, tiie more it will soar «p in heavenly cour leaiplatlon, uud incroase in adoration. To awaken love for puce l)ot:try,is to give an upward lent to its future life. God lias blessed the humtn family with many noble religious poets; -hut their pro Juetioa< are neodssarily mingled with the 4 hades of religic>us error that overcast their daj's And Godde- j-ires His people,and tlieir children blessed with poetical Uiou^lii on t!ie summit ()f present trut;i. In putting forth tills new book before the public, we seet not nor expect to elictt any literal conplinients. W^e have v.rlttsii for the edilication of tlie common people, and not l^sir npplause of tlie critio The work has been executed in the iiiid>t of constant evangelistic and editorial cares an I labor% :.tid having been written in our absence from home and library, it will hi found nearly destitute of historical embellishaieat^ iUit to the oriinary reader it will be all the better appreciated. \7a shall be happy anl satis'ied, if the iustruma it of these «:n- l)lti verses be esteemed less than notliing, if they will create la lite reader a more exalted conception of the grace of God, iiui Lin.Ue in his heart a more fervent love for His truth. This is the bMmble Prayer of THE AUTHOR. i'j 'I'jVfn'.i ■■'.- .i'i. ■^TI^UTH.^ •Wercy aarl trutli are met together; riglitcoupn'^ss and pcatr» 11 ..ve kissed each other. Truth shiill spring out of the eartli; md righteousness shall look down from heaven." — Ps. 85:10,11- "And jiidgmeat is turned aw ay backward, and justice staittl- elh aiaroff: for truth is fallen i.i the slr^et, and equity cannot enter." — Isa. 59 : 14- 'And their dead bodies shall lie in tlie street of the groat eity^ which spiritually is called tfodoni and Egypt, wiiere also our Li-'rd was tmcilied. And after three daj^s and a half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and i^reat ftar fell upon them which saw them,'' — Kev. 11 : 8, 12 &.?-, *'-\'^Mm*. -«fT]^UTH.#i^ HAT is truth ? inquired Pilatevstob^- Immersed in deep perplexity, Trembliug while in judgment c)\!ier The one liis final judge t must be. FLe asked, but waited not the'ahswsy For in Ilis majesty there stood The Truth Himself at his tiibuna]. The incarnate Truth of God. ' EtertiJ al, Tv'f tli, ; thy bou nd J ess u'orv 'I'he li,(|ly .juigelfjcannoi. su* Put ,r^pt,]}y ilby l^e^Jeslial. !.^eaii;y.- \Ve must this lOebje tribiite brin*^ For :\1,1 I hjj^ •Kc'ort, h?i,ft UipUvfcMi:unorecl, This Iminbie sold with love ensliiineJ:" Otn; life is laid upon Ihy aitar. All tiiitie our body spirit mind. 'S TRUTH. Shine on with all thy constellation, The precious attributes of God, Love, mercy, justice, and compassion; For second in thy magnitude Thou only art to love's efudgeiice. "I AM the Truth," and "God is love." F4X)m both in one omnific fulness. Proceed the streams of truth above. High honored, and from Everlasting Thou art, O Truth, a pillar strong. " ,^J: tTpholding Justice, faith and virtue. . , Before the stars together sang -^ ,: Our ill-doomed, planet's new crtauon, Tliv hand didst hold, 0:1 lleaveu's lliront. The baLiiices that weighed all naiions. Upon all Avorlds that round thee slionb. Tlioii art tlie firm and deep foundation Of hope, a:nd universal good. Andoh tliV broad eternal bosoju, is based the a^Yful throne of God. Tiie myriad stars that gem the ocean -,; Of boundless space, at thy command, Pursue their even tenored motion, And ail supported by tliy hand. POIIES OF GRACFj and TRUTH. 1 ^ "' - ■' -—:. ■ ' ' • —_ ' ' ^ Til'? c!od we feeble insects cover, (Jnoo deep submerged in angry ilood, L^o'y ]ian£;s in s'lort disguised probation Cpcji i;]e Truth, '-the Word of God." The secret's iocl^ed in Father's bosom, And marlied iii Jleavsn's calendar; Bnt present truth gives faithful larum That time lias reached its evening star. When first this jot of God's dominion Was sadly plunged in lieH's control, Truth dropped, betimes some gentle beaming Upon the ruin of ••Mausoul." Beneath a dark prophetic mantle He painted hope to mortal eyes, And on His Blood be-sprinided altars. Ills coming glory symbolized. Whendong expectant, earth had waited. Arid all the nations musing sat, fn Heaven's secret council chamber Truth, loxe, and pity fondly met. They kissed, as on her lonely orbit Earth moved heavy up the skies; And, groaning neath sin's dark oppression* ^' ' Held long their eym^^athetic eyes. TKUTII. Then Vity broke liie silence weeping", Love, deeply moved, to justice spako. And mercy joined her interceding That fallen man for pity's sake, . Shonld now l)e ransomed back to Keavcn. Then Truth rose up in majesty, Thus saying, "I for man will snlTerj Here Love and Mercy offer mc* •'Great Spirit, give to me a Ijody. A proper sacrifice for sin, And thon, O justice! sum man's dcbiL And let me su rety be for him." Then answered Pity, Love, and Mercyj "O speed thee Truth, bnt not alone,' For we thy sisters Avili go with thee, And rear on earth thy peaceful throne* The angels sang the joyful tidings ' To shepherds ol"the It) llely night, ,' "Peace," highest boon to earth isgivei^ . And, wisdom came to see the sii;hC /^he ,Ti*uth has made his lowly advent Where falsehood sin a: id err jr, held For ages past destructive rd 72.1:1::. So Trutii "wciit forth -wilji love and mercy, ^ik] iVeedop.i ibllowed in their wake. TJie cluiiiis ol' death nrid licll were broken. And tyr:ru: thrones were made to shake They built on eartli a cry.stal pahice Adorned with precious gifts Divine. The Truth Hijn self its ground and pillar, Whence all ilis grace a]id glory shine Upon the Monn.tain of His temple Trutli sits til e Judge of ev^ry creed, And prime instructor of all people Who wisii to gain true wealth indeed. Thence all the v/ise and prudent hearted- .From eartli and sea's remotest bound, Go lip to driuk of wisdom's fountain, Whose streams with life and peace abouncL Here grace reveals t]:ie hnppy secret Of living pine and free from sin. A-iid gratitude to God iipwelling, Her everlasting anthems sing. Here ransomed souls obtain tlie glory That Truth enjoyed in^vorld- of light, And hL;th bequeall n to nil that jcve Him, E'er back to Ilcav'n Lc wi::/::a His fight. |0 TT^ •!!• AVJien oi'ice nishrincfl Yv-idiin Ihe bosoiu Ami (leopl.y rooted in llio h^mi. All eaitii and ]iell can ne'er dctJirone lliee For llioMvO Tnitli ! so precious arL What millions j'or llij sake have sulfered^ Yea, suflTcred to the marlyr's crown. But thou art worthy, rrince of lieaven? That millions more thy sceptrs own. In sack-c'oth clotliod, amid thick darkness For twelve hundred and three score years. Thou didst bear witness with thy iellow, 'NYhsn pity seemed to have no tears. Blood stained the earth along thy pathway: The throL'bing life of hoi}'' liparts Flowed out to seal tliy spotless virtue Till hell, bloo .-sicLcncd, t.icnce departa Dut devils only rnit the carnar^o To Lrew aiiother policy. Twas this; in fei^^iied deceptive homage Tiiey bow to Christianity. They aid by means, and willin;;" counsel; ]->ut only lend a hclpin,",-lvan(l in hel'.'s own int'rcst, Tni;h to .Martyr, ■ And the Church of Cod tu ^.irand. POEArS OF GRACE /.ND TEl TH. U^ The xiit-devised abomination Erected in the holy places — More foul than goiy inquisition — Confounded Trutli with sin's disgrac^. And mixing up in vile confusion Tiie works of God and devils too, Gave birth to o'ers:'x hundred i'actions, A God-profaning babel show. Pnre Truth dccliiied in this malaria, The Spirit, ling'ring, deeply swooned, TiU hoth were stabbed in sect-Gomorrah .And fell, alas! with mortal wound. So iieir "conceived and uttered falsehood,''*" While '-Justice standing far off weeps" "And judgment is turned away backward.*"' "For Truth is fallen in the streets." Their bodios lay in Sodom, Egypt — Lay prostrate in her streets in state, — For just three hundred years and fifty, AVhich time we've seen expire of late. "Wiiile lying dead, o'er them exultant, Th.e town Vv'as filled with festive mirtli: Because these prophets sore tormented All them, that dwell upon the eartli. •j:t:i. lilt Ti'atli cruslted down shall not forever Lay martyred, tran1|)lod on iliegronnd', .Tlioiigli slie bleediii'^- I'all.s.and sccnis extermincd, Internal years arc .yet her round. Troni each reverse slie must relun;ine: When buried she '-springs out the earth." For -'rigliteousness looks dovv'nirom Heaven," And glory crowns her going Ibrtii. ■So the Sjhrit otlire from Heaven Entered, and Truth stood on Idis feet. And vdth Him roc-e His fellow witness. "J'iien i'alseho(jd. ho^vled; for siu'e defeat _And W03 belell her siivfal iu"itions. Who lo\'o to maivB tlut Truth a lie.' .And strive to tliijik hell-born traditions Tlie veiy truth of GJod on high. 'Then Truth put on his holy armour, Unsheathed his mighty flaming swortl -In war on every creed of c}n'OJ", | On full six hundred mixed and stored "With hoaiy lies and npw inventions, Wliere evei-y ^Vord of God's belied. Each seme: ti'ullis ccMita.iii. versing others, S(j 'ill is (>v,'(U'd ;i:id al! licuied. rOLJlS OF GIIACR AND TIIUTIJ. IZ In some Avero taiiglit tliat lli3 Al'.nigbvy Hod Jlxed from all Eti^rnit.y Jii-^i, ^v]lO is lost and Avlio elected. By His nncliangable decree. TIki!: some were born I'or dark perdition And others born i'or Heaven's plain. And irrespective oi' volition, Each must that destination gr.in -That all the deeds of this pro':>nlion, It !)la.ck as hell or '/ery gcoJ, Av-' no prelude to future station. Naught but the pre-docree of d'ocl. Timt He likevrise had made selection '.Mong ihem that die iu iirinncy, Js. clieriib this sliould lie in glory, And that inhabit mis(;ry. This God and man -be meaning doctrine Trntli smote ro earth and stamped up.jn. And burst its liell invented fetter. iSo tliat eveii in old babylou lb- horrid face is deeply covered ^.■eath mohly antiquated creed.s. And siukiiig deeper in ol>livi(jn. As worn out dogmas truth succeeds. 1^ ' ' Tr/jTu: Long 'iwa-S held l!iat sects were ho'':'', Tlieir orijiiiie believed Divine, Kevered as gods, all rights of conseieiico Were laid devoutly on her shrine. Her priests were clothed in superstition, And worshiped more than God on high And he v.dio bowed not them subjection Must for his higii presumption die. When evil stalked within her border, "Hush! hush! do not the Church deride Por by her sacred holy order, All her sins are sanctified: Her jealous schisms and contentions, Her many rival altars round, A. healthful zeal imparting friction. Make grace and righteousness abound.'^ "Twas deemed an orthodox confession That grace and sin go hand in hand. Throughout the years of our jDrobation, Until 'we reach the better land. That iK^ne may Jiope to gain a freedom Until our last expiring breath. But sin in thought and word and action Tni =«vprl i n the instant of our deatii. rOEMS OP GHAQE AND TKL'TH. 1* Hies& old-, opiiiioiis, rags and rubbish, All tiireacl-bai-e.: filthy, false and vain, Were hwl a nasty heap of fuel For the Divine consuming flame. And so He burned theiii all. together, And left instead, as in her youth, The Church that Jesus built forever. The pillar and the ground of Truth. Instead pi party name and faction, And rival clamor '"here," and '"there." God's Truth brought fort his great salvatioi^ Aijd all the raiisomed, pure andfa,ir, By love's Celestial bond, united In sweet and pure harmonious praise. Truth reigning in eacli happy bosom, Behold I hey 're one in all their wajSj He smote all sinnersbip i*eiigion And blasted every groundless hope. Demanded presejit full .^avation, Or else abandon every prop. He drew a line oT Uemarkalion Twixt every sqvilxif siiifidspot. And he accepting God'.- i-lor-tio:;. The righteous maji rluu :-luuc*Lh not. His iiammer smoto Uio black partitions ^ Until they crumbiecl into dust LTis fire made a conllagration Of ieverj idol made their trust. He tlieu restored in all its beauty The iDalaoG He iiad reared before. All cleansed and garnislied, pure anel holy And filled with glory evermore. ' All must, receive, who here would enter A circumcision in their hearts. ' Ilepent, and leave all creeds of error, Have truth illume tlieir inner pai'ts. Lay dov/n' their lives on God's pure altar ^And in aire tho pc-vfect Sacrifice Of earth, and self, and sin forever And hv.y "Jie tr-nih at 'maftijr's price. TWO S0ENBS AT THE ALLEGHENY. I.O^JO a Vv'inding patli tliero came, ^ A band of saints in Jesus name, Leading downward toward the llowing river; The rock-paved Allegheny stream, Whose oil -blotched waters How between Towi'ing hills that drop upon her mirror. Adorned in His own holinc?s, Who first "fulfilled all rigliteousnoss," True discip'es of the Great Examplar, ' ' . Came here to show their love to Him, By burial in the crystal stream: Resurr3cted in His life forever. 18 TWO SCKKES AT THE x\.LLi:GIli:NY. The trees tliat emulative rose, Fl'om baiik to sunimit's high repose, Wayiug in the sunliglifs golden gloiy, Displayed to their enraptured eyes A thousand tints of richest dyes, Varied in sweet Autumn's gorgeous beauty. A hymn flowed o'er the Avatcr, still, And echoed on from hill to hill; Ilising upward to the throne of Heaven. This was the song that sweetly breathed, Their praise to Him their hearts believed. Even Christ, with whom their souls had risen. i)o>vn into the .flowing river, Lo ! tlio Lamb of God we see. There He speaks in clear example. Take the cross and follow me. Ciio.-^Gently buried with my Savior, Let me sinic beneath the wave. Crucified to earth forever, LTence alone to GoJ I live. rOK:,I3 OF GHACE AXD TllUTi:. 3.9 2vo\v ihe sacred waters; cover, O'er the liolv Son of God, Thus II(.! washed me in the fountain OX His sin-atoning blood. Crucified with my Redeemer, Now I sink into the grave. I am dead to siji forever, By the lite of God I live. Here I witness a confession, As I merge from human s'ght. In tlie tomb of yielding water, Tliat the blood has washed me whit^.. O how; sweet to follow Jesus, In this ordinance to show, That we're cleansed iir life's pure river. Even whiter than tlie snow. To Ifinl wlip said tliat every where, He "vrvills that men should offer prayer. By ibis emblem of the tomb of Jesus, Plis li an ible saints then meekly bowed, Aniii.l the awe deconnned crowd* Richly favored by 11 ib loving presence £0 Tv.'O SCEXKS AT TIIIL AI.LEGIILltY. Tlion one by ono Avcro dowinvard led, And numbered Avitb the sainted dead, Pilgrims happj'- in the Lord^s aj)proYal. Anew the Spirit of their God, Bore witness to the cleansing blood. Making lofty hills with praises vocal. But some who stood beside that stream^ Recalled to mind another scene. Thirty years had lied along unceasing, As flows the water o'er that spot, Where red intemp 'ranee left a blot. Time and tide have passed, yet unerasing. A husband, father, genial friend. But demonized by liquor fiend. Deeply by tins maddening viper bitten, Unto his home, near by this shore, Returned, rum-fired as oil before: Driving thence his own in terror strickfeii, Three daughters fied ad own tlie ledge. And spied the skiff at, waters edge. IBoarding this they rowed' into the river. To utmost slrenglh tjiey plied the oar,. And hastened lo llic !br!iier shore- Praying God Jrom wivAh and M;(\es deliver. 1\)KMS 01?' GRACE AND VRUXl? ■ "ill Tlie ij-enzied came with angry mcin, To di-ow'ii ]iis cliildren in the stream. Brenthin.i:' tiireareniny\stai?.g']'iiig..iiiid 1 lie l)il lows,, The mad-ir.an heedless onward surced Till in the dejitii at last subnierii-ed: Drowning there, a warning to His fellows,, Beliold the contrast 'twixt the seenes I The first. in niern'ry sadly gleain;^, Over thirty years that llowed unceasing; >. As tibws the v/ater o'er that s]>ot, Wliere dread inteni[)*rance leit a blot, Time and tide have passed yet unerasing* \. Ba])tized in spirits from the still, Led captive by the devil's will, Into awliil death he plunged a victim. ; J^ , .From thence I'aised up a lifeless clay His Spirit lied in wild dismr^v; Leaving in that stream a doleful requiem^;, . Bat these immersed in Heaven's light,. In garnnents pure and spotless white, Follow joyful down into the river, The steps of Him who died on earth, To give th3ir souls a Hoav'nly birth; Burievl deep in Jesas' love forjver. .:i:5 «:^vo scenes At the ALLEniiKNY. lie, dead in sin and lost in v/oo, Tliey, dead io sin and white as snow, .Both were buried ii'i this river's hosom. His name dishonored iioats alonj^c, 'fliey rise to sing redempi ion's song. -Praising Him wlio gave their spirits freedom. He buiided tliere a m.oninrient, Of litjiier's Idauk and liendisli bent; ♦Casting oil that tide a gloomy shadow. Tliey leave upon that sacred sliore, Fool -prints of Him who went before, -And His blessing leaves a brilliant halo. Behold two waj^s divide onr face, The road; of sin, and patli oi grace. • Choosing thife, oi" tiiat to thee is given. Both these ways dip in death's cold tide, And judgment sits on yonder side, iBendiug that to hell, and this to Heaven. THROWING INK AT THE DEYIL. "Then I turnod, nnd lifted up mino eye?, nnl looked, and be- liol I a flj'ing roll. And he ?a;d unt) me, "What secst thou? And I answered, I see a fl}in;j; roll; the length thereof is twenty cuhlts', and the hn adth thereof tc n cubits. Then f aid he onto me, this is the curse that goftli forth over the faje of Ihe wliole par h: for ev.-ry ( nc tlia" stoalcth ihall be cut oil as on this side according to it; nnd every ons that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with tha timber thereof and the stones thereof." — Zech. 5 : 1-4 TEROWING INK AT THE DEYIL. ^^"^^,T ^^artbur- Castle sat a Son of Thunder Daaling Heaven's Dynamite. When lo ! beibre him 'peared an appr»ritioa ^^^^ .=» Fuiy threatening Demon sight. ^^^(f The piercing words of truth, so lon^ be- J^ Flashed the burnijig wrath upon [smothered -' The devils patent monk and pope religion. Who confronts the dread reform. A thousand years of stupid chains of darkness Boynd the devil in his ]3it. His creeds and bulls held fast the worid in bondag© Le^.ving liim at leisure. ' \ ■ ■■■■ ■ 25' •-' ' \..-^ ■ :>G Tiiuowi^M isK AT THE d::vil. TJiat thousand years, tliought jct to come in ba- Fancy pictured reign of peace — \}^^^ — Passed while tlie souls oi' martyrs, 'ncath the al- Waited till the evening grace, m^ While earth gropecV on in darkest superstitioji, Ruled by cassock, cowl, and priest, Few souls had life lor satau's bent to slaughter, Chained him from wanted feast. Cut with the early gleams of reformation. He in person re-appears His intTest trusted not to deputation, Quickly breaks the thousand yeaiu Ecfore the dauntless, lion-hearted Luther Forth the hellish monster stood. Prawn from his prison ' by the scattering thesis 'Gainst the Romish viper brood. lie lifted up his eyebrows knit with thunder. To the iiellish spectre said Witlisterji address, "du cist j)en w.jjUE^.acEjU.I'^" Ilurls an inkstand at his head. PO:::.S OF GP.ACE AXD TRUTH. S» ^;3rySr>'j;-;:-yY'^^Tr°^7"^'r^V"'' *^"r^ ^^¥^ How ])ot3iit proved the Doctor's splatfiing missilgiji Hist'ry leaves us no memoir. Bat ink he llirew oii paper at the devil, Battered down his Ivingdom more. Still on in mercy ivioved the Great Eternal, Ro-instating Ileavcn's Iriilh; Long fallen in the lilthy streets of babel, Trampled under foot, forsooth. A season passed of mingled light and darkness, Counted neither day nor night. With each reform breal; in. more gleams of bright- Loosing satan more to iight. [nesa" But novr at last the fogs and mhh arc scattered^ And the san etna ry; purged. The hidings of the detil tiius (lemolished. By ilie hail he's sorely scourged, Tlie dragon forced to open field of battle^ L-ri\en !'ioi!i Jn's final treneli. Oairt ll-:'>\v i;p annllnr Hue of babel. Thence irom storm of truth to Jliucli, Tiin^v.'i:NG ixK AT tup: devil. t?- v'^i-£5'V'*iiii^''V''*iliS»V'-<-;3''7'''U£»'' '9 'KSaP'ii *• He would, 'tis truo whitewash his sect divisions Pass them for tlie lioly bride! . But truth uncaps the wicked corporations, And her founder cannot hide. The light reveals Iier blood in every quarter, And she's strewn Avith dead mens bones; Kemains of souls that long have fed her slaughter; Hell with many a victim groans. Tims chafed to anger like a lieast of fuiy, When denied a skulking den, . And tantalized b}^ thunderbolts of fire, Satan writhed within liis pen. At last he breaks the chains of self possession, Doth his best Avhat lime he hatli. "Well knowing that he's but a little season, Comes he forth in utmost wrath. 'Is^ow loosed, his imps o'er ail (Ivi- enrth, are swarm- But reti"e:itiiig toward Hie luiinlc, [i'ic?t "Driven bad; In- tnitli iii, tluiinlorrolling, " And llu; ra;ud living:; i;;!;. rCE.MS OF CIIACE AXDTnUTIl. £1^ T^ot r.s did the sturdy Wliittenbnrger Fling Iiis inkstand at the foe, Xut by the mighty force of steam, much faster - We tlie battle ink can throw. .At a pilnt Avh3"3 trro liglitning tracks lay crossin^j iS^orthward, southward, east, and west, God has planted there a Campbell mortar Firing ink at s.itan's crest. "Tliis enginery by modern skill constructed, Hath a strong capacious fount, lYlience ink, by rollers to and fro conducted, Ipto ammunition count. The ink rolls o'er ten thousand silent voices, All in rank and file complete; When touched, each one prepares His trump for But refraining, tells the sheet. [sounding, Tlie sheets borne round by cylindric motion, Take the type's impressive kiss, Inspiring them Avith love anl truth's great mission. And salvation's poi-roct bliss. 2i^ Tii::o\vixa ixk at tiiedi:v:l. ^ot only toward the main lonrwinds of IleavGn, Sin consuming ink is shot; But right and lett in force, 'tis outward given, striking sin in every s^Dot. When round, "Mansoul" Emanuel plants His To retake the famous town, [army, On "eye-gate'' hill He plants this mighty engine. Till surrendered to His crown. If chance a pilgrim's shield of faith is drooping, And his heart with fear oppressed; Tlien comes the ink- winged angel, trumpet sound- And his soul anew is blest. [ing MEDITATIONS ON THE PFAIRIE. Tutlie summer of 1872, the author took a mission field la Nebraska, much of -^vhich had just been ^e'utlcd the previous year. Oi;r companion had died one year previous. Just before going west a correspondence Avas arranged 'witli sister Sarah A^ K'Jler, which soon liindled into a glowing flame of love A year later I returned, and we were liai, pily joined in mamage^ With her precious company came again to'thij blooming pla'.D^ "ivhere one year was sweetened v>'itli the most Iran spoi fug con- jugal bliss. In 187i Ave returnr-d to Ohio, v/here life and laLcro ilowed on in unintrrru^ted happiness, until in 18S4,tlie dear ob- ject of our love was deceived by t'le wiy fo3, and torn from our soul: a crisis tha': threatened ovr frail life, and which we only survived by the grace of God. In the fall of ISST, wliile on an exten-ive v,-esierii tour, wf» came into a new Y,art of tlie great prairie, Avliich strikingly re- mind _d us of our travels on the nuAV plains foiir'ceen and fif- teen years leTore. Thero the S]ilrit touched our mind with vi\ id recoilections of that Ci:cri;.hed one,A\]io made for us this pi'alrie a blissful Ivieu. An i7J3pired iuiagination also portray- ed what dire Avreck of our ov/u life might liave cuiued froui the crisis of broken love, i.r.d n )t tlie grace of God averted the »td itsue. This cast us on the sod beneath a load of grtuiUids, wlicre the poem was inspired, !?.s our heart's humble tributi fur Eea veil's ]>ity, and sihitaining ^xm. " IJlcLsed b-o the Lord my •ifjcength, my goodu??.s, oad my fortress; my high. tov>c.r, .ii.-d my li)>IiYerer; iriy .slsielcl. a-jid J[e in w^orn I trusr.'* Amen?, Tiie Stockweli referred to ia tljo poGir,was a yoiu;^:; jircarr'v- or V, c doth ha 1 loved, wh;} cerame jiuiTed Mid d-xflv;*!, i^vl \v;t? ti.o cluef Iru^trarneut. of s.;t\j^a in the (.<■< cr' hrow of toisui's.'jii- iiiix'.< ' <)ul. As stK:u «s wc c -xiGuiiCC-i iiii\i Lt {li-.y^-^-'^Al all ] Cjie si^iu. MEDITATIONS ON THE PFAIRIE. V:^l^%::GODI wliat miriad t{;ou2;lits arise widiin t>4^ ;4 ^^y breasi,aii(l I'oo 1 my soul to utmost "brim. j'^^^OBNor hcrecoaiiue.l, within my bosom pent; :■ / _;l/ri'.s streams of thougut and feeling fortk ^ \ri?}^-^ ^^'^ scat: As vrher a fo.iiitain prer:s,cd bv ocean head. Or subtcri-.moan stream, hy mountaia torrents fed, U X^dweiling- in tremendous Ibrce, and flowing A river, by a thousand tributaries urowing. Our feeble speecli, a tube diminutive, Tiiro;j^-h v/Iiich r. mmd S3ni3 thoiiglits to mind may Can only l)2ar a stream! 3t from the flood, TJiat issues from a soul inspired ••(.' God, Ail! could tiic soul a scope of languiige find, Tluit woidC convey to fellow human mind. IWEDITATlOirS OX THE rPtAirji The boundless volume tliaf it issued fortli, Swelled by streams that head iu heaven and earth! But mind, a part or faculty ot" soul, Cannot transmit the fulness of tlie whole. So language, formed by finite int3Hect, Is vastly for the soul inadequate. Our Avords but signaliz3 imperfectly The blessed visions that our spirits see. As signs of ideas, tell but meager parts, 'Of what "we inward feel, to fellow hearts. Thank God for One to whom tlie human breast May pour out all, and sink to hallowed rest. Each Avant, though inexpressible and deep, Ue reads and fills Avilh love and grace repleto. And all our conscious debts of gratitude That lade our lieart,made pure in Jesus' blood. Though greater than our lips can e'er express, Our souls may bring to Ilim in righteoasness. Man, formed to hold converse Avith God on high, Who reads the mystic meaning of a sigh. And ail the scroll our deepest feelings wiite^ A volume ever hid from human sight — May pour to Him the torrents of his soul, Of Avhich man takes a pr.rt, but God the Avholo. For God and man possess ;i language, deep, Unwrlt on earth, nor man with innn can speak. Tov.yis CF or.ACE a:7d TrxTii. 3a •Ko Iiere my soul upon lliis praine vast, Icoams far abroad, then up to lleav'ii is ci^t. Like soma swift boat with precious lading speed?. And brings from distant port its couatry's n3eds. So mou!its,'AYith freight of gratitude to Heaven My lie rt, and then returns with bounties given. Our tliouglits soar up in meditation's llight, As meekly bows th3 Sun to introduce tlie niglit. O prais3 the Lord foi' all His mercies felt and seen I For this virgin plain so modt^st, fresh and clean. The jungle deep, and scrubby thicket maze, S3em formed for knaves, who shun the open gaze. As late encountered in Missouri's wilds, And dark monotic barren oaken hills; No hundred miles from that not3rioi:s place, Where murd'rous brnditi ma le their name's a curse. The lawless mob, dark masked, and hell inspired^ fjame on our quiet midnight camp retired. Led by sat an who retaliation sought, For the loss his kingdom suffered on that spot. Because expelled from many souls he'd io:nl, Orlered u-< to leave the consecr.itcd ground. ?uclis -rub oak haunts seem fit environments of hell. AVhi'.e on lias plain but holy saints sLonld uwell. Here all is naked, open to the eye, TJio iireen carpet intercepts the fl-^^ocy skr. iii:d:t '>T:o^-s ex Tin: r?,A]rjK. SiiVG Ly niglit, all must walk in neighbor's siglit,. T^^liile thickets cover darkness day and night. Where uclions lay exposed to human gaze, It puts restraint against pernicious ways. All men should know that darkness covers not Their deeds from God, who sees tiic hidden plot. And that our steps are vierrecl by human eyes afat Should remind of Him who sceth every wliere. Yet even on this fair and verdant plain, Men curse their souls with blackest Ibnlest stains.. in rascal schemes the west all earth excel, The multitude are racing Oii to hell. Tile rogues here purchase lands of honest fools, Agree to jiay tlie price in well Ijioke mules, Then ship to their enraged and '.stonished view, Oast-iron stock, with, eacli a t.iroke]i limb or two. Ho i\\])\e this, nor isolated cr.sc Of hellisli Irauds and wills lliat keep apace Willi the driving rusliiiig oc-cidentLd speed, For pell' and cveiy basv and sensual greed. *So e'eu this pure (U'lighllul prain3 scene, [nieaiiy That should' rebuke- e;ich tliought and act that's The fiend hath us-xl to lill (.he Iieart with lust, luvtaite y!oit for canker e;it.'ng rust. While o^t wit'jn t'le rr.sl/c VvooJland cot, 'Ih.-'i lij.iil of i'rj ;"idju.,v- i.i iieVr io:v .t. rOKJIS OF GI^ACE A^V> Ti'.UTII. U% There walled about by barren roeky hills, • Man, blessed Avith poverty's contentment, tills And reaps his little range of fertile nooks, Th.it nestle in the sti."eanilet's fork and crooks. No avarijio'js thoijht o'erleio the bounds Of those hills, that fix the liimt or Ms grounds. In honest sweat he eats his daily food, And pays to Gocl his debt of gratitude. Behold that S3ene ye wretclrsd prairie sharks, "Whose craving well nigh 'grudge the meadow larks. A place to light and sing your Makers praise, Gods yourselves ye"d rather be o'er all you gaze. Is this the tribute you return to ( od, For the blessing of this verdant sod? Fix ye no limit to your selfshncss? But crave, and rob, and cheat and dicposscss Tliy fellow men far as thine eyes can see, Of homes God gave to them and not to thee. And He that gave hath noted tliy deirauding rooks, . And thy extortions, in His judgment books, '\Vhich soon wi:l open in His final court: There summoned, all shall give a, strict recount. Iliat d[\y will search thy heart's no it secret springs.. In perfect balance weigh thy blrchci-t sins. The poor opprc£S2d shall at thnt bar appeal, And lind reCr:i:s from iJ y optprcLsive heel. -3S JIKlllTATIONS OK TTIK PPAIHTE. Ye wicked, who by stealth your coffers fill, . •< Will there be sentenced to eternal helh O tiiink ye dwellei's on this beauteous land, How much ye owe your Makers loving hand. Turn now thy mind toward the rising Sun, 'Th5! rugged woodland coast, where first begun "Thy sires, Avith hearts of iroa liardihood, To charge upon a thousand miles of wood. They swung their steel in cheerful honest toil, -'And let the sun-shine on our freedom soil. . In vain the red-man's knife, and wariike danco, Nor forest trees withstood tiieir bold advance. They faced the lofty phalanx's fearful odds, Commanded by the ancient oaken gcds. Thougli angry storms tliey'd braved from tiny birtli, They bowed their crest and shook their mother earth. There lay their ]iondrous trunks with many a limb, On chai-ged the woodland anls to chop and trim, '^lo log, and j.ile, and burn the trash away. Your fathers sweat and labored night and day, Mid reeking lires th;;t drew tJie painful tears, Each cleared his farm b.y patient moil of yeai-s. •Its not the easier thing a man can do. Existing in a vroodhmd country, new. "Nature — Vv ].o moved in lirst, a good long while — ► •lias thingi already some what hci" own style, rGi::,i: of gp. \ce axdtrutu.' ^ Anl slie don't want her ^YOod]aJKl sj/'l'^nclors l)at- Iler rjstic funiitaro broke up aiils-,'att:!rjd,[terecl, Her p:iiiitiiii:s, wLicb I0112; years ago were done I>y that old sjileiidid artist-King, (he Sr.n, Torn down and dragged in civiliz.U ion's gutter, Or sold to purchase soUlcrs" broad and butter. S'la don't want ihings exposed, Irorn porcli to clos- A;id so slie IJnd o' n:igs the man v.dio docs it. £et — - 8ho CAirirs in her packets bags ol' seeds. As general rgent of t!io thriifiest vrceds; A^ho sends her blackbirds i;i the early morn, To superialcnd i)is iields oi' planted corn; She sails moi-cultoes — leeches perched on v.ings — To pcisovi him with blood-devom-ing stings; Shd loves iicr ague-muscle to display, And sliake him up— s]y e\'cry otlier day. iShs spunis ji's oilered hand with silent gibes, And compromises wilh tlie jiidiaji tribes; (For (hey w.Uo've nvks: led with Ids bloody arts S.iy Katuro always lakes an Indian's part.) In slicri. liCr loii is e\'eiy d:\y increased. To E..-are liiin out. aul hustle him back K;isl; Till hn'IIy. it ;jj)j)ears to Iier Sv>me day, Tliat ho Jias made arr mgements 1 r to stay; Tiien sh.e turus 'i'oand. as sweet as a:\y i.liiug, And lakes her new-made iiiend ii.tiUlie riim. 43 3ir:i;:TATioxs (■l^ thk rrvAiciK. And eliaiiges from a snnii into a purr: Fr m mother-iu-lavf 1o motlier,asit vrere."