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TO WHICH 18 PREFIXE1>, A ' SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF DUGALD BUCHANNAN, Compiled from his Autobiogr.-vphy. STRATHROY, ONT. Printed at the Age Book and Job Office. A '■■ il * '"T- ■ ■ «i w^sm THE DAY OF JUDGMENT And Other Poems, Translated from the Gaelic of DUGALD BUCHANNAN, AND PETER (GtRANT. BY HUGH M'COLL. TO WHICH IS PRBFIXED, A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF DUGALD BUCHANNAN, Compiled from his Autobiography. STRATHROY, ONT. Printed at the Age Book and Job Offit 1870. an trs an< gn all Va ed Ui wo wh Bu sta to wo me noi ed 4200 ^ pre can wh OW] con poe er. the ble spii trai It I of 1! mu< Am litt! trail BCCC S1 « PREFACE. Many years ago, partly for my own amusement and improvement, I engaged in translating the Gaelic Poems of Buchannan and Grant into verse. The work was gradually continued until I had translated all of Buchannan's and two of Grant's. Various parties who had seen them express- ed a desire that they should be published. Under the impression that the publication would be attended witli pecuniary loss, which I could ill afford, I steadily declined.'* But inore recently, under altered circum- stances, and with sufficient encouragement to induce the belief that the undertaking would pay, the publication has been com- menced, and after an unavoidable delay, it ia now, with considerable diffidence, submitt- ed to the judgment of an indulgent public. It is extremely easy to find fault with any production, and there inay be critics who can detect errors and defects in this. But while far from claiming perfection for my own humble efforts, I would ask all such to consider the great difficulty of translating poetry in one language into poetry in anoth- er. I have endeavored throughout, to make the translation asfaithful and literal as possi- ble consistently with the versification and spirit of the original. The most literal translation is not always the most faithful. It may be mentioned that Grant's poems> of which I have translated only two, are much more numerous than Buchannan's. Any defects which may be found in this little work will be removed, and additional translations given, if it should ever reach a second edition. nUGn McCOLL. Strathroy, March, 1870. _'S-t ■' '"■ .■•! i Zi Page Preface ^ "Sketch of Buchannan's Life ... 5 Tramlatiom/rom the Poems of Dugald Buchannan. The Day of Judgment 13 Chrst's Sufferings 29 God's Majesty 37 The Hero 39 A Dream 42 Winter.. 45 TheSkuil 51 A Prayer 59 Translations frQm the Poems 0/ Peter Grant. The Glory of the Lamb 62 The Beautiful Garment 69 Page 5 1.1 29 37 39 42 45 51 59 62 69 A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF DUGALD BlCIIAJVIVAiX, Compiled from his Autobiography. narfstlnw^'^^^^; of Dugald Buchan- uan IS almost entirely the historv nf 1.,= sTmrr? ""*' ^^"^^^"« expert' 'in on^fehfuTr,f r '^^^'-^ ^ manner ^t Sine Si f '^'^"^'"«' ^^^ evidencing genume piety, he narrates his early life his errois. his various exercises cf mid Jient "el? ''^'^"^ ^^ r^' ^^^ his s^bse! quent deliverance and haDDinpsi* in ♦iT^ enjoyment of true religion^Tn o„J brt? space we can not do him justice ^1 that can be done is to dve, asnearlTas'tiossible an accurate andtfuthful summa^.^ ''""' .Dugald Buchannan was born of n.'nnc grantude. VVheu Ave or six vears nM vl j™. once guilty of Sabbath bJeXg, k^d naa as a consequence a horriblp Ar^^rr^ which greatly troubled html'^Tn^n^ permitted to mmgle with wicked com- Q SKETCH OF pjiniona, form bad lialjits and iiiduige in sin without any restraint, except from frightful dreams whicli disturbed him frelieve that all was a lued from 744, when 45 the re- rt, known iighlands. in it ; but [inan, who g heen ex- illed with uence, for d in dark- the most At length ance, and enemies, ness, and ut to him y i»repar conseious 3 thought 1, he was iir, to re- I's favor, Se, how- eks after journeyed in a region of unclouded light, in the enjoyment of joy inexpressible and full of glory. Ho gave himself up wholly to God ; felt in his soul the outpouring of Divine blessings, like a feast of fat things ; and felt lost in won- der, love and praise of the boundlessness of the redeeming grace of Christ. Enjoying happiness unspeakable— a happiness wliich this world could neither give nor take away— he asks, "Where art thou, my soul?" and his soul replied, "Lost in the slioreless and bottomless ocean of Cod's love." He raises his soul in prayer to God and says :—•' And now, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three persons in one God, I call heaven and earth to witness that I am not any longer my own, but Thine, to be worked upon by Thee, anom their Jong sleep, in bliss to sing. With heavenly joy their heads they raise Their dajr of freedom now has come ' And m the^ souls their Saviou^shTes' As does a fruit tree in its bloom. ' Internal beauties deck their souls : wJr ?