Hear we not, at seasons stealing Feel we not, at times, in sorrow— Oh! if such the hopes attendant, When, eternity unfolding, All the ransom'd hosts above, Face to face their Lord beholding, Join in songs of praise and love. THE EARTHY AND THE HEAVENLY. "And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly."-1 Corinthians, xv. 45. CAN we, in our final change, If we bear about us still, Flesh and blood cannot inherit Wouldst thou, then, hereafter be Who such impress would entrust Seek, oh, seek, ere life shall close, They who thus their Lord have known, Shall his resurrection own; And their death, when they must die, Be absorb'd in victory. Victory over all of earth, Which once gave its likeness birth, A CHRISTIAN'S SAVOUR. "For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish."-2 Corinthians, ii. 15. MAN cannot of himself impart This privilege divine, Unto his own corrupted heart; Nor can he unto others' sense He who another would invite Must, even though conceal'd from sight, How can the blind expect to teach The eye aright to see? Or how, in eloquence of speech, The dumb instructors be? Nor can our unregenerate powers That boon diffuse around, Which Jesus first must render ours, 'Till we in Him are found. Lord! by thy Spirit, then, create That so our spirits may give forth Of life-in them who feel its worth; Of death-in them who die. |