-* Tlicro sat the vrocclsman on his cabin sill, "IVh.en dusky eve had lid liis ax be still, j\nd cast his eyes tovrard tliat timbered spot, Wliero all tlio day Ids utmost str2n3;tli Jiai "wrongiit There, on tliat (( v, 'rirg; I'ror.t otliving j^recn, Scarcely a }'crcepii\e cli-m^^^o is seen. Then gazing round upon the small domain, "Which he'd released JVom stuvd.y timber's claim — And that contested yet by roots aiii slumps — The poor man's cour.igL' i'alls into tlio dnnijis; His bosom si.dis, until at lost it breabs In v\'ords, and thus, nddresi.iiig ^\iie, bo spcalc-?, '•I've just been tldnkiji:!- Jane while sdiinir hcrey rioAv we sliall live until tiiis lan<.l is clear. How loi^i^; ajid liard we Ijoth. have v.oj'kod, an.d now We've \u}t a «pot A\-iierc^ roots adi;ni llio plow. 1 look my ax this mo;';]iug Ibelin^ ^Irony; and well, And ihou']jat l)o:incls vronld V.\2n t>..y smi^oiiii? raptnrrs iind? 11x1 ravaga nee would paint ]:er pklure in thy mind, iTk-io"S OX TfiK p:i\i?>.:t:. E::c.msc of nnn's presumptive wickedness. Now loiiclio 1 (he silent dcsoit by His lianJ, Anl lo! it blossomed as the rose at His commnnl. First appeared llio little downy "buffalo,'' Following on the meadow graps began lo groTT. Tjicn the all creative smilv^ of God Sowed His variegated I'owcr seed abroaT. And a tliousind miles of ilord girlen poured Their fragrant incense to Creation's Lord. ^Vhose artistic skill imparts ever\' hues Of purple, crimson, violet and blue. IVlioso exqiiisile pencil streaked the HovrcrGta, ^yd touched with uniformity their sets. Hare plaids of lavish care in. eastern roam, In this waving sea of bcaut}^ grow and blcom In their wik^ profusion, only tended by God's. hand, and his own beauty loving eye. Here all the cactus family abound, Their monstrous leaves spread out upon the ground; Jk£-ct with needles, like the devil's tongue, Anl with alluring tloral goblets bung. The mountain shadows fall upcn the cactus sLrub, A loosely woven peif orated wood. The rosin lifted high his golden crest, A lloral world its gracious Maker blest. Then came the lark, and all the leathered throng, ' roi::^rs or gt^ace a^d T:urir. 45 An "J, in!=;p"ro(l, broke (lio silence wlili a Ron^i- rr-^-i ]ook^\T ngiin. Bcliold! lio^v clianged the scene! Lo-12; si!im])\-iiig nature sudden rpiirrs to green. (50I mado a new. edition to our world, (iool ti ling-.5 to tlio lioniclcss thus unfurlccl. AuT as a starving herd rush fhrougli liie ibnco, When opc-ned to a pasturo rich, inimcns?, A inillion '»prairie schooners" pnsto steer Toward the llowerdand, from brusliy tangled clear. And all ye traiiiS with awful blazing eye, Drop down your track, as vivid lightnings fly, -And pour 3'our streams of emigration, brought From all tlio world, and as by magic dot This Y;ist domain with its unmmibere^l homes. Here, new-born hamlets svrift to cities rise, To all past human progress a surprise. Thus, after knnb''nng on in feelde might, *'The star of empire westward (ales lier jligJit?^ Hear now ye restless prairie demi-godis Yf ho ne'er have blacked your hands on "niggered" logs, y^\\Y foul your souls, upon this Eden land, All pure and fragrant, ready made to hand. Grass-set and leveled to the shuttle krnfe? The loving llowers blush at your ingratitude, And shocking f-in against (3mni{ic Good. Though no ruixged bows hang threatning o'er thv heady ]\ri:r]T ATToN5-4ff 'iTfRi; TmiRiK. rg ■■ ■<■ !."j!g'<7 g!;.'ij ' f !-ii,iL!j^^ y i.'.'."^'? -^ ' jLBjj -;t VBa» ' y *<> ri ig leiTor's slinift \vill Ifiy I;ii33 with tin dead. . • . The tariinliila, liaiiy devilsliape, AVilh dreadful poison menaces thy fate. . . And lurks the still more deadly centiped. To-day, who knowest, his bite may end thy grce3. The bracing winds tliat paint thy cheek with bloom, May chant thy sokmn rec^uiem to tlie tomb. Repent thy folly then, and Heaven's v.isdom sliare, So thy heart shall blossom lilre tiiis prairie iair, And He Avho wisely checks Avitli drouth thy wrongs Will bless and cheer the land with harvest songs. But what the muse has given us to sing, I^ scarce begun, and shall we now begin? <) must tliis feeble mind attempt to draw A scone so deep of bliss, of woe aul soleinn awe, W.tli only straitened words at ou;; command? A scene unearthly langi;age would demand? One year had passed since de:Uii dissolved the bond That Jirmly knit two souls in lo\e so fori:!. Still bled the sundered tendrils of our iieaj-t, It seemed a trying providence to part. Pure and modest as the sunnner's se(ting sun, Our sweet walk oi' live bright years seeaiel J est began. i3ut lis v>iiose wondrous i^race and love can iioal poK:\rs OF GracE and truth. i*t O Kr ■ v.'o u 11 (] R.-f. 11 fl all .Xnilraiitics,,^!! feci , /\nl riik'lh nil in Heaven, and earth, and hell IW His own wi?,dq]jii.,,a,nd l^eingnaiit Avill, And thiis voiic'lisares to His peciiliar seed, Tliat all imist.-work jur gocjd to. them indeed. Now touched tlie ibuntaiu of that Iieait bcrc-aved, And \\rought a ]iiy,sti<:, chariii;^ that, qui to relieved. How strange that Tauzoa — nar.iein menviy blest • iShoiiId hold no more, within alFection's. breast Tlie ]>lace of wife. Yet love, on higher plain, "W'iJh angels bright associates her name. A:uid tlje scenes of Heaven's panidise,. V.'c bold. thee, not by tlnse, terrestrial iijs. An 1 I'.us rjvea^s the lS,pirit oT the Lord, llow it can .be as written in His \V^oi:l, That w'hen the tennous threacl of lill-Vj, dissolved, ^Surviving one is from that law absolved. r^cxt unthonght ^vhispers dropped froiTi lleav'irs throne, .... We .should not complete ouj.- ])ilgrir.).a.:xc aIo)ic. 'Twas at, this tiino.t.he Spirit's voice roverded, This, ii3\v-hpiiied. plain should be; our n:ii.s..i(.)n lield. And to the. call we westward bc^nt our way. 13iit just before, upon a.Sabbatli day — . - A; U«ousui 1 times that favored day we. blest; ,!;()r fro !i it sprang love's plant wiihin our u!0-^=t. ■S3 iiiEi)iTATroN3 OX Til ;>: rr.ATinK. Il^y -g^gjg' y ^ig^t>"'y -^gayy --^^tfjy y^^ji^^ay^ v^gg^ \ygJ A fountain liead it lyroteil to lis, nulciio^xn, From Avluch a ciystal stream of bliss hath llown— In company we walked the pasture sod, ; , To meet in worship at the house of God. O'er head the sunshine smiled peculiar sweet, And nature's carpet soft beneath our feet. Our C0ur33 lay winding' 'long a pleasant glade, And birds were sweetly singing in the shade.. There chanced — or rrovidence had so designed — 'i'o drop an only one witli us a pace behind, A sister, modest, pure, of guileless piety, or deeply marked religious fimiily. And though her face rare charms of beauty wore, . Her graceful form but plain apparrel bore. Vv'^e talked of our prospective mission, far. The storms and dangers we- might hazzard there. And just before we reached the sacred place, Came this beautiful thought 'twould bo a mear. so If blessed with a christian corrosj)ondence [grace, With one of such sweet tempered innocence. What of int'rest in our travels to relate, We deemed that hand so kind would compensate. Tiie boon was asked, ani gained tlio fair's consent. Undreamed as }xt onr Fathers wise intent. Then taking leave of frh-nds [ind bretlu-en all, I set forth toward the field of duty's call, Ti\o->|er faec rare el^arins of beaaiy wore. Her graceful form but plain apparel bore PCEJIS OF GEA't'E A^^D TllUTU. 43 » Aboard the chaviots of proplietic faille, ' • All'^rdiraiag like the lightning" in their train. As predicted ii this preparation time, ! = IIow they Avou'd il}^, with "llaniing torches" shine;; And so SNvift their meted time Avonld make, That b}^ their co irse, most terribly would shake The fii' tree : agitated by tiie riven air^ JUishing Avild to fdl tlie vacuum in the rear. And looking out upon the landscape round, ' Irccs, leiices, buildiiigs, eveii mother ground tSecm frightened, panic-struck, and taking flight. Hills like laiiibs, skij^yping, lleeing out of sight, All creatiGu like a swoepiiig avalandie, Breaks loos(3 iii front, and pell mell rearward rush, - AVhirled back as by the iury of a hurncan<>, While beneatli t'A'O raids as lightning stream. Tiui^ borne along, as by the wings of; lime, We mused upon 'the deep proplietic*chime . '.-■ ;0f iioly seers, Avhb inthis message "all agree, Just eVr' lime's transit i-c^ached cternily," On lightning' ^uiiis swift ilyiiiga-jigjls' would j\.iriieaven sound aloud the trump ofGod. , Thus 'gal hering into olie the true el^^t _ Troiii every 'Ibid t>f babel creed mvl sccC Oa'we'speH toSvdrd th© ■day's es^piriiig; gleam,- Tru'iisityi ng faihcr-rivcr's ;mig]i1f ■ stream, .- , .vc ■^3 jiKDiTATioxs ON THE rnAir.n.\ ilTnrling broad ricli Iowa into the rear, Beliold! Nebraska's virgin' plains appear. ' Wlien crost the Avestern tributary, dark. We quailed the air upon this fragrant park. Here gazing round, far o'er tlie valley Blue, ^Our optic nerves soon painful weary grew; JBecause no distant object intercepting rose, liindly bidding virion stop and take repose. Lo ! liere iniinortal souls Vv-^e usual found In two successive earthly temples homed. Tlie outer turf-brick or sub-earth "doga," The inner their terrestial mortal body. Here then avo published Heaven's holy Word, Inviting wayward men to come to God. And not in vain ; for many a ransomed soul 'Was written down in Heaven's living scroll. To promise true those welcome letters came, , And cheered tlie traveler o'er the lonely plain. Each one tli:it wiuge 1 its journey to and fro, Seemed with dee])e; words to burn and glow, 'Till both were for;ol to own, from friendship's seed, There'd sprang the l^Men plant of love indeed. Still growing up Dnd spreading rapidly Sweet blos'.oms, folded up in modcsly . Adorned lliis holy tree of paradise ; !Ili.:s3 blooiiiing in- o love's ecstatic bliss.; Tlie ease vras plain, nor could tlio sc^crct rest, ■Silent, smothered iu tlio enamored l:re;rst. J>ove Iiatli a voice, and Jiath a Ij^fuing ear, ]vno\v^tIi wh3:i to spoak, knowetii love ■'.vili hear*, l.ove, pure, riatonie, Heaven]}', Divine! What ecstatic raptures in tliy ten.'plc sliino! *'A]niig]ity love ' Avhose nameless po'ver, This glowing lioart deiines too >veli, ■ Wliosa preseiK'C cheers each fleeting hour, AVhose silken bonds our souls compel, Plii'nsing such a sainted spell, *'>.^s gilds our being with the light. Of transport and of rapturous bliss,' And almost seeming to unite ;■ The jovs of other woi'ids with this, The Heavenly smile, tiie rosy kiss ;— r- "Belora Av' osi- blaze my spirits shrink My s.'ns'.s ;.H a/e wrapped in thee Tliy fon e lowji lo mucli, to think (So lull, so great thine ecstasy) That thou a -c less than deity." * ijJ srEoiTATLOXs CN TFiK rr.Air.iK. ro;f Oil 1 in^ngination's Lii^^l.t forccrsf, This Jove thirsty soul was s, itiatoly blest. All. o\v (his bright insjiiving lloral plain, . ^V'liere e'er onr circling pilgriinage had, lain, At morn, at noon, in evening's sacred calni, Iir vilhige street, or driving.o'er the lawn, By da^'- ornight, alone, or in the multitude, ' • ' Bjforo our eyes that form of beauty stood. ' ^ The mourn Tul cooing of the gentle dove — 2\I>iek, honored symbol of higli Heaven's love — - JJaplized Our Spirit in an' oceaii tide. Of love, that v\inged its object to our side. The singing lark, so checrlul, sweet and clear, Oft 'lighting, by its welcome notes to cheer Our way far o'er the prairie, blank and niw, »^cenied the voice of her 'my vision saw. 'Without thy snnde, thou fair and lovely onol O what were I ? a world without asun. Did Tennyson '-of fair w( m'en dreflm" — • Lo! our eyes of (he fairest one have seen — *'Orihose/"(^r-renowncd brides of ancient song" Oft dreamed we of one as fair, ?( present one. Present i' yea (ho' a thciusand^aniles awaj'^, Her angel sjarit lingered found hiy \vay. 'TA'as iixed in Heav'n and here on eartli well knowa Tv.'O hax)py spirits i'nto oiie had ilown. POEMS OF G?vACK AND TnUTII. &J Two souls united by love-s golden band, K6\v offer to each theii- lieart and their hand. ; , Hut one rosorvatiou \ve did record, , .. •'•'Jo thee I i:i\e all, but liiii'hcst my ioi'd, J s S:t\i(;r and God, my heart nsust enshrine ; In the path of His Mill, my dcrr I am thine.'' "All thine, and forever,"' the i"air replied, ■".My liib and my Torluneto thee I confide." A ihousnnd "God Idcss dear Sarahs" wero breathed. Ten thousand God-thanks for the favor received. The months slowly past,- ol't counted ahead, Triien eastward a,i;nn our journey would speed, .And time v, i i:; us back to the dear beloved, Wliose rival tried heart so constant had proved. Like Jacob when serviiig for Jlachel his charm, We Avaited our j'car, al iding the time. While Aveekly wo quafted t'lo pur3 nect'rons cup, {Their sweetness me lln'nks e'^n tMri;cls would sip,) 'Tlia*: llowed from a hand t!iat was wariidy moved By love's holy ilanie, and devoutly loved. Time wore away, and the hist Scibbath came, "That held us in duty upon this plain, 'The sweet Gospel Tabors it brought were done, And bur heart ached sweetly as sank the sun.. His bright glovvdng face seemed smiling with cheer, 'To welcome the close of our exile year. CI . T.iKDiTATroxs ox tiih; rR.Ainir;. 17e WiUolieJ lils sv.'cct spnr'dcs like g-oLl in the mint, *i'ill (winkliii;^- in tlio grass his goo.l niglit s'j^uint. AVe sLipt 'till o.-i.jut gleimiu^s bil ns ri33, And lly away to our adored ]u-izo. O l3t my sou], and all vrithin give praiso, F<;r liie liand lliat raarketh our sun-lit ways! -NVxt to the girt of Heaven's only Son, I .gloriCy Ilim for this sweet pure one, In whom such charms and virtue all combine, That it seems ])resumplipn to call her mine. TiVansiixed we gaze upon those eyes and ween, -'Is this a dream of some unearthly scene ? Nay, 'tis real though marv'lous in our eyes, llath God bestowed on us this great surprise ? The blessed hour came, and side by side we stand Jn solemn gralefid joy each grasped the liand We prized ahove nil others 'neath the sun, To men confessed tluit God had made us one: l"or long e'er (his, in Iloavan's couit was scaled Oar union, only now on earth revealed. Tliank (lod ibr oiw. tnce left of Paradise! Found in tlie l.'Iis^- of a devoted vrifc. i\s sung by o;i'^ of lIo;'\'e;i\s favored bards Wiien tun^.'d by his i^olia's Cond regards. '■What i^ iliere iii \\ii-. v;de of liie, liall'so delightrul lis ;,i wile, roFM^' OF G?v\c:: and TiirTn. .55* Vrhciv IVieiidsliin, love fiiiJ- peace comLine, 1 o stamp (he luamage-Ijoii'l Divine ? "ilie stivum of piuv^ aiul geuaiue lovo. 2)eriv(.s its ciiiTent Iroin abov^e; An] earth a secon 1 Kdeii shovrs, AVJiere e'er tlie healing v.'atcr Hots.'"— * '^The Trife! O, couKl I but roliearse Tier ])raiscs in iraiiior'al verse, AVIin, trusting in m;in\s plighted truth, AVill leave the loved ahode of youth, "Will leave a mother's gentle care, Life's good or ill with him to share; ^ For Iiim leave all home's tender tics, Its pleasures and its synqxithies ! Yes. all, though tears her eyes bedim, She Leaves, to brave the world with him, Ifdcv.M life's stream he gently glide. She's ever joyous by his side: Her cheering smile and gladsume voice Tell how slie can with him rejoice. And thus make life's short jouriiey seejn Bright as wild fancy's briglilest dream. J3ut oh! if adverse stonirs arise. And storms oVreloud life's l.iigl.test skies,-— - *Co\vrLr.. iio MITIl'ATIOXS ox TIIC r?.AI IS. Triien cill wliicli oiicq.seemed bright anJ fair Brings disnppoiivtment.aud clespair, WJieri f. "ends uvd fals.e,. aiil loss arp gtrong, 'I'o heap upon liim shame and v.'i'dng,— ' AV'Jien all iinito ill filling up \Vit!i ])ittGrness life's mingled cup,'— ' She bears with cheorfuluess a part Of every grief that wrings his lieart, And e'en "wlien humbled to the dust Chc-crs liini with words of hope and (vusu . Like o\"rtru.de, she will by liim lineel "When gisping on th3 blo3ly wh33l, . And from him will not severed be, When in his deepest agon3\ . But as the tendrils of the vine Around the oak more lirndy twine When the keen blast most fiercely blows. And rages inid the lealless boughs, So does the wife still closer cling To man amid his suftering ; And when he yields his dying breath, She has a solace e'en in death. "^'•• Flesh of flesh, and bone of bone, mystery < If not Eden, tell me wdiat th}>- name may be. *"\ViLLiA3i Baxter Pol'31S CF CrACE AND Tr^UTII. C7 Dcopcr, liigher still thy sacred cliorcls cntwiiio, -Merging twain in one, spirit, soul and mind. •O loYe-angel, native of liigli IJ^aven's throne, Thou hast a mathsmatic system of tliy own. I^ot one and ons inike two, as school additions ruD, J*Lit by thy rule, love! one and one m?ke one. J^nd should vile demons from the pit presume 'To ren.t this warp and woof from Ileaveirs loom,, Tlie sequel, "one from one leaves naught"' 's untrue, ..Alas ! by lo\"e's subtract'on, one from one leaves two. The round of blissfid nuptid visils paid, And all our friends and brethren farawell bade, Two happy mortals in new life beguu, WJieeled our chariot toward the setting sun, .And hero upon this free and sun It plain, Jjove found her realm oi m\Y3 Edenic reign. "With her most happy reinforcement:-, blest, "We resumed our mission labors west. A million llowcrs smiled along our way, Tlie feathered songsters, more than ever gay, Commensurative of our happiness, Tuned all their rbeful melodies afresh. ■J lie silver luminary of the night, Seemed as the noon-day sun in glory ])righL Yfliile the king of day in heiglitened splender slione, In combined force of seven suns in one. 5S MEDITATIONS ON THE rr.AIRIE. Tlie stars lliat sang tlic jovial CGlebratioii Of this terrestrial planets new creation, More than e'er embellished tlie nocturnal skies, With all their myriad twinkling eyes. TJius the myjestic heavens day and night, Droj)ped tributes to the least of love's delight. And all mnndane objects wore a floral bloom, T6 heighten and congratulate our honey moon. JSFor did tliat moon e'er wan or hide her face, As months and years sped on their rapid pace. For lime's strong hand makes all but true love old^ Its wealth more indestructible than gold. When in lire molten takes more lovely mold, . And endures till the heart itself is cold. Each passing \\'eek but added fervency To its pare llanie. And our felicity Wrouglit in iis deeper, warmer gratitude To the Benignant Giver of such good, On us, so lui'leservedly conferred ; «So o'er tlie plain our songs of joy were hearcl. The year we iraveled on this blooming plain, Embaijaed il in our mind as love's domain. Love added Ijoauly (0 tlie meadow green. And colored ijriglit the gorgeous cveiung scene» The sun'jci spread her l^right veriuuiion dyes, III awlu-' Liiiriu'cur on iht.' western skies. P03[L3 OF GIIACK AND TiU'TII. 59 And lloocy clouds sublimoly roso in Avliit':^, AVitli eioldon linge, to heighten love's delight. She sparkled in the dewdrops of the morn, Gilded univers.xl nit'.ire with her charm. Her magic seemed to sp3rt with nature's law, And on the Iands3ap3 scenes of b3auty draw. The summer mi raged groves of shady green, AViiilei tranquil rivers winded round between. And often on our 'raptured vision brake The lovely mirror of a crystal la!vO, AVith goodly trees upon its curbing ground, Kellected on its silver bosom round. These illusions to the eye so perfect ])laced, Tiiat thirsty pilgrims o'er tiiis lonely w;iste, Turned their w^eary feet tow aril the prospect fair, To slake their thirst beneath, tlic foliage there. But th' receding picture, :uocking tiieir approach, Scon vanished, when, behoMI again encroached The empty plain instead upon ihcir stare, AVhen hope, thus b !fli3d, turned to sad despair. King-winter spread his crys^lal ;doi'y too. li-j.di distant object lifted high in x'lew. Th3 morning sunshirie on the gliit'i-ing fro^t, ](s wondrous scenes of silvci'cd beardy cast. B.'ight i)yramids, and sIccijIcs in Uictky, And obelisks, niagnihceully high. CD MEDITATT0::3 ON THE P.l ilPJE. TliCSG crystal beauties images appeared Of that briglit fervent love our hearts cnieared. At last tlie i^rovidential time Jiad come, To leave our rustic little prairie home : And eastward flving o'er tlie broad domain^ We welcomad old familiar scenes again. Fall thirteen years ha;.* gone to ages past, sSince wife an.l I belield this sanny west. There came an epoch in our christian state, News that wo vrere v/illed a boundless rich estate. Yfe blessed the tidiiigs of surprising gain, Our title proving clear put in our claim. Twas granteJ, duly sisalel in Heaven above, And proved the h.'.'rituge of perfect love. O wondrous grace that we sliould now jDossess 'J he Kingdom and the glory of perfected holiness 1 Who could augur th;it heaven would bestow Sucli sweet fruition o;i His saints below? All iiiward foes eAplrod, cUid swept away, All darkness lied, and left eternal day. In this holy wallc witli .j''esus, peace is giv'n, Exceeding all our brightest drearus of Heav-a. Tliis greater, purer, sweeter gr.ice Divine. sun wanner did our hearts in love enshrine; rOE.MS CF GRACE A.NI) TJUnil. 61 For graco ne'er destroys bat cjuiclcer.s, sancliriGS, r.niijrs 'iiiath tli3 Spii'it's rale, tlic natural ties. Thou pjjj?jM!io i w inl [Vdu sl.i a')3r3 djep ro-.uwl 0:1': it 3 y'li a5a3-.iio:i-3 at ou: ibat, Aio:i;5 (lio liigli anJ holy path wo trocl, in hope tj turn us from the light o!' God. T^ies3 only sank us deepsr into rest, And nndisturhed reposo on Jesus' urcnst. Each taunt wc saiFered for our Clirist Divine, Made brightv^r s'iU'Ilis glory in us sliine. Our bark was launched in a hsavenly stream That daily varic d in delightful scene. (Some years thus past in the beautiCul tide Of love and bliss t'lat more than salislled. 3'^lected thus by grace and providence, IIopo llattcrcd us with coming blessedness. Hut ah! vain man, this wislom timely leaBii. Lean not on earth whoso tide adverse may turn, And sudden change the aspect of thy life, iVom prospects fair to sorrows deep and rife. Lo it came ! a stunning billow un forecast, All awful storai, a f.dl satmic l>la3t. Hell in tounsel struck his dark infernal plan, jN'cath preachers garb concealed tlie woej'ul baa. First there appeared, mysteriously witlial,- £ome leprous spots on can- domestic wall. €3 iMEDiTATroNS oi^ THE rr..M;;T:i. Tj'ie plague soon mniTed oiu- lioly fcllowsliip, Then ale like rn(Ah tlie tliroads oL'lovo IIkvl knit Our lieaiis and souls in sweet connubial ))liss, And made us one in s^'nipallietic flesh. infernal spirit; ';;;'iiisGd in subtile liglit, Plow cainest t]n;ough the line oJMIeav'n's vigils? Into our pure dojuestic paradise. [bright, No\y spreading liere tliy l)ane, and fell devise, Dei?j)oiling rudely our embrosial bower, Onr wanted joy o'er casting witli thy lower? . sweet departed angel — Jiarmony I May we aj;ai;i tli}'- sacred liov'ring see? O gracious Fiitlior! search my bleeding heart, If ouglit tliou llndest caused tliee to depart. - Lord sv^TCp it iionce, wh'di e'er the sacrifice ; Give liarraony, well Ijought at any price. Wiiy jiow dollv she. true helpmate Idtherto. h. coarse so mystic, and so changed jiu'sue? O wliy this pickiiig, carj>. incessantly, . A.nd CQjiceaKng wliat the fault may be? Wiiy tjio dear oni's sad and dismal moan, Alfornatijig vvJth iioN-iee Stock well's groan? r.iy Father ! inust we iiear it day and night? IlinSs and w^hlspering-i tflJing, 'die's not right,** Planting loolls tliat d'udv suspicions q,\>A^ Yet keep the devil tlioy imagine undei- nia.sk ? POEMS OF GrvACK AND TKUTIf. 63 JEitlier slie we den.vly love, we can't deny, Most be deceived — O can I tliink it ! — Or -tis I. . ■Sad conclusion, a worse coidd ne'er ]y.}tide, A diiennna dark as hell on eitlicr side. Were we to clioose wJiicli one of tv/ain it were^ Prove me the lost, Clod I but honor h.er. Dare I suspect tliat one beloved so dearly, One who so late was iiv the light so clearly'', I'liat her discerning wa.; to ine for eyes — That gift in her we'd marked witli i^Toat sirrprisc— • Dare I ]n"csunie tliat she I did esteem TJie chief of lioly saints, an ari^;el q_ncen, C(>uh.l have possiWy been latebr ovei-i];L'own, And brought this dread coiifisiou iri Oi/rlionic? gracious I*i'Ovideiice ! wlwd. (ver of vroo, "Whatever dark and cruel stonns may bjovv, <3r hellish monster rusli upon Ibe keel — AVith mad intent to blast and siiik il\c v»eal— Of our domestic bark tliat saibid bcnc-itb'. Love's banner, fair, and Iier <'/jlesli;i] peace, Most of all we dei)recate, and in'il'jre Deliverance Jrom the vcidict dnily toi-ced 'ho morev Tlial she we held innuicubilv; i-i s:^i<'. Is led captive "iiea'h, dccepii.;ir"s .i-irk (ontrol. Nay, 1 musl cast !iie ].Mi;.i'>:! ili:-',!i!it av/jiy^ And rather jiiiJgo myself, unl;ri:v.vi', a«(iay. Cu ziEDTr±Tio"Z cx nil'; ruAiiii: Then, desperate grown, liere Lf rJ wg liumLly knccl^ And pray, O God ! our family plague reveal. If still my lieart thou seost unsanclilied, Il:rrcal t'.n vrorst, tlnu let tlio blood applied, Purge from our Jiome the dark accursed thing, Ihat liarmony and love t'lcir wanted fruit may bring, O that '//■":" (unused in seven years of grace, -And covenanted ne'er to give a place, Yet now allowed for sake of her we loved,) A breech became, a dreadful darkness proved. Pour and twcntv' hoars we felt the dread converse Of faith's trancjuilitj^, we'll not rehearse. The shield recovered, lo! the Nazareno Sp.ikc, "Peice, be still ! " all. sank to sweet serene. Put still thero lurked around our household plague, J^or hushed the dropping accusations, vague, lloaning, groaning, duljious talk aside, Satan gathered into darkness, .tlien denied lliat I were saved at all, but sore deceived, IV^hich, her unwilling to suspect, I believed. Bewildered thus in old Despair's domain, We feared thatjiope Avould never .smile again. Before the Church we humbly prostrate fell, There beseeching God to break the horrid spelL That moment, lo ! in joyl'id sweet. surprise ! Jesus blest, and bid us trusting thence arise. roEMS OF G?. vci': mid 'j.ijrm N r diJ this vot sulTicQ to raal;e ns own — ■ Swil't self (o judge . but others to iuiprone — T'lit \Yi vimlf .sD-j.<^\t to a^sLiii'lite, With spirits tlifit coiiaseled to prvjcipitiita Our soul into the net of hellish povrer, Oar strength lo crush, our peace d. woel>egone. VriKil means tin's sir.iiigc ].honi»nena .- v/as ai^keil. T'OEMS OF GRACE AND TP.UTn. GT The w'liim]3liDg prophet, ^viih eyes to Ileav'n cast. And v.'ith a grave and sanctiinonioiis meiii, I'rognosticated on the mj'stic scene. '•Tis, said he, '"God's mighty powi- manifest: Kot in vain He's caused this miirve] en us rest, A v.'oiidrons vrork, no doubt on sonic oiie Iiere, ]{e vrould perform, jast wlio Ile'Il make't appear. 'J J;cn each of tender conscience 'gau to say, '•Lord is it 1? Lord is it I, or nay 'P Some vrere pi-esent needing mac!i salvation, Yei no subject ibr this great occasion. Eiscli in ])rel'ennont \vis!n"ng neiglibor's call, G;:zed round to see on v/liom the c^.o;^•o ^vould fall. TJie Spirit regen.d there me wliispered thus, 'Tis doubtless ]'ov tliy sake this j)o'v"rs on us. If now "with wisdoiuV: gift thou Vv'ilt be ])]est, Just let tliy liosom's Avant be Jictc conl'ess'd'' 'Tv.ns accept. ed; uii.^eeii its ford intent, ^Ve ov, iiOvl our soui's pursnit, ,mil JiLunujy ijent A sii])plicnit in that internal maze. To e\i! spirit's nuicii elnted g;i;/;;. 'I'lie lujuse'.iold liead of anti onjinanco ])eiusi ct, 'The ioj lunicd 0:1 our conscioac'e to suspect I'hat wo wero wron^ find tlisy Avero soiij Divine, No le]lo\^sliip extended o'er the line. .olie, thouglit next to Oju-'s", a pillar to our soul, AVithout our orb, joiu:>d in the hdind co:idole. .So:n3 s lints, till nDv/ so doar, to oar surprise, Stood oil' and stared on us wit'a evil eyes; ]-'or their iinaiiinations v, hirlcd around "Jly lielFs capJce, on v^diom he -willed they frov^'ned. 'The cunning stratagem availed once more, ■Our slullified and blinded vill g'avo o'er. In that maze of devils who could cooly think, ■'Till rushed along upon the-, very br 11k •Ol'denyiug Cod in us His .Sovereign riglit. V^^e dropped the 'Tt,"' and pTmgel oar soul in niglit. 'Then ceased the dying agonies. The yeaing ■Gave place to liendish laugh, lili3 mulish braying. In vain they looked to see the promised blessing — Jnlernal waves, instead, our soul depressing — Disappointment brongn.t reilection to its throne. Conscience, reasoii, sense. Eil,-!e, all disown 'The papal /j^ss dixit eamo from God. ■ 73 lylKDlTATlOXS ON THE TRAirJE. Oencc instead of light cjiiJie the cliast'ning roJ. And Avlio 'rt thoa by dragon povv'r installed popo ? That thou pivsuni'.st Vvdth tlio Almighty cope And durst forbid tliat His effulgent beam, iSliould thy ignoble mandate contravene? Tlie assembly broke in satis fartion to The mixed tliro]ig, and to do.nioiis, as they knew, Or thought the}' know. God's Hying roll was f.akcji By the gates of hell ; ]io more to waken iSouls ill false; liope slunibring. and exposed to helL So demons iu tlieir frantic orgies yell. But wliere w;is .1 'i Of s: range liowildernicnt ]\)?sessed, as if i;i helTs iuviroumont. We retired, no*' to rest, mind; less to sleep. We sardv benealh the Ivillo'^s-s. dark and deep, Of an infernal soa, Avlu'-re dr;v_;o;is lay, All mockiiig at our vain fd temp's to pray. The varied hoiTOJ-s of that disiiial nighl, We've even v»'ish.c.-l wero b:i;riislied i'rom our sights Blotted froni tlial darlv pa.ge of memh-ies book. The terrors of tiuif i'igid o'er tophet shook. J God Jet not ifi;^ muse here linger loi^g, Ibit pas-: this detlej'ul (ren^;r of our song I A wlvile we lay, liard gas[)i)ig ibr our breathy D.irkly imjrri-.or.evl, and hall' ci'uslied beneatli The slee]iers of an a.ncioiU cra^jy building. rOj;i:S OL GTIACI^ AND TilUTII. Whose foundation, the structure scarce upholding,. Were decayed, ill-placed and top|}ling' blocks, And nil seemed sinking to the earth and rocks. Around us loathed corruption niauii'old, Eailh, timber, all o'er s]n-ead by nauseous mold, Darkuess, tilth, and suflocatino; Immiducss, "With (hmger irniirinent cond^inod iji vrreteliedness.- 8eeiiig, through tlie sjuall aperture neai'i the sill, The couuter ])apsiug fi :v,l of earthly drill ; And, ii:i the sunshine of the vorld wirliout, ] fearing gleelul cliatieriiig, aud the merry shout, All added aggravation to the gio(im, ]\Iade black the horror.-; of o;u- li\iiig toudj. No change of dismal fcene iirouglit iu relief To our soul, ihrus! to hell, alarmed with grief. Now turned into loix^Ji, or peti'iiaciion. Of which our ac'uai hulk were but a fraciien. '' Death menaced us l/eneath our poiidrous weigJit. ' Twixt earlii and liell ^\•e luuig ireiublin.g at our tale. Ifej-e I ])ause that iiigld/s iu.'eriial record, Oin- obse([uiousncss I has scoui'ged o!'(.iod. Nor were these tlighty dreams ot (rouhled sleep:.' No slumber h;ia that visit io tiie stygian deep. Nor are tiiey ])ro]uc(s of ciwitivo Ia;ic\', The iuysiic ii' ■y-iu'es (irawn upon by D.mte, And bards who . i'n i;;;nn ;iri;i;:;i nation : CO 3ieditatio:ts ox the ruAiiiii 7 "sas.-,.:?-^ '^SS^'v --u— ' V ^ - A«5 if iio po?ls" I]i3ni3 i:i Col's crer.lion. Wli)^ plunio the wings of llioug'lit to soar in vnpoiv "WliGii subjects real jnoro hoiior Hie Creator? "WJiy vreavc a thing of iiaiiglit to grace a poet's diction AVJien tacts are far mor j woiitleriul than fiction ? In strrg2;]ing prayer the sccining age Avas spent, Yet conscious tliat to Cod no prayer up went. . If Ihance been Iield to merge ou i>.il]i's condition. We should ne'er have seen mercy's fruition. O llis AYondrous inlinite gift of grace ! Unhoped, unexpected, ungra-ped l)y us, The morn suddenly Hashed iu streams of light, Ami swept iar away tlie horrors of night. Praise '-IJim that maketh. tlio s3Yen stars of Orion, ' Turnetli the shadovi's of death to morning, And that makctli the day dark with nig'.t," And speaketli ilio utmost darkness to light ! Tlie prophet's blind edict vanished as cjuick . As demons that brewed it lied to the j)\i. Now joyfully loosed fj-om the sport of devils, Our soul unpiisoncd, and free from trammels, We leaped fortli in the air vith a sliout of praise, Hied to the olfice, ai:id bowed grateful knees. liO ! the h.eart and will of Cod then oj^ened deep, Jforlli down, down we sank, swallowed up complete. -As a child plucked from death, by love embracedj . rOK:iI; OF CT.XC]'] AND T I'JTJI, V^ Our soul, in (he .Losom of God cncrscJ, Jlejuvl, "I'm now thy wiscloni's impervious wall, ■G;iinst all devils transformed in li^iit witlial. Then understood, thank lleav''ii ! our soul full-well TViiy that cjucslion on our mind with terror i'ell. ^'Do'st thou truiy tidco mo for thy vrisdoni now V^ I'liis ordeal was needed e'er leariiitifc liovv^ ^ Cur foibling trust in creatures lo disconnect, And reliance on God tlio Lord to perfect. •O sweet wisdo^n ! TJiou God the Ibuntain art ! Thy Son the strer.m now f.o\vin.