^.l? ^^^«* *h® work has wrouirht • ftnt^'Sf ' T^ '' righteous™,^'* ' m an Its glory shows no spot. See next a horrid reptile tribe. loused in black terror from t>^- +-irh Wniie. m thick hosts, from helllheir souls To give them awful meeting come ' h ! VVis . jy aii t a ymaa asa UDGMENT. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 15 men, at last must die ; 5 a^ain, ?e IS nigh. . at last trump, mountains shake • lU leap to life, kh terror quake. •J gale, ahall rend ; it moves, upward send. ed far apart, >ome apace ; armies reign, proper place. fced dome, ipirits wing ; les raised, ^ bliss to sing. Bads they raise, V has come ; iour shines, bloom. • souls : t has wrought ; hteousness, jpot. )e, m the tcixnh ; tiell their souls, ig come. Then will the spirit wailing tell, Its wretched, beastly, dreadful cage : ** Ala3 ! why hast thou risen up, To make our torments two-fold rage ?" " must thy horrid jail of tilth, Once more confine this weary soul ? Alas ! why did I e'er with thee, In pleasure's fatal courses roll ?" '* O can I ever with thee part ? Or ever, ever, shalt thou die ? Can fire consume thine iron bones ? Or God's great wrath thy flesh destroy ?" Behold earth's kings, and great men rise ; No power or sceptre now they have ; Unknown among tlie gathered host. From him they kept their abject slave. The hell bred tribe of pride who spumed. To do Jehovah's spoken will, Behokl, upon their bended knees. Their prayers arising to each hill. " O circling rocks upon us fall, With crushing shower of solid stone ; Destroy us from the land of life. Hide from Jehovah's wrathful son !" From Tophet's den the Prince of sin, And his black angels, pour their throng ; Hard is his fate, but he i^ast come. His fetters chanting dismal song. The heavens assume a crimson hue. As when the sun foreshows liis rise : His herald, who, with dreadful day, Comes radiant through the blushing skies. ' ___^"^I>AV OF JUDGMENT. The king of Jay his sceptre viel,]. Lost m the glorv nf +i!o^ vV ^' A mourning garment shroiuls his eloh. The moon seems as if girt with & ' On a fire-chariot He'll sit down The clouds tempestuously to reTd.' And it shall T^llk ^utoTafl^^^e? ^ Envelopmg the world in flame ' As wax is melted down by fire J The hilJ '^^T*' '^^" ^«^t^d be ; | liie hills and mountains nnwa-d ^'-,- ■ -nd lunous boil the raging selr"^''' Oy I No^ I i^ Ye Wh H His Are Ie Beh( His O That Rt Its c Li] Dens Th And In Arou: Loi Tliu £ As r masses part : i ilisplaye»l ! 'chamber door, flory clad. surrounds, is sounding voice • ;ning quick, fe shoots with noise. fe yields, t blaze ; Jy quenched, [iver's face. iifls his globe ; ft with blood ; ling shake, ivhere they stood. 'f storm, ;ful skies ; ling rain- men's eyes. own, ' roar shall send, extreme ; ' to rend. els shall come, f stream ; 11 sides, lame. re, be ; : sea. THE DAY OF JUDOMENT, 17 Those sterile mountains ne'er gave forth. Their treasures, willingly, to man ; Do now pour forth a miglity stream, Of liquid treasure rolling on. you who scraped the sliining gold, With avarice, with crime, or blooti ; JN ow satisfy your strong desire. And freely drink it from the flood. Ye builders on this lower world, Airl^i^^^v ^'^^^^^^ ^^'^ ^^^ mourn his case ; While, like a man of giant power. He struggles with relentless death. His veins were wont throughout the vales, hportive to wind their crystal rills, Are now cast by intensest heat, In angry jets among the hills. Behold the tremor shakes him round ! Each rock is loosened in its place • His heart now bursting in his frame, hear his heavy groans of death ! That curtain blue beyond the sun, Round universal nature rolls Its cloak, is gathered by the flame Like dry peeled bark on living coals. Dense clouds surcharge the loaded skies, 1 he smoke m masses dark ascends • And the destroying fire breaks out. In coiling masses round it sends. Around this dark terrestrial ball Loud thunder's voice shall fiercelvroar; liio hame shall naked leave the sky" As fire in drowth leaves heath hills hoar iH THE DAY OP JrrDOMRXT. Vet more to swpII fi,„ • " """ *'"• 'I«H «t his command. O JudM ! and thy bretlireu all 0-o.dhim;ra:;X^X--fa.th, Your gathering wll ™'f ^'^«''* «»Wi Aud wo.ft.,1 ™^„™-c> hy3,„„,„,„e3, Jf'DOMKXT. aging stoiTii, nnU tiie wild winds mgeh stronu •n's flow. ys now , der whirls ; •ho missest not, iisand worlds ! 'iiids uU below, o'ei-thrown ; luesence near, ft His throne. eaven's lieight, 3ome down • ' • before, ■d round. s hand, 1 in wrufch : )rth, chase, I their king lira stand, send, command. ill •■ come ; precious faith, sum. nd joy, ghtgold; >yyour.<3eiv-es, 'Id. j j THE DAV OF JUIXiMENT. 