. Gems from the sacred mine: or, Holy thoughts upon sacred subjects. now the hour has comeWhen every knee shall bow to Him, and not a lip be dumb;When he who wandered long by pools, in errors wildering quaff the waters of bright truth^ and, in her calm, clear stream,Shall see the mirrored light of Heaven in godly sorrows tear,And, looking up to Mercys throne, shall read his title clear. The veil is rending fast which threw its shadows oer our Mercys sun breaks sweetly forth from out the cloud of wrath; 140 GEMS FROM THE SACRED MINE. And, as her bow of beauty spans the now
. Gems from the sacred mine: or, Holy thoughts upon sacred subjects. now the hour has comeWhen every knee shall bow to Him, and not a lip be dumb;When he who wandered long by pools, in errors wildering quaff the waters of bright truth^ and, in her calm, clear stream,Shall see the mirrored light of Heaven in godly sorrows tear,And, looking up to Mercys throne, shall read his title clear. The veil is rending fast which threw its shadows oer our Mercys sun breaks sweetly forth from out the cloud of wrath; 140 GEMS FROM THE SACRED MINE. And, as her bow of beauty spans the now retiring see, on Calvarys sun-lit mount, Messiahs bleeding form:He looks—we weep ; He smiles—we feel, for me He died, for me—And captive Israel bursts its chain, and stands erect and free! The Gentile world in fulness comes, to swell the mighty trainOf kingdoms that shall bow to Him, and own His endless reign;And in this fulness comes the Jew—blinded no longer now:His pilgrimage of tears is oer—he here renews his vow.* •^ Psalm cxxxvii. 5, ^yu/ JOSEPH SOLD BY HIS BRETHREN. 141 JOSEPH SOLD BY HIS BRETHREN. BY REV. JOHN COLLINS MUGABE. The history of Joseph, one prominent portionof which is brought before the minds eye by thecreative pencil of the artist, forms a brilliant linkin the great chain of Divine Providence, and isbut another confirmation (among many) of themore modern yet undoubted aphorism, that Manproposes, but God disposes. The story of this remarkable man—the scenesin which he was an actor, and upon which were toturn some of the greatest events in coming time—is commenced in the thirty-seventh chapter ofGenesis, where he is introduced to us at the ageof seventeen as a shepherd boy, and closes in thefiftieth and last chapter of the same with his death,at the age of one hundred and ten years. Tworeasons, says Heidegger, in his History of thePatriarchs, are generally assigned why Moses is10 142 GEMS FROM THE SACRED MINE. more prolix in rela
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