[>; in my heart! One day passed \yilh our holy, mind and soul, Locked completely up in God's direct control. IS^or voice, nor tongue had pov/'r to speak or sing, Except as moved by Hi in wlio dwelt within. Svi'eet silence, or words He chose to sp)eak, ■;. "^Vcre tliG hush of Heav'n, and freedom so complete. But words were few througliout that holy day ; iN'o needless talk God loves, simply 3-ea and nay. what clouds of dread perplexity dissolved, And painful anguish lied since wo resolved To dismiss all sponsors, and crouch no more To demi-gods, our conscience ruling o'er. A. miracle Divine, in a manner loosed The sacred tie that IJis liand had produced. Pledged to our safety, Fatlicr could not see Tl TJKDITATIOXS O.N lUi- rR.\i?.:i!;. ..n lioiiest soul destroyed if to set "t free, He must undo, if need be, His own seal, "When subverted to a poison in the meal, And Satan's chord to draw us to perdition; Though dear 'tis sacrificed for our salvation. But lest the tempter here sliould take occasion. To throw, in trial's night, a darlc suggestion On hearts, where busy fiends their arts employ^, Wedlock's holy bond to sever and destroy, We qualify these lines in righteousness. And own the marriage law yet sacrsd over us;, Which but death, and one dark sin, can sever. ^nd then 'ts a serious question whether, Even in the one condition stated. One may be to a second living mated. So then be it forever understood. That we are still one lawful flesh and blood, So long as both our heart pulsations throb, And we revere the holy Book of God, JN"o tempting thought, or wish, or stray desire, Shall to another's heart and hand aspire. Nay, God forbid that we should ever aid^ Or lend a sanction to the cursed trade In courts, where human flesh and Sodom bills, Are bought and sold as lust and mammon wills. Our ransomed spirit only then gave way POEMS OF GEACE AND TRUTH. 75 IiS Iioll oil one in error"s patii astray. And ceasevl our Ion 1 but IruUless caro to mend A ftllowsliip oC spirits ilicA can never blend. TJius raised above all dark depressing povv'rs, Sweet peace, and rest, and victory was ours. But even now with broken iellowsliip. We should 3^et, in nature's pure affection, sit And love each other, neath one friendly roof; For this but nature's ties should be enough. Nor did the fierce engagement here yet close, Infernal hosts in accusation rose ; Yea ! hell seemed all her haunts to 'vacuate And marshall black, this trusting soul to take. '•■Woe t ) him who dare ignore and resist "My servant, my great oracle and piiett! *'It is presumption thou shouldst countervail "My awful prophet, and not before him C[uail.'' "Besides the Church and thy own flesh agree, "lliat to him you should humbly bow the knee. "Be warned and to his counsel now return, *'0r thy soul be lost, and thou a wretched kerji, "Shalt roam about in darkness to thy tomb, "And sink at last to woe and endless doom." Thus howled the dismal spirits r und our soul, Assuming Heaven's name to force control. While these dread larums rang tlicii- dolefuj knell, To ilELIT AUDITS 0;T IIIE rriAI:!II'\ O'er our miiiil and soul Aver3 cist the shades of liell, AVrJuglit up cop,scieuc3 s^vavcd wildly to and fro. Then renianibVing Ilim, our Avisdom's glow, ''•We'll die, O God! or thj good pleasure know." Wg esGaped, e'er the dawning from our chamber. More urge3it than from fire, the soul in danger. .In the oince kneeling, besought the Lord To end this question by His Spirit's AVorJ. Ilesolvent not to rise upoii our feet 'J'ill knee-bones, piereiug llesh, the iloor should greet. If need be, e'er Almighty loye and pow'r, Brusli l)ack the mists of this sntanic Jiour, And say, by gracious voice from Heaven's throne, If us llie Trumpet's blast He'd clioose and own. O God Omnipotent ! Drive! O drive away Tliose powers of hell that iiold their dismal sway, Like circling walls, tlian Babel's more immense And o'er arched by ranks of diabolians dense! 'To penetrate the arch of devil fog, And see beyond the smiling face of God, y Whoise eye alone must guide in this alTair, iSeemed a task fated but to sad despair. Long Avrestling hours had forced no cranu}^ through; Till grasped our hand the Book Divinely true, And liolding fast 'till faith identified TJie volume with its Author, and applied }'olms of grace and Tr.UTH. V i Some gracious promise to our pressing need, And gave the silent ink tlie v ice of God indeed. That voice, more sweet and precious than the song or angels, heard by our rapt soul, ere long Coinpleteh^ banished i'rom our moral shies 'J'lie amassed force of devils in disguise. And with them cleared the Sloskwell mists away, The pompous order lied at break of da^r. But vrith return of niglit-shade's covering drew Up the legions grim the baltle to renew. Yea I reinforced and more infernal grown, lie Vs fury rushed upon this soul alone. Till I ne week's conllict wore our strength away, And fears, like spectres, that weVl fall a prey, Moved a prayer that Providence some iViend engags- It one left — to bear us from tlio Ijallle's rage. Llod liera-'J, and sent (hat day one He VI reserved, . Who had not bowel to Bill, nor hid he erred In judgment rendered on that vaunting seer, Kcr had withheld the darig3r from our ear. The forewarning the Lord through him Jiad given, Furnace ijames had from our mem'ry driven ; Though the sek'sime trial was the thing foretold. On looking in liis welcome face, beJiold! His discredited larum fresh appears, Bursting Avide the seal ol' pciit up tears. "78 ]meditat:o:;s o:: the iT.Air.ii:. lie entered. Speech failing, eacli to each Avas dumb. Tliis broke at last the silence ; "John it's come j" Ho explanation necessary deemed. Ttie premonitioned storm at hand was seen. This said again we silently conversed, With floods of trickling tears that ireel^y bnrst — "Miaiik (jiod for tears! ]-elioving as thc\v pi-each— From hearts too full for any oilier speech : Mine with grief; 'stonishmejit and ])ity iiis, Moved by our sad arid sorro:v stricken pliiz. Our grief rehersing silence thus went on Till broke by, "Can 1 go horj-ie Avilli yon, John?" "Yes," sobcd out vrith more -pliy Avellin.g up, For a brotlier drinking deep the Jonan cu^. Seven miles a'.\'ay reached his domicile, Ent'nng a liallowed rrisence spake/-peace,b3 stJHl" Soothed our dri\'en spirit willi a cahn sweet Converse of war and \\'0?. rest .,'()mi)]ete! There angels seemed come to miin'sier and greet Our war-v.'asted i'orm, scon wrapped in slee]). That hour, how sweet! First of good repose Th.ratigli tliat eiigagemeut Avilli infermd lb:?s. Let hiiicy now this piiMure t:]i>'e portray, A soldier's inghii'id weelc of N\'a;.''s dismay ; ilobbed of sleej), hun;Ty. under deadly lire, '\Ve;iry, wounJed. di^ath mai;;iceih naught to inprir© rO::5[3 OF GRACK AND 'JLITII. A slnc^le liope (hat life can long endore. From that hell of war him opanecl up a door Y/hero peace, rest, love and friendship smile around. And safety ends the dread of battle ground. Ah! this some faint comparison may hold, To (-nr happy transmutation j^et untold. O that blessed sweet and shelt"ring night ! When hell rolled back and Heaven rose in sigllt, IBleep's only chan^v, transporting dreams <3f boundless bliss and pure angelic scenes. As if our soul nad quit this vale of stilfe, And entered to the J03-3 of angel life. Avy-akeuod by tlie t.'inils of holy love, Our .soul still ling\'3r3d mid the scenes above. The corJlict o'er, helTs counsel gates defeate^^ Tha legior.s black llicn sullcn-y rclrcattd. Retnrjiing jjojne, He reigning now widen Proved juoro tiuui hell against our :^oul could brin^ *Neat)i our Jeei, Aimiglily grace tlie dragon trod^ Th;^t s M'peiit old, accuser, for om" Llod. The oil of gladness, a river ilowing Prom the throne of God, forever glowing In bright sajiheanis, v^dicre angeJjc aiiiJjems roll, Filled ^\■ith glory all liio kingdon; 0! our souh But the joy that made our heari'. vriiii j'apture swelL As tormenting hail Uijon auotlitr 1(»11. £0 MKEITATIC:>3 ON TUE PRATPJ] The daily sacrifice, so richly blest, ^ave Iiair my vreddeJ beiii^; heart distress. The more our soul o'erdowed iri praise, A face becaaie more haa;gard with amaze Twas evideiit another crisis must ensue : Either she must catch the holy fire too, Or at least escape the plague that genders pain, At sound of God-inspired praises to IJis name. Or this rdlernrdivc — and this alas ! Though least expected, came indeed to pass — Tliat one e'er lield so dear must lleo from liome, And seek relief within a cooler zone. Having made on error's vring a lofly llight, lb a fancied and thirddieavn's light. Assumed our pedagogues, head, and eyes, ^Twere too x^'^iiid'ul from Capernaum's skies To descend to one so like '-a child that's weaned,'^ "SVJio'd ou her judgment so u.nmanly leaued. Unwilling she, to make the s icrillce, Por that fellowship vre'd buy at ;u\y price — Yea had thrice purchased, and yet unjiossessed, Its despoiler larking in another's breast. The unhappy woman, ded the sacred ]dace Of home, and our domestic throue of grace. Weeks grow to months, with promise now and then^ "I'll come vrhen tliat is past, or ••wlieu.-'and '-when.'*"^ POEMS OJT GIlAvJIi A2?D TRIJTII. 81- All llicso silver waves so welcomo to owv ear, Died on the shore of less than half a year. One v'oe is past ; but soon another camo : A vreek of moro intens3 and awful pain. Of pain ! but oil ! wh:it sweetness with it blent! A mingled cup of woo and bliss, not sent By even shining angels 'round the throne; But God's kind 1 and that clialice brouglit alone.. 'Twas conip6undt-d in His dispensary "When He laid the plan to bring to glory, 'Jhrough H's ovrn Son, our lost and sinful race; But e'er unsealed die fountain of His grace, This bitter cup — \ -eal only bitter then — Ifad to press the hps (if llio Son of man. He drank it low in the garden for us, And He di'ained it\. bitter ur:on tlie cross. But God filled up ffom the passion of Christ, . A small cup left for the ransomed to taste. If wo drink in His life's most precious flow, We ''the fellowsliip of His su(I''ring" Iniow. As alllictions of Christ in us aboinid, "So our consolation in Him"' is fourid. Ihit the fdood that llowed from His sacred feet- Dropped down in our cup a redeeming sweet. A\''e suIFered in soul, mind, and llesh as well, But Jio spirit was there from the shades of hell. • S2 3IED1TATI0XS ON THE rrvAIitlR. Nil}- ! 'Twas the hand of God alone tliat pressed Tlie bliss-rningled pain upon our breast. ' One iSpirit with our Father's lowly Son, Wlio sutFers the horror of earthly sin. ■ One flesh with her whos3 steps had gone astray, Broke from the holy law of truth awa}'. ■ This placed us 'twixt the saiFring Lamb of God, And she whose course had waked thechasteningTod. . And, bound to botfi the Sufferer and the cause, We liad — through both the sympathetic laws Of Heav'n above, and earth beneath — to share ' Tlie painful wounds that Jesus Christ did bear. • One v/eek ilie gali of sin, and throes of hell, For Jesus' sake our lot and j-ortion fell. A fever caused b}^ soul and mental pains, ■ Seemed to dr.y the blood Avithin our veins. And in this fellov;ship of Jesus' cup. • Our nervous iluids v/ere so taken up, ' That iri but one loiig sleepless parching night Of inward pain, approved in noa\^en>:) siglit, We felt our hair was surely turning gray, And found it silvered at the dawji of day. ^ O! in that furnace of deep Jieart disti-ess, God n)agiiiilcd His law of holiness "To oru' wrought up and fevei-ed Jin'nd so high-, Thai. ]ny Gq'I ' it scorned that we must di(; roE:>is cp or. ACE A^■D Ti.ujn. At tliouglit of sin, of hers tliat seemed onr own, She Jlesh of our flesh, and bone of our bone. In this baptism of suffering wil]i Ilim, We saw, as ne'er before the eursa of sin, AVJiat visions, O tliou holy One of Heaven! In this dark Golgotlia hast thou givpn. Of thy great ]ni?<»ion for our sinful race! O my Lord I Heboid llio cost of savi^ig grace! How mean our higii^ t tlionghts of Jesus' love ! IIov/ slow to learn tha woos lluit sin must prove! And, Lord I how stupid was our heart lo see Our debt, our boundless debt to lliee. For bearing all our sin's most dreadi'ul load, And savirig us from death und licll's abode : Until tlio Vvook \ve spent with (hoc alone, 111 tliy red garden, Oalv'iy, and the toiia;! jr is ejjough, O Godl A)iew I hill J.ov/ in the dust aiid ashes, an.] this ail Oi lile, of soul and body, rciider up To Ch.rist, my ])re(:ious J.ord, who drank the cup Of all my sisis, and ;dl the v.'Crld.'s beside. AVhat e'er oi w-:;ikiU:>^s, O thou Cniciif-dl J^)y grace an.d iO) luei' iii)-iu:c(; unreinoved, — 'J'iiy In'glier, jjerlect sta)i:l,:u'd all ap|;roved — Shall r.uw lie ])urged, God I lo uttei-most. Veal bv ihv blood, and by the IFoly Ghost. S4: M !•: M T A"Tor s o:: t (i k p i \ triU Tliy Sauclifier, Loivl ! vre'vc cvned, and jc:t We sec llie weakiifsscs llir.t liavc Icst^t. And now, O Clirist I i'vorr. this propitious lionr, Tlioii art our pci'Icct ^Yisdom, peace, and pow'r! Then on our heart tiiore came another care. Our only son, my child ! how could I bear The thoughts of him diseovered from my breast? By day and night alFectiou's burden prcssod. Though from the timo delusion's spell was thrown 'Eound that heart, her child n.o mother's love had Yet judging from affection's inward glow, [known. We trowed a mother's heart must ever How Toward the lovely product of her womb. Hence 'twas uiddndness v/e could not presume, To write and hiunbly ask the happy gil't Of all on earlh that to our heart was left. "Warm love assumed a fever in our breast, Yet kindl}^ thoughts forbade that we rec[UG£t . A mother to forego that special joy. Maternal love must find within her boy. At last the 0,70 of Ilim who sees and hears The restless pangs and groans and midnight tears Of all Ilis children when by grief oppressed, Beheld us in pate]-nal love distressed. Then on our troubles bless2d comfort smiled, [child." Thus sayiugj "grieve not; for you may have your TOEXS or GRACE A:T3 T!.UTr» 85 .Tor, lo ! that heart yon tliouglit would feel bereaved. From mother's care is ^villingly relieved : With pure afFeclion 'iwcra a ])]crsi!i;\- loi', .But t'lis expired, it is a driidii,iii;^: moil. So llicii we wrote, and this th: n;j iiit roply. •*You may come and get th3 boy ^oi- aiig'hL caro I." The blessed train that bore ns to th.it son fcccmcd that dpy impalicrt slow to run. Vie met, and lo! upon Lis little lace A famine of parcnt.d love wo trace. Throe days we tarried th^ro v/ltli prayin;5much[tonch That God's kiiul hand 0:1:3 mo:'j wlib's heart mii^hfc Witli love> Yea, with one sin ';l3 p;jL'loa3 beam ■Of affection, where once a li/hi ;,• .s'.-jani Poured freel}' forth, te bless 1; liipp/ home : .But now, alas! congealed in icy zo le. In vain we unshed on^ ni i:n )V,'j p.'i/ate talk : .And last I begged tint we tegjt'nr walk • Jubt outside the city, vrliere liy the dead, • Sleeping silently within their n.i:-row bed,, And where, between two virgil evergreens, .A little mound more dear than any seems : Tlie grave of our Levella Modest child, [smiled. On whose sweet brow but three bright summers 'She was her mother's idol and first-born, -Her childish yktues mem'ry still adorn. • jii':d;tatio:ts on the ruAipjE. But tliis request she cooly yet declined, As if no love to living t dead ramained. Then taking that one warm and little hand, We slowly A\alked where the cold marbles stand. 'Long the way dear Sidney chatted inerrilj', Little knCAving what in our bosom la}^ Poor child ! 'Tsvas hard V respond his prattling With the tribute of tears tliat grief affords, [words God bless the dear boj' ! AVe devoutly pray That he neY^r may feel Avdiat we did that day. We cfane to the s}!ot where was laid to rest The casket cold that was formerly blest Witli a pure and lovebr spirit bud, That l:a(i gone to bloom in tlie home of God.; Awl tliere l.^y the [oot ol tliat liltlc mound, We Jvircelcd in pra\"er on tlie tiirly ground. Dear Sidue}'— bless the chikl I ro member lio\7 in fam'Iy worskir) he Wi:s want to boV Close to oar side in sw^et iunocent grace, 80 lie gent'y c!';;:;c an.! jesLuned his place. And ills tciiuer iiGiirc leaped w'lilx gladness there, As bis name; Wv-i:?; up in the breath of pra3'cr. Li:l Oil! ii:iiL ir !:;'. wh-;t ds^e[t emotions rose! j>'y en"U;iy sp;.^:<.Ji cvukl thcii our heart disclose. Lov oar cJiii-ks dear si'.ke sunio j cor words were uscdj LuL ihev ii-iled lo b:^ar v, iait was inward mused. rcois OF GP. iC:<: and t?jjt;j. 87' O ! Twas lliero we longeJ for tli3 post's fli^'Iit, To sing relief to affection's deep "bli;^;;iit. "When emotions rise like a swell in >i; ilcoci, And submarge tlie soul, ic is then we would That some kind angel would but lend his harp, For to start the tluvr of a sur-ehargcd hearL But mundane languagi"! gave no wings to thouglifc,. And our pensive spivi! in tears iIo\ved out. .. So the prayer thai- \:?," for v.orus loo deep, Laid down its bunion at tlio S.ivio.'\:! feet. / Thank God ! in that lioiir to Gethscrnane, | Seemed a kind angel corao to coin fort me, And the bitter-most cu}) tliat could not pass, AYas sweetened by lIca^'ellly Iowa and grace. On the morrow early tli3ro cams a cab, And a mothers iiirewoli to her blessVl lad. That parting hour v,'3 tlLought nJU3t surid}^ prov^- Some lingTing traces of a inotliers love. Can she, by nature next to God so dear, Bid her sweet child adien wilhoiit a tear? -^. Can she ope' the door of maioriial fold, '- To her owji tender fs.s^i of tl'r jo years old. And let him ily (hi:? darkiomo v^'orM about, A mother's needcil coie to do without? Me thouglit hf-r heait inur;t s ire wiili anguish swell, To bid her child, perhaps a hist jbrew-ell. oa wed:tat:o::s o:; ti:i': niAirjii. But ! our hcnrt ^rcs pained, and cl.iiled our bloody ' To \vit:iess in a jesting laugliing mood, Motlier grasp tiiat P'lU-3 and innocent hand, -And exact of tlis child this vain demand, Wlien proudly stepping back into the yard, • "Good by Sidney, write me a postal card?" O hath those ej^cs, witli love sparkling once so Beheld t!i,> tabled g):'g:):i's mD:i3ti'oas sight? [bright, AVJiicii seeing, as the ancient legends run, ' Quickly turned its beholder into ctono. J^'our 3'ears have fled, and yet is frozen up Th;d iie.irt tJiat was a precious golden cr.p, AVhich once did such nectarian joy aiforJ, And into wliich with lavish lieart wo poured Evci-y tribute love's niagic skill could find, And mutual reapt the bliss of peace and love combined, 0..-casiona] letters thos3 years gone by, Breathing words of love that cannot die. And kindly appeals for her to return, And wake to her sours immortal concern, Elicited ]i;mgiit but silent contempt. As il' they had been to a mummy sejit, •Or to one gO'.i3 do'.vii in the valley's gloom, And had slumbered lo]ig in the silent tomb. Huslied ! All Jr.iblicd ! by spiiituai death, that hand, Ousted tlj:it pen which cheered tliis prairie land, rcK:,rs cf giack and jilutj. S^ And fiiis burning; heart lil'teen yenrs ago ; Tiiat lieart and ink, frozon, has ceased to How. O God! how vast, ho',v awlul now tlie change! l,fy startled soul wakes to the fact so strange 1 As my I'eet tread once more this prairie grass, The varied scenes of fifteen years repass, dike a panorama before our eyes ; And our soul, o'erwhehned in deej) surprise, Is perjdexed to know if true — for thoy seem, Like eventful years in a passing dream — ■ Was that angel form an illusion fair'.' And t^ weight slie left our heart a dark night-marc t O ! if such boundless gain and loss were real, ■Could fragile human life survive the weal? Nay, 1 behold tliis plain with an actual gaze, In -whelming awe admire the sunset blaze. j As falling trees before the mighty gale, Draw swiftly down fo eartli their verdant sail, light. From shady grove where met to pray, The saints iip'on the Fiord's svreet day, Keturucd one .man M'ith I'am'iy kind- But what. iiorror! did tlicyfind? "When entering home's endearing fold? On kircheii lloor, tliere, lifeless, cold, Lay his son — pitying God! — jiEmxATiJNS o:j tak vamv.ie. Ills p-;u-mor.ts weii'niig in Ivis bloocL In his cold hand ]3 unnamljarad throng All the eventful human path along. This larum then to all we'd loudly sound, Beware hov*' you tread on love's sacred grou-nd, Lest from thy tamp'ring forth some tendrils shoot, And may some guileless heart entwine aljout. Which, sliould'st thou blight and ruthless tear aw^y May bring, alas ! a bleeding mournful day. We've known in youth what pily took ¥or human form, but A^'0^fttl look. POEMS CF GllACK A^iD TIVITII. 93 Whoso presGiicG ittigjit: this q[uo3(ioii call, "Wliy forced upon tJiis frienflless bftll, ] To take existence witbont ::nin ? ' An unblest and mipiaed swniii, ' AVI1033 only sign of life was — why He seemed to have a dreid to die. i'or **<>fvme rnen were horn for gi-eat things, And some were horn for sinall, Some — it is not recorded Why thei' were born at all."''' — * Yet life in Jiim one o!)^eo;t lent, To sliov/ the bott^raiess extent That men may slide in mortal \vo'->« AV^ho. t'spite a ri^al, crop their nose. In a dingy hut and a liltJo rown, Our subject staid, and was its sole rdno^vn.. And \vhen losing Powell and nussmg train, The burg went l3ack (o mo;h?r earth again Aak not how lived the man of wretched tame, r\)r thaf.'s what men coidd noy^r ascertain. And some avered he scarcely lived at all, 8ftve at h'askingp, raisings, and such like call A^d'.ere the poor starved prodigy 'd aftord Ail opportunity at the ladon board 9i LIKDirATroNS ON TIIK PI! VIKIS, To ?walio\Y — liot taking ihue to m:isticate— r^oisteJ ])ig', i-.iutton, poultry, liam anJ stiike, Jirea;! ixuil poiatoe.^, pie, and iish. And exeiy welcome iargo or desert disli. Wiiatever happened thence to pass around, Vy sat soinewJiere witliin the sweeping bound Of the poor gliiltuu's palsied raking h.and, "Wheeled right and lei't in Jine at his conituanJ^ Marched up, and groedii,y were gormandized. "While some forgot to cat, so mucJi surjn-ised, Otliers, not restraiiung How of liumor. Cracked satiric jests uj)on that tumor, jLailug on ihe back of that communitj, An oU'enee to God, himself and all humaiiif?'. Xaslicd by t!ie tale of every wit and wag, Ijik a grecn-iiead 0:1 t!ie ramp of s'.vitching nag. His raimeiils In an oil;,' language spoke That they had never learned rh.o use ot soap. And too plai ily by their shredr, and ihips declared That tlieir poor dolesojne nr ster rougldy fared. AVell ! Well! o;io liidt his co.it-tail's gone astray, Or both perliap^ unkindly lorn aw:,y. By wicked hands that made poor John tlieir sport. And ru Iv'ly whirled him i.i thc^, streets about. li^e was the butt of every trici:; anl ; a:n ~, ■^Jfv/irs ingenious f]uip, and bni'u^)!^s siiam:\ l'o■rv^:s o? giiace and Ti^bTK. v Upon Iris li;)ck the snick'ring rari,L;iiiiig crew Adixiilly ])laced sonic tag or scand'loi;;:: citi-^, il)y hung, as an extension oi;" iiis s]>ine, The hist, kjng, caudal end ol some old swine. AVhen children wished on otiiers spifie to veutj "Old P/s'- name was tlie ugliest thing they sent. Vennin cui'sed Ins pallet's greasy rags, While night and day, were only heavy drags, That irksome b::ro upon l)is lileless Jile ; Foi' old dame misery was his bosom wWo. He'd won anoUiei-, but ].>j death rivaled. His 1)leeding heart in ileep sorr.rw struggled, 'Till heard and san -tifuiid this dark spirit's voicey "l\ladam Misery is my s.:^c(\id only choice." So ho courted au'l liugged her ghostly form, And he drank irom her cup a hie ibrjorn. He Avislied not even one short lioney-mooji, Despair hung o'er his days her sable gloom. Not a smile ever lit his stolil ni^in ; For his lite tjirougliout w; s a cheerless dream. He chose it so. Far rouiic! him shone in youth, tlveiy beaming and chcer'kl Iin])e. ir\ truth His name once wore bj'iglit Jiono/ and respect. And rio mean, store h: d dcclved his iiitellect. But what adverse (:ite. Ah. ! need you yet i:sk ? Spread over his lile irs (ieadly l.'!as-t :' y;-} ]\ii.i)rT.mo-:>rs ox tiik r?..\i::iE. WJiat wooj'iil clond eclipsed v. ho]^.e so i'ak, Ami coii^ieaifd lliaf; lieart in blank despair 2 "What drove jxor Jolniny iiom the i).ap]3y pb.ki^ Of social dignity, to llie hermit's den'? *Twas the c]-i:-is of disa])pointed love. That so darksomely drew our sketch ahove. And now our son^i; at last has readied the plac© Where our spirii: would try its deljt oi' grace To pay to llim wliose mighty arm sustained, >)iir bleediiig ijcart, while its cup of grief we draiaied: That life and peace's pro'louged, and even joy, And holy comfort, whicli to (|uite destroy, Apolyon"3 host had plotted iiendish. weli. Bat disappointed, wrilliing, back to hieil Thej take their course, amazed at Heaven's power, To ftiistain a sortl ir. tJie furious hour. 3 God! this heart, wiicre love so v/arinl}^ glovvs, Aiid its return such blessed rapture knows, And where afilictions long in youtli had past, Arid wrought a Jiervoas melanclioi}" casV; fleart to ailection's ^\ouud so sensative ! 3! can there in this smoking ilax survive, Jiiquenched, the ham-^ of lire, and bow oi hope? Bui for thy grace, Lord I nught we not grope In {1x2 Siia-lows 1hat h'u^g ]nore ijlaciv than death. VV'here inwcuvl griei' lolls out eacii uio'.irniul breath, VOmiS OF oil ACE AND TllUTH. Vrom ;i lienrt anu^zed by sorrow into stone, A deail spirit chained in a living tomb ? God! but foL- thy arm unseen on earth, Hj.is Itagile form might even curse its birth, And sit. darlv brooding, tremljling where Some ding}'- luit shut out the gaze (U' liimian eye, and orient bhize ; J^'yrced only Irom tliat drear abode, I>y hr»nger's sharp rcsistjess goad ; 'ihen quailing with anmanly dread, llie noiso of fellow iRimarrs tread. Uj', unsup-portcd by that love That Hows direct from Him above, ^Vlicn Ifie conjugal, next^ in powV, ^7as ruthless torn in peril's hoyr. Pe]-]iaps, to drown sucli bitter grief, "W^e miglit liave rushed upon the reef or liquor's black ijifernal spell. And Ii;islened quickly down to hell. Or, Ihe surviving hope, had pressed Too ]:eavy on a Ghristi'-ss breast. To 'l.)ide the time that's made by raoi, Y/hich takes on board a hell begnjn, And had taken up the fatal lino. Around t!ie capsta.n to entwine, "aIiO end ikmg cii a pile secure, 1?8 iiEDiTATioxs :o:s- 'su !•:. riiAijuR. 0}i 'lernity's imwclcome shore, 'Phe voyage end, hj demon's sjiort. In uS'uicidarti horrid port. No eye, but thine, O Deity! ■ Can see. -Yv']] at end of misery, • ' , What lioiTid Wack and ciuBed fate, Jllght have cast its ci'ushing- weight, ■:, ■ Upon this helpless hniised reed, Did not tiiy comibrts far exceed The highest billows earth may roll O'er a grace-clad and ransomed soul. Ilallelujalil iiere onr pent up gralitode, = CpAvelliDg must break forth in praise to God. J where, on all this blood and tear-drenched clod, {s there sucli help as found in Israel's God ? Suih. succor in tlie hour of fell distress, As leaning liard u])ori Idis faithfulness ? Let ii(A the iuiTative ]:'Oast in their wealth, Kor the t;trong and viguvous trust in health. "Snch god's lift high thy supercilious crest, :liillatc with sclf-safficiency thy bi-east. But when misiorLUues meet Llicc in the way; Thy gold lias lied, or morial nowers decay, "rhy «:])ild is dead, or bosom lo^vo is turned to gall, ":"i:en ori your gods, ye ibols in vain may call. rDE:.:3 cr c:;ace •^^vr; -i:) r;7i. ■ Of» 'J'licy answer 1ji:t in nslirs on IjI)' honcl, An:l, lo! mocking tiiy caiamity, ere ilc-d. Nor ycl r;M".;;riben.l" on thy tr-?as"jresi:lii:-ged in sclioolt From AvJience too oi'ien, wisloni ay>in<; lV>ols Go ibrili pvat ])onii-)Ci;s, Si^jl^conceiteil mudj And totally eojipso the liglit of God. '-Then, lest reliirion iliey pliould iieed, Of p]Oi;K Ilunio thoy Io;ira liieir ci'e^i]^ By s!ronii(-st dei-ionslration? sJiown, Evince that nolhiiig can !jo icnovrn. Take arguments unmixed ny doubt On Yoltaire's ti-n.-^t, or p.) v/iiliout, •Gainst Scriptures rail h\ modern lore, As thousand tools liave railed l^eiOre." — * AVliat Iiave ye then tor all yoi:r Jolly's pain, Who fret, and ^.vork. oixdiinue, and search in vain. To rid tliy conscience of tljy JFakcr's laws, And rol) good sense and natiir'^- oi' Iier cause ? Prelerj-ing tor thy sire the s' Lipid ;;])e, E'er confessing .II im ^\la'j oidy ca)i crca!;e. And doily, instead, unbridled Inst-, Doulji Heaven's Irntli, but frociy hell inlrust Boast, o!' free Ihouglit, v.idle yet, a menial slave To thy depraved and. beastly p-assion's rave. And, 05 though reason caii't v*iih vniae Llend *Jo:i:> ■.'■;;i:.;i;cr.r.. 100 ]\[ y.T.VTrox.; m.\ 'juk i'-iahuki Ye sin-perverted iouJ its li^:;'lit preieiil. ir wisrlouj's province vrere to serve tlie (lev:!, Tiicn c'ouij ye skeptics prove youv beads were IcvcL Wiiat conipensatioe, h:ith the scoTer's cant? Tyiiat p;ood remnnerai^.^ ids clmrUsIi rant J Where's thy blind reason- ?;cyi v^-^hen troubles rol) Jiike billoNvs dark o'er tiiy distracted soul ^ Where, Ah ! wUero is thy boasted IbrlituJe, Wiien lied away some dc'tod eartiily c;oori '(■ When death hath, toru a^vay thy cherished (.nes, Or vvedded love to rival's bosom tur:;-^ '■: Then vvliat's tiiy carnin'^; jest of sacred ■ddn,;:;^? V/hat comfort to a siricive:! spirit briii,r:' 'iliy proud conceit l;egotte]" ir.dieiiei' Of God, the ou'y true and blest reliel: A sou] can iiiid in sorrow's starless idii;iit. When sweetest dearest hop-^s are struck with blight? <) God 1 how od ney:lected and denied Art thou. in. hearis deceived b}^ io'dish pride; Ciilil tliat smarting rciii, advei'siiy. Teaches fools, who will Jc^arn no other way, Thfrr need of tliee jjiost lI:ii::h,who1brmed tiie brcnst, To cabn it's ]ir'avin;>; troubles into cchV. And ye ma.:], d-cnzied on. politic i;od3, Wlio fuss and wran;';ie for your demai!:ogueSi "^Viiy to tiiem cate:;, uuveiinded tools, ruK.Ais LV ci-iAOL Aim ':?::m. 101 lYIlh tliat lii^]i I'evci'xl zocA Inat onty coelG, A\'heii "U'ciiorts eii:] in riv;ii j'KUly"^ \v, ■C.'ivsi liiK'n, u..i-!^, dejected a:i 1 woj.u! sour? AVli.ii p/,>Jt hive yo;i, Vvlrjn rjtui-iis devoiji" i'iiy bo.tsted, wagered, hoi)?, n!; victory? L^iizliodi, and j^jre.l, n'.iJ idbid, this thy only pay. i>;it ii good ioi'tu:i? tiirn ;i'j'..:i tby side, And thy idol ]/e to olicp deiaed, AVhat blessing then c:,uis Ibrrh thy bolsth'ons swells^ Ye criz:}d, wiio :i:iarsjyo'iL- tii:-o.i.t:> wd'.i liendLsh veHs, And nnd^c night; n-nnli:: -u-itii your di;i of. horns, •Or louder y-i. !'h.\v ou'your i^eo.l or arms. Wiih powder's vool desfoying crippling blatt? Ilnth tint slj-jiii?! vjt.^ ihy v.^uutjl p.udy cast; lleleased;. tiiy soul fixjui sin, remorse ar.d hel] ? 'That ye sncli weird niidnigiit orgies swell? Ilatli tiie eleedoii oi'iliy ciuididale Elected tl^ee to Keaveu■^^ tran.([uii state? Or is it to thy soul a guarantee 'That thou slialt from Hie ilU of lilb be it-ee? Will the ho ni-of- plenty heneelorth overllow "With a more ]n\ Isli iiarvest where ye sew ^ "Will thy champion's iiiace vouchsafe protection 'Gainst social and douiesiir; disaftectioii ? 'Or be a present help ii?.. time of need? tOli jn;nTAT:ox\s on tiik rr, '.Ji^r: A prii:acea for wounds tiiat sni^rt oiid Llccd? -/\i;d will l)e sootlv.-' and bind thy bl•eakiu,2;dlear^, ^Vheii iTom tiiy c-dricken bosom ioved ones part? Or .slion'd treiu/iieiy, deep and black oj^ hell, Invade thy home and east lier bliii'Irting spell O'er the one tliat so cie'^trified i]\y Yi.e., AiiCi woe succeed tiie blessings of a wiie; Will then thy cliosen liero to thee ih", Ifthon, in thy biiterest grief shouldst cry To his lordship, wlien thy wild moarnful straaa Treiiiljles on the verge of a maddened braiiif And if coming, hath lie that magic power; To dispel the grief-'/iouds that o'er thee low^ert Can he tujie ngaiii thy m'lstrung mardiood? Aval drive from tl;y spirit sorrow's dark ])roofl Of spectres round thee gatiiered, fierce as hell, Holding io thy levered !)raiii a piclure. fell. Of eierind. vengeance, "till t]i3'djJood Ijoil With red relaliation's nun-drons spoil? Or Cj]\ thy musing spirit mocking stare. The g;istly Jorms of blackness and despair, ■Till liie is bluxauled in ix fiopeless night. And glows a (airse b")0 great ior human mig!