ir the poet in the
raws his scenes
from tHe Bible, ttdver can fail to please;
his writingtf^ire always new,
Are you pleased with the thunders of
eloquence? Here is another inexhaustible
source. Some passages of scripture are
irresistible. What can be more grand and
sublime than^David’s description of the
appearance oQBie Most High? “ He bow
ed the heavens also, and came down, and
darknesp was under his feet: he rode upon
the cherub, and did fly; and he was seen
upon the wings of the wind.” Do you
ask for more such passages? I could quote
a volume; but let the description which
the Prophet Habakkuck gives of the gran
deur of God suffice. “ Before him went
the pestilence, and buriflHg coals went
forth at his feet; he stood and measured
the earth ; he beheld and drove asunder
nations; ihe everlasting*moiintains were
scattered; the perpetual hills did bow; his
ways are everlasting.’*
It was such eloquence as made Felix
tremble on his throne. But poetry and
dogidfece are not the only beauties of the
BibleLf^We there find sound science an^
philosophy; there we find history the most
perfect; and there, too, we have the biog- !
raphy of many great and learned men. In
the Bible, we have the history of him who
groaned on Calvary. From that sacred
summit a flood of light broke forth upon
ord. It was the dawn of redemp
superstition fled, affrighted# before
the glorious appearance of Christianit;
and the church of the living God arose c
the ruins of the heathen altars. The ai
tomatons of pagan idolatry tumbled to tl
dust, and the false deities perished on (
lympus. That glorious gospel which a
fected this great work, is contained with
the fiiblc- Like the rainbow which
hung out in the heavens, it was sent?jj
token that God would .be windful of u
Glorious token! I rejoice when I reaQj
and 1 would recommend it to all my fe
low travellers to the grave. The waveja
time are rolling on to sweeps sway; an
f HE PILGRIM'S MR ACT.
BY REvf cHARLES HALL.
Tlie May flower on NewAnglt
furfd heir letter’d sa*
And through her chafed and moaoti»| rt?oud»
December's breea**» wait;
Tel on Ibat icy deck, behold a meek but daunt
less band, ~ vy
Who, for the right jp worship God, have left
their natijmrJ*fH§s _—_
Afltl to this dreary wilderness this glorious
boon they brig||
WJi
“ Jl Church without a Bishop- a Stole without a
Those diring men.those
wherefore do they ...
%yi»y rend they all the leiwjjir lie* of kindred
and of home? 'IS?^
*Tis Heaven assigns their noble work, man's
spirit to unbtnd:
MUtey come not for themselves alone^-Abejr
come for all mankind;
And to the empire of the West this glorious
H| boon they bring—
“ J Church without a Bishop—« Slate without a
King.'9
Then. Prince end Prelate, hope no more to
bend them to your sway;
Devotion’s fire inflames their breasts, and free
doin points their way;
And, in their brave hearts* estimate, Uwere
better not to be,
Than quail beneath a despot, where the uo'il
cannot be free;
And therefore o’er the wintry wave, those ex
iles come to brine
«J Church without a Bishop—a State without a
King."
j£nd at ill their spirit, in their sons*, with free
dom walks abroad j
The Bible is their only creed—their only i
narch, God !
the hand is raised—the word is spoke—the
solema. pledge is given—
And boldly on oar banner float*- in the tree
air of heaven,
Ti|e motto of our saiated sires,-and loud we
make it ring—
•• A Church without a MUhop—a State without m
King.**
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against too
Jiy pursuing a steady course
government, severity will very