7. And the glowing sand shall become a pool, And the thirsty soil bubbling springs :

And in the haunt of dragons shall spring forth
The grass, with the reed, and the bulrush.
8. And a high way shall be there;
And it shall be called the way of holiness:

No unclean person shall pass through it :

But He himself shall be with them walking in the way, And the foolish shall not err therein.

9. No lion shall be there;

Nor shall the tyrant of beasts come up thither :
Neither shall he be found there;

But the redeemed shall walk in it.

10. Yea the ransomed of Jehovah shall return;
They shall come to Zion with triumph;
And perpetual gladness shall crown their heads.
Joy and gladness shall they obtain;

And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

In the view of these dreadful threatenings to a guilty world; and consoling promises to those whose trust is in the victorious and triumphant Messiah, and who are looking and longing for his second coming to the glory of God the Father, let us conclude with the joyful language of the Psalmist, in contemplating this future glory, as the sum of all our labours and the desired issue of all our meditations on the great things of God, as revealed by his Spirit in the divine Scriptures. "God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be changed, and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar, and be troubled; though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. There is a

river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God; the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be removed. God shall help her, and that right early. The Heathen make much ado: The kingdoms are moved: He uttered his voice; the earth melted. The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge-Come behold the works of the Lord: what desolations he hath brought on the earth-He maketh wars to cease in all the world: He breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear in sunder: He burneth the chariots in the fire. Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the heathen; I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of Jooob is our refuge."

SOLI DEO, GLORIA AND HONOR.

A HYMN,

BY SOME UNKNOWN HAND,

A LITTLE ALTERED.

1. To you it is spoken, ye virgins be watchful,
And strengthen the things, that are ready to die;
Your loins still be girded, and be ye found faithful,
For see all around you proclaim he is nigh.

O Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelu! Hallelu! Hallelujah!
2. Now tumult and uproar: commotions are making,
Kingdoms against kingdoms, dire slaughter prepare ;
The powers ordained of Heaven are shaking,
And men's anxious bosom's are troubled with fear.
O Hallelujah! &c.

3. Great Babel of Rome, firmly seated on her throne, Long said in her heart, as a queen I shall reign;

Her merchants afar off, her sad fate now bemoan, And gnawing their tongues, cry alas! for her slain. 0 Hallelujah! &c.

4. The kings she once rul'd, and nations forsake her, Being robb'd of her children, bereav'd of her hire;

The wealth and the treasure she heaped together, Now serve to consume her, and burn her with fire. 0 Hallelujah! &c.

5. The blood of the Martyrs and Saints is found in her, The cup that she fill'd, she drinks now in her turn;

Ye Heavens! Apostles! and Prophets shout o'er her,
O queen of great Babel! 'tis yours now to mourn.
O Hallelujah! &c.

6. Her plagues and her sorrows, shall never be healed, Her violence to Zion the Lord will repay,

In fire, to consume her, he'll soon be revealed,

The smoke of her torment shall rise up for ay.
O Hallelujah! &c.

7. Then let all her lovers, with trembling be taken, The children of Zion have nothing to fear;

They seek for a kingdom that cannot be shaken, Their treasure, their hope, their protector is there.

O Hallelujah! &c.

8. Then watch ye his servants! see the signs from above; He bad you observe them: He will soon come again;

Be stedfast! unmoved! be assured that your love,

To him and his people, shall not be in vain,

O Hallelujah! O Hallelujah! &c. &c..

THE END.