\t, . 'Wluch. Ijidding ltig!i iVir earl h's commiseration, .Bays it de:;r in heSi's ]-!-cc!jdtaiion ? () ve gods of pride, gold, and iiiliddiiy. roioin c:;' guac:: a^vD i:iur:i. lOZ: Of science, honor, au;l of i^valry. Yea ! all ye niidniglit gels of secrecy. And stupid sectisli go:ls of biirotiy, All, and cvei'v ^;ol hy men and devits formed, or oi)jecls real, or by fancy's call siiborned. Ye are but subtile cheats, and Vv'orthless trash,,. And all your devotees are blind and rash. All gog and niagog deities combined, Cannot repleti.dy ii!l oao hungry mind. O "were ye potent more than ancient, stones, To meliorate the wounds around your thj-ones, Were ye AVrrtli a farthing in the hour of grief , Or could ])ut drop on pain one olive leaf. Tlien would rxot frc/ni your daily pr.'f-ses rise A stygian smoke of nev."s that blacf:.t)ie skies. Then too would not your crimson colums drip With human gore from every jneasured stick. The crimes aud wojs tliat groan upon your sheets, IVove that yo, of hie and liapplness, are cruel cheats. A banker huls, and lakes his drooping lite; A n)erchajir :iexr. and trouble spectres, rifej Tvushiiig on his nselancliolic mind, Aroun • Jiis !ieci-i the iat;;! ]"c.]->c en! wined. A j',ur:it:ran lanner. earlldy well to do. Lost i i-- iieidiii, witli it manly prestige (oo. Aiid. h;iOwi])i; not ;lie G ;d of coiisolatiou. 10 i MriillAT.'OXj ON T;!K iMlAill'.K. ■ Could Jint endure llio petty iinputatiorj ■ Of looking well, and yet to work nnnble. ^ 80 i'l'om a rafter in his "plenisJied stable, vSwiiiig down Iiimselt into eternity. ■ Sad comment on our poor Iiunianity, : i>o weak vdthoiit the Author of our being, From dim Siiadows iiito blackness fleeing. Aiid, here ibllowing in the doleful train, Titis very day the current news pro:daiin Aji eastern man of prjn>in:en33 itisane, tor whicli tlio l;de elections have tlie blame. We passed a farm of rich productive soil, Vvliere weruth iuid freely blessed tiie owner's tolL ' flis fields were larire, his buildings all in tasie, But the pruud tarmer was of ske]:)tic cast. AIJ his conversation well evinced that he To gods oi' lucre tnily bowed thi; knee. The, <:Jod he hoal so rniidfr disavowed. Wi!Os«3 Ini.nd of mercy fiad hi.s liie endov/ed, . Ailowed fi suddcji and a. fearful storin. \Vhosft resistless patliway coursed his farm. One lairn was damaged, some fj-uit trees perished. When lied th.e vrortldess gods his lieartliad cherished. Die foolish man arraigned himself bei'ore The bar ot his own conscience, charged with more "Than his blinareason courisel could defend. :;; a:;)> riiV'TK. iu^ "lSJi''J'''sssS?'V"'*SS-S''r^''yE::S!"i-^^-3art enshrined With Jesus Christ, Ilis peace, and heav'nly mind. He is oblivious to th.it holy love, That 'quaints us with the bliss enjoyed above. Dead to all true objecis of a human soul, A planet wand'ring I'rom its orb and pole. So while increase of life involves some pain, Its sx)here enlarged, enhances all our gain. Wlio'd amputate a strong and healthy limb, Lest mosqnitoes on it light and sting? Or who dethrone his noble intellect, because some mental griefs we may expect ? If animal and hiental life's prized so high. lYliy leave your soul so dead and stupid lie? 'Tis sad to look npon the lifeless clay, l»'!ors melanchol}' yei the mind's decay, But, O the sonl I the actual '-invrard man !'* luore awful still its death, beneatli the ban Of sin, and burning lust's malignant spell, Ani tivmbli'.ig, guilty, on the verge of lieil. i'OLiI; OF GIIACK AND X?.UT1I. 109 ' 'v?:^:^' v^:::;?' v^sry v^ Ail gloiy be to Ileaveirs malcliicss grace 1 O Christ ! our iilvoriasiing life and peace I Thou art in lis a bright illuiivijiation Of Lorly, mind, soul ; an inspiration . ■ . That sings happy Over death and the tomb, Carrie!-' away tlie pall oi' mental gloom, Bursts the narrow shell of soul-ignorance, Lifts llie incubus, and breaks V dismrd trance Of sin, that chained the wretched spirit fast, In the vile dungeon, whence by satan cast. Thou, Great Deliv'reri liast flung wide t' prison, And our dream_y souls, by thy touch 'risen, Now go fortli, blest with freedom evermore, From the eel] of sin, hi worlds of Jiglit t' soar. The soul exults with rapture ;.t. s'le doth View V blazing glo]7 of Eiernal Truth. And, by telscope of Ileav'ns inspiration, Such brigfit Ijtams of naajesiic wisdom shine, .Ceholds, throughout redemption's new creation, Such heiglitus.deptiis, lengths, and breadths of love 'J'li;"it she expands 'liil true to Jhlile adage, [Divine, She kjiowsthe love of (iod that p.assetii luiowledge. Thus, uncaged, winged aloft in reahiis of light, AVe tai\e vastly widiu; rnjjges of delight, And d'Aw.k hi pleasures jnaiiifold in:r^as3d. - *fv''hil(-' from eartJdy p;iin> and griel's vre're released. 'Jy grace and glory, th.at^so lively slrei.:in 110 SLl-LiTATIGITS Hi TIIK I'EAIJ II Direcl iVoiii .ITtaY'n and sweetly Sapervene ])i --xHTow, a joy so inexpressible, Tliat e'en pain, for Christ's sake, is ]:)leasi!rable. ITap]\v tlic people v\^l!0 such bliss afford ! Yoa ! Jia,j)py ilrey wliose God is Christ the liOrd ! Ten thousand thanks vre pour low at t!ie feet Of Love Sujireme, and Wisdom so complete, That over rtiled the gates of Jiell, ibr-sooth, Conspir'd 'ga.iiitt a feeble lover of the truth. No otlier furnace could have pi-oved so great. None other thrcat^^^.■;d, ^^"ith such awlul fat;e, And yet no ordeal, ])iit th's whitened tlanie, So placed us c;n t'le o\'(-'j'io.T;e.-'s plain. So the s'oi'ni nrlihud; ;:at:u;ic fury, God luis turued. to song.s of ondl s-i glory. Not Gv that lovod oae jj:']]',^ game cliieily turner}, Dui 'twas on tliis du-t his ire so hotiy burned. Nor cared Jie yet so much to ;;iu": our soul, As to hush, the thunders of tlint •ulying roll.'' WliiJo our soul's escaiicd to Jiigii-'r sunnnit, And light and Train 'r marc:ung on so blessed, T"s sad that one who j::rovtd s:.» great a profit, Both in lo\o's fruilirai, au. I its ]):iinful ibrieit, D.inhs not with i!S, at tlio cryslal r\vc)\ That ni:dcc:s gl-l liie Chy of Cod JVa-.;vc:-. Bui; laotherl blame her not, we hii it'/y , s'<. ro::,:s cf o?.a:t: a:cd tiiutti. Ill Tsor on her clierishocl bosom rntliless cast One viiidictire tlK);iL;lit. or "worjL or frov^n. But, fis Christians, let lis bow and truly own That Providi'iice, which s^K-^nis to fall severe On some souls, others to refine more clear. ^ The ill, cliar2;e to satan, and ourself include, The i:-o()d ascribe, with iunn.ble gratitude. To Hini tlu;t kindly doelh all things well, A:.d frustrates all t;;' >=-:-'kod plots of hell. Yea! if ;uiy but the devil be to blanir^, lly Goal's j;race we will lissu^^ae tlie sham.e. Fur had ]iot satan Jound i:s so. o'er lent On Iiei', he might h;i\-e ne'er conceived t"' intent. He saw us hokling ciiildlike to her gown, And judged lier hill Avould likewise cast us down. And well h.e judged ; ibr eVr released out grasp,. Our soul \\'as mid the jiends of tlarjrness cast. Yea! satan saw in our ..'onfiding weakjiess, A chance to sink our soul in sorrow's hopeless. But God likewise, ob'scrvecl the situation, Saw how to jnagnby His great salvation. Salvation; AJi ! yes Lord! that tells it all. That magic word sweets the l^itterest gall. The gold triat's wT:.p])ed Avilhiji iti secret fold* Ivedeemed this tested being from, the mould. Salvation liatli reserved a ciiarm for iifo. T.rK^iiATIOXJ ON -IIK ^T-A l'=tti V.'illiCiil \vli:cli r,]]. /v/'/. Avnu'd hrvj i!y I willi r.if3. O ^';:r.ili i oiicc v.iiliin liiis bre;;st ( 1' niiii'\ -.Ml joy r.iid bli.ss r.rosj ami k'li with lliiua. Lire's siir.shine spm\c;eJ in tliy lovely Jii)S, My spirit's light yeiit oi;t vdlli thy eclipse. It seemed t!ie lh!o!)l)iii ;■ ol this yery ]ie:irfc JIust die if it .'Voiii thins bo torn apart. That lii'e couid only lini^'er in this breast IViiile it conjointly with ihine own Ayas blest. All ! did I think th it b!ool could y\^arm this Irame if thou sliouldst live, and 3'et our lives be twain! Or were iK)t earth' a cold and dismal wild, If thy loye-st;u- no lon?;?r on it smiled ! That frorgeous Sun, me thought, could shed no cheeT^, Should lis dull rays e'er fall upon, my dear ! -An ice-wal! risen up betvv'een our hearts; Ifov spread his pleasing dyes as day departs. Oould even spring, tlie verdant time of love, ^Vithin our heart one sweet emotion move, ISJiould e'er its music fall upon our ears, dimingled Avitli tliy love of former years ? Or could the summer's golden glory smile, Or Autumn's tinted picture yet beguile. Or Winter's merry chime, and silver Irost Tinge the clouds of wo3 that would o'er cast Our mournful sky, me thought, if life be left, rOEMS OF GKACE AI«"D 'J-i^JSU, And yet that life of all tlij' love bereft ! But, Ah ! dear Lord! in. wonder we confess Thy grace and love excelled onr highest guess. For, lo ! my single path is set along ■ With gems of bliss that tune my soul lo song. Salvation gilds my davs witii richar gold. And all the scenes of earth and lleav'n uuicld In holy joy, compelling us to own That life, bereft of all but God alone. May, with His own ])recious self and love ensliriiiiil:." Exceed the glory of His giits combined. ''X) we beg the readers of this story — /tluiu'd to .'-ing the Eternal glory ( );' gr;icc Divine — Yea! exact this pledge of you, Din-y no blame on Iier we've knov/n in love so true:- Wo h .ve suffered much. — But O the precious gaial' S! e ir.ore, iu lh3 loss of that which suffers pain. i'lie (iyjng of those chords of fine sensation, i'liat \il.;rale to the touch of pure affection; Aii'l yet, witha!, inflict such cruel pain. And Ijleed our hea ts when love takes an averse veix () \rant misfortune can excel the dread Of a i'leart where love-chords are cold and deadv. O ! if iieeds be, let this heart in sorrow bleed,. This were, vre hold, a blessing sweet indeedj. Hi -MKCT rAlipXS ON [yij;; jT.A IV.E. Compared -wiih this, the death of that which knoW3 The wounds oi* love, and al.vo that bestows The hf)on of pure and sweet an2;eh"c ])liss, When its fervent Learns hearts united bless. These love-tendrils, make music yet within. In iialloAved consolation ever bring Sweet recollections of lo^'es .'golden hours, TTliile I alojie, in memory tread her bowers. This joy reriiains us, to love her yet V\-ithal, Better unrec[nited love tlian none at all. What then ? Sh^.ll life move dov/M a cheerless Our fellows onl.v meeliug- to co;r. plain flane, Of oar s.iii lot, more than by dc^ath Ijereft ? As if no schice to a soul were leit Yv hen all create! bliso iiad t.iker: wings, And when dried up tliis earth's reiVe^sIiijig spriiigg. Ah! no, there's yet a slrea'ii in wliich to bathe The fevered mind and loneh^ Ureast: a wave Tiiat sings x\r.on tb.e lrouT)lel shores of time. A song of love that greets tl is soul of inine, .And charms to silence every inward wail, And clieers my pilgrimage up through the vail; : So all my troubles are forgotten hei e bel(rw. What can I Avisli? God ! ihy ovei-ilow Of love and grace and peace hav.j shii': jny moutli, 'S OF Gzi\cy. a:;d ti^utii. 115 tS^-^'-'SSZ^i--^ Anil my ]ioa.-:t boiiniied iVoni ev..^ry i]!0'a;-:;lit ofdronth. ^AixVi I then ch:itror li'io tlis sw.Lilav*'' lij^re, And llius (IrLiu- out 1ji3 syinpitiielic tear? Or wince ii.r pitijs lro;n my ieilows round ? What for? Be]:o]d ! sucli joy aivl ]'tru:c aboiiiid Tiiat life, ya spits oi'lieil, is all icpleLO. Is'ay, let me ratJier oiler at thy leet The- service of my busy lile to bora- Thy words oiV-:>ralbrt to the iiearts of care. To administer the so&thin,^; lotion To others, rat;i:r thin excite compassion. TIis Vv'Oiid is full of ii ^arts in i);i*ieF oppressed ; JSend iis witli ijalm for every wounded breast. Tis i'ar mere :jlest to give a cheerful smile, And some beclouded soid from doubts beguile, Than receive a fliousand Idnd cond^^lenccs Jor wees the grace of God out balances. ISTow ehall my heart more joy jid!y ascend To God, Mdiere all our aspirations OM.d. Cleansed by blool., [13' lurn,ico sidl Dicve ]n;rinec!, Sliines Jlis Spirit in our Iieart a T)ev:ect guide. AM onr h:ippy being inio holier air, I.i''e an angj' strong, lieyl(;ih s., s.;vet]y I^ear; iV iiere eai-t'dy pi'ssion- ^ouus !): V; no aijouc, Cat mi:i ', soui, bod}', all are swallowed up in God. ii; Ji'irDITATIONS OX T[IK r?.AI':iKi Porevcr, O ray precious I-ord! 1 am thiiiQ, More than ever thine, a livin^^ shrine, Of thy fuhiesi?, Fatlier, Spirit^ Eon. O Thou Blessed, Etern.il Throe in One I Ameu 1 k'^:''.-fi SOUL-Si^IPPLE eiTY. TFTE plan ol: tlih por>m wa^ su5,'g'e.-Jtocl to onr mind by E. E IlasU's tract, entitle 1 "Sf)!!!- rippU; li\\ go into Jiis hand, a d pierce t.'' —Isa. 36 : 6. "My people ask couns'^1 at their stocks, and their stalf de- 'Clareth imto them. *■"•==•= Thcj^ have gone a n- oring .om un- der their Clod." — Ho.sea, 4: 12. '•How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod !" — . Jer. 48 : 17. '•Tlif Lord hath broken the staff of the "wicked. "-Isa, 14: 5. These passages are certainly to be taken in a spiritual sense -and they show God's abhorrence of all props and substitutes that men invent, found and lean upon, instead of simply "staying ou God in truth," leaning all ou Christ, and abiding "In the ond ■divine Bodv, the C'ii"~-h. SOUL-0r^IPPLE STTY.. '^^^^'il^WiOT a. mere imao'inary m Object, bom on fancy's Y/ing, lis the city of this stoiy, 'O But a real historic thiiiA'- ^? Tliough by tropes and prox^er figures'- We delineate her fame, Thongh she has some mystic featureSj- She's an entity the same. She's a city, but not local, A disorder wide diffused, Or a system-cursed confusion,, By each system more confused. So we'll briefly trace her hist'ry. And inspect her filthy streets, Taking disinfectives plenty, For the morbidness she keeps. In tije boolv of E.eveLition. And in propLesy we .learn, 'An aposlat3 geneivilion From tlie truth astray would tnrii. VA^ordd forsake the HoJy City Wherein dwelleth ri.^hte()Lls:■ie3S, -And from Zion's mount of beauty, Wander in the wiklerneso. ■ And, like Cain who slew iiis brother. Fled into the laiid of Nod, From the country of liis f\ither. "From tiic prerence of his Cod," -A.nd there builded liim a city, Tliese apostates from the Lord, Were to think them v>-ise and mighty, Far above tii.' ■.vritten ~\Vord. ' So of them it was ] redicted, That a city they Yl devise, And \:er dc o 's so fcul ml ^vickecl, Were to reach mdo ;i:e skies. Also t:u seys i'ni n"!e ! o n ii rs'' — * An insult to V/isdom's Son — ■ Were to call th r bedlams • h'lrches. But Cod named her ••JJai^ylon." - . -.lev :(): Ik TT^'IZ CF ;l . AVD T V .U. !2t Tis fiiinilcd. Tlioy"vo hmlt tlio babel On the s:rads O-' s?ci:8:i strile. Her chief lb iiiider was the devil, Tliough disr2;ui n . t e r eye-, it hiippens (Some collide- pi:'.:-: ding heads. 12 J fouL cp.irrLE city. But wliy go tliey thus a hobbling, Ricli and 2:»ooi-, and young and old, On their wooden members shuffling? Tliafs the riglit v.-a}-, they are tol(L From lliat city-s iu'st cdnception, There went forth a firm edict, None in Iier municipalion ■ Dare in sounJnoss walk erect. So tlicy Iiold tlie old tradition, As a law in Cripple Soal. Each succeeding generation Master ci-li1c!l?s in the roll, iEarly teaeli the ytupid iiolioii To their chiU'.L-en as divine, On tlreir stilted locomotion Make them cripple into line. Now the useless legs they're sporting Arc oJ" \aried stamji and kind, Each one talvcs his own assorting, To tlio iancy of his mind. 0"'er six Jjiindi'ed facl'ries humming Keep the market in supply. Ail in competiliou running. All in style and numbers vio. roE:.[3 CF GiiACii: anij Ti.uni. 12T T-ie oldest crutches in tlie m.irket Are the Roniun Papal brand. Til ey ill liuman blool are painted, Aad tlie liigliett price coniraancL All the?e anticj late.l relics Bear inscrlp.ion, Nicene date And a tradenKirl", 'Innie or" liarlots, JMvist'ry babylo.i tli3 great. This firm held cxcliisivo patent, And monopolized the trade For twelve ImulreJ years unrivaled, Until Luther iiaply made Tiie (liscovh'v that thoir charter Was without autjientic seal. So lie blazed al)road the matter l^y his tlmnder and his quill . Many cast tlie blco\y crutches From their galled arms away. Then ?:n angel hell disj)atchos, Feigri^ lly a son of day. And he liailed the reformation, IJid tliem q uickly organize : Mostly on the old Ibundation, J3uilt they Luth'ran crutclieries. \s sc:"L-c:::r:';.;-: r:- This is now tlie cKlest dnu^litcr or tlie harlot iiioirici; rrreat. Oath Ijouiul pri>oii, soui.s to shuiglitcr, Curs(:(I a!!!.l cle2:e!iorale. And licr i'r:i(le-i!i:;rk is l!ie second Two-honiiMl boast ili;',t did appear, Spea'^ii!,::: like uiilo a di'ap')n. And a (oaniin^; ke;:^ of beer. J^y'ext appoaT.?d the lvn.;l!sh cmtcheS| And the lii;:;]! Kpisjopal. "Thonee tlie luariia last increases, Every stylo couceivalr'e. Wycliil'e crutdics, Calvin eriitclies, Qi;a!:er, Shaker. I^fennonite, Wesley crutches, in twelve branches, M. E. crutches, black and white. Methodism.^ Afrie, German, Methodism rrotestant, Methodism labeled '-Galvin,-' "^ Bctli M. E'S. north and southern brandl# *'Free" and '• Union", Me t!ioIi;;ni. And the ism '-Primhive." All these hori^s o! beast division, On Heir sldted crukdies live. ro:: .3 or g"a::: a::? ziv.". i. IZ?" A (lo;:.}n cl::ii oi ^^ctho,li5:n . - ( ".■■•."-] ;i^- ii-ro 13 Clirisi, and there. A!' r.i h\-. 1.' o ipo.-ilion. Co:n;v!ss c:\\t'\ to s:-il tlieir Avar?. Enicrtfiiii l!;e i;a>^:j riul funny, , . T,io anl st(';i!, to pio'is en'l. Any I'ook to vcuio t'.ie inonoy, Tliofs the way to raise the wind. In the nncle, ami Uije an:! dev'lisli Medio lisni lak^s the svray. 8teep]e-honses ial] and stylish, JM'esh anl ivilk t';e goals to pay,. Festive ''•table? riiil o!:' A-onsit'' Is tl.e tra'e-in rk of tiiis name. She's a black and smoking comet, And lieV gl r. is lie: sliame. Tlien there are Baptist crutches, Hard-shel', an 1 n ';oxible. "Free-will"' Baptist, Bond-will Baptist^. .. n! t e creel '• i>: Principle,"' Tliere are apt'st calb 1 '-Ephrata.'' Sainrnarian Baptist oi, -'Aii'bajitis!,*' anl some l;iier jJ.ii list crntches \ve"]l uiido. -ISO SOUL-CRIPrLE CITY. First tliere are the tri-crutclied baptist, Tliree-dip Dnnkers, new and old, "Primitive," '-Progressive," factions. All spewed out, "twice dead" and coI(i. Tliey believe in three immersions, Rising filthy from the tloo.1, .But thinii not of one submersion, Neath the precious cleansing blood .In this mart of vain religions You will find on AYater street, -And at all her river stations, Crutclics vaunted as complete. . But the clubs that they are vending, Are as hollow as a horn : ■ Tliey that buy need no repenting, In cold 's^'ater they are born. -All that ride upon their notion, TMnk tlje3'"re valiant in disxaute; Water, river, lake '.nd ocean. Here salvation they impute. '^'Deny the power" and, take our patent, Come and join our enix:>ty wells. :l^ote our trade-maric, 'tis a camel Feeding empty oyster shells. roors OF GiiAc:: and t?j.:t:i. ISl ^y^>^g-y.,y, g i ^-y y^.i;;;r~-yy^:^j-gy.y^ Satan cooped a refbrmation In the key.stoiio-land of Penn. , Eklei-shipped it, witlr ovation, Down the river to this den. In the harbor of Soul-CTi])ple, Cast her anchor in the ]iiud, On her main-mast hung' the devil The misnomer, "Church of God." Here she phices on tlie market Her new crutch in Cripple Soul. Fills the measure of a hig'ot, la the sacred name slie stole. Her weak crutch is highly varnished. And lier trade- mark is a cloak, Willi a name in amber tarnished. And a camp befogged v/ith smoke. TliPQ she raked the earth for money To erect a factory, In the gassy towu of Fiiidlay, Wljfre her preacher dudes could h& Jaiight to ape and mimic others, Over nicely mince and nod. So they dote upon their Athens, Slie's tlieir pride iiJhiting god. 2, GCrL-CIlliTLE .firY. Al] li^cso Lnpto 'socintior.s ilave a goi of 'water made, Leaving Jire and salvation, And llie Mood v/ithcat the trade. More than all tho sect who clamor ■ Jiist to make tiie siiiiier wet, Wlio iiave sv.-allo'.ved down a CampoeU And are strain iri.g at a gnat. True, to (ollovv Christ's example Is sublime, and very good. But to dip a tremiding sinner, Is to set at naught the blood. Dead to sin Jind self Ibrever, We immerging, testily, But to pi u. ago and raise a rebel. Is to dip him in a lie. While ardrop or two to sprinkle, That is but a popisli rit?, Catered to the llesh and devil ; Born in superstition's night. Yet tiie drop l)otrays its meaning, Si!app?d into tlie sinners face, That Oil sponors lie is leaning, i [.)-in:: or a d,oo of i^race rof::\:s cl'- '^racf, a\]-> t.mtu. 133 Since to bury in immersion Presuppose? ^ve ara dead, 'Then repent and ::;et salvation K'er into l!;e stream you're led. EiJ ii" candid;ite is tiithy, And to sin iie will not die, ■Tlien il;e fcnia.ll^st bit of water AYiil but t^dl t!ivM-ss-r lie. •O! ye Pr-cs1)ytor::ii": r-ratehes, All oTdozy ti;:;i.;;er made, "Engli.sii,"' '^German,"' '••Kirk of ScotlancI,''' '•Cun;berianretLren, All disjointed out of Clirist, ■Glassite, Ilieksite, and Socinian, Eotten Universidist. ■There are crulches labeled Christian, All the !3etter to deceive : /.nd an eartii-born '•Oliristian Union^* 'I'ir.i \v(iuld all io:;et!ier weave. Trji jiMui-cni;'] le ci ; v. M.-itorialisfic cratches Also occupy a stand. And some tables spread with cltltclies, Hop as devils ])lay their hand, fliere are crutches Uiiitarlau, Ornish, dull of sale and rust. Also Sii [)ralapsitarian, A few Laiidisites in dust. There are crutches "Congregational," And '-Associate Reform."' A-lid all dark "EvLingelical," God-ibrsaken and forlorn. JRiver Brethren, Shaw's young Mission, Unswathed, out of season born. All the bundles we can't mention^ A confusion multiforn POOi? 0¥ GilACS ASsl. Tra'TIT. 135 MILLER S .NO-GOL'L LDIT ON. 'TwAS in ciirliteen ibur and forty, Williaai Miller set the clay, That ho would, vatli all his party, Spread liis wings and llyaway. So they robed theniseh'es all ready, And assembled in the tow]":. Though their faith v/as strong, yet steady Gravitation held them down. As the sun his race was running. All with upward gazing eye, "Waited for the Sa^•ior"s coming, To confirm tlie prophet's lie. But their flapping ^vas a failure. O'er them Avaned the evening light^ Leaving all the du])es of ]\Iiiler In confusion's darkest night. But they'd started out to travel On some new discovered route, So, assisted by the devil, They mu.st n.ever turn about. Then they met in general council For to hit upon a creed, "Whic h oi' all the lies in Cripple, Thcir's must take tire very lead. _iiJo '^'i':. cn:r: :.!: ci'iT So {.lie devil soarehod tlie rocorcl or Ihe meanest lies lie'd tliciiglit, 'fheii he moved, and IJiller second, And "Iwas carried by vote; ■"These Iwo cratches, in Sonl-Orippio We will place u]^on the roll, ■ That 'nealh Sinai vre must tremble, And deny wo have a soul." 'Then this cra^t, in hdschood shapon, And conceived in very sin, 'Tlieir inlevnal Ijudncss onon, And to Londai:;e pdher in. Use the hnv to !ill liieir coilers, And to spread idii-ir lic?s abroad. At salvation they are seoilers, Koc^iiu SaturJay's tlieir iiud. Uut the city co'a.ncil ]sstiO(l 7\.n injunction on tlieir trade, For that market, ^yas dciilded, Jiisl i'or Cri.^ple Soul was made. <-) ye Advents yc can never In lids market hold a stall, i'roni 8oul-Griv'nle yen inust seven I'cr ;:, e ]:avc" no i:cnl at^alh CK .\vr Mj;:::!. iST sj'ir's^v]>lo Town. '■So Ihor ]n:i(!c ,i. iiew cditio-i : In tlio '-wildoriipss of sin,"^ Thd'e to vcuJ. thi^ir ]_)]iiO religion, And to spread tlK'ir legal gin. *T\vns a waste Tiiid dcpert region, Onee noKsessG-d bv iSaddiicces, "TriiO denied l;olh so'jI and angel, For tlio ileshbr riiind to please. -fio did Ebionitcs inhabit Tiiis parclied v.iid in Liter years. In the smoke of burning lb reb, There tiiey groped in legal fears. They Avere "wanting nnderstanding', "Poor in sense," Origen said. The epistles all rejecting, On tlie pentatencli they stood. "The Galatians were so lawish Once to think of moving tliere, I5nt the 'postle cried, ye "foolish," Flee from that satanic sinire. tc'CL-ciVAVLi cixr. j5o ttiese iramoiitanian deserts Laj^ for many ages waste, TiJl the Non-soul-legal-ventists Out of Cripple Soul were cast. Here in '"blackness and tlie tempest," And beneath the thundering curse, All these bondage sons of llagar Gathered up their babel force. fiere the}^ walled about their region. To exclude all angels' strol]. And so fear all apparitions That they carnify t]ie soui. And, lest God should make them troubl% Say they're onlj^ llesh and wind, Knowing he will never bother With the lower cattle Idnd, POE^rS OF GI^\Cip AND T U "IT, loU BDOTIi'S ALL XOISE KD:TIii>r Satan liacl the city courtetl, And to many tliey agrc^ed. "WJieii the nuptials celebrated, They were nidel}^ cliavivarul Marched a brigade, all red shirted, General EGotli in chief command, Proudly O'er them banners Haunted, An imposing martial band. Tlien tlicy broke the grave-yard silence Of the city, lost in dreams. Drums were boating loud and vigTOUS, Olh.ers thumpiiig tambourines. All the town awoke in panic. I'eams took friglit and ran away. Kcrvous men were seized with i'raiitic, And the devil v\'as to pay. Da.y and night tliey kept the racket Of the drumming round the tow-u. Seeiug they would never stop it, Couiicil niot to siiut them dovvn. But tlie loud noisation amy Said their mission was i'rom God. Uooth, they thought more wise than JesQS. Had supplanted Ilim as head. I4C' ,so:;j. cr.:rp; i^ c:ty, Christ ]:al L-icked the special wisdora, Rloiioy r.ikiiig to demand Of the ])r?'iciiers he commissioned, As tlio}' traveled o'er the hind. Booth preeminence obtaining. Oji his financiering tact, Now jisserts lii;:- lordship standing^ Filhiig out wliat Jesus lacked. Jesus even was so simple That lie sent His Jieralds torth Witliout drum or linkliag cymbal, Nor a t::un]jOiu-ine ; for-soo!h Taught, if lie but be uplirteJ, And His love the peoj:)]e saw, Tlirougli the melling of His Sj)irit, Then to Him all men would draw. This the GJeu'ral thought a failure, "•Christ aloiie will never do, If the world ^ve lione to capture, "We must marcli vv'itli x)omp and sliow^ A "kingdom not with observation," Will not t;dce in our day ; Teii to one v.ii! join religion, J;' we make a lin^ dis:)lav.-'' rwK\:S OK Gir\c:c a:cd tiiltii. T-II Chri?t, w'Q i\';;d. is '^'head" and ''captaiiij'' Oi II;.-- Clir.iv-li and kiiv;doin 'pure, I^uoili ]ii-;\>:i:ncHl Iiimself coniiuission. Into rival oilicc swore ; As it irr;)\-ed a speculation, Oao 3Iv)',)r.\ Ihouglit he'd share the spoil ^ So tliey spsil t'le claUeration 111 two ariiiics on tliis soil, KoAv Ihoy plant tlieir rival forces, Froiilir.g each in battle line. E:icl). to Ciich lift np a "'war cry," Ih-avC'V s;)iilo t!ie tainbourine. Moore, liJO tia'(;:r. eeixed the barracks. And conini;;!Kl in ciiief assumes. So the}' lire on each other, Willi their paiiited ''Quaker guns." But the safely of Soiil-r^jipple Was e iuai.igcr.'d by their din. Druuini'n-^, tliumpin/:; like a rabble Nuisvace, a sliockinp; sin • AILvingX'hrist^in all -their babel, Heii ap])roved profanity. Drmikanls leave tlieir Vvhiskey gnzzlmg, Join the ar.ny, JouJ and brave, 1'c tile pious 'tis so puzzliiig, L'linns and taniboui-ines can saTO. Tinifc soon inoves it ne salvation, J,;: enlhusJosiic spelL Soon liie sIi;il!o\v weak sensation L;>:>vts the soul cnrcute lor iieil roois or gpacl aat teutu. 713 JCIIKSOX^S ALL-IIAIL EDITK N. TVIizie tne Dusmcss of iSoul-Cripple Made :V- wanted daily round, Av5d lier crutches selling rapid All along her market ground. And her merchaiits waxing wealthy, By the 'bundance of her trade, SJsddeniy there rose a sturdy, Who no little trouble made. ^W the people of 11 le cily W ere much startled by a sound, Tiiat proceeded from a speaker, And ro-ehcoed all around In the cliieffcst convocation, At the corner af the street. On a store-box elevation Spake the man with zealoRS heat £o ihc crippled souVans hearkened. Horror stricken into mutes ; Tor that voice so loud and l-;>iiow fc>eemed to co/ie up from his boots. Tea it rattled ; "gainst the bi:o? dings, Like an angry threatening row. iBo tlie people canie togetiier, W'cnd'rinir what was ccnnug now. 141 toi-r.. :::■:::■;.[: c:tv. And ljol:o]d I it was a prondier, ill a ilecj) and i:ul t'ral tone, Cijing, '"]>iit awtiv yotir crutches, Stand co'nplete in Christ alone. 'I'hQre'a no us;) of all this hobbling On VQur siniul seclish props, Tiir^ydv inventions of tha devil, Aiid iJAir njerchants gaudy lops. ♦••youv divisions aro ill wicked,. i'hey enL^ender oidy striie; Jesus prayed that iii:^ (iiscijiks, Should be'onc liere in this hie. iNol, ills Word, but you.r inventions, Have begot ton ])V.Yly ]i ics, ThereiV;re burn up all your crutches, And repent of all y(.u; sins." This vras now an awful message, In the. c;u'S of Cripple-Soul, •'lie's a n^over o!' fodition, ^;k1 a sacriligions IV. o\" Cried the people in a clamor, Keaih tiie sniariing ol his scourge. ThouLih ]nuch truth was in his hammer, Kul a coal was in his lor^ . . r.ji::s cr cj^aci: a::j nxi::. Er.t Iho fierce intrepid scolder ^Vas not eas'ly driven vui. So Ihtit niijit he took ]i;? corner. And rcsiimcd Ins j^mj-i)'.^ out Hail and j;r3pt;-'iOt on llie crutclnics, Qnile lo lurak i])e unsinc^s x-j). £o lie nnule tlie b:il(']on n'cri'.iic.uis SwuIIOAV down 3 bilici cu].'. V»'licn llio icHid d'senurso \Yas over,, An;l '.))e !x-\3^Lc(iou ]io\ved, 'Iloand Ibc sj-v-. kor there did gather Qniie ^n i!xli.:!;;iii'.n crcnd. *'\VhY invt'iph jiu'a'.ni... our crutches'*' One and all lioii;!;; to cry, On (hern we In.'ve leaned lor ;:^gcs -And we'll ridv them till we die.'*" Kay, bid ai,>s\vered Lyman Jolmson— - For lliat ^^as l! e speakers name — Christ is all wo need to lean on, Bui yoi.M' cvntches jnake you lame. O.K- liien. uave this quip r(;ioinder, ••ii:;;Oiibii;l.ency you sh,ou\, V» iiiU; you sniiu; us witli ycur Jismmer^. You vour-seii' on crutchts no.'' -lio scrL-fTjrF3.,E r.'iTr. This prov'ked a burst of cheering. When llie laughter did suhside, And ilie stranger had a jiearing, He ^^ehcmentl}'' denied. But rejoined again the other, '/Do not lie, for it is true, "Since }-ou left the lap of mother, You bavo rode on crutches too." -"Not a man in all Sonl-Cripple More tlian you on crutches ride. Lilvvi; your spiii? your creed is crooked, As ii" satasi sat astride. 'We have all some kind of 'crutches, And we t'liuk it no disgrace, "Hut the man that Ivceps his covered Best be scarce abodi this place." At tb.is Lyman dtqw more chafy, And in loiid delciice he cried, ■'*Tt is J also, I have no hobl^y, On no ]i;icl:ne_ye';l props I sirido. "OJirist is all I wnrit I tell you, All yovir crnV-hcs I disdain, 'They're a cui'so to all \l:is city, They dishonor Jesuc^ name." re::.:.- o;- t.u:u:!<- a^d tultji. .t-*T 'J'Leii they, pressiug round him, rudely Kaised his s;icerdo:.ai p:cr\v'i-j, "^¥hen, behold' i(^ hi.^ conmsion, There the man Avns lurjginii; down 'T^'ixt th.e sam3 old Quaker crurclies Oil iheir m;:irket long had stood. Then great laughter ainl derison Bv.iBt irom all the nuillilude. Uius exposure ttiT've Oie pester in confusio}! oiU Uie row]!. Kow liiere v^as a Quaker common, Held by thorn an 1 Booth alone ; iSIortii aivd \\-est\v;u.-i.l from the city; On thai bleak and dreary site lie took so[uatier'a right to f;ettle. And to. carry on the ligiit. Twas a slightly elevation, From tlie groat contusion town, Winch advanu'gtMous "oosidon 'Nabled liin:- to scaiter down Hail and all annoyijig missiles To molest Ihe devotees. Hiding yet l:h aritl-naggy, lieVi assail theL" crutclieries. «4^ Then (his Ccipplc Soul toriTiciiter, ■ Struck upoii this new device ; Built a lyveat relVii:;erL;tor, Tiuib vroul'l in;iunfa';tiire ice, Which, ];y Kaiiiaiftr and b}- winter,. Witji an engiiKny of wur, He t.in;8'V on ^hd iViUid city AU Uieir resiless pence to mar. 1} what lormcAL and what sorrow From that north edition came, JI»il-slones now and ice toniorrow, Tripped and «lunib]ed nil the lame* . ijk'od and fire lie never nrlngled, All a friii^-id a^:pect wore. So the chilly bhvsl.s oi" Ly:nan Fi^Oiie their dead reliirion mors. jgjj-Y-Taijsp- ytsss" v^g^ v^'^^iBsy V va ss^v^a iy v '^t RUSSEL'S HOAX-AGE EDITION. J'uST v:hat jKlvorso monlding; jbrcGS ^I;;;.