■•.^■ :-^'- J- CIHM Microfiphe , .Series^' ■,;-■■'•" (Monogiliii>hs) r ♦ ' — -ty~- -^~^- — ^- — ■ ICMH Collection der 0iicrofiGhes Imonographies) ( ^- y Canadian Inatituta for Hiatorical Microraproductiona / Inatitut Canadian da microraproductibna hiatoriquaa -tr — -- - Tcdinieal and Bibliographie NoMf / Not** Mchnu|iift at biblioflraphiqum The liHtitiita h«i atttmptMl to obtain tfM bt«t briflinal copy availabia for lilminfl, Faaturat of ttiit copy wfikh may ba MMiofraphically uniqMa, wtiich may altar any of tha imafw in tha raproduction. or which may fignif icantiy changa tha uiual mathod of filrttint, ara chMkad balow. I ; L'Inttitut amicrofilml la maiAaiu axamplaira qu'ii lui a *t(l pouibia da la procurar. Lat ditaiU da cat axamplaira qui lont paut-4tra. uniquat du point da vua Mbliographiqua. itui paMvant modif iar una ima^a raproduita. ou qui' pauvant axigar una modification dam la mithoda normala da filmaga wnt'indiquis ci-daitoVit. ." " : •. ■ , ■* . t ^- flUM □ Colourad eovar*/ Coiivartura da couiaur d nt: Covar* d«in«iMl/ Couvartura andommagia Covart rastbrad and/or laminatad/ Couvartura ra' Blank laavasaddad during rastoration may appaar . withiri tha taxt^ Whanavar possibla. thasa hava baan oiiiittad from filming/ II sa paut qua cartainas pagks blanches ajoutlas lorsd'una rastauration apparaissant dans la taxta, mais. lorsque cala itait possibla. cas pagas n'ont pas M filmMs. „ . ' • □ Colourad P^fn/ Pagas da couiaur Pagas damagad/ Pagas andommagi as □ Pagas rastorad and/or laminatad/ Pagas rastaur^s at/oU pallicul4as Pagas discoloured, stainad or f oxad/ Pagas dteploriasi tachatias ou piqi □ Pagas datachcd/ Pagas d«tach^ Showthrough/ transparanca y I Quality of print varies/ ' Qualiti jnigala de rimprassion □ Continuous pagination/ Pagination continue Includes iridex(es)/ ' Coiiiprend un (des) index Title on header taken f rom: / Le titre.de I'ervtAte provient: Title page of isjiue/ _. r Page de titre de la livraison ■ .^ • » ■ ' Caption of issue/ Titre de dip^rt de la livraison □ Masthead/ Ge Generique (periodiques) dela livraison Additional cements:/ Commentaires supplementaires: This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked b«low/ Ce document est film£ aii taux de rMuction iridique ci-dessous. IPX ■ • ' ■• ■ ■• 14X- "■ " " ■'■ 18X : ^2X- -2eX- ^W- . 1 I I I I 17 1 I I I ' I I I I I I I II I 12X 20X 24 X isx 32 X ••/ Th« eopv film«d.h«r« hts bMn r«produe«d thankt to th« g«n«ro«itv of : '^ . ■-.-■•■' ~ •'■■•• ■"' ^ - ■' ^ Vlfctoria Urilvorsl ty Library TORONTO ''-"■ * Tho imasM appaarind hara ara tha baat quality poailbia considaring tha oondition and Idgibllity of tha original copy ind In kaaping with thtf filming contract •pacificationa. Original eopJaa in printad papar covari ira filmad baginnlng with iiha front covar and anding on tha Ijiatpaga with a printad «r illuatratad Impraa-' •iort, or tha back covac whan appropriata. AM othar orjglnal eop|aa ara filmad beginning on tha firat paga with a printad or illuatratad impraa- aion, and anffing on tha laat paga with a printad or illuatratad impraaaion. Tha laat racordad frama on aach microficha shaH contain tha aymbol — ^ (maaning "CON- TINUEO"h or tha aymbol ▼Jmaaning "END"), whichavar ippiiaa. ' ■" ■'■' ■.'^ ■ ■• -'■■■ ''■ ■• ■ '■ ■•■•■ Mapa, pTataa, charta, ate. may ba filmad at diffarant raductio^ ratioa. Thoaa too larga to ba •ntiraly ineiudad in Ona axpotura ara filmad b«0inning In tha uppar laft hand corner, laft to right and top to bottom, aa many fcamaa aa raqulradr Tha following diagrama illuatrata tha mathod: ^(« • ':j^ '■■ t Li Pl di C4 fll di d' pt or pr d'l la tn Ur da 'cai .•v tm filr Loi da at I d'ii illu y. ■^■■:■'2'■■ ■ /■■a:-- ' ' ' y ■■-^i.' -^.^ ■ ', . \-Z'\'\L:-.:i .._!... :>., .- ;..■. .:..-■: . ...:' /„.:. j;tyt::^tr^ , — . — _ — ^ 1— " — ■■ 4 - ■ . . ■* ■ ■ * uo«^ thanlit ry It quality I legibility th thtf ir« fUmtd ling on •d ImpriM-' It*. AH Ing on tho mprot- • printod ■'■■ t'txomplairo filing fut rtprodult grico A (• g4n«rotit« do: ■'■ t ',.