Ask ye a reason wherefore Moab's soil
Must yield the Man of God his sepulture ?—
Law cannot justify; 'tis Grace that saves :
Moses must therefore die this side the wave,
And Jesus bring us to the Better Land.
SO Zion's Mount we gain: with hearts and harps
Attun'd to Zion's songs; while on our brow
There stands confess'd our Father's glorious Name;
The rais'd and chang'd alike redeem'd by blood :
The Lamb enthron'd and crown'd the Lord of all.
Deut. xxxiv. 1—6, & Heb. xi. 23, & Rev. xiv. 1—5.
Joshua: Jah-Hosea or Jehovah-Jesus.
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.—Isaiah lv. 4.
THOU gentle minister of Jeshurun's King,
How my heart lingers o'er thy wond'rous tale ;
Sees in thy Name, thy walk, thy valorous acts,
The mirror'd glories of a greater Lord :
Captain of Israel's hosts, whose warrior-sword,
Is drawn for thy defence; while the cold ground
Thou stand'st upon is hallow'd, and thy foot
Is bar'd in token of the Godhead near.
Moses, my servant's dead, said Moses' Lord;
Rise therefore, Joshua: lead my people o er
The swelling tide of Jordan: bring them in,
And part amongst them their Immanuel's land.
Know my accomplish'd will, and taste the sweets
Of Canaan's rich luxuriancy and rest.
What tho' the wall'd and hostile city stand,-
What tho' defeat at Ai meet thy steps,
And kings confederate stay thy onward march?
All, all, must yield while Christ thy leader is,
And his regarded Word thy chart and rule.
The three-fold seven of trumpet, priest, and day,
Observ'd obedient to Jehovah's voice,
Secure thy triumph and thy glad success.
And thus, once more, will testimony borne
In righteous fulness; priesthood now complete ;
All time fulfill'd, bring on the foretold hour
Of OUR deliverance. Proud Rome must fall;
Its battlemented walls be overthrown;
Its legendary lore cast to the winds;
Its vain and idol-mass toss'd to the bats;
While the bold hosts, the ransom'd hosts of God,
At once go up and quick possess the Land.
Prophetic numbers now shall cease to roll;
Israel and Judah shall be doubly bless'd;
Nations yet heathen converts be to Truth,
And thron'd o'er all the Jah-Hosea of God.
There appeared unto them Moses and Elias (Elijah) talking with him (Jesus).-Matthew xvii. 3.
KNOWEST thou, Elisha, that the Lord will take
Elijah from thy head to-day? Yes, I know;
Hold ye your peace; was the great Seer's response.
Tarry, I pray thee here, Elijah said;
But no heart-cords cannot be riven; so
Elisha with his lord to Jordan goes.
The smitten waters, high and low, divide ;
So they two pass on. Presently appears
A chariot radiant with celestial fire,
And fiery steeds that track the whirlwind's brow:
Upwards Elijah soars undying man,
Reaches the heaven and presence of his God.
Gently the mantle of the Prophet falls
Upon Elisha, and therewith a double share
Of his anointing grace: Sons of the Prophets say,-
Elijah's spirit on Elisha rests.
Another wind-borne car will once descend,
And bear the righteous to their Father's house :
A glory-cloud, a chariot pav'd with love ;
At once the symbol of the Lord at hand,
And our reception by the Son of man.
But whence the mockery of the infant throng?
What means, Go up thou bald head! go!
'Twas incredulity in Israel's sons;
A base forgetfulness of their Father's God.
Beneath the frown of God's anointed one,
Two bears come forth and tear them limb from limb.
Wilful rejection of the Prophet's word,
The cause that justifies the righteous deed.
Will this not be again? The Saviour-God
In glory three-fold will descend from Heaven,—
Divine, angelic, human, all in one,-
That car of fire wherein the Saints of God
Shall ride the whirlwind of avenging wrath :
While their abstraction from a world of sin,
Will wake the mockery of the carnal mind,
And justify the ways of God with men.
A Prophet unbelieved is wrath incurr'd.
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