- h;.vo -■:.-:H>e under par, JBy the ';-a:id;:^]d of his \visdom : y^v he Uioaght, 'Lwere better iai^ TIuu i:: beei^ co;b;ned to lieaveii, An;i r»iat a]], must lu it dwell ; Jjut, de^ir ! t::;it di-e;idiul inrum Ol' an evevia>ting iieil 1 Tlio' '(.will do oil earlli to'J)ri^3on Me'.i wiio tbirst ibr hiivnau l/iood, Jill sliould freely stalk bi Heaven, Thief and villain, b;:.d and good. ■^Sinco the '\Vord gives laitiifnl v/ai'iiing^ That the vdcked must dej-isrt If they slight coinplete ;;;uvation, And ;:o ce:noriize tjicir hearb 3^' J SCUI,-(n;iI TLE CITY. Hassel sail! he would not stand it; Unless Gcd revised the Book, To the Avisdoiu ol'liis ethics He*'d drop on the skeptic liook. Since the Scriptures verse his reason, And declare tliere is a hell, He Ivicked out of Heaven's traces, And became an infidel. JBut to be a skeptic merely, Did not meet the devil's plan, That is stale and out of season ; So, said he, ''my faiHil'ul man, You've been bravo 'gainst the Bible, And abhorred tlie thoughts of IielL But you'll curse tire place still loudei '^\'licn v.'itii us a while you dweiL "INow I knov,' you love promotion, And I've found a place for you. We've devised, in lieirs conventioli, iSomething aUogetlier new. Or, at least, v.-e've dr'ssed it over, >S-o it cannot help I'ut take, For the restless hearted sinnet Wants a cooler for the "lake.** roE:.:s cf ghac:: A5i)T..Uia. 751- "Once we did a thriving busiacss On.-tlie universal bate. But the thunderbolts of heaven Knocked it wliollj out of date. Ko \Ye gave it a new dressing, And -confessed that lieil is right. But its flames would work redemption. And just burn the sinner white. This was also soon exploded Audi, it fell in disrepute; For in spite of all precaution, It showed up in hellish I'mlt. So we've now revised tlie system And will make anotlier run "STilh the same old lie tucked under Tiiis new garb, ''the age to come."' We bestovr on you the h.onor To be lioad of this }ievv' plan. Many socri would jum]3 the offer, But we tliink you are the man. Therefore publish to all nations That a favored nge is ne-^r, That will scoop all up to Heaven Who iiave served the devil heres- Need not teii tliem to Do -wicKcd. Tliey'il alleiKT (o that no doubt, "WliCii vou promise tliem our patent Oui'ning ago to help them out. -Por t!ic works Tve planted in them*' V\'il] ])ropel tlieiii right along, Into cvjy Jine of sinning When lh(i fears oi Jiell are gone. Mr. Russcl bov:ed p^:;\;tely And eiKi'^ressed no small surprise That, amid his numerous fam"]}^, He sliould so e()nS:)ieuoiis rise. '^Since,''' said lie. ^'it's fallen on me To bo head and patentee Of this lalesL shiil inferna], 1^11 accept it clieerfully." €o they made a new edition. I'o the town of every cralt., 'Till too late dcyierred rodernption ; And ibr joy the demons laughed All Ihe sijiner";-; lust unbridled, AVho believe the soothing lie, *'Now's tlie time to dance and revel, And get pious by and I)y. roEJis t3F liriACT;; axd Tr.uTJi. ■*'Yo-p; good tidin2;'=;, \Ir. Rusff-';!, ijJiits ouv wishes very well ; For we love to ?erve the devi:, Eut kept ])ack ibr fears of iieli. The Old Bible has baivatioa Forced iinoa ilie peor:)}e '•now,'* J3ut I hke your new ediiion, Y\^iiere the fulure age will do. •«Whal-s tlie me fo be Religions Wiiere it inalces the de\il rage. Just keep liack, he won't disturb us In tiie Russelsonian age. And its nice to Ijave his favor, In this V\''orld where lie's at home, So well serve hiin till he leaves us, in the liappy age to cojne. "The old Bible's far loo narrow, All its ho;^e must liere begin. So we'll stretch .t to anothe.- Age, to liave more time for sin." On a lielhvard leaning ''Tower," luissel and the devil sit, AVliile their f;i!.s.-..o )d lovijig army's Mi.r. h ng ov.ir.vaid to the pit. i^i ^-OU.L-CT.irr'LE cv:tv. GOD CALLS ins PEOPLE OUT OF ilElW While llie populace of Cripple But corrupted all their way, (lod beheld in sovereign pity, Some Vv'ithiu her prisons lay, Who were citizens of Zion, And vvere of another heart. jLliese ail hoard a voice frovn heaven, Oome ^'■nry people" thence depart. ' Yea, arise, depart ''my people," "This is not at ail your rebt,"' JFor, alas ! it is polluted, T'vvill thy soul in tophet cast, And destroy with sore destruction. Lest her plagues upon thee fall, i'lee ye out the midst of hab'lon And deliver novr thy soul. Ivlica]i-2:10. Jer.5i:6. Jesus Christ the aAvful "Breaker" Then came up before tlieir face, ' To assemble all of Jacob, And redeem them by His grace. So He oxjened up a passage, Through the gateway led them out. ' As their King passed on before them, j All the multitude did shout. ^ Micali 3: 13. U VYlien tlie Lord Gvr.cnated, Lei't Jier empty, desoliite, ^orth He calJed the iiouest hearted, He Hinis^ii' Aviliioafr litr gate. "Come,-' coine all ye '■•uny people/* Or my face no more ,yoiriI see, Hear my voice no more in babel, Hasten out and come to me.'' Rev. IS: 4, 2:3. Yet within jier meshes lingered Soine v,"ho vrere of -'double iiiind.'' Who loved God, but knew not whetheti They could leave all else behind. Then, with Trumpet louJly soumiing,. Messengers Jehovaii sent, Preacliiiig the Etei-ual Gospel, And commanding all repent. Hol;ed in spotless wliite of Heaven, (xlory shone, upon their face. And tlieir words, an awful hammer, Foil liiie hajl-stone on the place. Bui there wrs yet \v;t'i it mingled Flaming lire, and the blood; Tiiese they cast upon tlio people^ Aud extoled the ^io!i of Gud. T^ -s-uuL-cr.iri'LE city. JEIaii destroyed their false religion, Wliile the blood and lire combined. Cleansed and purged unto perfection, All who were of willing mind. £oon the wood, and hay and stubble, Caught on lire all around, And their fact'ries were in danger To be leveled to the ground. 1^'or these heralds spake in power Awful burning Avords of God. X'reaching Christ and full redemption, Through His all atoning blood. JSach one had a golden censer, Filled Avith Heaven's lioly liamo, Whicii they cast upon the city, J:i their King's ^ilmighty name. Tlien rdl they who sighed for freedom, 4nd abiiorrtd the city's deeds, Wept for joy to hear the tidings, A.nd renoiuiced their dAvarfing creeds. "Long," said the.y, -'we have been waiting For the light tliat shines to-day, "T?is th.o truth we have been seeking, And we'll tread its ^jlden v/p.y. roi::.i's cf grace akd thutii. 15T But now cnne the days of trouble For that city of ill hie ; For the Lord arose to. judge her In her uicked Sodom state. So "their la:.^es gathered blackness. And '"they gnawed their tongues for pai%'* • For her nierchaiidiss was perished, Dead and gone her liopo of gain. They were "mad upon their idols," And they strove against tlie Lord. Even gnashed upon His servants, Just ).)ecaiise tliey preached His Word* Eacii began at once cxtoling His own iiob'oy verv much. Crying, "Great is our .Diajina, And all giory to our cruLcli. *lf yoti hun\ up all our cr'itches And ooasiune our I'actorios, You will leave us stripped and wasteT>oi'll\i- irra^icJ2*» rOI'MS OF UPtAOE AND ^RHTI. IGl- ^'Nay,'' replied the herald of Heaven, "I'd not blast, but ranch improve, And enlai-ge the i'ruits of labor. Those poor crops can never prove That yonr crutch is an advantage : Thej obstruct your arms and hands, As you labor iu tlie vineyard, As you hobble o'er the lands. "If some products have been gathered, Ey weak (•ri[)ples hung on poles, HoAV muc.i gL-eater were the harvest^ And the v.utagc of poor sotiIs, Had you c.;st olf all encumbrance, And like men, erect and strong, Swi tly i atherjd in aibundance, While on props you've moped along, "0 ye fod'sh gcn'rationl All su )ve -ie I. b'iud and dumb! How unfit ibr distant natiuns, Ail d viJe.l lu're ; t home. You have ■ omp vssed land and oceaa, See n^- s Is ostensibly ; But have sl-niu -■' t "• vny ];eathen, Eacli with rival « rufclierv." -162 souL-crjprLE citt. Then arose another zealot, Who avered his crutch the best, Said he'd not exchange for any Other patent on the list. . But the herald answered quickly, "God cares not to have you swap, But flee out this cursed city. And give all her business up." . Lo, this causfd the man to shudder. Filled ^vith horror and amaze. • "O my crutch ! my crutch! ! ray city I Eather Jet the orient ])laze, -Never light again my vision; Let my tongue forbear to move, . And my hands forget their cunning. If my crutch I cease to love ' "Should I cast away my "Method.* O what could I lean upon.'? I should have to seek anotlier, Or soon break and topple do"\v . So to give up all our crutcli.es Would but lead to ot'ier kind -And, alas ! there-re now too miai>^ They confuse and craze the mind.'^ tCE:.:S OF GRACE AiilD T..UTH. IC3 '"You would take away our leanings And you bid us walk erecl". But this would be unbecomiiig, An^ a thing we can't expect. 'There's none joerfeet, no none perfect! ■ So. we can't, we can't be straight 'Till we quit this liCe of sinning, And we enter Heaven's gate." Then the angel answered, "Cripples, You deny the po\v'er oi' God. Y'ou ignore the great Physician, Who hath slied His precioas blotf^, 'Thee to suve in perfect soundness, , And respine you by His might, Put you wall-iuig u^jrigli!:, soaring Like the eagles sunward iligiit. *'In His name, the Great Jehovah, > We must blow tliis avri'ul blast, Judgment, ire and lull destruction On this wicked place is cast. "Therefore allvour crutches, idols, * ■ ■ Gather in a gei^ral heap, .And t' appease the wrath of Heaven Burn them, bum them in the street. .134: £:OT-L-ca-r:,E cttt, *'This thy cup that God has given, Cuj) of worm\\'ood and of gall. Ye must drink it all-j^e nations, "Drink, be drunken, spue itnd ftili.^ So they dranlv tlie cup of fury-, And were "moved and mad and teil/'' *'0n their glory shameiul spewing,'' Filled the place with fumes of iisll. Then those fac'tries where the cnit:!hes- Were turnevl oat in great supply. Soon were wrap[:ed in red destruction;. And the peoj de raised a cry, O my crutcli'ry ! my crutchiy ! Woe is me this evil day. O my great and noble fact'ry, In its ashes soon must lay! When they saw tlieir pri le was burning,, And their merchandise had. lied, Far at sea lier merchants v^^eeping, Casting dust upon tlieir head, Loud bewailed her sudden ruin. Saying, ^-O alas! alas!! Our great city cLou;ed in purple, Lies a biuvtiing smoking mass. Kev.]S:lo-ia. TOTALS ■;■' nr^cj!'. AUD "^.trr:: 165 "Then the angel of Jeliovali Said to all: the holy ones, "*'Re;o'ce A])ostles, and ye Heavens Over Iier, as juJgnieat comes.'' And they shoutid, Alleiuja! •JNoAV is coms salvation pure, -.-And the lihvz( oin an 1 ilie glory /. Ot oiu' Go 1 iorever more ! 'Then the c'ty was di de 1 : All the good and pure and bit?st .Dee] er into God cn:i ed. ' i\nd altained His oly rest. Ewn 'mid the wil i ommot'on Oi the city's utter la J, 'Tlioy resolved to go to aleai. / nd their King was d 1 in all./ 'TI Gfe all cast away their crutches, ■ And began to wixlk ■ rec . .But the cliildren ol' con usion. Though- more numerous, were deject. ] or it rievedtheni sore t'lat many Had ignored their wooden gods. 'So they gnaslied upon tlie pilgrims, Beat them with their stilted hobbs. '^>'^ SOUL-Cr.I?rLE CITY. And, i)9!!oM ! wiieii Quaker Lj^maa Saw his ice was melting down, Yet delaaied the holy remnant, Biora than all in Cripple Town. In so much that justice ordered, Tliat his name and deeds befit, This due change should be recorded, Namel}^ should be "Z/e-man" "wnt^ ^ow had come 'the separation ■Ti\nxt the cripples and the sound, 'l.Vixt the jo3^iul in salvation, And abject oh crutches found. Those set out for true Itfount Zion, With a bright and jo^'^ful hope. These still linger in the ruins, 'Mid the dust and ashes grope. Yea the}' are so mad confounded, Aild unto their city's fame Are so blindly yet devoted, Tiiat amid the very iiame, TJiey do weary them witii building Structures that the ilames consume; And thc}^ close their eyes from seeing i'aleVs judgment and her doom. Jci 51 Gy. Hab.:-2 12, 13. rOKJIS CF «RACE AND Tr.UTH. 167^ Fallen! Fallen ! is the city, And an habitation, drear. Of each foul and hateful spirit. Yea of demons thronging there. Satyrs dance amid her revels. Doleful beasts, and birds unclean, Goats and imps, and fools and devils, Mixing up, combine the scene. All her priests divine ibr money, Cater to the pride and sin Of tlie carnal minded many. Whom their net hatli taken in. While the blind lead on the blinded, All deceived, deceiving all, ISatan smiles upon the business. Death and hell cast on the palL Here on her we drop the curtain, And shut out the od'ous scene. 0, thou filtliy bloodj" harlot. Hell is straitened with thy sin. Farewell ail ye sordid cripples. Nay, how can we say farewell, "Fear, the pit, and snare, upon thee,"' Must attend thee down to hell. Jfr.i8.43. 4y^ sc'iTL-cpjrPLE c:ty. But adieu, for "\ye must travel With the reinnant who return. Fleeing ironi the fall of babel, To the New Jerusalem. Hark! a noise like many v/aters! ^is the captive's jubilee. like the voire of mighty t!ia:iders. Hallelujah! we are free! For, beiiold! with joyful wonder, Just out side the crumbling wall, ■ Of that hold of craft and plunder, There the pilgrims iound withal, First a highway, then a higher, '■'•Oalled the way of Jioliness." .Here the God of love and power, Raised them up to rigiiteousness. Isa. 8o:S-:0. E:)L.2:6. .Here they ganiid eternal safety, From the prowling i.e.isls around. Lions, vultures, lieasts of raven, Never sh;iJl tliereo]! be found. •'But tliero A\'alk tlie holy people. '•Awl the ranso:i:e i r f t;)e J.ord Slu'ii reUii-i^ and come to Zion, O-A this li gh,v;.iv uj' Ills ^\■ori. ^.rsv tlio host in jorfnl Ireeciom, Ai\d svveoL order move tijong. Fiikd M-iili ov^:'rl;l^^ln,I^ Pi'Ory, Souudiiii; loLui IJje vu'tor''s song. 2senror, i«j:ii'er, to ^loinit Zioii! Sonxju', sighing Jlee a^vnv. Aivl tlie strains Ox (i.ii-iels iiarping F&ll upon LUt-in all iLe da}^ Here :ind nioro Hie light of lieaven l>rovc the slia-Jo^'.vs J'rom the day. Grac! :ind truth wore nch.]y given. All iilons; ths ^^hiniJig way. ITA Hm:; vuvq "beloved Ciiv,'" h^jrst in grandeur on oar sight^ TIuii" was hid in captive ages, Till the dawn oi evening light. IIa:lehvah ! Glor/ ; Giory!; We h:\ve found a sweet release i IVowi vlie strips and yokes oi' bahel, Pro]n her lords and gruif police. rVec Viii e-cid ro 11 ail coj)fusion: Kent the chains of servitude. Fi\i ■ : <:ee 1 1 O great sa. vaticn !, 'iiiTough tiie biool, liie cleansing blood! ITO sorLcr.irrLE cnr. Saved from clamor sect and ism. From the mold of every creed. From the curse^ of strife and schism, Dead to all her mammon greed. . We defy the hold of devils, And despise her patent ru^es, Kot a terror in her councils, JNot a horn, npou her bulls. Kg Tobiaii in the temple, To defile the holy fane. And consume the meal oblations That unto the priests pertain. All his stuff's east out the chamber,' And the cleansing is complete. jS'o more wedding with Sanbatlat, "y JS^or can hell .again defeat. Nell. 13: 7— 13,20, 2±, 28. All the breaches in salvation, Eound about Jerusalem, Are closed up against the nations, 'Gainst the ites of Babylon. Moabs, Arabs, Gog and Geshem. 4 Egypt, Sodom, lioronites, \ Ha]f-l)red Ashdods, S;d>batli trader Canaanites and Ammonites. IT.li. C: 1,2. Hi: IC, 2:1, 2i. POE^ilS OP GTvACE AND •^'n.UTJI. ,, 111 So the saints are free Iv^'Ver, From the fear of beast controls To the Kings beyond the river Pa}' no tribute, custom toil. Free from ibreign intervention, Circuit tax anci revenue, From Sanbailat's sect convention in the valley of •'(jno."' Free from conf 'rence n:; a c hi nations. From committee's roand of trash. From preambles, and discussions, From the speaker's carnal lash. Free irom making, and revising, Laws ibr Babel's stupid god. Free Irom voting, wire-pulling, "All a pompous empty fraud." Priest credentials — ^a deception Only needed by the quack, Void of Holy Spirit unction, Trusting in a musty stack . Of old sennons garb'ed and stolen—" And Soul-Cripple lesson leaves^ : All were bound and left consuming^ ' With her thorn and brier sheaves, ^aliian 1. 10. 173 SCUL-CrJPPI.E CITY, Is.ot a st®ne for a Ibiindation, Nor to lay a corner doWn, Did the ransomed carry with them,, From old fallen. Cripple town. For their "city hath foundations," And her builder God alone, Pure as Heaven, wlience descended^.; And returning to His throne. Bui who is this Holy City, As tiie moon so brig'ut and fair,- Looking forth in aii tlu? glory Ortiie morning ?-un so clear? Ah ! she is tlie Bj-ide of Jesus. His own Churcii, arrayed in white, Lo: His l:>eauty is upon her, And Himseli' ]\er crystal light. . Ca'nt. 0: 10. Rev. 21. . God is in her. halh'lujai'i I •' Ar.d sJie riever shall !);;;moved! Jesus (.'Jlnist is her foundaUon, And Jier rig! il iKyusness, M.p proved. AM iier luw is love; raid ireedom Is lic" bidniv, atjn v^phere. Far more sweet and blest tiian.Eden,, ' 1- h-er valk with Jcsii.s Iri^ra. P0L-3IS CF GIIACK AND 'JIIUTII. 17'3 All her music is CelGstial, Sang by angels round ilie lIirOD3, And then waited by tlie Spirit To this border-land of liome. All the ransomed sing together, In angelic harmony, By salvation made a unit, As in Heaven all agree. ' Kot a spnit of dissension. Nor discordant vcjice we hear. For no alien, ever entered, iS(Or can ever enter here. Christ the door, and His salvation Is tlie way to eater in. And thr.High Him tliere's no admissiQp, ^\ ithout 1 -HAiiiz every sin. Jcsns is our Head aid Ealer. A:i.i I'js W'oj'.l oLii only guide. An I i i-; gentle Spidl: leader. 1 e ou p KCG, a. constant tide, llowici in ^~* Mid waters cold and dark. Hew woiiderlul the mystery^ Astonished, men exclaim, That hearts so knit iji unit}', Gould ever part in twaiJi. ]Bnt "some of them that understand — In Daniel we are told 11: 35. Shall iail, alas ! in time ol end, Though while and tried as g;oldi. Sib JriZCKLLAVKCUS r^F.X?. Thus Vv'isdom speaks iti than'Ier toaes^ O oarth behold His sijrns ! The end is nigh, the Savior comes, How perilous the times I Our precious boy, so sweet and pure. Has iost. a mother's love : His little hes.vt could well endure, Were she but irone -above. One niothf^r onl.v nature gives. To every chiitl oi' earlh : But others now supply t'le place, Of ker that gave lum birth. O happy day if ever grace, Shall rncli: that heart oi tliine! That son may see within thy tac^ A niother's love, Divine. We suffered some adversities, A portion all must line!, Wlien couipassed round by dwoteeSt' \Vhose creeds we'd left ■behin** rCLJIi OF GRACK AXD Tr.UTIT. IT*?" When pressing to the hai'vest field, Of everlasting trutli. And just before the goldeii yield, Ahis ! you turned aloof. how I wisli liiat you could share In these ecstatic daA's : Enjoy tlie liglu, of God so pure, And lielp to :-iiig His ja-aise. My ?onl !iad longed for more of God, More glory iiilhec/oss ; But never dreamed that it must cpma^ Through such a bitter loss. 1 cannot chide Tdis providence, But count it all Ihe best: For in each stoi'ni of violence I sirdv to svv'ceter rest. 'T's good to loarr. in fwrjir'.ce flnme What Christ the Lord can do : Oble;s.^' ' '^'y'},inne[ lie ^.c'uLly Jei.i<.s mo iiirough. •178 MISCELLANEOUff'TOEMgi, Twns not a rival filled thine eyes, With colored fancies rare ; Bui satnn came in deep disguise, And \vrou<2;lit the dread aiFah'. Thus came the fiend in Eden fair, The woman's heart to win: "With charming words of wisdom rare, lie 3)lu.nged the world in sin. And so betrayed Delilah, to TJie Plniislines of old, Her luisband ; when >et feigning true, lli-s .secret did u nib Id. Agnin in hell the council sat, Ivenc^wed the ciu'serl ])lan, That Adam saw, and Samson met, To overthrow tiie num. And instrument adroitly used, A plot infernal, black, 'To f|iiencli the burning present truth, ^Vnd turn deliv'rance back. J>oiid rang a shout of hnhel joy, Supposing Trulli had died: But forth she came, witliout alloy. The bettor, being tried. We still are joined in Edents t)on3, or matrimony true : Wliile life endures yet indissolved, It binds my heart to you. ^o court of'man, or satan's power Cnn disannul the tie : Though spirits rent, in evil hour, ''One ilesl),"' are you and 1. "No lace so fair, no heart so warm, Upon this verdant sob Shall alienate with rival cliann The wiic received of God. So 1 will walk with Ood alone, And l>less His holy juune, Till lie sludl bring the alien home 'i'o tUvell in love again. it^Q ^SliCELI.AXKOUS POTTo. In vision oi llie nig'lit I saw — And woke to joyi'ul praise — True nature j'eimprint her law. That ruled thy former days. "From nature's pure aJTeciions then Grace lead t(; love Divine. Tliep. Heaven's l/liss aloiie can bound Our mutual jo\'. sublime. God i;r;uit that (his may real prove Tlu'(nmli comin:;- years ol'linse. And in His shiuinir courts aLuvCj An endless crowji be thine. The hand of God alone can taT^e Tiie broken diords of love. And Iciiit (iiem in a iir.ion, sweet As love's pu]-e reign above. Here I will close my pi'esent rhyme^ r.ut over ]>ray for you. That Ciod m:iy i:ive you back ai.';uin, The lieart of woman 'ii'ue. POIOIS OF GKAcrr n^rcD TllUTII. l^t p'ar xtjfCiy ty'*cffi£SJi^ty Then touched by sweet seraphic strains. With all tlie Heav'nly thron.2" I'll shout aloud my Savior's praise. And sill"" another son''. V . u !rJ J\- m iQY mm sidi]ey If/^l^ HE heart tliat feels a fatlier's love, ^\1 And swells with love's rsturn, l^^'l Will kindly bear this over |-^3^'2 Toward my only sou. ■ How, Yes, Sidnej^'s love so blent v-'itli mine, A poem shall employ . A token left to coming tira'd, That lather loved his boy. One geiit'e vine, thy tendrils sweet, Around m,v soul entwine. A comlb.'t lelt in sorrows deep, One licart to beat wiUi mine. POEMS OF GRACE AND TRUTH. IS' l«i??r ap^iyiSSSSS^V Thy life lias dawned in peril's d:iy, ]\Iid wars that Heaven shake ; Thy summers five, eventl'ul, they Like sm"ges o'er thee break. Tliy little soul has felt the^^ock, Of burning babel's fall; AVlien hell recoiled in fury black, And stood ia dread a^^inall. But wreaking out his vemreani"'^ -o-t-^ Like ocean's terror dark; Hell's monster came atliwart the low Of our domestic bark. Thy guardian angel v/ept to see This brunt of fury sweep The girdiugs of maternity From underneath thy feet. But pity still lier garlafids weav^ Around thy gentle brow; And angels on tliee softly breathe Their benedictions now. J,S-1 IIISCELLAXEOT-'S POLJIS.* ^ (m ^p ^J ^ 1 Him^ ' y ' ^ ' ii Tliey soothe and blffss tliy manly heart, And wipe away, thy tears. So tempered to thy bitter lot, The bitter sweet appears. An e3;iie now is each to each; ■ As banislied far at sea, A martyr on Ids island beach, I daily think ol' thee. And stronger Jove has seldom spanned Thcmocking bil-ows, wild, Tiinu arc the chor.h^ that ever bind T For ere the liglit of day had shone, In thy unfolding eyes; Vve gave thee tip to God alone, A living sacrilic6. And oil, repeated wnen aSiDabe, To God our child was giv'n; And Jesus heard the vow we made, And wrote it down in Heav'n. So like a little Samuel, von ]\]ust ansAver, "Here am 1.* Give all your lieart to Jesus too> For Him to live and die, Li''^ Snmuel, serve the living God, His temple Ije lliy lionie, In love oljey His holy AVord: Thy gentle heart His throne. The Lord is good, my darling boy, He touched thy body well, . And He will bless thee ever more,' If in His love you dwell. A new edition may you be, or lather's love and zeal, But enlarged so wondrously ; .• That earth thy tread may feeL I® i^^MSW^M^j&r'^^^^^tL^ i^'te-^,^ '^^^>^ j:^:aAi;Y ]tt, 1500. \-^v1 -^m^ XOTIIKTJ year has come and gone. ^^^t^^^ 80 swill !y Jlows unceasing time. i'W^":^!>Ji Forever on and on and on, /(#'^„V"-4!i3' "WilJi sorrow's groan and mcrrv cL:me 'K^si^i Conimiimled in ils surging li(](\ %S^ 'rin\c ijear.s along upon its lino 1 Poor iiuniau wrecks, by sin dcslroyed. Yet. o'er its stream the lian 1 oi' ( »o ! JStill bends His bow of ho;)e lJ!\if Its hues of love in beauty siiin^. Anotljer year of hope and fear Has swept around its dial ])h\te, And with it tJiousands disappear To higher bliss or awful fate. God grunt to us who yet survive A heart of fervent gratitude, And grace lisat A\e jinay wholl.y livo To glorify tlie Source of .Good. Then should tins be our final year We'll sink to rest williout a fear. SIISCKLLAyEOrS rCETJS. Another j^ear hatli brought its store, 111 rich profusion at our feet, That we should Iieart and soul adore Our Maker's love so hroad and deep. And liavo you east your bread upon The waters of tiie passiui;- year, In liope that Aviiat your hands have done. Will in mac'lifu.t lire jiood appear? Then as thy faith so shall it be, In coniiug days thine eyes shall see. Another year, how vras it spent ? Leaf back its record no v/, and see. Have from thy lite such virtues went, That, blessing others, back on thee Hebounded in a ricli reward ? Or hath the yc:.\r roiled o'er tlu'' head. With no oblation to its Lord ? Then thy own soul tliou liast not i'ed, And Christ the Judge will say to tliee From men withheid, thou liast from n3€u Anotlier year ! IIov/ many more Will pass till all the ficeting Iraia Shall disappear upon the shore Of retrospection's endless plaiji,^ Behold the past with signals jievr. rOE2IS OF GRACE AY.I) TllUTIi. ISO lias riisLed along before our eyes, Presaging that but veiy few Shall lollcw 'till, in dread surprise, This A^ orld shall see the woelul end, . And all the sons of God ascend Another year of solemn space Leaps forth irom vast futurety, And, winter- girded, starts his race Back into past eternity. Old 1in:e cnce strictly measured off. And wrapped around this earthen ball — Sot Heaven's plan just long enough — Unwinding tast will soon be alb As earth revolves each day and year, Tiie end of time is drawing near. Another year begins to-day, What solemn destinies arc hid Within its iolds we can't foresee, As on its margin ground we tread. If from its lap some bitter drop, O give us gi-ace to make it sweet. And bless the bard that hokls the cup, And makes all things together meet, For good to tliem who love Bis name, i\i.d move upon Uis holy plane. MISnilXANKOUS POKMS J\noiher ycr.r .• arni witji it ccmcs A call for Yfiliant heai-ted men. All panoplied m rieav"nly arms, The tide of sin and hell to stem. Devoted hearts to God and truth, AVho dare unslieatli and use the s\70i'(l Of sin-destroying love, forsooth. "Win back the humble to the Loi-3 irriF CE1.LANE0US voi^ni Tliougli tender cliords liave 'snapjpecT in twain, !Eacli bitter loss has proved a nmii. i O wondrous grace ! O love Divine ! That sweetens all our years of time 1 The years may come, the years may go. And wiLli them bear this life below. My last shall end in heaven's day, Where all OTir tears are wiped away. iR inward fe8liii?:s testifj, 'With Revelation from on high, tf.i^to^Vrhat in tliis tenement of chiy ri^^l-o)^^ Dwells something;- that must live for aye. 4^\ord of trulli, Gmite down His ibe.'^, and redeem His Churcii, From the rivals of His Son. O awful day of His burning wratli ! 'I hrougli the earth His judgments run. Uis angels fly in the midst of Heav'n, With a startling fierce command, "Fear God. To Kim be thy Avorsliip given. For His judgments are at hand." *\His mighty ones," all the '■'sanctified," '•For His anger He hath called." The pure alone can the day abide, While the wicked flee, appall e(L All heaven is moved, and the earth is riven 13y the burning of God's ire. The dragon's host from the Churcli is driven, Neath the hail-storm, blood and lire. Aiiain appears the Bride of the Loid. Fttre and spotless through His bJo(Xi : A loud voice sliouts, ^'salvation is coKi^, And the kingdom of our God." 0:7 THE FLY LEAF OF A TESTAJIDT^T. :^)i AKE nov/ this volume true, ^^JlSj My cliild, and lei its -low ^^^^|.!JLii2;ht fill thy jJathway tliroui!,h. (^^=^^^ il^ ill its counsel grow. Dear Son this Boo!i revere, Its truth thy lieart instore. So peace shall crown tliec hero. And life forever ijiora. Its leaves witli food aLonnd For youth and coming years- In every grief is found Some word to dry tliy tears. It te,''s tliec !iOW to spend Thy life so pure and good. That angels oV-r thee l)end, A]:d IcaJ ihf.'O home to CJoil. G^}I3?EBUL l^EIQEniBIt^I^IClf. '-fTi^^ ei^jHILE birth-day presents gladden ^ % The object of our love i^ There should a warm affection. [ Toward another move. AVhat could more honor justice, Requite maternal throes, Than on our darling's birth-day, We drop a fragrant rose Upon his mother's bosom, The instruiilent divine. Through whom that gift of Heaven Toth sw:etly round us twine. 30S ^feCEM.ANLMI'S I'OTOIS So oa this 1 natal morning, , Wiiile Jrom our bosoms flow, Love-tokens on our darling, '"J'is meet that we bestow 8ome signal of affection Where lc:ig forgotlen pain, Adorned our liabitation, With gem of richest gain. Cod bless dear Sidney's mother! Thank Heaven tor this day! That calls upon a father. His debt of love to da}'^. A debt all means surpassing;, A claim Ave ne'er can lift, So with our greatful blessing, Accept this simple gift. PJ^:^'^^i^.:^^^^B^^'^^^M wu^ P1I?ES 7IIJD T^E^ES^. ame T'^M^X wo hands on earth are: joined, ilmf|i;".i « Two hearts by Heaven's fian '■^^b'j Into one jeAvel coined, ^-^si Are now no longer twain. ^ A thonsand miles apart, Two streams ofliie arose^j P^.ach llowing toward a point, JSow meet in love's repose. The hand of providence Marked out each channel well, Approaching east and west, Till tAvain one current swell. -210 M:SCBtXANEOUS TOEMS. » . m . ^ Two tribntaries meet, And gently coalesce, Both lost in one complete; May God this union bles?' Great peace forever flow. Within this channel deep, And on its mirror chow Love's angels pure and sweet. Along your verdant hanks May flowers ever biccm, And all ymu" life be thanks. An endless honey-moon. '^\e waters rippling move Pour music in your ears, And may ^'li^ song be love. All througn your hajDpy 3'eaT-s. 3Tay kmdncss be j^our star, And hope stand high and clear, And not one fam'ly jar Wring out a bitter tear. r ]:::s 07 grace axd ■ir.uTii. 211 -' (, J .J "JJiy* ^ ^' ■J j^LUl l ' \1 Kl-jj^Ljr If ^^^l^ njl «1] ...LI ' J t^l < Lii.y p'^W Dear James and Theresa now We wish YOU joy hideed : Ivind Ileaven bless your vow, And ill! your jpiiriiey speed. O may your ^^'^ddM life A ii'ee of virtufe prove : A liolv man and wife, IVill nierit Heaven's love. O let no selfish aim Intrude npon your bliss. That life is only gain, Th' "^ seek all men to blesSi t^.&i:f^^^M^^^ EEgT 3]]D PEIiHE £;. !^^^&^-^^ bless tl^e providence Divine. ^W^^i(^ That placed, so warm and true, Mj^crc^jf^DQiir I^ellie's heart and hand in thine- ^^^^M Dear Bert, to comlbrt you. God bless the pure and gentle bride. AYith Heaven's richest grace ! O Jesus in her heart conlide Thy everlasling peace. The hand of God still closer knit. Tlie twain in blissful one. And on their brow a miter set — Love's bright and jeweled crown — 1 oKj;t) OF GiiACi; Air.) -nii'xU. 213 God l)l3ss the pair in wedlock sweet With long and happy years, -Let angels oft tlieir dwellinc; irreet. And drive away tlieir cares. May Heaven crown this golden bond, With blessings ricli and rare ; And Kindness weave her tendrils round Tlieir paradise so fair. GELIyl ^l/D 11301)%. ^^ ELIA and Rhoda, sisters both, ^VjDOf the HeaYenly Spirit's birtli, Esteemed in heaven of boundless Avor(h! Aii consecrated to tlieir God, Made wiiite as snow in Jesus' blood, Are A'erv Ijiis'.' ibr tlie Lord. : Eiidu€.'d Avitii A'-jsdom very rare, Til Oi'Iice, Ivitelien, liero nnd there — Their road ,• Ii'iiius are ever-.' rr1ici\i- With unperj)le>:ed, iu>:tla<;llve s'.vl'.' Frame little birds, their, doijucile. So thesCj their varied duties illL roE:MS OF cr.ACE a^'d teuth. 