■.; y':'./ ■ Vlctoi^la University. Library / . M:\. . ■ ■ TORONTO ' ■ ■' /-' ■ ''■■^"/' Lm imago* *Mlvant««ontAt4rop/6(lultaaav«clo plus grand aoin. eompto tonu do la eondition ot do la nottoti do I'kxomplairo film*, ot on oonformit* avoc loo cbnditiont du.ebntrat do filmago. too oxomplo^ originoux dont 1^ couvortur o on POPlor oat imprimio aont fiimJl on commoncant ' par la promidr plot ot on torminont aoit por la darni«ro pago qui comporto uno omprointo d Improoslon ou d'lllustrotion. aoit por lo socond plat, salon lo COS. Tbus losautros oxomploirOo originaux sont f ilm4s on commoncont par la promi*ro pogo qui compori(f uno omprointo d improoslon ou d'lllustrotion ot on torminont por lo dorniAro pogo qui comporto uno toiio V ^ OfTiprolnto, Ncho "CON- END"). UrudM symboloo suivonts opporottro sur lo dorni«ro imogo do chaquo m^^roficho. solon lo cos: la •#ibolo — »• signifio"A SUIVRE", lo symbolo V ligniflo "FIN". tdat go to bo mod Joftto is OS ito tho loocortos. ^lapchos. tableaux, ate. pouvont «tro f ilmte A das taux do rMuctibn dif f Aronts. torsquo lo document est trop grand pour Atre roproduit on un soul cUcHA. il est fllmA A portir do I'anglooupAriour gauche, do gauche A droite. ot do hout en bos, en pronont lo nombro d'imoges nAcessolro. Los diogrommos suivonts illustront lo mAthodo. " ' . ■ ^ ^. i(ip:: 'V; 3/ .: .. -. I ' . ■ v.- I 5 :,,:;e,,^ — ■ I, ■ rf ■ ^.'" MiCRQCOrt RBOUITION TiST CHART ' 1PPUIED ifVMGE li inc- 1653 East Main Stivet Rpcheslar, Mm Yoris 1460» USA- (716) 482 -0300- Phon. (716) 288 -5*19 -Fox /-■ / /<./ >" #■ / ■. -\ /. / J ^. :V- 1 *-v. THE LIBRARY VICTORIA UNIVERSITY Toronto ; jj_ii.»iii ^it^^^ ».n ■ V?. THERE IS A GOD} WITH OTBBR IP 1 M B. BY A. J. WILLIAMSON. :■■■:: ■.>/■ "Sure, there '( a righteoufl Gob, Npr is Religion vain ; Tlipjugli men of vice may boast aloud, ' A. TORONTO: IRlNTEi) FOR THE AUTHOR, AT THE CONFERENCE OFFICBi NO. 9, WELLINGTON BUILDINGS, KING JffRBET. ' ' >^ J. H. Lawrbncv, Frintbs. MDVIIIZZXIX. ¥% mS •• " i^, k ■■ \ ■ ' .'.H. ., ./ ;l-\ ■ ■ ■ '■■.■. ■/'■■ ••". :■ , '■■■'/- ■'" '' ■ :. > iv- -■ \ -'t- ■'•-- /': • • - ■' -..'-^A ■■ .*■ ■ \Xy-:y'-\ ■• ' '" '■'''■ ' ■ ■ ■■■ , - V ■ ■ . ^ ■ . " . . . '. ^ ■ - ■ . \ ■" . ■■ .■ ■ ■ ■ ^ . - ■ ■ \ ■ i •..-■: ■"■■" ■.■-.- . -■;.■ . ■ . . ■ » ■ . ■ . ■ ■* ■ . . ■ V -■ ■ ■■S^J' ■ / • Tt> THE REV. JOSEPH STINSON, •Ijprrsitimt of tjie |)(lett}ott(st Conferrnce» anli ^sencrail : SttyetinUnliaint o|itt(ssioniE(, '.■'-'•■' ' ' ■■;»•' THIS LITTLE WORKi \ ILLUSTRATIVE OF RAPID CHANGlf IN CHARACTER, /f/y of its brilliance to the lapidary. Again— LoQ||^^the heartless / go of an autom- aton liireling tffmrvo you, /and the Winged benevo- lence of the poet's i///// to bo vcn/ plain— Lot two persons havo a desire Jobuyono of my. pamphlets— One of them shall . havo a heart (poeUadh/), and the other none. This pays me his shilling with an air that I feel no more indebted to, (since I have been schooled into" economy of tjfibction) than dqes the interstice between two teeth of a horizontal mill-wheel for the kiss of a. perpendicular cog in the way of its revolution— much obliged— must help one another —-hard times— good bye,- and so forth ;— but the other— aye, look at the other about the«8amo trans- action— I wish to God, says his heart as you read It in his intelligent countenance, for he will seldom srt3( It through a mistaken delicacy,-^! wish to God I could aftbrd to make it two for vou, and the shil- Img comes charged tbrae with i charity that deli- ^— - - — ^ rmrACEr eacy herielf might fling her arma about ancf nertr lira of careaaifig. Now, it in auile clear (hat th^^M^ Jll 17!**"; ''■''*'. •'**'^ P*'** "»« « •»»'"»«ir <<>r rnv pamphlet, but il la no/ true that one of .hem h»» paid m« no more-and, wiihoul the languago and ro-ourcej of Poetry, how shall I truly deicribe the \ **'T ^"''^•^^■"""t do il— they must cmbodv and ahew forth all the aocial ond particular rahitiuiis tfiai go to eompoae broiherly.love aiid kindoeaa:. and It this be not understood; U i, for the aame rea- aon that, whea Air John Smyth and Sir John Her- achell muke mention of the %un, Uiey have verv different ideas obout hirn. r.knaw that I am mk doing justice here, even to my ojvn cpnceptiona in ho matter j but I have been walking all my life in ho dark, and now (hat I have been suddenly ndmii. ted^to the full gorgeousnesa of vision, the multitude and variety of ita aplondofa are rather bolligcrent and .imposing for mo. r promise to do better by-and-by. Ptffrtry IS Truth Htej^ping forth from, (he diiinitv of retirement; and dazzling with the radionce of a thousand glories. How tume'is the apirit that will not symjiathize with the Horse when he snorts amorig (he trumpets, hn ! ha !