. The baptistery, or, The way of eternal life . IRS W+c^i. fit .* ff r %\t $la« of Refuge. Sweet, said the Latian barda, from heights sereneTo scan afar this strange tumultuous scene,From Wisdoms temple to survey mankindMid seas of error tossd, and wandering blind,Like barks that flounder on tempestuous seas;—Serene philosophy, to heights of easeUplifted, safe from the receding wave !Not so the Seer of Judahb; Oh for cave,Or lodge unseen in some vast wilderness,Where I might screen me from this sad distress;—Oh for some woodland chamber, from that sightTo hide me, there to weep, both day and n

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. The baptistery, or, The way of eternal life . IRS W+c^i. fit .* ff r %\t $la« of Refuge. Sweet, said the Latian barda, from heights sereneTo scan afar this strange tumultuous scene,From Wisdoms temple to survey mankindMid seas of error tossd, and wandering blind,Like barks that flounder on tempestuous seas;—Serene philosophy, to heights of easeUplifted, safe from the receding wave !Not so the Seer of Judahb; Oh for cave,Or lodge unseen in some vast wilderness,Where I might screen me from this sad distress;—Oh for some woodland chamber, from that sightTo hide me, there to weep, both day and night,The wanderings of my people \ There drew nearOne greater far than Judahs holy Seer,He Who alone of men hath dwelt secureIn Wisdoms tower and temple, calm and pure;He saw where Salem from the mount appears c,And shed, as He beheld it, bitter soon on Calvary, that other hill,He gave us eyes wherewith on human ill a Lucret., lib. ii. 1—16. b Jer. ix. 1. e St. Luke xix. 41. 118 THE PLACE OF REFUGE. To gaze, and thence survey

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