BREATHE UPON THESE SLAIN, THAT THEY MAY LIVE!" O SPIRIT of the living God! In all Thy plenitude of grace, Give tongues of fire and hearts of love Be darkness at Thy coming, light, O Spirit of the Lord! prepare All the round earth her God to meet ; Till hearts of stone begin to beat. Baptize the nations; far and nigh, The triumphs of the cross record The name of Jesus glorify, Till every kindred call Him Lord. God from eternity hath will'd, All flesh shall his salvation see; So be the Father's love fulfill'd, ; The Saviour's sufferings crown'd, through Thee. AND I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE." THE days and years of time are fled; Sun, moon, and stars have shone their last; The earth and sea gave up their dead, Then vanish'd, at the archangel's blast: All secret things have been reveal'd, Judgment is pass'd, the sentence seal'd, And man to all eternity What he is now henceforth must be. From Adam to his youngest heir, Not one escaped that muster-roll; Each, as if he alone were there, Stand up, and won or lost his soul; These from the Judge's presence go Down into everlasting woe; Vengeance hath barr'd the gates of Hell, The scenes within no tongue can tell. But lo! far off the righteous pass To glory from the King's right hand; In silence on the sea of glass, Heaven's numbers without number stand, While He who bore the cross lays down His priestly robe and victor-crown ; The mediatorial reign complete, All things are put beneath his feet. Then every eye in Him shall see, (While thrones and powers before him fall,) The fulness of the Deity, Where God himself is all in all : O how eternity shall ring With the first note the ransom'd sing; While in the strain all voices blend, Which once begun shall never end. In that unutterable song, Shall I employ immortal breath? Or with the wicked borne along, For ever die "the second death? Jesus! my life, my light, Thou art; Thy word is in my mouth, my heart: Lord, I believe,-my spirit save, From sinking lower than the grave. "ON EARTH, PEACE!" THE scene around me disappears, Amid the dark and silent night; "Tidings, glad tidings from above, every age and nation; Το Tidings, glad tidings,-God is love; |