-(HaveJ found ye, my proud del.ght-my life's triumph !) and smelleth the ^«/c afar o l.-the thunder oithe captains, and the ihoutingf Uhile (he sun stands still and the moon, unti vengeance is gjutted with the terror and des. ^ruction ot the adversariei—Or, Poetry is a gentle girl-and fierce and wicked i» the malignant fiend, whoso soul acknowledges no gmtiiude to tbe Cre. ator, tor a ray of pi(y «hed upon it from (be holy eyeofafhnsJian woman. Poe(ry is Truth Naked-^and here, I do wish InT !"y,"»°^««^ ««"'. 'Hat I could get man, womarv and child w.(h me. from yiciori* oa the Throne to Uie humble8l--aye meanest, ahho* i hate the word —ot her subjects— Look at her,^at Poetry— sa. «ted Poetry ! at th« Source uid Fouot of her awi^ •^6 P i S f A C E. vti *^V 4^ furiiy and hpiinoii — nakod and not nshamed— and «• Mhe iiponki lot iho heart liRtcn : — Oiir Father who art in (leaven! — llath otornity no ear 7 Ilnllowod bo Thy Name ! — No gratitude ? Thy Kinffdorn come ! — Nor nny underitandmfr ? Thy will hu done on eurlh, ni it i« in heaven ! Give us thib day our daily broad ! Forgive U8 our trciptai'^ et, 89 wo furgivo tl»em tim( trcfipaBi against Ui and lead ua not into temptation, but deliver ua fron? ovil ! Yet, nohudy but a ChriMtinn can underfllund till! ; nnd, therefore, nobody but Christians are Puots. All iho goodly I'uniiliarity in tho foregoing sum of alt poetry — 'lliywill be done in earth, a$ il it in heaven— IS not only pormittod, but enjoined upon (IS by dim who is Tenderness and Truth ; and, when wo want to express the enlargement of our ideas about such boundless goo4ness, tho terms wo make uso of are hyperbolical— -/ii/«e — our liinguage must bo Truth in tho garb of Miction ! It won't do, gentlemen, Poetry is Truth—naked or clothed — and they who deny this are — — no Poets. Having said this much aboi^ Poetry in general, it is fit tliat I should suy something of my own in particular, which, as mere cowj/HWiViori,'! am sorry to say is very defective and unsutistactory, It must be conceded to me that, at times, I look Upon all that I have written to bo either whining, sickly, tfush — inflated bombast-^-or ridiculous bathos. At other times; however, I am of opinion that the lun* guagc of the heart could not possibjiy be better cho- aen, and dwell with much pleasur^ upon passages like the following: — . . ' "^ . Ila«t Tliou mado Taircr lo^e lliiln miiiet Ttim, whereforie did I pray? It nom appears to me that anxim^s suspicion and en- quiry are really embodied in the first of these lines, and that the icreck of confidence^ and heart.hrokent though still fond, reproacA and despair are brought fcilly put in the picture of the others I look upon a line iii my *' Scripturai Exeroisea" '\ \ ■^6 vin PREFACE. ■-'■*■• *■ ■ 08 the Very climax of adorative entreaty, arid «> purely honest as to challeHge even the scrutiny of omniscient justice-it is the last of the 4th stanza iri the 7th Exercise, !«Ca8t mo not off, my God, or lift me not lo hlgli ;•• and the concluding lines of the piece at page 22 ' under jhe caption of "Pray without Ceasing," were penned with^ a ri^hing fulness vf spirit in mv liosom that mountains were unable to resist. They were prophetic^of peace ancj joy in the Holy Ghost fo me^and all to whom it is given to hold fellowshif. with my understanding, and as such 1 have ushered them into the world. ^^^^Orf the whole, to be fairly dealt by, the following imle productron. should be read at proper intervals at entire leisure, with a conventiojial deference to the spirit present with me when I wrote one portion ' ot It, and the power that governed me when I pennti^ another. The 53d chapter of Isaiah Is a lie > to him who takes it from the Prophet's mouUi with the past, but, to the Christian with the Father and he bpirit m the past future kis true, to the very il'^'y !V'" /^^ ^'^"J" *^ ^''«'<^l^ I i>ave lasi alluded although I may not feel no anxiety about my dady bread, nor b.