. Religious allegories : being a series of emblematic engravings, with written explanations, miscellaneous observations, and religious reflections, designed to illustrate divine truth, in accordance with the cardinal principles of Christianity . ow he be-comes uneasy, then impatient, then fretful, thenanxious, and then desperate ; now he resolves at allhazards to seize upon the prize—it is his own ; butah ! the flowers have faded, the beautiful colorshave disappeared ; the angel of beauty is transformedinto a loathsome object. His eyes are opened; andalas ! too late, disappointed and remorsefu
. Religious allegories : being a series of emblematic engravings, with written explanations, miscellaneous observations, and religious reflections, designed to illustrate divine truth, in accordance with the cardinal principles of Christianity . ow he be-comes uneasy, then impatient, then fretful, thenanxious, and then desperate ; now he resolves at allhazards to seize upon the prize—it is his own ; butah ! the flowers have faded, the beautiful colorshave disappeared ; the angel of beauty is transformedinto a loathsome object. His eyes are opened; andalas ! too late, disappointed and remorseful, he learnsthe truth of the maxim, that it is not all gold thatglitters. Man has a soul of vast desires ;He bums within with restless fires;Tossd to and fro, his passions flyFrom vanity to vanity. In vain on earth we hope to findSome solid good to fill the mind ;We try new pleasures, but we feelThe inward thirst and torment still. So when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns 5 And tis a poor relief we gain, To change the place, but keep the pain. Great God ! subdue the vicious thirst,This love to vanity and dust;Cure the vile fever of the mind,And feed our souls with joys refined. Dr. Watts, 136 RELIGIOUS The high, ones of stature shall be hcicn doicn, and the haughty shall behumbled. Isa. x. 33. DANGER OF GREATNESS. The clouds assemble in the blackening west,Anon with gloom the sky becomes oercast,United winds with wide-mouthd furj roar,Old ocean, rolling, heaves from shore to shore ;With boiling rage the waves begin to rise,And ruffian billows now assail the skies;The hardy forests, too, affrighted quake,The hills they tremble, and the mountains shake;The oak majestic, towering to the skjes,Laughs at the whirlwind, and the storm defies:Spreads wides its arms, rejoicing in its meets unbending the tornados tide ;The winds prevail, one loud tremendous blowThe monarch prostrates, and his pride lays low ;While the low reed, in far more h
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