The home beyond, or, Views of heaven and its relation to earth . in solemn stillness,Bearing no echo of the seraphs song. To Bethlehems air was their last anthem givenWhen other stars before the One grew dim? Was their last presence known in Peters prison?Or where exulting martyrs raised their hymn? And are they all within the veil departed? There gleams no wing along the Empyrean now ;—And many a tear from human eyes have started,Since angel touch has calmed a mortal is a truly pathetic complaint, and one to which few heartshave not returned an ardent echo. But there is no need of m
The home beyond, or, Views of heaven and its relation to earth . in solemn stillness,Bearing no echo of the seraphs song. To Bethlehems air was their last anthem givenWhen other stars before the One grew dim? Was their last presence known in Peters prison?Or where exulting martyrs raised their hymn? And are they all within the veil departed? There gleams no wing along the Empyrean now ;—And many a tear from human eyes have started,Since angel touch has calmed a mortal is a truly pathetic complaint, and one to which few heartshave not returned an ardent echo. But there is no need of makingit. It is true, if we look for angels with our bodily eyes, or evenwith the eyes of a poet, we shall not see the gleam of white pinionsspeeding along the confines of the glowing sky ; we shall not heartheir songs as the shepherds of Bethlehem heared them. Yet theyhave not all retired forever behind the veil of the visible. They maystill be seen heard by the eye and ear faith, though 41 There gleams no wing along the empyrean now. Rev. H. Harbaugh, D. THE ANGELIC HOST. OH VIEWS OF HEAVEN. 445 UNSEEN COMPANIONS.
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