> fl/;/rav* free from care about my raiment and shelter— I am reallv nearlv without uneasiness about any thing, being, b> far the greater .portion of my time, night and day, in^ the most de- Jightftil communion with a ;>romi spirit ofunqueslion. AbleTruth And let my work be so judged in charity. . Joconchide, It is in the recollection of all men herer^that I was a sadly wretched and unhappy be- ing, but a very short time since ; that a wonderful change has come over my character and prospects ; and_ that something hke eccehiridty is hardly io be ^avoided in this early stage of its developemem r- , par icularly, when I am struggling with an energy hat forces, and plunges, and falls with me, at times; like the ungentle torrent of Niagara. ■i^:^ ■i- p o E in s. ^^-^ THERE IS A GOD! ; ■ -/-.;■;;. . / : . ^^^ ■.; : ■ ::.■ There is a God-— How great a God! Who sees himseir a God may see ; ^ The paths o( proof , however trod, *'' Lead /roOT him to obscurity. , Dost thmi notice, that I exist, And look, with thee, at yonder sun ? Shall we involve ourselves in Mist, Toprove lino delusion? The sun thou see'st, and, therefore, thgu Thyself art something ^Aetyn to be ;/''^ " CA(r»ce never made a wa^cA, and — now, Be honest— cow/c? >t fashion thee? Thy neighbor artist can combine Time's varied movements — /r«/ycan; Must not the Artist be Divincf, That made the time and made the miint There is a God — so near a Good, That I in Him, and He in me, Are terms, at times, so iinderstood, '\ :• '" I doubt my own identity. ■■ ■ ■■ ■■; V . 10 TftKRE IB A OODV 4 m I ; » But is It strange, that He should comr, la promise as in threatening true T Farewell the hope of Ghristendom, If one in Christ be something new V ■■."■'■ ^ . ■■■■'■■■■■ ■'■ iS' ' I sift myself more thoroughly S Than unassisted thought conceives;: . Ask of ray soul, to' live or die ^ Eternally, what ^^ believes. „ : , And find, that, a divided * heart, ^ ^Or partial trust, can never share His glory who gave a//— not part— The pray'r, and then, the meed of prayV« There is a God— long-suffering God I That looks on His creation spoil'd; And flings the witness all abroad^ That we shall reap as we have toilM- . And I adjure thee— Infidel ! By ali my*hoitor of deceit, That thou prepare, for heaven or hell. Before that righteous Godvve meet. pioy to the righteous -death to those Who scorn the Lamb that died to save j And death eternal to His foes, Is surer than the certain gravel For two escaped the general ^oomj And the last trumpel, through the sky,, Shall triumph widely o'er the tomb j— But 0od spake to Eternity. .-/- * Jobn zviL a : -L^ THIRE M A GOD. u [U tbthaitty membenor ■ fFalcA wore Mranlly glAed with IMelU- geiice for the purpow, and one of them were toldf or'impreiMd with »o idea, that their Motion wot not of thenuelvee, but communicated by a power Independent of them ; there ia not one of them, however humble In it* aphere of operntinn, that could not easily trace the reception of it, periodically, to the embrace of a littlo instrument in the hand of Man. If one of these crealidni should, in the prosecutibn of his search, find Man, on arriving at him, to a common extent, (nfidei in his principles ; a conviction must follow that he was lienor to hihtaelf, inasmuch as he did not even, like him, possess the faculty of rational enquiry ;'and thi/ would lead to the inevitable conclusion that tha origin of Motion was not In liim, but in a power superior to them both. Upon farther enquiry, however, it would be found that, Man, deficient ,4 as he appeared to be in the knowledge of himself, had nevertheless made vast approximations to something like universal intelligence (eyoiid him- self He had discovered the Motion sought, to be in the Heavens and in the earth— tn things visible and invisible— to be in (Aou^At— to b!fc (n the power of progress, through tlie present enquiry— at least he has found it ' ■ now^and it can be traced no fnrtlier hut to— rest— and here tee are, coii- Miuusly in a power that alisoliiiely has no definition but infinite, inasmuch as every thing can be traced from it— the tame every where itself, but t'iving birth to eternal variety—the life of all— the light of all— the Crea- fur and Preserver of Jlf«i(ion— the Maker of ^fan, who made iiis fVattk— . GOD. ■ . Oinerwl8o,-by a power nnn'ingous ta;tlmt AVIiich sbi my little friend h.ere, upon his inquest, I