. The baptistery, or, The way of eternal life . > m THE WAY OF ETERNAL LIFE. THE AUTHOR OF THE CATHEDRAL. C Wii\4*wS X^<V^C— -j THIRD EDITION. OXFORD,JOHN HENRY PARKER. MDCCCXLVI. oxtord:printed by i. shrimpton. ADYEETISEMENT. In this edition, the Fourth Part, which was previouslypubhshed separately, is incorporated, the Images beingarranged in their respective places. Wit &vonti$#itit* How art Thou seen in Heaven, O living Well,The Fount of our New-Birth,—the blessed sealOf our inheritance ? O who can tellHow countless Angels may around Thee kneel,While earth-born clouds their glorious
. The baptistery, or, The way of eternal life . > m THE WAY OF ETERNAL LIFE. THE AUTHOR OF THE CATHEDRAL. C Wii\4*wS X^<V^C— -j THIRD EDITION. OXFORD,JOHN HENRY PARKER. MDCCCXLVI. oxtord:printed by i. shrimpton. ADYEETISEMENT. In this edition, the Fourth Part, which was previouslypubhshed separately, is incorporated, the Images beingarranged in their respective places. Wit &vonti$#itit* How art Thou seen in Heaven, O living Well,The Fount of our New-Birth,—the blessed sealOf our inheritance ? O who can tellHow countless Angels may around Thee kneel,While earth-born clouds their glorious forms conceal,And hide the golden vision from our view ?Our God and Father Faith doth here reveal,Whose radiance lights up the Baptismal dew,While we emerge in life where all things are made new. Countless as broods that fill the teeming sea,On generations generations pourAs through the mouth of Ocean, flowing freeInto the world through that Baptismal door:Numbers innumerable, evermore,Part on each side in endless destinies,Some on advbaptisteryorwayo46will
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