2L A.S gentle as the devvs of Iloav'n, &LS silent as the mystic leav'n, riiey to their dai>/ work are givii. A.11 linshed but time's slow, measured tickv And preaching type's more rapid clici-:^ As dropping last within the stick. Their fnigers fly all o'er the case, Vv'itli the mu:iician's ntniost grace, And keep with c^uickest time apace^ Yea, even qnite outspeeding time, Swiit as by mogic wiieel in lino TJie type, their telling v/ords combine Soon line on line to columns grow, Then round tiie world their Yoi(.'es go, And set ten tliousand hearts a2;low. From east to west, froTn sea to sea. Their labors set poor captives free. And raise the shout of victorv. 2115 :.: i 3(JE LL a:. EC u s'jl e :.!^ . ^^\jtH^jilf\^< r- j i-.--_ijl ' jHl.,^^^l.^ i -L^JJLJM^ . So deep botrothe'd to Heaven's plan, And fully married to llio L-Ailib, Jn vain the i;loatij\t;- glance of man. lDi.»i»ying earth's fantaslic'lure, Tiieirlife a benediction [)!ii"e, 3 hcir stany ck-v.jjg in llcav'ii arc sure. '•■£< >>* ■xiS»' -tfj" JI' n-miOTl 112 C!{3FK. ^4 HE world is all in moiirnins: batlieSL "~S^ • ... '3 For a nation's Chief"'- lias died. ji<^^Him all due tribute we would give 4 But all glory tli' Ciucified. "Why this pompous cortego and sliow O'er a' lifeless bit of clay, While in this world of sin and woe Olmst is crucified each day ? And why all this sombre and gloom, For one man, s^id to be saved, While throngs, lost, arc going to doom. Twice dead in sin and depraved. U8 ^iiscDr.LAXEOus poe:,:s. Eight, ten or twenty miles or more Of crape our city o'er spread, Bat do not cover half the doors — Charnels of the livi^'g dea.d- O'er vile saloons,, and devil's dens, Sable trappings too appear; Suggesting death who sways within. Legal murder all the yeay. Tlie Nation's blood is all inflaraed At the felon's wicked crilne ; But think not of our noble slain. By the curse of beer and wine, If one WITHOUT a ltcexse kill, His death must the crime retrieve; But poison venders may at will, Glutton hcilj and earth bereave. Oh K'ation! then repent thy sin, Lest greater strokes God may send; Cease to empower agents to kill Those we are bound to defend. ' POEJIS OF GUACE AXD TRUTH. 219 Uli'jj|ii«MiaLi]iiiji ^ijiij|i,iu u m— 'Ji-ijiy mLi\J!..L»wjma!m His pen in motion, quite expert, His shout a thund-rinc; host. At keeping book and paying bill Oft asking God for means — ■ He keeps the business moving well, In sj3ite of hellish fiends. Though often tried by wicked pow'rs, With sore temptation pressed ; Yet trusting God each testing hour, He seea^s to come out best. lOEA.S OF GRACE AND TllUTlI. 221 Around his head a daily throngs- • Like swarms of little bees — His num'rons duties thickly come, For hands, and ieei, and knees. Like doves returning to tlieir homo. From the four winds of Henv'n, The daily flock of letters come. And each attention giv"n. The form, the press, and engin'^ too, His lengthy arms control. May Jesus bless his labors true, And glory crown his soul. , ♦••;• wim, OIT TnE MAEEIAGE OF A MK. nOPE. ■!f;T appeared that Mr. Hope, j(^Entertainecl the pleasing hope, That some hopeless one among the fair, Was seeking hope from life's despair, And was pleased with Hope to share, The cheerful name of Hope to Avear. And so good Hope Avent smiling round, Till the object of his hope Avas found. Then sitting by the fair one's side, Hope beamed Avith prospects of a bride The question asked, the prompt decision Turned hopeful's Hope to full fruition. And so it happened very soon, The leau of hope became a groom. Then hopeless changed to hope by name, And two Hopes but one Hope became. Their bf rk now launched on the stream of hope. May all the blessings hope bespoke. Their A'oyage croAV.n a;long the Avay Of Hope's unclouded blisSfpl day. And may their happy little bark afford, fi. lively creAV of sicnny Hopes aboard ; And when to anchor in the harbor driven, May all their hopes be realized in HeaA'^en. ^ LIIJES, •<• AT THE CLOSE OF AN AIITICLE JtEPKOVlJs'a SOME SECTIStt IDOLATRY. "^^OUR craft best thrives ^^ Where virtue dies, !Bj festives nude, And frolics lewd. By games of chance, And pious (?) dance, Ob^nining pelf, By b"es and stealth Bv jockey joles, And sale of souls. By taking in The secret sin, Your sect may swell. And prosper well ; And keep apace In BabePs race. Of ri-val-ry. And jeal-ous-y. TiUlightnings tlasli Tlie coming crash, Of Heaven's ire, "in flaming fire," And ruin smite, 'J lie works of n'glit. And hell possess '^'our "Cliurchliness." AUTOGRAPHS TO SAIMI'EL AND i\MANDA. AY yonr lives flow on together Like two streamlets merged in one Singing, sx^arkling, bright forever,, In the light of Heaven's Sun. God its source, and richly blessing, Whereso e'er its channel be, Twice ten thousand hearts ref resiling. Each to gem a crown for, thee. Dear child of grace ! strong ties attract thy soul abova So let thy heart, by love Divine, be ever sealed. And all thj^ life a rich re wai-d and blessing prove, When in His glory Christ shall be revealed. roc:\is OF gi^ace and Ti;urii. May all your life co-htribute to The store of human bliss, , And doing good rebound on you / The joys of righteousness) As on these leaves oi amber white • We trace some lines of love,. So life's a volume dark or briglit, All writteji d' wn above. 150 let ih}'' heart and will agree To furnish Ileavenv.s^roll, With 01 Jy thoughts of vnriiy That will leward'iJiv '^oul. Life is a volume Ave inust fill, Be it large or small; For there are traced each act wo wil' If good or bad tliey fall. Thy book of life is just begun, Each moment adds a line. In virtue may the recorcd run. And crown thy end of time. tSaO iJHSCJiLLANEOUS POEMSk Each day turns o'er anothor page, 'Till life's brief sketch is done. May all be valiant on this stage, 'Till God will say, '"Come home.'* Give all your youth, and coming days To God in truth, and pious vi^ays, 'Then life will glow, with peace and love While here below, and homed above. THE CETOASBS OF MU, PART I. TIIE PALL OF 3IAX ' HE stars that sang craation-s birth, When wisdom laid her corner-stone. And all the sons of God, for joy, That shouted loud froni Heaven's domej Beheld with solemn painful look, The brunt of satan's deep devise. "When hell, and sin tliis planet shpok. " Andmoved it out of paradise. The workmanship of God so pure. Suburb of Heaven's City fail'. This earth once bloomed an Eden liQn)e, In gentle Paradistic air. Her lord was made in image true, Of Hini, the holy Lord of all. Oft heard the happy family, Tlie steps, of God, their I'^ather's call. , " THE CrjTSADES OF IlIiLL. But struck by sin's infernal blast, Anlillion miles now intervene, -Between this world, in ruin lost. And it's primordial lolty scene. Distorted, it's polarity,. A horoscope, conceived in siii, £art!i sank to hell's environment, 'i'here whirled mid black confusion's din. All wickedness in every thought, 'Gen. 6: 5, And bent to sin and vice alone. "Tow'rd (Jod, his Maker indevoiit. To every menial idol prone, liemorseful now his loss to know, Consumed in lust of base desire, yile man still plunged in deeper Avoe; Of hell his pirssions set on fire. I^cliolding thus the race corrupt, Repented God that man had made. And after duly warning all, Jehovah's wrath no longer staid. Forth brake the flood, the billows n^eit, Submerging earth — worse 'gnhied in sin — Like mill-stone cast in ocean de^p, Save Noah's ark, and those within. 1:'Cm^:WS CF GIIACK AS\J Til'JTiI. v2*t ^ ^ y^ iiipjjgB P y -Swept clean the eartli hc-r Sabbatii's kftpl, No tongue proianed it's ]\rakei-'s iiam'". But with* (he growth of Noah's si-ed. 6iu niised its hj'dra form again.. Then from IMount .Sinai's Lurning lop God thundered forth a rigid code. The Violence of man to cJieclc, Till came that '^Seed,"' the Son of God ^ k%W> mn CHUSiDiB OF HELL. PART II. VHE BLOODY POLICY OF THE FIRST ClRUSADE. Four hundred years had slowly passed a^vay. Since dropped the curtain of prophetic day ; Since Mala' closed that bold and faithful line O seers who thundered burning truth Divine. Oft rising early, importuning men, Jeliovah spake through prophet's vivid ken. Now hushed each lip that glowed by Heaven's spari Ail men sat waiting, musing in the dark. But even silence spake in solemn tone, And darkness brooded hopes of David's tlii'one, And daily glowed the sacrificial lire, Where flowed the typic blood of God's Messiah. There waited Phanuel's daughter night and day, The Savior's coming earnestly to pray, "'Till witnessed, in the temple Simion's eye, The consolation promised ere he die. POEJIS OF GRACE ^xVL) TRUTH. 231- No sooner daAvned. tliie Daj^sjDring's golden age^ Than moved the fiends of hell uilli livid rage. Well knowing satan, Heaven's Kingdom is That mystic stone that would demolish his. Thus doomed the kingdom devils arrogate, As came the "blessed only Potentate" To break in pieces every rival tlirone, iind reign eternal King of Ivings alone. Llell's fur'ous envy souglit, as eager prey, The tender plant of human hope, to slay. ^ kingly heart his jealousy inwrought, .^Lud restless fears his throne should come to naughty Then vainly filled with diabolic plan, The murder of the infant Son of Man. Through Pcilestine the bloody edict runs, Luflicting death on Rachel's fondling sons. ^t Jordan's stream the bridal servant stood,. And pointed out the blessed Lamb of God. And, merging from His deep symbolic graven The Spirit came, in body shape a dove. Then summoned in the dreary wilderness, Long fasting, hunger-smit in deep distress The Savior met in conflict Heaven's foe, Repulsing him v>'ith honor's sfuiin' g blow.. TOE CHI'S ADLS OF II TL!. I Unmoved ,tlie Son of Go:l, by satan's wiles, D^ercomingin tli3 hour of deepest trials^; riie fiend recoiled,^ cliagnned at his defeat, . -His legions calljed, in pandimony meet. To whom discoursed their King, Avith fallen mein. Of his reverse, while groanings intervene. His lords responded, each his plot to show, Emanuel's Ivingdom best to overthrow. Each harangue stirred the animos of hell, To hissings, groans, and din of fiendish yell. Then to infernal counsel cooled again, All clamored that the Prince of Peace be slain. "To black His name with vilest infamy, Hell chose to naif Him to the cursed tree. Meantime let^ eyry ]yu\g, tongue employ, HLs character to .tarnish and destroy. 'Twas done, for so had Heaven pre-ordained, To perfect Him by suffTing ei-e He reigned. ISo bowe^lthe Son of God His head and died, The Just, for sinners lost, was crucified. But death and hell, defeated as before, Unbared the risen Christ their prison door. So rose the Prince of Life from death's domain, To break from man the monster's vassal chain. 23i TUE CRUSADKS OF llELL. So trod the wine-press Heaven's lowly Lamb, And wrought redemption for the race of man. While sitting neath sin's dark and gloomy night, ■■ There shown on men the dawn of Heaven's lighjL And Zion fair, by prophets oft foretold, Appeared on earth, God's Church of purest gold. Up to her summit many nations flow, And in her light their joyful spirits glow. But will the fiend, earth's usuTpfttion lord,' Leave, undisturbed, this paradise restored ? !Eei)elled by Christ the Living Head of all, Will not liis vengeance on the members fall * His nature vile, and vicious all liis bent. Shall he forbear ? from hellish deeds dissent I J^ay, hell is moved to deepest, foulest pit, And demons vie, in bloody counsel sit. An insult to the throne of sin and death, fill subjects of the sceptre righteousness. Fell hatred, murder, and malignity Are Satan's laws : while love is anarchy. ^o virtue, deemed by satan's goverment. A crime deserving death or banishment, Inflamed with burning fury hell's domain, 'i'o toiture stiints with prison rack •fi'l flr.iiei ror:\i? cr ghaci:; and truth. ^ lC5 N'or long perplexed were i^atMiiV NAily clan. For insti-uniertri to execute his plan. While a religion, niiuus I )\ o JDivine, The hearts of men with L)igotrv enshrine, His ready sei'vants saeh will ever be : Their god in danger burns their jealousy. Which is the devil's richest harvest held.; Its bloody vintage, persecution's yield. Forth stood the whitod sepulchres at hand, Sin-blinded for their father's fell command. Their pharisaie garments stained with blood Of Him they crucified, the Son of God. J'o Stephen was the martyr's honor given^ The Jewish stones promoting him to Heav"'n. Him followed many a noble sacrifice. To wear a pm'chased crown at martyi's price. The whipping post, the prison's gloomy cell, Wild beasts of prey, and . hopping .jlocks as well. Were utilized to qnencli tlie mighty truth, And kill the w^orshipers of God forsooth. When filled the measure of malevolence, — The Jewish cup of red intolerance — ^■ l>rim full, and on them poured by Heaven's ire, God q^uenched that nation's p-ivsecuting fii'e.. 2-JO THE CPvUS^DES OF IIEIJj. Bli(.. brief tlie respite to the virgin Cluirch. ■ .^ieantime hell pried with diligent research. How to enlarge his enginery to kill^ And greedy thirst for saintly blood to fill. His gloating eyes to Pagan god's are turned, There hissing up the sjnoldring fires that burned On idol shrines. Till roused that eagle Rome, To tear, with vengeful talons mercy's throne. An Empir9,. universal^ iron strong, The fiendish foe of man now hisses on. Mixing idol-bane Avith fell despotic pow'r, The infant Church of Jesus to devour, A thousand martyrs honor Heaven's grace, Ten thousand enter joyfully their place. But satan, waxing desperate, yet more Inventions sought, to fill the land with gore. The guilct'ne, to sever head' and heart, And quench the light of Heaven they impart. Hell's inquisition, where fierce demons sit In human form, but inward from the pit. Whose bloody hands extinguish mortal life,. By every instrument of torture rife. • Or terrify, were 't possible, a saint, The faith of his Redeemer to recant. rnK':\l.S OI-" fMtACK A.V;> THi'TK. But f^ooJs ot persecution jour ii) v/tiii! The rack, and gibbst, ani the bu;-nir;g ll nie. Yea iiK^uisitions, hnersed in holy blood, Can never quench the truth and love of God. Straight from each scene of honored sa'^riiice^ There mounted up a soul to Paradise. And from the ashes of each burning pile;. Up seemed to st?.nd a bold, and nuurir/us file. 'Till satai:, it appears, began to cloy, At countk^s millions he must needs destrov, If by nuirtyrdoni he would succeed, To exterminate the holy seed. Or rather, satan now began to bo. Perplexed with doubts of his own policy. 3bserving tliat the more he beat the fire. [t spread, the more abroad, and llamed the high'r. Then hell bethought, in deepest quest to know, Why futile his attempts to overthrovv- TJie pillared temple of the Living God, A.id check the onward march of Jc us' Word. Kre long the wily fiend discovered, lo ! That death and suff'ring only served to show The love and peace that in a Christian shine. And prove the system Heavenly, Divine. Then devils groaned to find their deeds at last. Cer ruled, to serve the cause they thought to blast. T2S CHUBIBIS OP HBLL PART III. ) FAILURE OF THE 'SECOND CRUSADE,; Then satan, burning with defeat. More desperate became. His legions, summoned at his feet. . In hellisli council came. r Forth rose the great Apolyon chief, Mid din of hiss and yell, i\nd burning fires reef. That shook the depths of hell. Thus spoke the diabolic fiend, "Dominions! mighty lords! Your utmost Avisdom all combine, In consultation's words. •Some wiser scheme or strategem Than bloody martyrdom, Wie must devise ibr future j)ltvn, One liilherLo iiid;no\vn. rOK.MS OF GI^ACK A^•:^ TRUTU. , 233 Then Moloeh, fiercc-st power of hell Loud spake with utmost ire. De deeming nothing half so well, As slaughter, blood, and fire. I^ext Belial, more considerate, Maturer counsel sighs, ^'Tliat death can ne'er exlerminatf* The seed it multiplies.'- Next Mammon rose with grave address, His counsel forth to gleam. ■*-Most noble peers I we uiust confess, That 'twere but ibUy's dream, To cope with Heaven's lofty Throno. Until Eternal fate shall yield To chance's fickle nod, 'We may not hope our swa.v lo wield O'er the Almighty God. And yet our futile war to wage, Against the Church of God j Were to assault His heritage, His own select abode. As well might hope her prsstige lend, 'Gainst the Omnicient Sire, As crown a war against His Fold, ills tlii'ono of livjiiu, Qie."' 240 THE CRUSADES 01" IIEJ.L. Then rose up — next to satan's rank, A pillar strong of state — Beelzebub's atlantean form, And gaining audience spake. *'TJironqs ! powers ! proud offspring of Heav'n V Grave questions here arise : How vict'ry to our cause be giv'n? What project best devise? -'From persecution's fruitless fire, We may as Avell desist But who can tell how else conspire, This Kingdom to resist ? Athwart my mind there gleams a plan, Most noble peers attend ! Let us affect to turn amain, This hated cause befriend. ^'Instead of war we'll kindness show To all believers round. All hell extol the christian name, Good will on earth abound. Thougli subjects many we shall lose, By bidding them God-speed. Yet they who go by our consent. Will not be saints indeed. rOK.MS CF GRACE AND THITII. 2r! So Ave will feign to have espoused, What we could not destroy ; Our hati'ed to the truth disguise, 'J'he pilgrims to decoy, DoAVii from tlieir high and holy way. And by this bait we'll tole Them into fellowship with us, And so corrupt the soul." All hell broke fortli in loud applause To hail the good advice. Then satan rose and second gave. Completing the device. *'Much wisdom," saith hs, "we have hearcl,^ But deeper still I see : More than, befriend, we'll join the Church, And each a member b . "For if we gain advantage gi'oivnd. Assuming to be friends ; Much more within the Churc ";: '■ .-nd, We shall achieve our ends. There, to attain each oSce sear. We'll work the wires well, And gaining rub, we can defeat, And catt her t'own to hpH. .■2iB 2ju;sckllaneocs •^iir nature we will galvanize, In penitence appear Low at the door with weeping eyes, And pray admittance thei-e. Our persecutions we'll repent — Because they proved in vain — We'll seek a place within the Cliurcli. And help to build the same. •®-But dwelling in the Church oflighfc, All holj'" we must feign, ABd rIo7i the saintly robes of white : Still devils we remain. "Tfiongh hating all the holy seed, We'll play the christian lair ;" For devils prone to black deceit. As well as open war. ; So hell agreed upon the plan. To join the Living Church. And, sat an leading, forth they came. The entrance for to search, .like mourners now the fiendish crew Their wickedness deplore, .But shiink amazed as, lo ! thej^' view, That Jesus is the door. rOEJIS OF GllACE AND TEUTPI. 243 Then looking up in fear beheld "Her walls were great and high," Their altitude no fiends ascend, Their slrengtli all hell defy. Then passing round Avith eager eye, A second time, and thrice, No other ingress could they spV, No other door but Christ. Her bulwarks reach to llea'/en's throne,. God's glory her defense. Her great ibundations deep and strong, All i'rustrate our pretense. Ko threshold but th' Eternal Son ! Can devils enter Him ? Behold His eyes as lightning run. Inapproachable by sin. ■*'That flaming door Ave can but hate, But enter and despoil, Wo will, unless eternal fale. Our conjurations foil. vSo let us search 'Einauuel's Book'. Perchance to fnid a clue. -._)r SDme condition we miy brool', i>v Avhich to enter throuiih. 24 1 fSllE CllUSAUES OF IIELI,. •'Wliat mode of entrance has the Church?" Read now the Book and see. Tis by a new and second birtii^ What'er that process be. But who can tell us what this means?' *'Ye mnst be born again.'- To ns it very foolish, seems, Nor can the gods explain. ^'Whence came the Churcli ' From Heavcr.'s; A. golden Cit}^ fair. [_tiu;oii'^ Were she produced b}'' human ski'l. We might admittance share. Ii"only formed on earthly plain.. TJien devils might come in. T iien we'd assume the Christian name. And join the social ring. •'What is the Church ? The Body of The Son of God Himself. May devils hope to gain that place, By fetratagem or stealth ? Ea'^h member is a part of Him, The fulness of them all ; And like Him must be free from sin^ "J'liough great, or even small roK:,:? <le [)il]ar rise, TJiey'd set lis in as sucli. "But now has God (he members set, All in tlieir order true ; He leaving all the sinners out, And us poor devils too. •<'0r tnrned but man tlie Chiirchly key. And passed the seeker m. AVe'd knock and pray as loud as jie, And so admittance win. But He, the Porter of the sheep, Alas ! we know too well, ■^\nd worse than all. He, knowing u.^» Would bla'st us back to hell.'- *2'.b Tiir «iius.M»....j oi^ ULr.r.. Just then there burst a shout >oi' praisf^ , From all the ransomed host^ Their songs like mighty thunders rose, Filled v;ith the Holy Ghost. Then, seized with terror, satan's camp From Zion's mountain flit ; In fear and wild disorder scamp Back to their native pit. Hell sat amazed in liorror mute, Struck dumb at Zion's sight. Deject, l:)ewildered at their rout, Their prestige smit with blight. Then gathering pluck at last to rise. Thus satan, loth, began. *^To join the Churcli, we thought us wise^ Now fools, we never can. *'Yet finding out our folly may Add some to v/isdoin's store, iSo, by our failure, we to-dpy Know more than heretofore. Th.ugh what we've learned, we wish were not- Ill-fated to our scheme- Yet, knowmg hell must be our lot, We'll cWwz to va'or's di-eam,"' rorais c^ qKACK and tkuth. till' Tims, scarce again reviving h6pe, Spake the di-bolian chief. His legions sat on circled slope. A dark inifernal reef. Their wits at work how next to vent The wrath defeat enraged ; For devils only are content. In devilment ongaged. ■ 1HB chusadbs g? mt r^iiT tv. Fi^T.\jS''S TIIIKD AND LAST CRUSADE* -A31 IjrfPs niferiial ministry Was summoned to the task, ■ Of j?roJ2cting some new policy, Amd this was struck at last. '&e c-hief of devils rising said, "Comrades ! since martyrdom Hss-iailed, likewise our last crusade, Let's try tins stratagem. '•'^Since war cannot exterminate. Nor can Ave join the Church. U'ell make to it a counterfeit. We'll institute a search For some aspirant dignities Who wear the Christian name, 1o draft its creed, to organize, And introduce the same. I'Oe:.:s n; ocacv. a'sd 'lvj'iw. 24 J We'li flatter and iusinuido A ritualistic zeal, Assemble councils, gra^c and great,. And help to turn the wheel. We'll whisper in those Bishop's ears, And get them fall in line. To tinker up a human tiling, A church we all can join. And if it' ever gets exposed, We'll get sor.ie better men. To r.ut aud frame as they're disposed, And reconstruct again. And should they get. jnore truth inwove, We'll war[) in n;oro of sin. Truth mixed will only more deceive j Just so ^^'e can get in. So liel] employed the policy Of many triips, with bate Disguised beneath a sacred name. Their mischief and their fate. Read in Chronicles of Cripple-Soul. And what that town befell When all the good, and true and bold, Came out the gins of hell. In this po3Tn t'le a'.ithor is coii-cious of inning struck tla nnst vital and Iniitful theme tliat could engage oar thoughtjs JVitli, indeeil, is tlio great all-e^ssntial condition of our redemp- tion, and of all our strength, luippinojs, and usefulness. Wore t not tliattinie is pressing us, to issue tliis work according to aaioiui'eni3nt wiAVo.ild love to cnlu'ge our labors on tli"i glorious tlieiiic. M^jEED yet nil lieii* of Iloavcn blush to own I |!/Allegiance to tlio Universal throne ? J^^^fc^i^^fJsiiive himself in setting to liis seal l^©i/;^--^rhat God is (rue, end that His works reveal' C^^ That He is lovo and tender S3anpathy I Jiji\ "While all His atributes in harmonj'-, Invite the struggling human heart to rest From all it3 iears and cares upon His breast. In Him the just shall live by faith secure, The iio]y Book of Trutli, Divinely sure, The basis of His everlasting trust. And yet the skeptic Hfts his liaughty crest, And flings th's taunt agginst the ChrJ.efian's shield, "Your faitii is naught but superstition's yield. In all tlie range of human thouglit aroiuid Hath eiich a thing as- laitli no wliere been found Save in rjh'gion's dark and mystic spliere, Where manhood yields to supcrslilious Jear. "■Jbi F.\ ITII. And only he who clianced to have tlie gift Of blind credulity, can ever lilt The vail, and enter faith's domain, obscure: And that by reason's utter forfeiture. Tis mental imbecility to act On propositions not by knowledge backed. And he's incautiously unwise and l3 Ploat down witl> ins'jiratiou o - h-er e^-i.. PJE.MS OF GP.ACE AI;D TRUTH. i-'f^i And Trell slie liears II13 glorious Gospel sound, r.onouncing all its truth the solid ground. She liat'i feet, lieu^e bj faith oui- soul can walk,. Kor sliould on stilted feelings try to stalk, Kor soar on wings of ecstac/ around, Without th}^ feet of faith upon the groumd Of truth, -he sure foundation, broad and high: Adrilt from truth, thou and th}^ faith must die. J'aith hath life. By her lite the just shall live. . She only hath eternal life to give. th s hatli the Father life upon the throne. So hath lie freely given to tlie Son, \Vho to faith exclusivel}^ confined IJis life, but througli her wills it all mankind. Jaitli is not dumb, she hath a mighty voice. Her music on earth is Heaven's first choice. Lo! she speaketh! '-Faith speaketh on this wise;: "■Say not in thy heart, who'll ascend the skies, That is to bring Jesus down from the thrccie. Or wlio in the deep for us will go down, That's to bring up Olirist again from the dead. But these are the words kind faith hath said; I am nigh thee now — so freely believe — ■ Yea, in lliy. mouth and in thy heart, to give Life, Eternal life, by thy concession. And thy heart believing to salvation.'^ •So-l I'AITII. Jjong, arms hath fait!i, and liaiids omnipotent, -And their might to the humble soul is lent. -Ah ! sin hath palsied all the strength, our own. Xo hand can we lift unto mercy's throne. Bnt, saith angel taitli, "I'll be arms for thee, Thy will, and my strong hand shall set thee freo. Mj arm I will stretch far up to Heaven, And touch the blood that speaks thy sins forgiven Take to thy soul my hand, and by it grasp The gift — Eternal life — and so hold fast • "The profession of thy faith evermore; _And no sin shall henceforth tliy life obscnro. My hand hath access to the Book of God, ^ad I'll w^'ite thy name witli the "precious blood."' ^On the fam'ly roll of the Sons of light," .And I'll hand thee down a robe ever white." '*Now behoLl by faith's all sweeping; vision, 111 the center of Love's coustellation, -A star of beauty and effulgence shine. 3>j Biy hand you may pluck, and call it thine. "Unlike the moon's pale beams that soon must "wan, 'lis an endless Sun in the soul of man. Its name thy joyful heart and tongue confess, The glory and "beauty of holiness." - '^Doth not," saith Faith, "thy unmaibd breast expcs€ Thv soul to all the crmcrs of Ihv iocs ?- Peru 5 OT GRAC" AM> Tr.I'TU C3I10] J !' I hnng tliee an armor. "•'Pat on The braasplate of fait'i and love, an I 1)3 strong. 'Above all take the shield of faiths whereby A.11 tlio legions of liell thou canst d3ly : i'e shall be able to quench every dart The wicked in wrath may shoot at thy heart. 1 too, faith san^;, am the root of thy joy, A constant source of rest inught can destroy. Enotional joy ina}" rise and may fall, Q:s ieelin;^;s transported, or feel not at all, The comfo"':s of hope all brilliant and high, •Orclouds of sombre o'er sweeping our sky: Every joy of t'le heart its changes hath, But the sweet, immutable ",/c)7/ of falthP It is based on the Kock of Ages iirm, AVhich ne'er can take a fluctuating turn. And as Truth never rises and falls amain, Tlie faith that is on it must stand the same, And the joys of that faitli for e'er endure, As the faith itself, and its gr.nnd are sure. So Faith, to onr soul, is our ears and eyes 'Our hands and our ar;ns, that reach to the skies, Aid phick i'rom the beautiful tree of life. Uur shield of protection amid the strife. AVe believe and therefore we speak the same JSo its spirit is testiirony's flame. ])recious angel Faith! Our joy complete ! Ever dwell in our her.rt, s'rong, jnn-o and sweet. fim. mmi^ih ox tilis liae of thouglit we ackaowledg3 our in leb'c^m'- r to a vohmie of "discourse? on the nature of faith," by Wm. [I Star. lu the main his analysis and definition of faith is very clear and lu-a-^tieal. £o;ne devout reader may take excepf.ons 1o our Ciassifica- tion of that faith principle which actuates all human cxer'ion, with tlie faith in God that ?avcs the soul, and unlocks the stor^ Jiou^e of Ills blessings. But a careful examination of the mut- ter will tatisfj^ any thinking mh^d, that the act is philosophical- ly the same, Avhether it -grasps spiritual or cartiily objects- True the causes and resuJts of faitli in God, differ much fro-u Ihose of faitli in earthly projects. In the foriner, llcvelatlon i* the basis of our faith; anl, owing to min's spiritual d ath, the grace of God is esseutuil to unfold the light, an I qmcke:i our latent powers of faith. While faith in natural tlii igs, is. ou'y animated by natural prospects a:id indue 'inents. In the former instance, faitli grasps the power of the Almighty, and'~» stupendous miracle is ^^rought; or r, Shoe-makers, tailors, and miehinists too < 'j'lieir varied lines of work by faith pursue. -And every craft beneath tho shinini^- sim, . By faith, more truly than by steam, is run. ■ E'en toil remunerated in ad\'ancc, Where the wages earned ruiis no dubious chance, ' These are yot v/orks of faith, as wo can show, . Involving points of trust tiicy do ]i.ot know, And objects contemplated yet at stake. ]s the blacdvsmith C2L-taiu that liail will take The proper coursa banoatli Iiis rapid lick? 'Or turning toward the coifin pierce tlio quick? ])o3.s tho ])uikl3r know, wlieii Jie starts a nail, Tiiat the blow he aims surelj^ can-not fail ? An I does ln.^ ti'ust, or absolutaly know Tiiat the nail is strong to receive his blow ? Will it pierce the wood, or to pieces break ? Thcs3 and Oilier risks ho by faith mast take. Wiieii bankei-o loan upon soccrity, However sale they think the case to be, "Tis bat a i)i:obab]e tnitli at best, --Upon w hich his idolized dust is cast. - ,.^ l^OEJIS OF GKACE AND TllUTH. ■So lie pTa3's by faiili \vli3ii the T)est is done, And appeals to time whether lost or won. So the lawyer pleads his client's case, Staked on the proposition that his race With rival attorney will fetch up won ; ■Or that both may drink their bumpers and smile. O'er the fine grist sacked in the court house mill ; Where their clients were ground, and their green-backs And they sent Iioine with neitlier bran or toll, [stole. ■So its by faith they plead, for tiiey know not sare. But their chenrs vrero ground througii the mill before. And of course this tinio wlien their suit is ground, Not a ragged fee iu t:i;:>ir colr^r's lbun:l. When the physiciiii Jea-^es Ills ]io:n3 so warm. All capped and mailed in fur against the storm. Does he know indeed that liis money's sure ? Or tlie guerdon lie books time wid secure? Does ho knov^" the nostruiiis he wWl ])icscribe — On which his patients so bliudl};^ conlide — - Of cob web, rag-w^ed. or clicnnomilc, Will heal up their mrJadies sound and well ? Knows he — if death don't L:eep pace vrith his speed. — That the monster wid not outstrip Ins steed? Nay, he's no preknowledge of all these things. Tliough of his ambition they're all the springs. So the doctor ilrivcs ins proiesuloi- by faitdi, 2i>'J Tmtj. ISdectic, Iloineopatliic, or Allopath. -As he goes oat hoaliiig how can h? tell But that hi'i profession's enormous bill Has picked the poor patient's very last climo, Or helped him out of tho troubles of time ? That the doctor's pale horse had pawed and neiglied fio oft by the gate v/here the sick man staid, That, coming today he'll not be at Iiome. Xet onward lie rides, and b,y faith alone. So the preacher go 3s forth by fiiitli in God, To^^ublish the grace of His Uving Word, ^'he teacher, statesman and politician, J^il chase thiir phantom on faith's condition. ^'ot a merchant knows when investing means, Whether fortano 1 inV^ or excaed his dreanib*. Ho he buys by faiili on a truth supposed, Only known a truth when tie stock is close:!. In all the surging sea of huma i life, In all the dii^e and rush of basinets sirlfe, From the gi-eat "Wall Street," to the suburb shop, ^1 the markets piled wita the round earth's crop. Every mart of trade, every business line, All that's grown or made on the shoras of time, Is raised, made, shipped, bought, sold and consimiedby And unmoved by iaith all would starve to death, [faith. Uot a livmg man would riso from his seat. J'0!r5T3 OT- nr VCC AS"I) 'Titm-T HU I f ■l l l. i li.JJ if I h ' V ^jMy V ' nfaj ^'y^ag'^''*w^ T'^of Kot another 'step ever take Jii? foot, Did Jie not have faith that Iiis L c...' is bl St AVilii might to respond to his nii::.d's behest. As fhe Lord by faith framed the world withal. So by faith all live on this mundane ball. ^a THB &HOUIID OF FAITl THE evidences that nrvaj themselves in support ot aay prop- «sition are tlie ground cr basis of fXtli in tliat proposition. WJierc a sufficient amount of evidence to sus-taln a proposition k laclcin^:, the mind cannot give assent to it, nor ilie will act iip- «u it with a scrance. liut when the evidences are stiong and fonchisive, the mind must give assent, andj-et the will, through counter attractions and disinclinations, m:iy even then with- lii.ld action. So we have placed evidence as the ground of faith, l)ut m -tive the cause of it3 action. Asa perfo;i cannot walk "wi'diout a l;a«is to Avalk on, but mav, or may not, as hi shall elect, with a basis; so w'ithout evidenc3 faith cannot proceed, lout with it, can, if the person chooje, or remalu inactive if h.