have been Ird to the Bible, where, in pri(^cisely<^ the same way that I satisfy Aim as to the identity of /ii> Maker, and the (iliilosophy of Motion in hia Mainspring, 1 bocoiiic acquainted with the Jfame— number, and place of residence ot my 'iAo.Wex—iot it requires an equal exertion of |>ower to conceive of one thing as of another- the/aitA «/ acceptance being the sunie in both qases— and tlie scrpliciiini that denies liGod, does it from afelf'cntnplaceuc^that,.iii.a Laidncr, so late, ridicul- ed tlie idea of steam navigation ncroaathe Aliantic— froiii an impudent • atiEumption, to give it its true name, that wisdom is to be found but with its votaries, and that it must die With tlieni. 1 shall not find it so diflicult when I appear again before ilie aublic to prove to this kind of scepticism that there is a God. Again— are we not vi\x\i Oodf. Look at the tto« words of tl/e intenbgatory 2to/ict««d^ above, and see how truly the first of them tnid never been written, unless you and /, reader, of whom it is the signl baiifirpt been ; and must it not be equally true of the latter 1 / '^ A What impudence of ffophinry is it to say, that because there vt^ false Mgns, the sign of God may net be true— What then is/afseAood ? Is ft UQt opposition to the truth 1 Afai, What ia Truth? ButyfinaUy:;— : lameoxsetoMs of the dtistence of God— 'I am Us siirs of it, as Iain sure that I am framing tbi/paragraph io a friend's store— I am conaciousi n ^v. ^■■■.\ 12 WHO WILL SHEW V8 AJIY GOOD 7 morcov^, that others aim, with me, are In commiinion with Ood ; ',tf perfectly conscloui of It. thata preatimpUon to the contrary ii most am» «lng-«ma*lng that a ^wer which I knototo be univcraal as my thought hai failed to convince tvep body of its exi«tencc-and, If I do not find that eon$tm happiness wi» - PARI* OF THE llWh^ PSALM. Pure Spirit of promise, inclme . ^ To the fondly submiss at thy throne } { We burn with desire to l)c thine> . And we feel that the flame is thine own, Siiice worthy we .seem in thy sight, Of sudli towering and tender emotion ;— OhJ coniKand envelope us quite, In the full tlaze of Christian devotion. PART OF THE 119th PS ALjM: , . Verses 97-104?, Lord, how I love thy law ! 'tis here . My daily meditation grovvs: Through thy commandments, ever near, Made wiser than iny foes. More light thy testimonies give, ^ . Than all my teachers ever borej And, for thy precepts kept, I live . Beyond the age's lore. Pve kept ray feet— to keep thy, word— From every way of evil free : Nor have I from thy judgments erred, For I am taught of thee. Sweetly thy words, as honey, teach ! Yea, sweeter do thy precepts run ! Through them I understanding reach: And every false way sjum. iB :i U 4.M.INKI ON A LIVINC PORTRAIT. •" ' . " .y ■ ■ LINES ON A LIVING p6rTRAIT. There's more of sweetness in that Tace, Than verse can e'er define ; Fair innocence, and heavenly grace, And harmony divine. And there's a light within that eye, ; That only God above Can fashidn out of darkii^ss, bv The Omnipotence of Love! Around thee, dignity and truth, Their dearest charms dl^Tuse i; A trait'rqus thought against thy voutii, Doth heaven itself abuSe. And thus, with tenderness entwined, True holiness unfolds j / , While perfect ppacticc, all the tnind- • V Of God in Christ upholds. How blissful gush the fountains purcy. ' . Of hope in thy new heart ;— For I, in my belief mature. Do see thee as thou art. « And dear Religion's* faithful beam^ In „ thee diverges wide, ' . From earth, and it^ most idle dream Of flatteries iand pride. . I J '' '8 a pity that Rclislon IiasRo few friendff-hcart worshinnprs of her lioliness a..d beaviy-and it > a fearful truth, that, the «pi"i ot' unw era- We gory which has wound itself hi every ptii^lble way with «« artfettio » for eternity. i« but seen in shadow, « ahoge^ier absent, Iwy^rinrmo'e i^rt'i^l.i;!:* o"?'