"เ in the voice of His Bee Luci, ale His hosts; ye its bar tu Es pleasure. Lot # Es works in all is man hiess the Lord, O The Lord casts us uw p of sickness, and draws the cor... m, ues the world and us. Shutting out all its vall dess contracting our business to ante c4629 • ber. In that quiet solitude. His syn our hearts,—and sets our won a mirror, before us. 1 There He discovers to us the tltalır of the world, and invites us by the en tion of its vanity, to prepare for a better Thither He sends His messengers peace, to perfect our reconciliatio... O! how different are the thou that hour from those of careless, uurele 1ing health! 1 3 the High thoughts! In moments when the soul is dim and dark ened; They come to bless, After the vanities to which we hearkened. When weariness hath come upon the spirit— (Those hours of darkness which we all inherit) Bursts there not through a glimpse of warm sunshine, A winged thought, which bids us not repine? In mirth and sadness, Come signs and tokens: Those bright communings The soul doth keep Those thoughts of heaven. XXIII. "An inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, that fadeth not away."-1 Peter i. 4. THERE is a land, where everlasting suns Shed everlasting brightness-where the soul Drinks from the living streams of Love, that roll By God's high throne ;-myriads of glorious ones Bring there th' accepted offering. O how blest Which waits the sons of God! Remote from care, Remote from disappointment, to employ XXIV. "Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given me, be with me where I am."-John xvii. 24. WHEN trembling on the awful bourn What tho' the waters roll between ? To waft the enfranchis'd prisoner o'er; Smiles on me as the pale moon's ray; Methinks I heard the angels greet, "Come hither, spirit, come!"-they say. |