19 i Ye proud who thought it burning shame, That piety should near you dwell ; Behold His glory, nor think strange, Though from His bliss He you repel. O Herod now behold the King, Thou once with hellish pride didst spurn; Arraying him in purple roDe, In semblance of thy teeming scorn ! Behold the Judge of all the world, \ ^ Wrai)t in a garment of red flame ! Come to rewartl the truly just, And in His wrath the wicked maim ! 0, Pilate ! raise thy wond'ring eye ; iir^^*"^^^ *^6 amazing change in Him ' UUtihou believe there sitteth He That, Judge unjust, thou didst condemn. Wilt thou believe His radiant head. Is that once crowned with piercing thorn'" Or IS that lustrous face the same. Once spit on by the Jews in scorn ? Piemsiug to behold the deed, ^T-1^ *^^!^ enough the sun should hide ^ >\ hy did not all creation die When her great God was jrucified ? His winged attendants forth He'U send Ihro earth's wide regions, near and far, 1 o gather all earth's peoples in, W- ith speed, before His awful bar. '^\"^ a body that e'er AV OF jvm^. T*«n glorious an^elH «J.„ii cArfst's standard if "^'''^'««' And in His dnn+i , walked ' 4 cleatl and snS'rings stood ^^ ^ ^y chosen saints toireth^r J • Wh,ch record of their Srdfei^,, ''AmU?vMl'i'''^>?t««wide, Ti«rcheeksl,all J,7^ fey ".'^ know; E«ae4ng fire's intern^ ^^,7"^ ^ame,' Your ears shut from tR.-l^f^: J^-^,^t«. 7ho\sit?sei?2s^r' ^-^ -t^' "' ^- olofhed th?naSiT ^'fi* ^ Tho' year bv v*>o. "."^°"l *he cold, _______y "•" "^""^ «"«i£8 increased. i I P JUDOMENT. shall ujjraise, Its escutcheon bloo,? thU walked ' »d suff'rings stood. ther bring ; iW that race »t made . in faith. gin the day to bring his foes ; 'ig books, ' ■ sins disclose. 1 wide, re all men its abode azy den. ^es they view, they can know • ■ proclaims • e or speech,' 'all may hear ^ssed on each. •rsook, lope and rest, *^i J our hrarts. '^^""^— ,:^st ' ied not, ^oiir chest ; the cold, ocks increased. * "*K "AV OF Jl'IXJMENT. 21 'Nor are yoi, for my kingdom fit ,| Devoid of mercy, Lve and tn^th • " Ami a. yo-i tor^j my image off. ' " Vour8elv«., ,a all your woe, accuse. Uceive an answer to your cnV ' And never say that hanl's the doom ' And blasphemy, insulting God. " Destroving snakes of horrid form i>ior will J hear your forked t.mi^es' nrii.P Witli poison's dew upon their^nd. ' 3affi^--i--hme, " "},^led, and envious tribe of hell Whose deepest woe's another's inv'. r 1 bitter griePyou gnaw your to J% ' When any one has passed you V - ncre. vastly raised above vourselve^s"' Thousands of others you Slw ? 22 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. ^\ hile you could m my kingdom see WnnH T y""r«elves appointed higher • Would not your envy and ill-will, ^ ' ^ *'" *here for you arouse hell fire ? " An!! S^? l^'' ^'■'''^ uncleanness' path, , And did the marriage bed defile • You who my holiness did hate, ' And placed in power your fleshly will .- " Of n^^' ^f'*"'' •'^y *" ^"^« i^ heat Of pride—for you I've wrath prepared A burning bed in which to lie, P'^^P^*^^" lu coiling flames unceasing stirred. " Though T should grant you glory's climes Your nature foul would wifthe in nSn . Your lusts would lan^ish, wantiig food' As swme within a king's domain^^ ' "All for my kingdom are prepared Now to my rig^t hand joyfifl haste • ToteT.f ^ ^^i"*^^"« fruitful treeV To left the withered brush sweep past. Then quick He'll separate their hosts The naked goats, and sheep di^ide • Ad?urte'd'n'P^^^^ ^^^P« ^"« fl«^k! ' Adjusted on a mountain side. '^''' Y^"fi?:A" *^'^^ ^'^ H^« right : rnm^ ^"^ ^y "^y «*^"iM grace ; Come and possess that kingdol now, Where happiness can never ceas^ " The gate was sJiut on you I broke, 15y my obedience and shaip woe • And m my side the spear oued un ' A free wide door through which to go. » THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 23 " Witii everlasting joy come near, The tree of life m Paradise ; And for your former wounds and sores, Now all her glorious merits prize. "The naked sword that fiercely flamed, Since Eve of old and Adam's day ; For it my heart a sheath I made, And with my blood its flame did stay. " Beneath her foliage now sit down ; Her blossom ne'er fades or decays ; And as the thrusli, the branches through, Your soulff attune to sing his praise. " With all her beauty please your eye ; No heat can scorch you 'neath her shade; Health dnnk down from her fragi-ant leaves. While by her fruit immortal made. " Now unforbidden - to you free. Are all the fruits in heaven tliat bloom ; h,at Without fear— the dragon's wiles, Near these bright fields can never come. "And all your soul's enlarged desires, In God now fully satisfy ; That well of mercy, love and truth, Which endless ages cannot dry. " The wondrous plan of saving grace, In heighth and depth investigate ; And through my mighty empire wide, Your knowledge, thirstful, stUl inflate. " Yniir inv J - - vo'.jr 1 trini-a 4'« t!i n "i'li •'^ -'-J, seiiae, and love, Miall still increase, as ages roll ; Nought can e'er cross your blissful path lo wound or grieve your halcyon soul. 1 1* NT 24 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 'Jil &o:^/^^^^^^ heard, ^ow go. and let whTt in.