- V* ^r '"'•'^"'- m« «o\wiihhora his 3 fmnMhe lieht, through thefearof wiiat liiartcan do lihto Jhe, forit exereiseV*^ commanaing an influence over me, that, subesrviency tri It hw bw^me^ n.atterotuuavoidable necessity. Will 'tfu,e, then'^^Sth wSiS^Tin? (1 • I' tlNES ON A LITtNG PORTRA|T. Thouseek'sta better country, far From Binfulness and strife ; And wedded thoughts, that will not mar The chastities ofllfe* Ev'n thus do I, the prize in view, And grateful homage pay ; To Him that gave a star so true, To shine upon ray way. I» *rhe world recedes behind me fas.i, The promise at the door ; / %^ Tlie ways of wisdom in the past, And hope and trust before. Tho', huge, the mountains intervene, I cast them in the sea:^ — Strong is the arm on which I lean, Oh! lean on it with me! pulmy days of worlilly prosperliy, I paused for a perenn of much ninccriio^ and correct observntlon— asone, whose very Bins werecoihniilled in defi- ante am! contempt of his b»"ller unilKrHlnndiiig— not bereHerous muiigU to believe nieAo«^.«t «»«o .? and palit?nt enouah to migli my *a»nt.v, when I tell them tiiat, but lor the exercise of injInKe mercy in my beiialf.l should have been, at Ihit) hour, the vinilm of my original ifiuisRression in Adam, among the lost fr)reY»'r ? Willihey not creilit me wlieri I, from my heart's every fearfully inleriigeiil fibre, subacrlbe the testimony of my tonvlciioii to the truth of eternal torment— nf utler~hopeleBS'-8unleB»~8tarleM— hideous, and dahinabfe degolation, to the wretched unbeliever ? Will they hot trust to my horrible experience nf the vudnivg of words, tiiat the belief which they have hitherto profcssid has not been belief, biit the acceptance at indolence— xUM their rest was the probationary o*«fiicc «/ judgment— atv\ ihni, without an tnttn chance in them,' and of Uiem, an well as ol all thingg In connexion with them, to them, it was in my know- ledge that tlieyivould have been dam^ied forever ? Mav God witness these truths for me in their hearts, and shew them, at the saine time, that, a simple dependence on the sacrifice in Christ, Is, at all limes, and under aH circumstances, a bar to temptathin ; and a cirtain step to the purtty of enjoyment,— to that hohness- whiiout which no man shall see the Lord. 1 atfiim this to be true from an intimate knowledge ofwiuse/f. 1 l^eriB livas a time, when, in the bitterness of my despair, and with the fjiin consont of my heart and itiy head, I imprecated eternal curses on the con- ception that gave me being, and I am a living, a happy, and a glorious, iiionument of its goodness and mercy— a practical illustration of the truth that Jesus Christ Is able to save, even lb the uttermost— and where now is the excuse for unbelief 1 li Is not to be round in eternity. . ■ •>'^. •«■ .\^J1 ?■ 16 STANZAS FOB MUSIC. STANZAS FOR MUSIC. My heart is full of a holy fire, , '\ And my thoughts are of Heaven above; * X, Where God's right liand shall awake the lyre, To measures of Lordly Love* . .To measures of Lordly Love, my soul, 1 _- . To measures of Lordly Love; When thou shalt be found with the ransom'd whole— Oh I— One in the Heavenly Dove! I breathe, methinks, in the balmy air, Of that high and that holy place; For the spirit is here that shall Icaid me there, To the light of my Father's face. \ To the light of % Father's fa^, my soul, Td the light of thy Father's Few, few afiB the envious years to rd^ Between/thee ^nd that voiceless /^ce ! Qh! mighty, tl)e thought in mjr bosom, springs, To its rest in the- realms on high ; And npw to look down upon earthly kings, How it strains the mental eye! How it strains the mental eye, my soul. How it strains the mental eye !— Turn— turn to the sjar in yon glorious pole, , And keep watch for the opening sky! He comes who swore, to believers true^ They never should call in vain; And though heU should rise on thy misty view, Keep f ai t h with the s potless slain. ^ — — — — \ ■ ■\ .. ■/' HAVE I AN INTEREST IN CIiniST ? 17 \ Keep faith with the Bputlcss slairi) my bouI, Keep faith with tiie spotless slain ; — " Oh ! He 8[>eak8 to ihee^ \w no shadowy scroll, And ho soon will ho hero to reign! To reign o'er all, in ininioilal youth^ Transfigured withoyt decay j From glory to glory, in truth — His Truth— A ruiniHl Creation away. A ruined (Jreation away, my soul, A ruined Creation away; — Oh ! farewell, then, to the regions of dole, And welcome Eternal Day! -^-:_._iL_ 1-.' 