& SD determine. Under this hettd we will ctm^ine oursel^ to the faith of th^ Gospel, and can only take time to c;ill att'entlpn to a few facts, «f all the multitude of evidences of the Divine Reveiation. The interposition of a sipernatural fi e, which drove tho Emperor Julian's workmen from th6 cite of tiie temple, we re- fer to in this connection, is a fact clearly recorded in history. Ambrose, Chrysostom, and other Christian wi iters of that age and Marcellinus a Pagan writer, recorded the fact, and Gibboa the noted infidel historian, who never misses an opportunity to ©bscure the s«cred truth, refers to the instance in his history of Rome, and does not, call it in question. m^ &HOUHD 0? ?Mm. We stand alJ amazed mid t';c lights tliat sliinft Within and witliont of the Book Divine, And ten i'lousand objects that round us crowd, All speaking in harmony clear and loud, The Bible ! dear Bible ! the Book of love ! , Is no earthly production ; but Heaven above Hath kindled its lire and lit up its page With hope for the lost, both simple and sage. To a creature with eyes, t!iis vroidd is bright With the rays of the sun from mo:-n "till night, Him no arguments nsed to be given. To prove the genial beams of heaven. But to one born blii>.l, what a task it were ^or tlip wisdom of a philosopher. To convey one proof of the fact of light, Without the power to furnish him sight. All the rapturous scenes in the earth or sky, 3r the living canvas of a Monkacsy, Cannot pierce his veil with the faintest gleam. Or av.alce in his mind a single dream. 27'. tAixn So it comes to us as a tlianlvMss thing That some proofs of the Bible we should sing. For the saint who lives in the perfect light, And the sinner too, with a vision slight, , Need not our taper to behold the sun. While light for self blinded, alas ! tli era's none. It seems detraclion from the trutli of Heaven, That evidence yet must needs be given. To prove this Book is the voice of the Blest, Fact clearly evinced as that we exist. But critics and fools in their folly stark. Because their hearts and their deeds wera evil and Have scanned this footstool of God all around, [dart And excavated the depth of the ground. To find in its dark deep chambers a clue To its origin, and perchance o'erthrow The record Creative Wisdom's given. In the ancient Book of the God of Heaven. Some hidden tally in this rock-ribbed clod, That disagrees with the Bible of God. So these "free thinkers" — free to thoughts of evil- Might set up a claim, r.s did the devil. The world's their own, and they made it withai, Or at least discovered t'was'nt made at all. So all right and title of God o'er thrown. They swear by high Heaven tliis world's their own. rcE:,:s or aracE and TKurir. 271 But wliat have tbo reslless scientists found, And agreed upon as the facts profound ? Both devout and infidel all set forth Five gen'ral stratas compn:5iiig the eartb; Each thought to denote a cycle of years, In the earth's formation, e'er man appears. .But who is able to arise and say <7od could not have foi ned it all in a diy. Or in the six daj's of t^e true Genesis? ■Could He not have fnoliioned it just as't is, All stratumed t'l, r";Ji, and in fossel disguised, To bring to naught tfie wisdom of the wise? But should the past cges have 'lapsed indeed, On which the scientists are much agreed, • '•'•The BEGi]SK]KG," that breaks the silence fii'st, { .And spans the unlimited cycles past, Has ample room for the ages unknown, 'Through which it is claimed our planet has growifc Trom silent chaos to an Eden land. Wlietl-er ages long had a moulding handl •On the substance of this terrestrial clod. Ere the six days work of Almiglity God ; Or whether those days themselves were cycles fJ^if Or were f^olar days, what's the odds at last ? In these leading fcicts however accord Both youthlul science and the Old Record. First, the creative work in Genesis, Was extended, not simultaneous. Geology, having explored the earth, Comes up from the depths and, behold ! sets forth The fact like'.yise of the time's extension In the rocky annals of creation. And a seco.id point in the Book of Truth, Is, the world came not by a gradual growth ; But by the fiat of Eternal JViind, It was formed in epochs, each well defined As a day with a silent night between. And so to the stratas that intervene Betwixt the successive epochal rounds. Geology point-, as sufficient grounds To confirm the Book of Eternal worth. Again, in the origin of this earth. The leaves of nature with the Book agree, That just five stages fill its history. And in their order, and the nature of each, Neither doth. the other a word impeach. The earth was at first "without form and void ;'^ 'Tis said in the ancient inspired Word. We open the volumes of science and, lo ! The original earth was chaos too. Both pictures do perfectly coincide, The '•'Azoic agc^"' and "the earth yet void.'* I'OE.MS OF GKACE AND TRUTH. 273 Next, in llie rocorJ that GoJ ha:* given, The land and the sea ; p wt were driven, And the earth yielded gras'^, horb, sood and tree. With this again all s.'ience uill agree. Chaos lirst, and next vogetation. Ascends the scale of true Ilevclalion. Then waters brought forth fish, and dil app:>ar Reptiles, "moving creatures," "fowls of the air." Now turning to the charts of geology, We see how they're forced into harmony With the grand old Bocdi of the Christian's trust How the learned have seen in the very dust, And throughout the frame of this globe tliey find. The finger marks of the very same Mind That moved the writings of sacred annals. 'Twixt vegetation, and age of mammals, The ^•Jfe.coiG and Paleozoic"' stands, Marked by the reptile life, and tribe of fins. So Heaven above has chronicaled true, And so re;id the stratas of earth below. Next we ascend to the animal plain; WJiere the cattle and beasts of the earth did reign. These all came forth in the Bible story, Between the fish and the crowning glory, Of the workmanship of the Great I AM. Jus- v.diere they're placed in the scientist's plan;-. '211 rAiTii. Tlie ''■Cenozoic''' mammals of all Itind, ^Just before we come to the age of mind. And the last of all, in the Christian's creed, .And in the science of the earth we tread, jLo! man was formed and made a living soul. Miglity lord of earth, from pole to pole. -So, on the drip-stone of each succeeding stage, God has carved a proof of the sacred page. Wonderful ! wonderful ! ! coincidence, ..In the voice of nature and that of grace ! .All ! 'Tis the same voice that speaks with compassion In the pure Volume of Insjpiration, And thunders aloud in the riven clouds. Or sings soft vespers when the evening shrouds ■ Tlie closing day in holy curtains round. And breathes a solemn awe, as hushed each sound Of bnsy toil- The voice of Majesty, Tliat roars anon upon the billowed sea. ' The music universal nature rings Is the sweet anthem that the Eible sings. And the God o' nature — let wis lorn trace— _ls the God of the Bible, God of grace. A thousand facts foretold on the page& ' Of this Great Book, in the lapse of ages _IIave ceased to speak as slighted prophecy, POE-US OF Git. ACE A^^D t:::t:t. And have oiitored the annals of Instbrj. In all these pi-edictions Truth put forth A challenge before the monarcli's of earth, And the forces of hell and sin combined, To overthrow whr.t the prophets divined. TIio' the kin2;lonis aro33 and skeptics railed. Not a jot or title has ever failed. What the Wonlarful VoIuuid p:3-declares Of cities and nations, all hisfry bears Its faithful record, that, so far as due, All lias come to pass most strikingly true. One beautifrd instance v/o sing alone Should cast every skeptic in silence dowii With his month in the duet, a penitent, His vulgar speeches and deeds to repent. In the Gospel of Christ, the true Ood-man, On the holy City Jerusalem, Predicted that she in ages to come, Should furnish no Jew a sheltering home. •"Till the times of the Gentiles be complete, 'ohe m:st be trodden 'neath the Gentile's feet. \ judgment no human sagacity iVould ever have ventured to prophesy. 3ut the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it, A.nd who shall be able to interdict. What! this indefeasible race denied :i7J fa: -J. A?cess to llie place of their sacrad pride ? Behold tliG Kill.;- of Kings Cdvl Lord of Lords Iiicliiies the po-.vers that be to till His words. 80 the liomaus ca-.ne as a storm of woe And leveled tlie city in ruins low. E!ev«.ii hundred thousand Llebrews met Death in the vallej of Jehos'.iaphat. And every J^w t'.r.it survive J 0.1 eirth "Was hence prolii'jited on puin of death To enter, or even to look upon Their down-trodden Oily Jerusalem. A "hissingy' and "proverb," in slavery sold, Tliey filled up the measare that seers foretold. After fift}^ years under Egypt's yoke The Emp'ror Adrain, their souls to provoke, Ilebuilded the city in Roman style All its sacred places did much defile. .lie profaned the temple's most awf'ux mound IJy erecting upon its sacred grounl, And from its honored stones, a theatre With a heathen temple to Jupiter. And to show the poor Jews the nation's hate, Carved a marble swine just o'er each gate, In the wall of the city round about. Tliis inflamed the blood of the Jews devout. And through Carchobebas, a false Messiah. ro: IMS OF G ACE AND TIIUTII. 277 lu retake the City taey did conspire. A mighty army, in desperate wrath, Jlisolved on t'lo City, or snfFer death. Ikit t!rj words of Jesus a;j;ain^t them slood, A.n\ in vain they b.ittled anl slie.l their blooi. .Five hundred and eighty thousand, with great .Birchobebas their leade:-, met their iate. And the Roman gu.ir's for canturies round ^hut out every Jew i'rom th) s.icred ground. Nor dared he yet creep o'er th:^ rubbish there, To see and bewail his Zion so dear. But should tho llaming sword of eartldy law From the gates of that C!ty once withdraw, Would not tliat people in e igerness come .From every nation to thtir ancient home'*' Yea, and dig from the earth each temple-stone^ If favored indeed by some miglity Throne. And so they were. A monarch's mighty mace Assayed to restore to the Jews their place. A nephew of the Christian Constantine, Was Julian, and he liimsolt" hid b^en A nominal Christian in early youth, T5ut, apostatizing, he held the truth :n wicked abhorrence, and in his hate Resolved to utterly annihilate, And root out of the earth the Christiaji name. •-7« fait::. S<) through his empire he pubfished a ban That all the stupid Pagan deities, Where the gods of his kingdom, and to these Were temples roarel up, while tlie Christian cause Was hindered by su'otile proscriptive laws. He, by his observation and research, Having learned, a fruitlul seed of the Church, Is the blood and ashes of martyred saints. Held his pent rancor under wise restraints. If gainst the C'lristian stractur3 .he'd prevail, Its very foundation he must assail. He found no flaw in the ethics o( love That our Savior taught ; nor could he disprove That the body of ancient prophecy, All had centered in Him so perfectly. The prophetic picture that Jesus drew, Over three hundred years had sealed it true. And Julian knew that the Lord had said, The feet of the Gentiles alone should tread Tiie streets of the City where Go:T had dwelt, Till the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled. *'Not so," said the sagacious Emperor, ^"This Galileean's word shall stand no more. ^'iiy the might of my goJIs, and kingdom great, '•By my army of Pagan?, filled with hate, '•And by the pent up zeal of every Jev , P0"':,I3 OP GRACK AND TIlTTil. '^y^j "I sv,'3:u- this prediction sliall prove luitrua. '•I know how tlie Israelite bosom's burn "With love for their City, and would return, '•And dig from the dust all her sacred stones, "And rebuild tlie place of their ancient homes. "I'll remove the ba-'s that have shut them out, "And op3n the way for the Jews, devout. "And welcome t!iem back from the nations rouad^;,.„ "To build their temple on its ancient ground. ••'So Jerusalem, all the world shall see, "The home of that nation henceforth shall be." Forth went the tidings in the Monarch's namo So the Jews arose, and in ardor came, And entered with awe on the sacred spot, Their gold and silver in abundance brought, And in the wildest enthusiasm, Began to search for the old foundation, Of the holy palace, in ruin laid. The wealthy brought silver pick and spade, And so devoted were Je^A'ish females, That they bore off rubbish in silken veils. What sanguine raptures inspired all the tln*ong^ As the}^ cleared tiie debr.'s with siiout and song. Ureat Jewish zeal, with the iron empire, And all heathen gods, and devi's coiis])i]-ej With mihions of gold to second their plan, i 8 ) FAITH. - Must surely succeed at Jerusalem ; And so dastroy the only fouudalioii 31' hope lor a vrorld in slu's perdition. Mnst T)- ove a deiault in the Book of love, - And fouuce our L-ord to a level "itb Jove. Wliat a crisis this lor tlio world haa been ! What a vuita2;G ground for the skeptic's peri! Tliere was no earthly po'.s^er as liillisrto, To guard that site against tlie zealous Jew. A thrcno Universal is on their side, The provincial governor, strong beside. So tlie Bible must fail if ifs a farce, ^ Having no other arm but its own Source To maintain its honor in this great test, Unshaken and worthy the Christian's trust. If Gol be Go J, lie must now interpose Or suffer His truth o'erthrov/n by His foes. J^nt look ! look ! ! the Avorkers all flee amazed. 'Lo! o'er Ih^ir heads a fiery tempest blazed. Ad eartliq^uake shakes tlie ground beneath their feet. And dreadful balls of fire upward leap From bene.ith the walls, scorching unto death iSomo that '\\'rought : others fied the an ;ry breath. "\Ylien the elements hushed tlieir drjadlul blast Tlie ;::'alots resumed their doaant task. -iiul wore a^ain and again coniper.ol to vun rOE31< OF GIUCK AND THUTI]. 2S1 From the fieiy breatli of the Holy One. Repulsed and alarmed by Jehovah's ire, They lied from the place o" ominous fire. And abandoned the hope of proving vain The words that wer3 spoken in Heaven's name. Then to Persia the apostate pressed on In hope of conquest ffir ^ .s pagan crown. But fell in battle by a Persian lance, And conscious that fate had taken his chance, A palm of his bloo 1 in the air I13 cast, While conscience sm't, his dying lips confessed, "O ^'rtZi/ecni! thou hast conquered! " 'Twas a name of reproach he had conferred On all who in the Christian faith then lived. So he died, but the Christian cau33 survived; And yet survives ; her mighty truth yet saves. While her foes have gone to dishonored graves. Soon earn the Turks and took t]ie holy land. And held it 'neatli Mahometan command, Down through the centuries until this day. Save the ninety years, when crusaders sway — More cruel even than the Caliph's rule — Assayed to wipe the Jews irom Goi's ibotstool. So then the bold words of the prophet Christ, Tor eighteen hundred yer.rs have stnoJ tlie test. ^ And now, while the Gantib S3cts arj falling TAI Iiilo darkness, and the angels calling, All the living forth from her corruption, And from her "awful decreed consumption. When, in fact, the gentile's day is waning, And the time is due for the Jew's returning, Behold ! a wealthy man* of providence, iSecures abundant opening through the foace Of Islam's government, and, lo ! they come ! Jews come, and make Jerusalem their home. Was this all an accident ? Who believes !Iliat chance has filled up eighteen centuries Of prophecy, the most improbable. Believes a lie however x^^lpable, J^ecause for truth he has no relish, All his bent and habitudes so dev'iish. I^ot only prophecies all harmoi i;e "Witli historic facts, but they synchronize >Vith each other in beautiful accord. Dne point we cite. The words of Christ the Lord f Place the point of the Gentile's closing time At the Jews le'urning home to Palestine. And His Apostle;]; makes their fullness end When the Jews shall cease to grope, lost and blind. Then these two signals of the same event, ilust with each other be coincident. *Rotliscliilcl. fLuke 21 : 34. |Rom. 11 : 25. PG/ 02 g:iac-j and tp/jtit. ' 283 An J, lo! tli3ir co-03caiT3nc3 in these years A striking truth this generation L-^ars. AVliile many thonsanJ Jews regain a blest Home in Palestin3, thoasmds also rest Their liopes on Him their fathers crucified. A proof that time is in its even-tide. A. solemn warning to the Gentile world That grace and love, long (roiden down and foiled. Now concentrate in tlie Church their glowing. And, insulted, withdraw their gentle wo u g And leave the nations in delusive coil. To sin and hell an everlasting spoil. Not only can we trace upon the letives Of nature, and historical archives, Many thousand lines of truth, harmonic, That rebuke the madness of tli-e skeptic, And set their seal and evidence, sublime, Confirming inspiration's Book Divine; But, turning to the inner soul and mind. What, in all the realm of thought do we find, Or where, in our spirit's wonderful tlirone, Js there one principle that does not own, And feel the need of a revelation From God, the Author of all creation ? And every truth in the Bible's plan A counterpart finds in the soul of man. -i^84 TAITEa 'Dne element clecp in the liumaii breast ■is liope, whicli anchors in a future, blest. ft many objects here on earth clesrcies, But sees beyond this worLl its crowning prizo. As a faculty of iinniortal soul, iniinortality is its linal goal. Would the Makei- of all in uian create Appetence I'or a bright and future state, And make for that want no sure provision ? ])e]V sway. When published through some pure, but J'eel^le clay. What hand but the Almighty could transmute Soul, mind and body, sunk beneath the brute, Profane, and debauched, a demonized dread, 'J'o a loving saint, washed, and raised from tl;-^ dead? Yea! who else but the Infinite x\uthor Of man's prime holiness, is greater Than its despoiler, and doth raise again iHis soul to its pure primeval plain '.■ We need not speak of tlie healing power, That rescues the body in sickness' hour. That raises the sick from the bed of pain, ^Jives sight to the blind, and strength to the lams. Th.ese kind touches of love we see, Ho common in cr vaing's effulgency. "While stamping truth on the living story, 'i'li^y're trivial beside the grace and glory, That quicken the soul and the life of men. From the shades of hell, to a heaven begun. Aiil such are the fruits of an honest trust In the Book beloved by the pure and just. Ah ! let reason, sen^e and candor reply, Do .such result from believing a lie':* po:.::m-: of guacs A>r.:> tiu;t!i. 2ST Are iriiits so gentle, so lovely and good J*l licked from a tree that is only a 'raiid? All they that do rashly this Volume assail, And call it a false and fabulons tale. Have stultified i*easoii and good sense too. JMade falsehood the mother of all virtue. And an impostor, they are forced to confess Only can save :is, can com!brt and bless, j <) skeptic I thy vritcheries dark as the night, ♦Spring i'roni an instilled hatred of the light. ^And all your strained arguments and research To dispose of God, His Bible and Churcli 'Bui prove that God is ; for if otherwise iSaught would exist to cliaie your oiergies Into sucli reslless effort to disjn'ove ]Iis being, and undermined His Ijook of iove. s^o that Avliich you labor to overthrow, You. i!i mental side nee, pro7e to be true. Poor slaves ! driven by doubts and fears Through barren wastes of uncertainties! ^Slaves to an empt}'' creed you wisli w'ere true, But AvoulcT give all the vrorld if you but knevv. But the Christian knows whom he hath believed. And the conscious knowledge of truth received, '•He is the freeman v/hom the t^utli makes tree. And all ere slaves beside. There's not a chain 2S8 P.MTi:, ^g>^- ^.rj,-> y »^^-j i ^ <-i|, |U y « m ' ii> Kji ■ That Iieliisli foes confederate for his liaiin Can wind around him, but he casts it off Witli as much ease as Samson his green withes. lie looks abroad into the vai'ied field Of nature, and tliough poor perliaps, compared .\Vitli those whose mansions glitter in his sight, , Oalls the deli_^ht.''ul sccaeiy all his own. His are the mounta.ins, and the vallej^s his, And the ^c^splendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, Ihit wb.o, with filial confidence inspired, Can lilt to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — "My Father made them allP* Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fdl with tears of holy joy,' Whose heart vrith praise, and whose exalted mini With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love That planuVl, TvUd built, and still upholds a world So clothed with beauty, for rabeilious man ':? Yes — ye may fill your gai-ners, ye that reap The loaded soil, and ye may waste much gocd In senseless riot : but ye will not find ' In feast or in the chase, in song or dance, A liberty like his, who unimpeach''d Of usurpation, and to no man's wron^, roi-::v[3 of giiack a:;i) t:;; tii. 2S&= L^\r Appropriates nahiro as his Father's work,- And lias a richer use of j^ours, than you. He is indeed a freeman ; tree by birth Of no mean city, pkinn\l or e'er the hills Were built, the Ibuntains opened, or the sea "With all its roarin^i; multitude ol' waves. His fx-eedom is the same in every state ; • And no condition of this changeful life, ^ t!^o manifold in cares, whose every day Brings its own evil with it, makes it less: For he has win^s that neither sickness, pain, IN or penury can cripple or confine. No nook so narrow bat he spreads (hem there AVith ease, and is at largo. The oppressor holds His body bound, but knows not whit a range. His spirit takes, unconscious of a chain, And that to bind iiim is a vain attempt Y\n.om God delights in, and in whom He dwells. "Acquaint thj'self with God, if thou wouldst taste- His works. A^dmitted once to His cm]:r''''"^\ Thou shalt perceive t'aat t!iou was! bli.i /ore; Thine eye shall be in',tra.'t3d, an 1 t'aiuj iuart, Made pure, s'lall relisli v»'ilh divine delight Till (hen unfeit, what haiids divine have wrought.. Brutes graze tli3 mountain-top with faces prone And eyes intent upon the scanlv herb ,2C') fait::. tJt yields them ; or, recumbent on ils brow, Kimiinate heedless of the scene outspread *BeBeath, beyond, and stretching far avv'ay ^From inkmd regions to the distant main. Mioi yiews it and admires, but rests content With what lie views. The landscape has his praise, sBnt ijot its Author. UnconcernYl who formxl The paradise he sees, he finds it such, .AivA such well-pleased to find it, asks no more. 2fol so tlie mind that has been, touch'd from Heaven, „x\iid in the school of sacred wisdom taught iToread His wonders, in whose thought the world, ,¥'mT Sis, it is, existed ers it was. . Kot for its own sake merely, but for His Mncli more who fashionxl it, he gives it praise ; : Praise that from earth resulting as it ought ' To earth's acknowledged Sovereign, finds at once Its only just proprietor in Him. "."Tell me, ye shining hosts ...riiat navigate a sea that knows no storms, Beneath a vault unsullied with a cloud, iif from your elevation^ wheiice ye vitw . Distinctly scenes invisible to man. And system =i of whasB birth no tidings yet '.Have r?a<:li\l this nether world, ye spy a race poe:,i? of croACK and T?a:TTi, SOL '•v'''i Z 5 i^ ' v ' 'c irj ; ^ v^gjy y*** FavorYl as ours, transgressors I'rom tlie wombj And hasting to a grave, yet cTooni'd to rise. And to pos33S3 a brighter heaven than yours? As one who long detained on foreign shores Pants to return, and when lie sees afar His country's weather-bleachVl and batter'd rocks. From the green wave emerging, darts an eye Radiant with joy towards the h.appy land ; So I With animated hopes behold. And many an acliing wish, your beamy tires, 'iliat show liki beacons in the blue abys;;, Ordained to guide the embodied spirit Jiome, From toilsome h'r'e to never-enling rest. Love kindles i;s I gaze. 1 I'eel des!r.\s Vlmt give assurance of their ova su-cess, And ihat iuCused i'rom Heaven must thither iencl." "■•So r?ads ho n iture whom tlie Limp of truth IUumin;dcs. Thy lamp, mysterious Wordl 'W'Lioh wlioso se?s no longer wanders lost AViih intellects liemnzed in. endless doul.)t. 'J>ut runs the ro.id of wis-lom. Thou hiast- built, With means that were iiot till by Thee employ'd^ M^orlds that had never been hadst Thou in strength Ikrcu less, or less benevolent than strong. Tiiey are Thy witnesses, wIk3 spiiak Tliy power And goo.lness iiilinite, but speak in cars 202 lArrn That licar not, or i333iv3 not t'l^ii" raport. In vain Thy cr^atnras leslily ol'Tii'^') 1'il' Then p:'3cl:iim Thysjli". T.13. ^ .'s indeed A teac'hin;^ voice; but 'tis tlie pr.iie of Thine That wliom it t3ach3S it makes prompt to learn, And with th3 bjon gives talents lor its ns3. Till Thou art liearJ, imaginations vain Possess the heart, and fables false as hell, Yet deem VI oracular, luro dovrn to death The uninformM and heedless souls of man. We give to Ch;mc3, blind Chnnce, our.:^elves as blind, The --.lory of Thy Avorlc, which yet appears Perfect and unimpeachable of blam'3. Challenging hu::^ lu scrutiny, aul proved Then s'dh'ul m:)-;t \v!n:i most severely judged. But Chance is not ; or is not wh3r3 thou reign'st : Thy providence forbids tliat tickle power (If power she be that works but to confound) To mix her wild vagarias with Thy laws. Yet thus we dote, refusing while we can [nstructioji, anl inventing to ourselves <;ods such as guilt in ikes welcoms ; gods that sleep, l)r disregard oar follies, or tliat sit Amused spectators of this bustling stage. Tliee we reject, unable to abide Thy purity, till pure as Thou art pure,, PCE^rS CF GRACE AND 'J RUTH. *203 ^Tacle sncli by Thee, we love Thee for that cause For whicli we shun e and hated Thee before. Tlien we arj ,'r,o: tiieii liberty like d;iy Break'^ on the .■ o li, a i:l by a Ilasli from Heaven Fires a'.I l!i8 faculties with glorious joy. A voice i'3 heard t!r.it mcrial ears hear not Till Thou Ik-.-rt touche.l them; "tis the voice of song, A loud Hosnnna ;?nt from all Thy \vorks, AVhich he that h?cr; it wit'.i a s:io:;i; r3p3at3, And adds his raptura to the general praise. In that blest moment, Nature, throwing wide Her veil opaque, discloses with a smile The Author of hsr beauties, who, retired Behind His own creation, works unseen By the impure, and hears His power denied. Thou art the source and centre of all minds, 'Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From Thee departing, they are lost and rove At random, without honor, ho]3?, or peace. From Thee is all that soothes the life of man, His high endeavor, and his glad succ2S3, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve. But oh. Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art of all Thy gilts Thyself the crown ! Give what Thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take Avliat thou wilt away."* *Cowioer. FiilTH WOEES BY LGYE. It is a voluntary action incited hij motives. And ii tliorefore moral'y right or wrong, a;,-corJing to whether the act springs fr.):n a goo 1 or bad motive Twc prominent elciKeats of faith ue wisli to Lring out i;i tliis sectu)n; namely, tliat i'aitli is a voluntar^^ act of the will, and that moral quality is a'ta;:lieJ t ) the act of falt'.i. "Faith worivs by h)ve," only acts wl;e:i the motives and af- fections incline the actio i. Tiie motives for or against a'l action, jire perfectly distinct frcnn t]i3 eviclei'.ces f or or against it. It is also a i'act that persons act on a proposition, with but litt'e evidence in its favor, and a strong preponderance of evidence n ■^dnstitwlien tiie action is in ll.e directi(ai of the'r ruii:igdesir, s. Also they refuse t) believ,.' wJien tlicre is an overwhiilming degree of evidence; 1 e'a'.i e thej' do not love tlie proportion. If the hvart and mind ar^ w iciced and siifi. ]i,*Iiey w i 1 believe a \i^ nndact accordingly, carefully shu aiing the evidenc s that expose Mjc lie. At tlic same tim:^ tie/ will di believe tlie trutli ihat stands opposite to ill ; (dierisiied liethaig'i they mu4 l.ib;;r to keep tiiclr eyes closed to the aiaridaiit evidences that jirove it truth. Or in scriptcre language,''th(y will m t come to tl e light because tliey love darlme much cherished lie, controling action. And when the mind perceives clear evidence ■ Ortnitli, but acts not on the premises ; IjecaiisG he chooses not to love the same, ' L-onfnsed and guilty, he begins to feign Excuses Ibi not acting in the right, Yea! wishes that th^ facts v^ere out of sight, ilnvites the devil in to help him doubt, Until the light of truth is all shut out ' Tb3 sin-beclon.led mini, nnd iio surprise, lie's given up to credit s itan's lies : An3 '•'■having pleasure in unrighteousness," ■Falls in a maze of scoffing vrickedness. So, in all the compass of its actions. If iji earth or Heaven's propositions, l>:i];eiring truth, or acting on a lie, Fiiitli acts from choice and not compulsory, Jidt when it springs from evidences clear, .And is inspired by motives good and pure, 'Tis easy, graceful as the water's flow. Approved within, and blest wi^^h reason's glow.- -Not so the faith that's refuged in a lie ; -Ail its supports are seen by evil eye. POE^JS OF GEACE AND THUTU. 207 Its prompting motive-s^omynn;godly lust, Tis a forced, restl.ss, and distorted trust. •"Failli works by love." Like the m'glity leaven. Is powerless until some heat is given. "Though in the meal, it is j^et motionless Until some genial warmth to a-i^tion bless. Ho God hath planted in each human soi.l,-<; Elements of faith that would make him whole,.. "Wera they not held in x)aralyzed suspense, By love of sin and vile concupiscence. But Avhich, as soon as love of truth obtains •Candid place within the heart and brains, "Will warm that germ of life to work-in him , A mighty transformation from all sin. Eaith works oji trut7>, but only works bj/ love. Inspired by love great mountains it can move. Yea, ail things are possible, in Gol's nam3, To him whose faith is fired by He.iven's flame. The latent faith of sinners cannot How ; Because unthawed b}^ love of truth : and so That faith distorted to believe a lie, •Can have no place where now the "evil eye'* Is gone, and where no love at all remains Eor any gilded falsehood hell ordains. So faith will follow where affections lead, Whether love of truth, or a sensual greed. 5as . PAinr. Awaits tiiG moving of our inward bent, And worlvs according to the liearts consent. Worlcs by love, be it love of (Jod or sin; Works out in life whatever dwells "within. 