^'' •'^"«^* ««n»e Be still your vZnfJ 1"^''^' y ur proof through endle.s time " miS* ^J^^i-e««es those to left '•WhTg^:tt"-^itsv^:^;,,,,,,^^^ ^ To «atanf rusTourfLtlul^^ " My curse forever be wif J. . To wound -un+i, 1 ^"* y<^u neat Avhile ages i;oll. " Then as the e.arf K „ With g,.eedf™t°™, l"«r l-osWabout, Adult'rers swef.tv *^^ ^'^3^^ of sin • ''te'hr:tSon''5''«yb„ua<,, Nnr o'o.. *u...-. ^ ^"'lousiy shall mia«r " ""' ''^^"" ^^^'^ of brass can 'cut: THE DAY OF JUDGMENT, 25 Grief shall wring out their tortured souls, Death's grasp eternally shall chain ; Bound on a sulph'rous liery sea, Whose noxious smoke their nostrils pain. Like barnacles stuck to the reef, They are on boiling rocks of ire ; And trod's fierce wrath that ocean blows, Above their heads in waves of tire. When painful slumber shuts their eyes, Despair and wrath no rest can know, The deathless worm and living coals. Increasing still their endless woe. When they're possessed of hell's black caves And know what king they must obey ; We may their agonized complaint. In these heart-rending words pourtray : " Why did heav'n's King my life bestow ! were blank nothing's shades my home! My thousand curses on the day, 1 first was formed within the womb ! " Why didst thou understanding give, Or sense and reason to control ? Why not a transient insect make, Or crawHng worm, low in the mould ? "Shall I last here through endless worhls ? Shall change come o'er me any more ? Am I now in eternity ? Upon a sea without a shore ? " Though I should number heaven's stars, AH OT3SS and leaves e'er clothed t!?p- ^'rrstiud With ev'ry drop tlie sea contains, And each sand grain the shores surround. If tii " Though I a thousand weary years Do set apart for every oue^ ^ Of these within this dismal place Eternity has but begun ^ ' " Win^w' ^if "'T^' ««ased in God '' MptSr^a\r?eitr^^^^-^ Or my imprisoned hands unchain ? "?hTbounm '"*^ "^^ ^'^'^ ordained. To fan the dark green flamTof hell? But yet how long must anguiJh t^r ' Eie justice gets its wholf demand? " Or wilt Thou ever be reveimed ' Is nature's day returnless S ' The death to Adam first made known ^ " Though wrath relentless me pursue Yet will It not exalt Thy DraC ' To spend thy ire on one so base. " ? ^,^!^ annihilate me quite Where there's no feeling, d^ed or thought. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 27 I, ! •* But 0, my just deserts I bear ; Nor do I feel injustice's rod ; For Christ, free-offered, I refused ; Nor did esteem His precious blood. "That witness always did accuse — My conscience, ever will condemn ; Nor wrong, nor rigor in my death, Will ever let me charge to Him, " His just commands I cast aside. And earnest ran to death and hell : His witness in my heart did quench. And shut my eyes against my weal. " For all my sin, so dreadful bold, What must 1 bear of vengeful wrath ? The sin d'^fied Christ's precious blood. And made of no effect his death ! " But yet are not Thy attributes. Non-ending, from eternity? And shall my guilt make grace and love. Become concentrated in Thee ? " Is Thine the power to cast me off, Where Thou wilt never hear my cry ? Is darkness thick in hell itself, Can hide my torments from Thine eye ? "In perfect bliss, wilt thou bo;v down, To hear Thy creature's faint request ; That cries out, ' Father, pity me, And let my boiling bones l^e rest ! "Hear, O my God, my wretched plaint, And tears my heart, each heaw eroan : While one thing I of Thee desire, ' "^ Despite all sin I've ever done. 1 m 28 THE DAY OP JUDGMENT. "When thro' ten thousand moumfal years, This furious flame shall mete my woes When devils of tormenting tire, Grant, I may find in death, repose j " Tho' hard my prayer tliou wilt not hear • ^ or ease, nor rest, I'll e'er obtain ; lint hie immortal, still renewed, To strengthen me to bear more pain." But stay my Muse, again return, 1? rom horrid slaughter's dismal den • And se6 what counsel— thence to save— Ihou mayest address to living men. My reader, has the truth thus far t»ustained, at ev'ry step, my lay ' If so, now come and bend thy knee In prayer repentant, nor delay. Both loathing and detesting sin, iitr-J/',.^?' ^" *^*^*® *o Jesus^ Cross ; With living faith obey the King In all His statutes and His laws. In all His offices receive The glorious Lamb, nor one reject • As Pnest as Prophet, and as King, lo guide, to save, and thee protect. ^?^j *hee His example place, And by It guide thy earthly way; And all the means to save thee given Use constat through life's transient day. '^^In i^ -^^^ righteousness alone, All human merit quite reject • ,,7; , wiLum xny oreast, If thou wouldst feel His death's eflFect. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 29 Thus, though thy sins be great, yet thou aJ^Y'M^^ ^'«*^ « «W heavWard raise ; And for thy own eternal joy. Through endless years to sing hia praise. CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS. The suflPrings of my Saviour, My poem shall portray ; fhat lofty King's abasement, In all Kis earthly way ; It was the greatest wonder, To peoples ever told, That the eternal Sov'reign, A suckling's rank should hold. When in the womb conceived. By God's own Spirit's aid ; That, with Himself in union, Our nature might be made • He veiled about his Godhead : The Word was then made flesh ; And God's decree revealed. With glory in his iace. Bom in an abject stable, iike a poor orphan low • None there to show Him' kindness, Ur lodgmgs to bestow ; None to His wants would minister. JNO lUrTlltnro rtT. /l%.o„» . ' -but bestial herds came round Him. lo whom belongs all praise. 1. ^^*' ^'^y OF JUDGMENT. T^.^^. \ y "'^"^ to Slav ' hat eaoh <.li;i,7 • i V v v> Birds ,f,'.'''?""''s'ress; 'ii'errV-"V^««««^ received, ^yie lame Jus itrku^th ,i,:/ i" ' THE DAY OF JUlMi.MKNT. 31 If they the truth received, With pure and living faith ; And if they'd be converteil,' I*rom the works of the Hesh. Some followed to the desert, And near three days remained ; J? lye thousand was their number, Who wanting bread, were faint : Ihe httle found He blessed, The loaves and fishes gave • They ate their fill, anu HI Let thi^" **' "^ *"»«■«•. Thatl«1,^„f,re"4»y-m,-„g Inerefore I ask nr» ^"'^ ' «mend,lup's seeming guisk ^o^ieli-e-ratfr- THE DAV OF JUDGMENT. 33 The Judge unjust condemned Him With witness false, he knew, (Because his conscience told him) Was innocent and tnie. They bound, and then they scourged With penetrating blows ; [Him, Flesh from his bones they tore off In bruised masses close ; They spoiled His holy body. While down His wounds did flow ; The blood the world did purchase, Was priceless viewed below, A crown of thorns they made tiien. And wove it scrong and fast , For the more pain and shame this. Upon His head they placed ; The pricks, so sharp and galling, They drove into His head ; And with their filthy spittle. His glorious face they hid. When they the crown placed on Him With pricks did sharply sting ; They clothed Him o'er with scarlet, A rod gave Him as king ; And they did sjieak, insulting, And mobking that just One ; " King of the Jews, hail to thee !" With all their knees bent down. With violence they forced Hi;n, His heavy cross to raise ; ' 'Twas hard, yet it was needful, He should yield to their ways ; rilS InvinO' VojtlO txroi-o rl».»f>/] »»»> His strength lost in the roatl ; Till, going up the mountain. He sank beneath the load. •I m '" _^_My OF .n;,„„.sr. Hi» joint, W, ':„';:",':•, •■'"'• "-te.!, Aud turnp I wJ 1- "^ ''"' '™"n Hiiii, THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. .'i5 All, in a passing moment, To death and wreck would turn ; The least jjart of HiH suflF'rings, ' The Universe would burn. The God of hosts commanded, All rational creatures then, Which he himself created, To gather round the scene ; To see His love to mankind, And, in His justice poured, Upon His Son heloved. How much He sin abhore,!. That death was cursed, painful, in keen and vengeful way ; In shame and torment ling'ring While death still staid away ; 'Twaa something dreadful, iio'rrible. Alive seven hours to hang ; The veins plucked from Ifis' body— Who can believe His pang ? His body's juice was dried in The furnaco of Gcxl's ire ; His faithful heart, so friendly, l>id melt, like wax, by fire ; That tongue clave to His r^outh, that tj er plead His people's cause ; 'I'he force of His sharp sufTrines W>ang out His soui to death. His piercing vision failed Him, His eyes became like glass ; His heart's veins, too, were breaking • His neck pulsated fast ; ' Once robed in highest beauty, Now greenish tuined His face ? Methinks I see His aspect While fighting hard to death ll I The nriJsHre His wounds K Thp Ki J ^'^ flesh difJ X '*~~-iow A.^e Wood turned M , *®*' ; His BtrenefhT "^^^^ abouf +», fe^t-™ seeffl5^^»'".«'8 face ■^ie heaven ^aings gave. * THE DAY OF JUDGMKNT. 