4 ./■ HAVE I AN INTEREST IN CHRIST'? Who gave those eyes of heavenly blue, Tlieir sweet expression— soft and true? Who gave that check, a warmth so rare,— And made tlie flo\ving tresses there. Enamored, in their loveliness, Of such a dear abiding place ? Who gave that lip its /ooit— the smile That^ present, /eov€* no room for guih f Wlio. in that form deliglits to dwell. In beauty without parallcH ^ Who once /rflns^o-ttrV it in part, To^vc/me a behevi.ng hearts Oh! none but God, whose love I see. %-f- Most lovely beaming thence on me ! A ■ T— / Vk 'X 18 A FRAeMCIIT. A FRAGMENT. ^ Comei let iM< reason, saUIt tlie Lord : Amcn—ijp l«t it be- Why 'lingers happiness, implored So earnetitly of thee ? Why i6 a Seraph's eye adored, That shines no more for me ? /Why was it giv'n to ask a bliss, That cannot be obtained? 'Twas never Mine the traitor kiss — The invitation feign'd! Let who will slander thee in this, Remember, I disdain'd. J gave the world a heart to read, My faithful witness thou, ; Nor left undone in thought, word, deed,, A christian duty — how -^ Tiiat heart was left alone to bleed, \ It matters little now." tprovM the world's full treachery, ,,-vAnd was content to go, \V here thou who mad'st my soul could'st be \Jt8 refuge— here below I saw the impossible, and see,—; m^ am I chain'd to wde? A qlawn more lovely than the dream or Angel in his sphere, Brdkd o'er my dudtness— bliss Supreme, See\n'idto be with me here— Alasl^Alaa! it did but s eem, "/■■ My hot iebuke was near! '■^'-; ON Rcr. n. «. 10 I lov*J~0, God, the love was thine, Why woB it cost nway t Haut thou made fairer love than min^T Then, wherefore diil 1 proy 1 ^ HolincMB — Purity, Divine, Why am I sad to day t _ ♦ . . ■ • . * ■ ■ • I must ho wrong— my heart incline. To thee— thou Better Way! n And I will give lilin llio mornlnf t^%t—Hcv. kl. m. Star of the Morning, — Oh ! how dear, The influence that descends on me,— » Lo !' all things as they are appear ; In thine own light I worship thee. And, surely, were the brightest gem, In angel thought my gift to-day; I'd place it in his diidenti, To win thy constant ray. Vainly aspirM even Zion's towers. To catch my hope, in darkness »ped; Oh ! what avaij'd her living bowers, ^ To one, like ^e, among the dead ! But, blessed be thy holy light. That promises eternal day:— Star of the Morning— bless my sight, Ev'n with a constant ray. . And there is anet who vigil keeps, With me thine effluence to enjoy ; And talk of Ilim who never sl ee pa; And taste of bliss without aUoj. '-^^- r*.- .u 30 ON ROMfANS VI. «l «. 0\\ ! let thy liallowM radianco full, Fofovor, on uh iiita day: — Stdr of the M^Miiing,— uhcd on oil, TU'ino everlaatinv ray. Rom, vi. 21-23. Tis daring high, ono miwt confcKs, To look on perfect I (^IWiichh; And kiss the hope tii*C|o the hrim, Ifaih fill'd the cu{4'f joy*for him. I cant um on the worhl abroad, Wiih here u let, and there a goad; And, dcsp'nuo, let my spirit range, Through heaven, and earth, and hell, for change f r'caiinMthe past elornity, tiook'd forward in the lost to be;-— \Vcj)t for a hope— theiifcvas hut one, And (Iiiit hid (mdcr malii^on — - Then turii'd mc to the House of pray'r, r^Ahd found my comfort— in despair. ^»ight»|if wretchedness — 5f blaict', of damn'd, distress ! the ^p^' between its woe jhis day, is God^s to know ! A wonder o'er my soul prevail'd, How I that lov'd the Lord had faiPd ; r- -Unmindful that, in Him; I died **> ■*■ >4 f. ,i w (% !*' PRAT WITHOUT CXASUVO*^ But, oh! the resurrection bright,— The Hvvecta of. that m*rnphic light! The heavenly luHtre of on eye, Lit with the glory from oqi high ! And, then, the ropturo of the aigiif The creature ontl Creator mine! Grief, Grief, — thy reign will soon bo I love — I worship — I adore I o'er; #, PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. Lord, Jesus, Christ ; — it may be sin, Short of perfection thus to stay; But, grateful as I am within, I have {10 heart to pray. What shall I ask of thee to give. That hath not been already given? Hast thou not died that I might live, :;Great Lord of earth and heaven! If, haply, for my daily bread, A sigh proclaim my forfeit peace; % Thee Ijehold the table spread. And joy, and hope, increase. If on my raiment I appear, . At timei, to throw an anxious carie; A sweet, though a reproachful tear, The "Lillies?