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"Come," he saith, “ye heirs of glory;

Come, ye purchase of my blood; Claim the Kingdom now before you, Rise, and fill the mount of God, Fix'd for ever

Where the Lamb on Sion stands."

See! ten thousand burning seraphs

From their thrones as lightnings fly; "Take," they cry, "your seats above us, Nearest Him that rules the sky!" Patient sufferers,

How rewarded are ye now!

Now their trials all are ended:

Now the dubious warfare's o'er; Joy no more with sorrow blended, They shall sigh and weep no more; God for ever

Wipes the tear from every eye.

Through His passion all victorious

Now they drink immortal wine; In Emmanuel's likeness glorious As the firmanent they shine; Shine for ever,

With the bright and morning Star. Shout aloud, ye ethereal choirs! Triumph in Jehovah's praise! Kindle all your heavenly fires, All your palms of victory raise ! Shout His conquests,

Shout salvation to the Lamb!

In full triumph see them marching
Through the gates of massy light,
While the City walls are sparkling
With meridian glory bright;

Oh how lovely
Are the dwellings of the Lamb!

Hosts angelic all adore Him

Circling round His orient seat; Elders cast their crowns before Him, Fall and worship at His feet; O how holy

And how reverend is Thy Name!

Hail, Thou Alpha and Omega!

First and Last, of all alone! He that is, and was, and shall be, And beside whom there is none ! Take the Glory,

Great Eternal Three in One!

THOMAS OLIVERS.

LORD, DISMISS US WITH THY BLESSING.

LORD, dismiss us with Thy blessing,

Fill our hearts with joy and peace; Let us each, Thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace; Oh refresh us, Travelling through this wilderness.

Thanks we give, and adoration,

For Thy gospel's joyful sound; May the fruit of Thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound: May Thy presence With us evermore be found.

So, whene'er the signal's given
Us from earth to call away,
Borne on angels' wings to heaven,
Glad the summons to obey,

May we ever

Reign with Christ in endless day.

WALTER SHIRLEY

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Pride, who dost wear the undow's veil

Refore the wedding flowns are pale,He deem the human heart endors

No deeper billener griest than yours. W. Cullen Bryant

MORAL AND DIDACTIC POETRY.

LIFE.

LIFE.

THE World's a bubble, and the Life of Man LIFE! I know not what thou art,
But know that thou and I must part;

Less than a span:

In his conception wretched, from the womb, And when, or how, or where we met I own to me's a secret yet.

So to the tomb;

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Life! we've been long together,

Through pleasant and through cloudy weather;

'Tis hard to part when friends are dearPerhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear;

-Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time;

Say not Good-Night, but in some brighter clime

Bid me Good-Morning.

ANNA LETITIA BARBAuld.

MY PSALM.

years:

I MOURN no more my vanish'd
Beneath a tender rain,
An April rain of smiles and tears,
My heart is young again.

The west winds blow, and, singing low,
I hear the glad streams run;
The windows of my soul I throw
Wide open to the sun.

No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear;
But, grateful, take the good I find,
The best of now and here.

I plough no more a desert land,
To harvest weed and tare;
The manna dropping from God's hand
Rebukes my painful care.

I break my pilgrim staff,-I lay
Aside the toiling oar;

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