37 GOD'S MAJESTY. what is God, or what His name ? ihe highest augels do not know ; ?Jv ^"^^^^^"^^ ^igl^<^ is from them hid, Where neither eye nor thought can go. His being from Himself doth flow, His attributes all uncreate ; In His own Nature without end, Sustained in self existent state. He was not young, nor old sliall be ; He doth eternal, changeless stay ; A or sun, nor moon, His age can mete, For they will all change and decay. He in His grace His glory shows, And endless day beams from His eye • Antl heaven's bright armies (luickly Veil Iheir faces, with their wings on high. And if, in wrath. His face He shows, Quick, terror spreads throughout the skies ; 1 he umverse does trembling move, And from His presence ocean flies.' From change proceeding on to change, 1 lie tide of creatures ebbs and flows • No el)b His sea of glory knows. ^15 DAY oi- JUBOBBST. Nor did he need to S"^ '" "'' »""» i "'"'"^-"^**«'S.ad„,„,e Held m the h„ui„- of ffl ™,md. Both meVttj i'e^.''X,. '"''' ' From everlasting '/'hou ai-t K",,, And»ee„TrMt;;:,.!f'Th;ti:,'""'"' No more Thw,-^ r <«'nium ; AU *»^ I ^- ^ "y ^>OW(M- to hcrhf . A V"':'' . "™*^i^»^"'i« work .of 'r?' ' Are but the earnest o f'hy ^JJ"^-' ST. re ; oiuids ; es' rounds, "oice, loata. ' he tried, state J I niade. nois, and ; >ld, d, urn, ioss, THK DAV OF .II.DGMENT. With human judgment 'ti.s in vain, That we should search a shoreless sea : Tlie smallest h-ttev in God's name. For our weak minds too gi-eat may be. For tben.i is nothing like to Thee, In all the things Thou didst create ; Nor language can Thy name describe. But that which in Tliy word is set. THE HERO. Nut Alexander Great of old. Nor Guisar who did conquer ilome, Were; heroes? true, for though they won O'er other.^ they were slaves at home. 'Tis not heroic to tear men. Nor praise to be in fighting wild ; No u(»bleness in barb'rous pride ; Nor valour to be fierce, not mild. But he's tlie hero who subdues. The fear of life, the dread of death ; And meets with a coijrageous mind. All that's ordained throughout his race. With guilt and fear he will not hide, When conscience wakes within his soul ; ITor pleadings he will meekly hear, And in true justice his peace hold. He is the hero that subdues, His will beneath his reason's power ; And all his base, rebellious thought^ Holds under rules severe, each hour. 39 / 40 /^^i^e soldiers staiSin '"'""""^ him^o ; ^is eyes are vS W 5 ^'^ *"rns ; Ha ha, such^pCrS »<> r""'"' i On his eye8"i;hii7„'«;«"ty's s„are "*- THE DAY OK .TUDUMENT. 41 Truth is the helmet crowns his head ; His trusty sliield the grace of faith ; The Book of God his keen-edged sword ; And all his courage God conveys. A tranquil peace his mind pervades, His conscience with him in each thing ; A store of viewless wealth lie holds, Whose end this world can never bring. Dark calumny tempts not his peace ; Smooth flattery he can never hear ; Detraction false wounds not his soul, Nor evil tale begets his fear. O thou my soul ! thy arms prepare, This hero bold with envy view ; Thy beastly lusts do thou control, A kingdom in thee to subdue. Be high in mind above the skies ; A wretched lot we've on this ground ; Behold this world a speck of earth, And men like ants upon it round. Devoid of rest, going to and fro, And gaoh'ring from each place their store ; Jsharply engaged 'bout broken sticks. And riding oft, each other o'er. When thou thus viewestthis peopled world. Thy thoughts do gather unto thee ; Bliss, peace, and riches to enjoy. That in thy soul may endless be. »2 ™l.r.. *««..,„. "^ ^f;/'MM. 0--' *hi„i,e „Ttf4«-a. ' With } 1 ^''*°«- ^«^«eJiug, Cl^%'^f'^oiher life ■■' ^^i^'ty shows. ik. THK DAY OK JUDGMKNT, 4:j tatiguecl with grasping lying shades No rest nor peace can calm their mind ; 1 le:vsure they suck from .11 things here But barren bre.usts the whole they fiad, *- Some hardship will thee alway.s pres.s, Wiule hope desired i elicf does see. At hand s length f:om thee, and yet stiU Within thy grai^p it ne'er will be. " Experience's tale will not thee teach In prospect false no trust to place, Ihat ha^ a thousand times deceived And 8till at the same distance stays. *' ^^s tiiat not bitter to enioy Always, which thou did'st most desire ? In expectation there's more jov Ihan m a crown thou dost acquire. • ' Just as the rose the gi;rden rears, Its bloom decays when 'tis cut dowL • You scarce have grasped it in your hand. When all its biiUiaijt hues are gone. '•Nor is there one from sorrow free. Throughout the whole of Adam's i-^ce : As many sighs the monarch heaves As does the man that is most base. •' Above each fire its smoke ascends. And with each good is mingled woe : 1 he sting and honey closely he • Ihe rose on prickly shrubs does grow. *' And fihnnlrlcf fh^v Ihink not his happiness excels : ^ home dregs are ever to be found. Within the purest, clearest wells 44 THE DAY ni, "AY OF JVDfiMj^j^^ , liiat man +i_ _ up, ,^,^ " ''""^e It up. -' Has «oC;ii*?^ "^^^^^I ^loe« besf . • to n «,._ I ht. ..r., - "■'"6^''^^er straigl .*■""'— -i'.SCi;'"*". " not restore. £ach mortaj hi« a ffj'l though thou f] T'^«t««ce • - ,_ .__ ^ "^^igm oppressed. NT, 'I'^gs Stir flow iliiiJJ. up, THK DAY OP JUDGMENT. 