* still prepare. My shelter^ in the Lord at length, Tqo long by mtVbelief unble^t, i^ ./ 22 my. xxn. rr., stc. Defies the stonn in all jta strength :^ It rages, and I rest. ,1 have no heart to pray-^the flame Of gratitude enfolds me dugib : Yc^—Hallowerd, Father, be Thy Name, Through all Thy Kingdom come ! . \ The spirit and the bride say, come! and let him that AearetA say %ome I— R*v. ■ The words tbat I 8i)eak un:o you tiley are spirit and they are Ufe.— ^ Come, say the spirit and the bride, In God, the Father, sanctified By the Eternal Son: . ■ Come to thy rest— be happy ^grg— Enjoy the love that casteth fear, Out, to the Evil One* And I believe, and I obey, Advance a step in Wisdom's way, But only one, alas! For, at the next, broad in the eye Of wickec] CURIOSITY I ^tand, and cannot pass* And, sinful tpo, Unwatchfulness Obtrudes to mar where Christ would bless, And rends the sacred veil j Oh ! how the sweet devotion there, * Offends the pride of wordly care, That never shall prevail. ,-/> f'' ^ / "*i£- RIV* XXtU 17.) £T0. 33 '•■ -.v r„f ...,)'V T'., ^ ■;t And Impudence, aiYid Ignoranoe, Who prate of God yet live by chance ; Forchance He is to them— Trei^pass upon the Heavenly light^ And shroud the loveliness in night, That, unknown, they condemn. (O, when the heart is all abroad, '" And gathering in its loves tp God, With all thieir their tender fires ; How monstrous is the l)ollow smile. _ Of vanity— the cross how vile. Of brutal, false, "desires ,') ■'■'^',C, ' H. ' ■ ■ '■■ ■ ■ At foes like these the barriers fall, And lead to breaches in the wall, That guard the holiest place ; But, courage, Zion,— shout with me,— ^ Defeat and death assail them,— see The Faitk that is cf Graci. Come, say the spirit and the bride ! I go, in Jesus crucified, i The utmost bliss to dase j And come, ye understancjling few. In mighty faith and Witikess true. The nupti^banquet share. I owg— bu/God alone can shew. What to yfc faith in hitn I owe. And only can repay ; I ^ So, com& to Him, and relv'rence still, " My landmarks on the ^oly Hill,— - The light is surely Dajr ! ■\ •/■ 24 I WU.I. NOT LET THEE GO. How readeat thou t|. I Bin the returreciiofflnd (he life : he that believetb oil me tliough he were dead, yet ahall he live : and whosoever llvetb and beJleveih la me ahall neTer die. Bellevest thou thli 1 Yea, Lord. Joun, xI. S5, S7. I WILL NOT LET THEE GO. My hope, — ^ye lov'd but ling'ring few, — Is of the- Everlasting, • true ; Of faith in him, who is' the sum Of pastj of present, and to come ; And, save the height forever known The stimmit of comparison. It jBUs conception's highest place, In growing glory, goodness, grace y— '* So sweet— ^opurerrr-so chaste— so fair— And. holy— that it hides compare. What, though it tremblingly expand, , Beneath the rigors of the l,and ; Sigh for the airs of heavenly rest, That fan the arbors of the blest j • And slowly lift its righteous head, Where rank fears yet are nourished :—^" It lives to smile on all regrets, Ev'n in a Sun that never sets ! , My gentle Hope— my MAIDEN hope— • My heart's trust in immortal scope ; . My fond— wise — faithful— Oh! to tell But half thy praises passing well ! The glorious Gospel light put on, And meet, with me, the Holy One, 'Tis done — she knows He cannot lie, • And loves too well to doubt and die. ap^j-j-.^i. . f N PV:, i • «k ■'". ■.■ '' '■■ ( . * . . ■ ■ ' ■ , ' . ' 1..- *». ' ,* ■ ■.'... . ■'■-■■... '. ' :" -■■■.-::, . ■'.;"• ,..; ; ' '- ' \ ' ■■ ■. *.■■.':. 'mm f- .■- : -••-•■-•:.^.:-.:^^-|:^:^ ■^^ .'f'^^l ' S ..■ * ' . ■: f .: ■ .V ■ ■ • ■■ ■;-' '■, ■ ■■♦' . :'v",'^-.!^Hbk :-'^:-.' '.':•=■■ j ■■ '■• - ■'" _ " ■ ■ ■■■■■■^^■■^^^m." -/--A ^^^^^k ' ":,'■'" r^^^^^t ■ ,■'/. . ■*: -.■:..v'.^ ■ ■ ki i I . ' ; " ■ ' ' f' '.■■■'• ' ' ■ ^ i 1 1 .... '^■' ■'.■■■ " ; ■ .. ; v '■- ■ •'■.■ . ■ ■ ■ ' ■-■;■ ^ f ■ ■# .*■."■ ■_ ■ ' '. ■ . -'.,'- ■ . ' y '' '.:••' .. .. ■■ .; ;■ ■■";.'•■■: ;.■•■■■■ ■■- ■ -.■. ■ '■- -'':'' '■ ■■i ■ ■'/ ; ■ . ■ ■' 1 ,:*■■■■:■-: . ■„ ' ; ,. ^ _ ■ .; , .'. ' ■ . - ~ , :. ■ v ■ ::.■ : ■, . ■ . :: ■ .-. ■ ■ ■•:;,,' ■■ '■■•"■• ■•:v.: ;. \--"- ■ '.':■■ :■ 1 ' 1 ■-.' .;-"-. . :■- ■■■> ■ ,-•■ ' ■ '■ ' '■ ■/ . . ■ '■'.'."■ '"..*,■- -* .'■ . ■".',"■ ''' ' ■'. ■ *'• ' • .... .'■' ' ^ '■.''■-■■■''■ , \ gMik^^^j^ 'flfl^^H i 'M-" : , •- ■■ ■ ■. ■ . - ■ - ' *■ '>■' . ■ . ^■ ' ' , '/ . -■ ' ■• • ; 1 ;i / "'■ , .^ } \ f f I ,. ." . . t :. • ; f ■ '■''■'',■ ■■; • ;i'* ■ :;t;:v;: ' ; ~ « ,■ - ■■>:■. . r ' . \ i:ii>^- J m 1^. • » 1 '/M