1^0 marvel then "the fool hath said in heart— And greater fools their shocking thoughts impart There is no God." JSo god but self they trust; ' l>ecausc they love no god but selfish lust. ■^'No God 1" Since faith can onh^ work by love, -It cannot move toward the throne above, AVliile all the mind is filled with base desire ^'ke heart with hellish lust is set on fire. ^ Because alfection's throne is in the lieart, Mere intellectual laith can't life impart, i^jnce Faith can only work by love indeed, lis work must from the seat of love proceed. .So if the gift of God men would receive, 'I'liey must re^jent, and Avith the heart believe. Here rise the only mountains that obtrude Between the sinner and his faith in God. "^'Jiese mountains, which his love for sin create ■^Vill c[uickly vanish when he turns to hate j-he sin and selfishness that kill his soul, And gives the love of truth his heart's control. So Avill all sinners find in Judgment's day I'hey loved a lie, and turned from truth away. TQz::.3 07 cr.ACK .\z:d tkutii. cir.Q 5o'vved to lust and sin bv free volilion, And must reap tlieiv own in dark perdition. While tlie redeemed, lliougli conscious of the fact Their faith in God was all a free will act, [ii all justice, caunot to that ascribo Any marit, but to tli3 Crucified Give all glory, wdiD died and shsd His bloadi 'i'o open mercy's pas?aga back to God. 2^0 praise to him who takes a gracious boon. All praise to Him who bought it in the tomb. WEM' BOBS mm WORE? HERE all the infinite ranq:e of faith's trium[)]is and ackievw MJPMte lays open before us. Every noble and lieroic deed ou th« pages of sacred and ]irofane liistory offers itself as an answer t' the qneytion. But as time hastens us to & close, we can onlj tet a few riciints rosi:iond. WIIilT 330HS FiilTII EOHE?^ Bkf.^.e the glorious Sim an 1 AIooii wore ibriasc!. Or a single star immensity a4().Med, God, "who irxhabiteth eternity," In love and wisdom chose thiv tliere should be [Material worlds throughout His boundless space. That He miglit bless creation with Plis grace. i\nd, conscious ot His own Omnipotence, Believed Himself in power to call them hence. To speak into being shining orbs so lair, 3[ake substances from nsuiglit tliat did appear. He spake. And "through His I'aith the worlds wcare framed.' Tlieir glorious song the power of faith proclaimed. And yet they seem in harmony to swell This song, -All things by faith are possible." '^ By i'aith God spake, and light from darkness sliorne So in the soul, where sinful nigiit hatii throwa Tlie dismal shades of hell, and black despair, Salvation, grasped by taitJi, shines sweetly there. Yea ! shines a cr3'stal morn, a peaceful dawn, A day of blits whose Sun shall ne\rgo down. S02 FAiTir. Faitli Avorks knoAvlodgo, nnbars the iron doors, Tl:;it hokl ill sacred trust her goklen stores. Wlie]i erst our eye the teacher's pointer met On tlie first letter of tlie Alxiliabet, Jn gentJe loving- tone we heard him say lis name, and we by faith responded, "A." Then one by one, pronouncing as lie did, IJjitil the Alphabet throughout was .said. And repeating daily, -till all Avere learned. We, by faith, tliis iirst stock of knowledge eai'ned. I>nt an urcliiji deeply dipped in skeptic dye, AYoiild doul)tless face the teaclier and deny. Y/onld not receive iro:n any one that knew. Until vvithin himself lie\l lound it trne. 5^0 skeptic logic would dispenso Avitli schools, And leave t!ie world inhabited by fools. But nay, a cliild is not of sense so void, As not to judge the man that is employed lo teach is taught, and will not him misguide: ?o does inqdicitly in him confide. *vccepts each lesson on the teacher's trust, And turns to knowledge wliat was i'aith at I'lst. As he ascends upon the steps of lore, Ivich lesson learned by laith adds to his store, • .d" knowledge, which is capital increased, Kiiabling laith more laruelv to invest. rOKJ].? or GRAOK .^ND TJUJTil. As we by faith our Avis;loni's umd acquire, So knowledge doth in turn our I'aith inspire. xVnd from these facts we draw an evidence That nnbehef proceeds froin ignorance; Wiiile ignorance holds sway through unbelief. 'Tliese keep each, and posses::or dumb and deaf. For Jie that believeth notliing Hill he knows, Knows notliing, and his stupid e^'cs shall close 'On life in desolation's, emptiness. Yet ono exception we would here confess. He may have piclied up, on the shores of time, A few trilling shells, and indeed a line Pearl or two, by slieer acci.liut. ]>ut all thus gathered were incompetent To avert a gen'ral desolation Of the stagnant world in every nation. Paith works by love, and knowledge is its Jiire. "Twas faith that did th;it sailors heart inspire With persevering ])lea irom throne to throjie, Por aid to navigate the se^as unl:nowji. llnng seven years upon the court of Spnin. Blulfed in Portugal, England' Prance, his plan Still burned with unmitigated i'erver, Till his suit obtained the Spanish favor. lie launched l)y faith, undaunted by tlie .*iioers 'Of all Ihc world. Pndured by faith the fears, 'iOi- TAITK- The threats, and murmurs of his fellows, fleeing land by faith, beyond the billows. And faith lield on until it turned to sight, Hrought th:- knowledge of a new world to light. 'T\vi\s faith sent Franklin's kite the cdouds amid_ To bottle secrets tliat ))eI'ore were hid: Sh.e caught tlie swift lightnings that rend the skies^ And brouglit knowledge for man to utilize. j^aith launclied tlie might.y steam-boat on the main^ Put wings of liglitning on tlie Hying train. l!ea, all the triumphs o^' inventive skill, "Were wrought by faith, througli muscle, mind and j\nd, like t':e rolling billows of the deep, [will. _ Have laid new pearls of knoAvledge at our feet. 13 ut the faith that Avorketli information, JV^ust put forth upon, a proposition That is true ; or else .no ac{j[uisition Of wealth or wisdom can award its action. I Tad God ne'er made this western Continent, A laith tiiat searched would unrequited went. So the Atheist believes there is no God. Believes, but lives through life beneath the fog Of painful haunting dark uncertainty ; Yet blind; because believing in a lie. TJie infidel, through worldly lust and pride, Jielieves the Bible is a spurious guide. p r::>:s cf 'i::ack and urT:!. t"--'7' ^' . uT^V*-iuii--^V''-r r="3''«r: c'-"-j-" ' -_ ' ^V'^ ' iLLJ-^V^ ' ^'Muu-'V ' "* Hut his lliitli no'cr works a (Iciiionsl ration, 'Till liis eyes are ()j)eiiecl m perdition. So trusting lies dispels no ignonincc. But leaves the soml drift on in inlej-ejicc. True there will yet be a demonstration Of skeptic's faith, but imfonnatioii Derived will come too late to profit by. Save judgment's cure of infidelity. A contrite soul knovv's not what God Vv'ill do, But, promised paivlon, ho believes it true. He bows, repents, prays, in his heart believes, And, lo! that instant pardoning grace receives. lie but grasped a trut'ifalproposition, And faith wrought ''■ilie knowled^/e of salvcUidttV' Ere long he feels a hunger yet within, And conscious evil bents infiict a sling. lie hears the testimony of the pure, And hungers for the fulness more and more. '•Be yo lioly,'' perfect i^s your Father," These, and many scriptui-es blend together, In sweet provisions ibr that perfect love His soul intensely thirRts and waits lo prove. He believes, dies to sin, and ])nys the price^ And Heaven seals the perfect sacrifice. Seals it with the Spirit's testim(<\y, Crying, "Holy 1 •' "Holy ! ! " Soul and body. 5G(» - ~ .- FAiTir. j©^ Kere faitli Jiirain is turned to 2;lcrici^s ?ii'ht: 'A ■ -li-Ti inward knowledge that tlie soid is wnite. Jn every fiber speaks the voice of God, -^JI --'Holy 1'' '-Holy ! !" through the x^recious blood. No more he hopes, believes, the j)romise true ; But knows and feels it burning through and through. S'o faith brings knowledge in the things Divine As dear, yea, more sure, than in tilings of time. Iscei there be an unbelieving sinner, Witii a book of thirty thousand ever Open promises, for any one to test? ■ Ti&t some great Genius claim that he Avere blest Witli over thirty thousiind recipes. That cover all our deep necessities. Healing for the sick, and sight for the blind; Hearing for the deaf, comfort to the mind. A lalm to heal the wounded soul from siu. Extract from guilt and death their bitter sting. Give strength to the weak, rest from every care, Aiiti jo3^- to the heart long chaiiied in despair. A remedy sure for each mortal woe, For passions infernal that rage and glow. Give blessings just suited to every need, On conditions all easy and just indeed. "Why should a mortal then suffer in pain, . Aad leave untested such wonderful claim? rcE:.:s or cr.Aci-: and tt.ittii. SOT irtli3 giM^io'.n [ini':)"ri?3:n3;i':s slionld be so, 'i'were your interest to test and provo tlieni true. Or if a fraud, way not fast it and know, Its falseliood by trial would readily show. And, lo! such a Binefactoi* has conio! An angel of msrjy from Heaven's throne, "With healing in Ills wings lo eartli descends. And, Behold ! in our midst He meekly stands, Crying, "Come unto me; sad hearts I will gladden. "Come all yc weary and heavy laden. '•Come, ye shall find rest for your lroul)led soul, ■•'Your griefs Idl carry, broken hearts make whole. ^'xVud the foL^s of thy soul I will destroy, "Give beauty for ashes; the oil of Joy "For thy mourning, and tho gu-:n:'nt of praise ; ••And great p?ai.'e si nil attend t'.iy pilgrim daya. •^Tea more ihan thine eye of fancy can see, "If thou wilt believe and come unto me, ''V.dihout money or price, I will do I'or thee. ''•Alore? A'^ea, exceedingly abimdantly." Thus the thirty one thousand promises Of His Heavenly Book do advertise. Vriiy in perplexity linger lo know 1l these gracious tidings be true or Jio '^ iSee, every promise doth open a door Thee to enter aiil for thyself explore. r so:; TAiTj. feyV«cr;7'yy «e:^„-j,j V w^j ry Ill's Loiio:- is staked upon ever/ word. On each pTO:iii33 mast staad or lall the Lord. But he cries unto all, ''Come taste and see, '■Come try me, and prove me, and thou shalt bo '•Convinced I am mighty to save, and so "The Truth of my proffers thy heart shall know." Thus the volume of God is open thrown, And if it were false it could soon be known. But where in the sea of humanity, wide. Is one to be found who thoroughly tried, And met its conditions all pura and good, And proved it not truly the Book of God ? No witness can rise 'neath the heaven's blue And aver that he knows the Book's untrue. While all who have tested its remed}^, By their faith in the Truth have been made free. With uplifted hands, and face aglow, They shout, Hallelujah! Fm saved! I hiow! What a fund ol knowledge their faith hath wrought,. While the skeptic's faith hath gathered naught. 'And why not believe in the truth so high? Because they believe, yes "believe a lie." And now let us see \vh:it lli ;t f if'i h \\\\ do:i3, The believii\- Hint \J.j^'xi^\c& God's Zow. Sure as the heart that confides in the Lord, Believes not the devil a single word, POaio OF GKACS AND TRUTn. 309 'So sure he believing not Christ Divine,. In tl:e devil is trusting all the time. Pure Eve, the mother of all ihe living, jS'ever doubted the warnings God had given, 'Till believing the words of hell's devise ;• ■So all doubting truth is intrusting lies, All the just do live by faith, very true. So the wicked by faith tlieir course pursue. Not a lost man walks wliere the tidings shine But by faith in error he lives in sin. True grace and glory, and every blessing God offers to all, but the ibolish listen To the blinding song of earthly mammon, And like Eve discredit high Ileav'ns laruni. Trust hell to-day, j)resume for the morrow, And "pierce themselves th]'ough with many a sorrow." Through faith in satan neglect salvation. And drown their souls in hopeless perdition. The young are warned by their aged sires, To flee from the serpent of "^ain desires. The Bible bids high for tlieir youthful days. And virtue would lead them in pleasure's ways. Give riches and honor and sweet content, And crown them in Pleaven, with their consent. 'i"it'y l)eliold that righteousness tends to life, -'. .k1 .-ia.'ul indu]";ciiCG to mis"nes rl!G. oil) FAITIE fc?-v -v ag^ v ' *g;j '^'«gsy V But they listen to 'witcliing songs of fame, Or the pleasiu'3s of sin enchant their -brain. And pride chimes in with her llattering tong'a9. Reason fails, he believes, is swept along *'In the course of this world," and hopeless dies ; Lost forever through faith in satan's lies. When's tlie time to be saved ? Shall wisdom say I Loud she cries from Heaven, "to-ilay !" "to-day ! I" Lo ! now is salvation's accepted time ! To-day while thy reason and breath are thine I Do ye hear it, ye earless who persevere In sin ? Why then to satan still give ear ? Ah! such is the leaning of mm depraved! Discrediting truth by evidence paved, Yea ! truth which his reason and highest good All vindicate loudly ; and true mandiood Would choose for her building, her onlj- ground. But rashly believing the soothing sound Of demons all harping, "not now," "not now!!" There is time enough yet, why need you bow?" This folly believes, and without one proof, And from heavenly counsel stands aloof. Sd the wicked by faith hold on their way, "With the torments of h3ll their faith to pay. Yea whatever the hook or crook may be. That keeps him unwilling to bow the knee, POL:.:s vh' GRACE AKX: TRUTH. 'Tis failli in Ihc cTevil who brcallicd. tlic lie, Just as truly as saints 0:1 God rely, When they venture their souls upon Ilis will, , And follow their Lord in self denial. Then Mr. Skeptic just please remember, You live in sin by faith in j^our father, As much as the saint, you call weak minded . Believes in the truth of God, well found. If counted weakness of mind to rely On the Infinite God, who cannot lie. Have ye an occasion your minds to praise, Trusting in satan the father of lies? True you knov/ not your father as do we, Since from his dark thralldom our souls are free.. And as to our Father, Creator of all. Ye never have l^nown Him, else v/ould ye fall At the feet of His Son, and life implore. And, saved cut of darknesa, His name adore. But men slight God in the pride of their hearts.. Oft wishing His favor when life departs. Some vaunt in health their infidelity But wake to sober thoughts and honesty To call on God — alas ! sometimes too late — ■ When api^roaching doom reveals their awful state. - As did the blind fool-hearted Tuttle Who was the devil's active shuttle FAlTn. To weave, tliroiigli life, a web of lies, He A\'is!.e.l in bitter tears hs'd ne'er devised. "Wlio wrote and for.med in maddened strife, v\gainst the liol}^ saving Book of life. TJien boAved at last when old and gray, i^ncl tried in bitterness of soul to pray -At the public altar in the tent3d camp, All doctrines of the devil he did fain recant. Biit deeply blinded in the v»'ay of self- dam nation Hislialc' 'waked soul gras]:ed not expiation. And so failed the faith of the diest Paine, Wlien on his death-bed imploring the name, Of God for help, and the Lord. Jesus Christ. So fails the faitli of all sinners at last. In this, or in the awful world unseen, liiey'll awake in woo, from thoir life's dark di'eam. PUSH'S APPEAL TO im FHIBHDS "Why should I yet be "wounded in the liouso of my irienasv"' — Zech. 13: G. "How lonz "^'ill this people provoke me? and how long' will it be ere they believe me." — Xnm 14: 11. "Do ye now believe ? "—John 16 : IG. "If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established"'— Isa. 7 : 9. Therefore "Bdieve in the TiOrd your God, so shall ye be es- tablished; believe His prophets so shall ye prosper." — 3 ■Chron.20: 20. "While ye have the light believe in the light." -Jno. 13:3a "He that believetli not shall be damned '" — Mark 16: 16". "He that believeth on me hath everlasting life." — Jno. G:4^7 "Believest thou this?"— Jjio. 11 : 27. "Unto you that believeth He is precious." — 1 Peter 3; 7- THereforo "Be not faithless but bolieviug."— Jno. 20: 27. HiTH'B mmi fo HBE ?mmz. Heah, O friends ! m^'^ plaintive and cliidinp; songl Why liang on the borders of doubt so long? t) "ivill ye grasp my Iiand, and x^ligbt your love To my Autiior, and tliine, who stands above JVll just occasion for the doul)ts and fears Which 3^e so often thrust like cruel .'p^ars Jnto His bleediug lieart. For ye should know, IVhen piercing ni3, ye wound ni}'' Author too ! Yea more, drive the dagger in your own l>reast. And disquiet your souls from ])eace and r^st, llatli our Lord exacted too much of thee, III that faith, so simple, that sets thee free? 3])oes not sat an, meanly clisguised, liold all his children lo'Ciedit his lies ? And the crafty old world of sin and lust, Demands of his children implicit trust In all his ten thousand arts to deceive. His humbugging show-bills many believe, Thongli badly bitten eveiy time they bite. rOELlS OF GIIACK AND TRUTH. C15 Tiie next vanntod bauble is suroly all rig;lit. No ibol on earth is so crodulous crazed As tlio nun w]iOo3 faith is so wildly raisL^d, '.I'hat it cliniljs over wonderl'ul lacLS that riso, Like Heaven-lit mountains, above the skies, liebuking the madness of sinful man Wiio, trusting in fables rejects God\s plan. To reconcile all the stupendous elie-jts, 'I'liat faith in the Gospel alway^ begets, Willi the skeptic's cry, '-Its only fable," Taxes credulity x'nore than double Mnongh to sinanount all the hills that look So dark 'Iwixt their re;ison anl Heaven's bO'":Iw Hills that r.re mirag d r.xTO.i their eyes, I)y the magic of hell in dee^) disguise. So the InMers faith and sha n pretense, Strains credulity and racks common sense. But why should a friend ol" truth be slow To venture on the Koek, so tried and true '^ Yea, venture his all, and forever more, Upon the foundation l;e knows is sure. Why "devils themselves believe and tremble."" should men in folly their souls yet gamble, Tea, barter to hell 'neath a doubt and fear lo brook the dragon, or his subject's sneer I O Why to the father of lies give car, c:3 TM-i/ When lieVT slit, ot m's2;Iviii3;T witliin lliy l^reast., That ris9 from (lie feelings ]ie hath depressed? Have ye not learned that no inward Irame Is the gTOiihd of laith, but, ever the same, The truths of Heav^^n are beneath thy soul ? _And Ho that hath ransomed will keep tliee whole. Then seek not emotion?, nor dig the ground *Of Ihy feehngs, to see if th}^ faith is sound. Jf emotions sweet in thy bosom rise, IBless the hoav'nly o:lors, l.)ut yet be wise, And mount not upon their ethereal wings, IBnt stand upon Truth, where faith ever sings. j'inally, solemnly, friends of the Truth ! If sound in the faith, let thy works show forth. 'Thy soul in sin, with thy hope shall perish, If a selfish aim thy heart would cherish. Abhor all evil, walk in love, and crown 'The Triune God in thy bosom alone. ;if ^'the work of faith, with power' and love,,. And much heavenly fruit, thy life appi'ove. Then low in the dust of self-denial, And , meek ejidurance in every trial, Taith^hall bless thy life to the good of all, "Where the light of thy soul like sun-beams fall, On the hearts that sigh 'neath the shades of death; And deserts shall blossom by thv touch of faith. ror.:.::- of oaAci; a-td it.UvII. Si: A,n (In world p1i?11 vickl (o tliy reign of grace, And darkness sli 11 ilee irom before thy face. "While angels of glory shall bless thy path And all Heaven shall crown thy fijiht of faith. Allien! Mh ^^s^^Mi^^m.: u-^^ MEMORIALS. ^UlL K^^^ <£ ^^^^iND is slie gone ? dear Celia gone? ■"'■S^^il Such news -would tax credulity ^WvT^C^ADid not the Spirit's previous tone, t; ^■^ ^fti? Toll in our bosom mournrully, le tliouglit, "she's leit this morl And Ave shall see her i'aco no more. t<^/6Mf^ The thought, "she's leit this mortal clime, Until Ave pass the bounds of time, And meet upon Celestial shore." Twas in our heart to lur.e our Irro, To sing tliy cheerlul wediling day; But (leLts 1 re made b/ fond desire. More than our lleetiiig time can [^ay ; So now vv'e sing our mournful l;iy, Anotlier epoch fc lIcAved soon. ■^o Ihy ];oor soul a briiililcr day Tlian thr.t. avIru l)'e;s, The soul will liiid sweet labor there, , And swifter still untold her wings. iSo we conclude our sistd'; heart, Where iilowod such wondrous zeal and love,. Is not coinpelled with them to part, Since goa3 fVom ear,!! to realms above; But Jesus saw her laithfulness, And, 7ieeding en His higher plain, One tried and true in holiness, Made choice to call dear Celiacs name. And He who placed to her rev.^ird, Much labor freely given Him, Saw lit, in kindness to award Her soul with patient months of pain. Tho' oft the prayer of laith was poured Around her wasted stricken form, ivelief wfis temporal ; for the Lord Would have her in His better home. rni .\is o^ (,i;.\cz ax;) T:;uTri. ITow gone from us, but she's not deiid, Despoiled, 'tis true, lier house of clay; But when that sacred spot you tread, Methinks you'll hear an angel i^ay, "She is not here, to her was giv'n A life that soars above the tomb." The auge's bore her sate to heaven, Free from mortal pain and gloom. When sickness had already cast Its waning paleness on thy cheek. God folded thee witliin t!ie breast Of love, connubial, warm and deep. Tliank Ileav'n for this provision, kind To bless, support and coml'ort thee. On whose strong arm tliy li!'e declined, Till from thy sullering body free. God bless yon, brother, now bereft Of her so dear to you, and all. To cheer thy Iieart tliis boon is left, 'Twas thine to give, at Heaven's call, .A sacrilice so par.unonnt. Beloved on earth, and welcomed homOj To glory ''s bi'ight els'siaii jnonnr, By all tlic angels round tli-j throne. ?23 HEMOni.'.LG. O God console Ihfit heart to-day That weejDS far, in the floral west. "Where love's fine tendrils torn away Are bleedinji; mournful in tho breast. . A sister land, her sister weeps. Bless her, O Lord, and all the friends. While Celia walks the golden streets, Where all our bitter weeping ends. Dear Celia's gone ! How sad the news Dear saints ! this mourning Trumpet brings. Tlje hands that dropped refreshing dews Ux^on its flying angel wings. And toiled so hard to set the lines That bnrned upon your hearts with love, Inspired your souls a thousand times, Has gone to blissful toils above. "Tea sad indeed to us it seems! Yet would it not be sellislmess, .Did we not bless her boundless gains, Since she has lived the world to bless? Ah! we will always cherish Jiere Her sacred name in memory, .And ever heep our title clear To meet her in tho henvenlv. i\nd gTacions God! O bless t:q pray ! Dear Rhoda's kind ap.d weeping lieart AVJio toiled with her in harnio:iy : How sad that tlieso deur oiiss must pjart'. 'Twas meet, dear child, that yo;i sliould be AVith Geiia to her peaeei'ul end. To l)less her with t!iy symp.dhy, And every coni'brt to extend. Tliese four 3'ears lal^er, lianJ hi hand. Knit thy ^■-"-"o hearts forever one. Cod give thee grace yet firm to <30 iiie:,ioriai.3. The spirit goes to God at once, . The conscious, aiul tlie rea! liifiii; The grave will yield its treasure up:; And glory crown the blessed plan. "The sting ofdoatli is only sin. Bat. iliU salvation sweeps it all; Oi praise the Lord for victory, That leaves the grave no dread appjill! Death's kingdom is al^olished quite. His sting removed in Jesus blood. We Avaks and sleep in Heaven's light. And live together with the Lord. Tlie promise and the love of God, A sweet and full assurance give, That we shall reign in conscious good, While God the Son, and tiither live. Pdkx Beebe, ri! seo upon that traiicinil brow, The glow of Hftaveii's pdace! A pledge that Father's Spirit now Has found a sweet release. How lieaiitilul in Jesiis' sight, The sleep of holy saints ! Yea, saith the voice from Heaven, "\yrite, Blessed be their rest from hence!" 'JJie house tliat lojig was quickened by Dear lather's nu'isomed soul, • ; Dissolved tind l^^tf his spirit lly To its immortal goal. His bended form AveMl sc^e no mOre, Nor trembling voice will hear, But treasured in our mem'ry's store, We hold his virtues dear. His walk Avas gentle, froe from slirifa, His pilgrim rol)es like snovr, The fragrance of his liol}^ life, Still lingers here below. oo J lx'ih.ui: L. Morgan, GENTLE Hand, unseen by us, ', Has plucked our sweetest bud. By this alone our grief is blessed, It was the hand of God. In all our hearts He planted deep, . TJiis precious little one. As forth He takes His own we weep, But say, Tliy will be done. No care was lavished here in vain, ' • [Jj)on this plant of love. TJiough soon removed, he'll bloom again. In sweeter form above. O gentle one! we miss thee here! Sweet form we love so well ! But in our Father's better care. We kno\v the child is well. Would not our, griofffo?0v"er How Upon his silent ton-tb,; ;', " . Did not our liearts this comfort know, We'll meet in glors' l-oo3i. 33ti .«■ ^ lOEMS OF GRACli AND TULTN. S3i O Jesus! Thou liast died for us, And for our darling too. We'll trust Tliee in each providence, Thy love is ever true. The siiliject of . these lines practicfcl medicine fifly years Was snveel in his last years His organ of time was so accural* tlij t at any time, by (l:'iy or by ni,t;hfc."he could tell the time o? day, usually to the minute. So \ve were informed by his IrieEda. 'RESITS took the pilgrim home, ^ His weary life and sufferings o'er; "And now m}^ children, Avill you come? And meet me on the golJen shora. Master of the passing timo, i Yet heeding not its golden hours. Till but few, alas! were mine. And wasted quite my nohlc powers." Knowing well the time of day, But weighing not it's value great^ Many years have run away, In my lost, and eiiing state. MEMORIALS. like the miller flitting round, The dazzling lamp, exposed to flamo, Humans tread on danger's ground ; Much blinded by earth's gilded lame. Wisdom sees what others loose, And profits by their folly Jj^^st,^ Will you then salvation choose ? That no regret may sting at last. ■ Sister Baxah ¥, Ma?, ^ HE died a saint, well satisfied ^ That grace she, longed to know, And precious blood she wished applied, II ad washed her white as snow. Tis well she cherished, warm and true, A love for truth Divitie. And always wislied that bliss to know, winch holy hearts enshrine. The hand of God can ne'er withdraw And leave an lionest so il. Who holds the Book of Go 1 in awe, And longs to le nn.de wliole. rCE.MS OF GllACF, AND TrvUTIT. "I wanted lu ucli tobo a saint, But; knew not how to grasp; But now, .tliaiik God ! iny heart is wliite. And I'm a saint at last. "Farewell my friends, now let me bathe My lips and cool niy bi'Ow. "For O ! I see the angels wave A. Avelcome for me now. ^'Farewell now let me sweetly rest," And so slie closed lier eyes. And placed her bands upon her breast, And, as the v»'avelet dies, Upon the ocean's laving sliore, 8he sank (o sweet repose. Her soul redeenied forever more. To worlds oi' beauty rose. As on, her raptured spirit burst 'J lie glories of that place, A smile sbowed how Inr soul was blest, Wliiclv lingered on, hsr lace. £ Youno: Man. o O ON niid brother, Iinst thou left us ? O^ Must we bid thee long- farewell ? Nature weeps, but Jesus Avhispers, Let him come with mo to dwell. Must thy goodly form unfolding, Into manhood's noble prime, Early drop to silent molct'ring, 'Nealli the busy tread o' time? But thy disembodied tSpirit, Sin and sorrow sweeping by, TIn-ough the dear lledeemer's merit, liose to Paradise on high. From the din of earthly battle. Ere thy hopsful noon had come, Jesus called thee to a better, To His safe Eternal home. Ere the silerjt chord was broken, And the scene of life was clcsod, Jesus kindly whispered pardon To thy heart, On Him reposed. Just redeemed from sin's dominion. Then the summons came i'or him. And iiis happy ransomed spirit Shall in endless glory sing, 33(i rOE.MS OF GHACE AND ''F.l Til. •VXi^rv^a O tlie wondrous! wondrous slory! BrotJier's safe at lionie willi God! J^ansomed iVom this earth to srlory A^^ashed in Jesus' precious blood. Sfancy How3. , ^TJR mother lias c'one to the land of rest, A\J/^ That beautiful homo where the angels dwell,^- Now safe in the bosom of Jesus blest. ' Though loneh', dear Lord! we bow to thy wilL Our- lietu'ts are clinging, dear mother to thee. Thou livest here yel, in each bosom of love. Our mem'ry shall cherish ti)y gentle form, , Till we meet thee, clear mother, honied above. Thy virtues still shine in our s;iddencd liome^ Endearing each object thy hands have wrought. ' And leavinii' to us tiie leaacv, pur?, Thy holy and innocent life has bought. O mother! dear mottier! we miss tliee so, ; I^nthinking, we-listenfot thee to come. ' But Jesus will cduiUirt, and grlTce bestoAv,- And lead us to join thc'e in Heaven's bright home. :HYMNS. W.J Baul is -Satlsfed. LL this earth, its wealth and Iionor, Cannot sate tlie human breast, I But Avhen filled with God our Father, Every want is fully blest. All my soul can Avish forever, I do find in Christ replete. Every blessins: and the Giver In my peaceful bosom meet. Is thy life bereft of comfort? And thy heart a cheerless spot ? Say not Christ is in thy desert; For we can believe it not. Can a bird drink up tlie ocean, Thirsting still from sliore to shore? Or the God of all creatici Leave thy lioart jT.t craving more? Would my soul could more encompass Heaven's glory willed to me. O the love of God, so i^recious! 'Tis a deep and shoreless sea. Ckist 'ie Friend We Heed* FT my heart lias bled ^yith sorrow, Not a friend my grief to share. But I yielded Qhrist to follow, And He took my load of care. Long I siglied for peace and pleasure, Felt a painful void within. Lite was gloomy, death a terror, Till my soul was saved from sin. All this world is dark and drear \', And the soul, designed for light, Must be sq,d and lost forever, While it gropes in sinful niglit. Oh my soul in sin Avas Ayretched, . Dark the shadows round me fell : Jesi s b esjcd and ca,lmed my spirit. Saved me from the fears of hell. Sin made all my life so bitter, Jesus makes it sweet and pure Oh! I'm free from ev'ry fetter. Blest with peace forever more, fb.B Temple of (rcd. JOT in the temples made by hands', Tho' so beautiful by art, ^ut God in mercy condescends To dwell within my heart. How wonderful that Jesus would Enter this abode of sin ! And wash me in His precious bloody And now abide within. No more I think of God af;ir; For thy glories inward beam. O shine thou blessed Morning; Star, , And keep thy temple clean. ' Far greater is the Mighty One, Dwelling ia me all the time, Than all the wo.'ld anil hell call sum, Ani^gainst my soul combine.' O Lord! enshrined within my breast^ Fountain of eternal peace, ]My soul can now forever rest, '--1 i.;i' , . , ' teecure m tliine embrace. CONTENTS. rAGE Truth 5 j Two Scenes at the Allegheny IT I Throwing Ink at the devil 25 Meditations on the Prairie 31 f f^oul-Cripple City IIT f Millers No-Soul Edition 135 Booth's A.ll-Nois3 Edition . .-■. . 13i>| Johnson's All-Hail Edition 143 ( Eussel's Hoax- Age Edition .. . 141> God calls His people- out of her 154- Miscellaneous Poors — To the Alien . 175 To my Dear Sidney 182' New Years Greeting 1890 . 187, 1887 ....... .- ; . 192 Lines at the close of 1881 ..... . . -. . 195! ^ Eternity .-. . 197; Nature's Devotion . .' •..-.. ... . 20«> The Pure Bride RestoicI .V . . 204 Lines on the lly leaf of a Testament . . .•. . 20S ^41 ' I 342 CONTENTS. Ci'catful Remembrance 207 James and Theresa 20J> Bert and Nellie 212 Celia and Rhoda 214 A Nation in Crape , 217 Our Foreman 22D Lines on the IMarriage of Mr. Hope. ..... 222 Lines at the close of an article reproving etc. 22J Autographs . . ., 221 The Crusades of Hell Part L— The fall of man 227 ' Part XL— The first c-Lisade 280 — — ^Pai't III.— Failure of the second <;rusade 23S ' — Part IV. — Satan's third and last crusade 248 Faith 251 -^What is Fciith 255 — -Faith Universal 2,10 ^— The Ground of Fcuth 20 S -Faitli Works by Lv;ve. 201 —What does Faith AVork ?....... 300 ——Faith's Appeal to her Friends. ol3 Memopials. Celia. 318 Lily and Willie. 325 Clara Belle 328 L. V Sister Ida Srack;-. 32 J CONTEXTS. 543 Page Father Beebe 331 Arther L. Morgan ' 332 Dr. P. J. Smith 333 Sister Sarah V. May 331 A Young Man 33G Nancy Howe 337 Hymns. My Soul is Satisfied 333 Christ the Friend wo Need 339 Th^ 'X-niple of God 340 •^iV , H IR 89 -^ .-1°^ sP-i^. 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