45 in rauk, j onfall, I i >rovicIe, ?ht, > re, W, ' > " A re^tlesi; mind does cause thy pain, What thou once lov'dst, now hating most : This world can never fill thy soul. While thua thy lusts are still opposed. " And shouldst thou thy desire obtain, Thy beastly lusts would have their fill ; Nor highest heaven would desire, Nor there eternally to dwell. " But though the flesh would dearly love, On earth to dwell while ages run : Yet the desire of boasting pride, Would be as high as is God's throne. ''But wouldst thou covet lasting bliss, Commit thy way to God on high , With faith, with love, and true desire, And all thy wants he'll satisfy. ''With this are all things in this world. That any can in truth possess ; Thy food, thy raiment, and thy health, Ihy friendship, liberty and peace." Then from my slumbers I did wake, And from my mind the vision stole ; I ceased to follow fleeting shades, And true contentment BUed my souL WINTER. Lo .Summer is ended, And Winter comes nigh us ; Of all growth the en'my. Our country's destroyer ; He f.ramples upon her. And spoils her of beauty ; 46 'J'HK DAY OK •nJDGMENT. mu ^^'^ "mountain's «n^ -^ 8" atath s snows en,l,=l... i,. ENT. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 47 s, y. ard; srn, >th. t«, enta. xu. The bee and the emmet Who gathered their stores in. With wisdom unerring, Against winter's roaring, Now eat and drink honey. And food have in plentv, Beneath earth's protection Where frost may not enter. The flns who so comely, Were idle in summer ; And in the bright sunbeams Did dance in good humor ; Nor cared nor prepared for The depth of the season, Are everywhere dying. Both foodless and freezing. But hear me thou old man, And know what I mean here ; Death is coming nigh thee, This is my verse's winter ; If slothful he find the, Without preparation, A death-bed repentance. May not prove salvation. 'Tis time to get godly, Thy locks turning greyish ; Thy face full of wrinkles. Thy teeth fast decaying ; Thy eyes turning rheumish, And naked thy forehead ; While curved thou art bending, Down to earth thy low bed. Those ramified streamlets, Once through thee were flowing So stron, ' and so playful ; So thin and quick moAring ; 'tain ti8 contructer? J ne ev ninG,j^,VT." If youth be unruly, Thy lusts be unreined • Thy life is uncertain Jarelr'''^"''"-- When Martinmas' dateTolne.. SJ'Vi;"' m the heavens E-h ev.nirg\*„t&»» • TSon;i?r'\*''»"'u;tie w°™»wi„b::„ts;'„™'. |4te''«-t'Ve^»'-'^ Too late then 4|t"/»j'j Thyoon^efeS'S'-?-"^ J^o bear iusf fi.« ^ " *^**e ; Tn XL **' J"S'' the same as 'n thums to lie naked ST. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 51 The fly see condemneff By nature's own warning ; The season neglected, She therefore must S'^nrve out ; Behold the ant's wisdom In gathering early ; Pursue her example, That bliss thou may it share yet. THE 8KULL. The grave I sit by, And near it descry A skull of its cov'ring shicn ; I raise from the spot With saddening thought, And round, in my hand, it turn. Without beauty's glow. Without sense to know. The man who may near pass through ; No t«eth in its jaw, No tongue there I saw, Nor palate a taste cou'd know. Its cheeks are not fair ; It has on no hair,^ Nor ear that can hear my cry ; No breath in its nose, Nor f mell to it goes. But low where it should be high. No light its eye shows, Nor eyelids inclose. Nor sight as of old to guide ; But worms of the dust, Who place there their trust, In place have dug two holes wide. The brain that once^i^ :JJow turned to duafT' ^ ^iat was left behind. Thy face tells not now ^J'hat, or, who wert fh^ Wmonarchorduketh ' »««^meisthatdti^"^«' Tht,*^««ghiIJ beside A««^onarchofwid:stfau,o. "ear the sound. Wert thou a fair maid In beauty arrayed ' And comely in Vane to fM Now every charm •''^oomofyouth J ^ didst thou dispense _ j«a^je owict to aJI • # THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 53 Impartial in place, Condemning to death, The wrong on which pain should fall ? Or was right by thee sold, For handtuis of gold, From him had «^L>uudant store ? And poor of the land, 'Neatn tyranny's hand Left suil 'ring from hardship's power ? If thou wert in 4 jiwt And true to t; 3 i last, And didst t _^^fc cause pervert, Tis certainly known. When death struck thee down, God gave thee thy just desert. Or didst thou go round. For healing each wound. And curing eacii sickly wight ; Still making thy boast, With remedies vast, Thou'dst snatch e'en from death his right ? Alas ! thou wert left Of their virtue bereft, When burdened with sore disease ; When plaster and dose, Were all of no use To keep thee one hour from death. Or didst thou in war Win glory's proud star, By tactics in leading men ; Tursumg them close, And leaving in mounds their slain ? # ff ! ^ THE DAY OF JDDGMENT. Di.Utrengtl, thee foreake- wu^ ^^<*^d'8 prestige break Ihy efforts m spite, lo armies of ghastly birth ? The worms now with ze-xl Ihy carcase assail, And daily by conquest take The^r feast to the full ..''