And from the clouds, by seraph eyes surrounded,

The Saviour shall put forth his radiant head *; While Earth and Heav'n before Him pass away+ Who, Mighty GOD, oh who shall bear that day?

When, with a glance, th' Eternal Judge shall sever
Earth's evil spirits from the pure
and bright,
And say to those, "Depart from me for ever!

To these, "Come, dwell with me in endless light!"‡
When each and all in silence take their way-
Who, Mighty God, oh who shall bear that day?

* "They shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven - and all the angels with him."— Matt. xxiv. 30. and

xxv. 31.

"From his face the earth and the heaven fled away."Rev. xx. 11.

+ "And before Him shall be gathered all nations, and He shall separate them one from another.

"Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you, &c.

“Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, &c.

"And these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal."— Matt. xxv. 32. et seq.

OH, TEACH ME TO LOVE THEE.

(AIR. HAYDN.)

Он, teach me to love Thee, to feel what thou art,
Till, fill'd with the one sacred image, my heart
Shall all other passions disown;

Like some pure temple, that shines apart,
Reserved for Thy worship alone.

In joy and in sorrow, through praise and through blame,

Thus still let me, living and dying the same,

In Thy service bloom and decay –

Like some lone altar, whose votive flame

In holiness wasteth away.

Though born in this desert, and doom'd by my birth To pain and affliction, to darkness and dearth,

On Thee let my spirit rely

Like some rude dial, that, fix'd on earth,

Still looks for its light from the sky.

WEEP, CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.

(AIR. STEVENSON.)

WEEP, weep for him, the Man of GOD*
In yonder vale he sunk to rest;
But none of earth can point the sod†
That flowers above his sacred breast.
Weep, children of Israel, weep!

His doctrine fell like Heaven's rain ‡,

His words refresh'd like Heaven's dew—

Oh, ne'er shall Israel see again

A Chief, to GOD and her so true.

Weep, children of Israel, weep!

"And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab." - Deut. xxxiv. 8.

"And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.”. ver. 6.

Ibid.

+ My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shali distil as the dew."- Moses' Song.

Remember ye his parting gaze,

His farewell song by Jordan's tide,
When, full of glory and of days,

He saw the promised land and died.*
Weep, children of Israel, weep!

Yet died he not as men who sink,
Before our eyes, to soulless clay;
But, changed to spirit, like a wink
Of summer lightning, pass'd away.†
Weep, children of Israel, weep!

"I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.". - Deut. xxxiv. 4.

"As he was going to embrace Eleazer and Joshua, and was still discoursing with them, a cloud stood over him on the sudden, and he disappeared in a certain valley, although he wrote in the Holy Books that he died, which was done out of fear, lest they should venture to say that, because of his extraordinary virtue, he went to God."―Josephus, book iv. chap. viii.

LIKE MORNING, WHEN HER EARLY BREEZE.

(AIR. - BEETHOVEN.)

LIKE morning, when her early breeze
Breaks up the surface of the seas,
That, in those furrows, dark with night,
Her hand may sow the seeds of light —

Thy Grace can send its breathings o'er
The Spirit, dark and lost before,
And, fresh'ning all its depths, prepare
For Truth divine to enter there.

Till David touch'd his sacred lyre,
In silence lay th' unbreathing wire;
But when he swept its chords along,
Ev'n Angels stoop'd to hear that song.

So sleeps the soul, till Thou, oh LORD, Shalt deign to touch its lifeless chord Till, waked by Thee, its breath shall rise In music, worthy of the skies!