^ And new thy bleached skull Base beetles their fortress mike. rlTJl? t V mouth in Ahy teeth undermine, And others thy ears do tear. «ome swift through thy eve ' Inshoalsldescrf- '^''^ *>'®' Thy cheeks they despoil and bare. As th;ne of God's bliss, ' But fumes thro' thy brkinupblown? For thee was no sound, ^ike oarhs the board r^und ^hy reason cast low'. And vomiting round the bowl ? Or Wit?' '*7^^**J^y path, At table witbt^emi^rate care THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 55 Thy appetites all 'Neatli rigorous thrall When sitting to sumptuous fare ? Or glut'nous and fierce Like curs in red flesh, Didst greedily tear thy food, Ihy appetite keen, So hard to restrain, Thy bally thy ruling God ? That same belly now. To which thou didst bow Is filled up with dust and sand ; Thy teeth closed around Thy tongue, are all bound, Fast under death's brazen band. Or has a lord great, ^Vho owned vast e&iate, By chance to my hand here strayed ? Who pitied the poor. The naked clothed o'er, Prom plenty of goods he had ? Or didst thou with wrath Thy tenants oppress, With rent make their cheeks thy prey ? With cruel demand, Hards tear from their land, While poverty plead delay ? Not near thee would dare, To come except bare. The v^retched bald head of age ; vvitli bounet in hand. The abjects must stand, Though cut by the cold wind's rage. Ju-^^ ^^AY OF JUDGMEXT. nere let thee pnde to Show. S-he downward, i.e,l.e„di„j„^. Or didst not regard ^-oSo"j£\-T-. Andwonlcrif^h^eXr-'''""' Thongofstforiner/ale' The flock to the fox re^^, j'-'..e^:jt:&„.,„„,,, ""■•^""^"^*^y neighbor's name; THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 57 Thy mouth's venomed sting, Like serpent's did bring, To hundreds each day sore maim ? Now still it remains, Under death's iron's chains, No longer the country's plague ; Now moulded in place, Worms filthy and base, Have gnawed it from back to edge. If such was thy path, Till cut off by death, Nor didst while in time prepare, Here taking brief rest. Make heaven of thy nest, Till called to His awful bar. Like toad that is seen. Black, ugly, unclean, Thou'lt rise from the pit of hell, When coming again. With Christ to meet then. And get full reward of iU, 'Neath sentence when hemmed, By justice condemned, He'll drive thee to tort'ring flame, For fierce fiends of hell, Prepared — there to dwell. While furious His wrath will makn. He'll harden thy bones, Like iron or stones. Thy veins make like strings of brass ; Thv fleiih mak<^ lik'^ afani Of th' anvil, so 'twill Not waste by the heat's excess. !l__^^AV^ JUDGMENT. ^V^a^ sober and «taH And pious abhorring wro„„, Eejoice in the tomb ; ^'"'*°™"°f*''« loathsome pit Have piercing eye-si^f t And then very soon, S^H^^^^x,^* ^^» tune Jjfeh^^:^^^^^^ The sweet strains'to hear *"»"^°'*»»itotem^er„„„d. iomeethimonhiffh A»awtft« the ealle', flight. l"_:"^^"-™«i;-s«ti.^ IHE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 59 Communion, and love, And friendBhip above, With Him in that blissful clime. Thou hearest my rhyme, Repent now in time. While reason and health are given, Lest, seized on by death, Thou never canst pass The gates that lead into heaven. A PRAYER. O ! Lord and God of glory, Thou O'er all earth's peoples great high King, In lips unclean and Adle'to take, Thy greatest name, how bold a thing ! The highest angels formed by Thee, How weak their strength ! how blind their ways ! How ignorant of Thy great works ! How far behind Thy" state their praise ! Before Thy pure and piercing eyes. Heaven's highest stars appear unclean ; Nor are the holiest angels free Before Thy Majesty'from sin. But O wilt Thou Thyself bow down, J. o licar u worni lOw iu tiic uust, That sees but little of Thy face, Beneath thy footstool that does rest. % vile corruDti™^ '"',">"' "^^ i |;htz;'t„s:rrrreat. The.r weight has brm! !^ ^'*^'^ ™ stune • Ar^XOjP«*otGH,ave„e, And if I'm ivThl "*"''' """taim, ? Forever 'ru confess ft rig^^"* ^^*°^e ^o'wn. &wSnLtr*-;^hty flame CWe nigh me Vll ' t^^T* *^e Aood. THB DAY OF JUDGMENT. 61 Within that well poured from His side, God of peace wash thou me clean ! To give me life from Jesus death, And freedom from the power of niu. Light love within my heart and grant Faith stronger that His death will save ; And strengthen me Him to obey In every holy law He gave. O plant Thou me in Christ, and make My withered tree with blossoms bloom ; And let each virtue load my branch, And make it down to earth to come. Grant me contentment with my lot. Whatever place on earth I ftll ; May evermore Thy will be done, If rich or poor, if sick or well. O ! God is gracious when He gives ! And full of love when He denies ; Each loss and cross He 8end» is but A blessing in a difi'rent guise. O God be thanked, who to me sent. The Saviour great in whom I see, The price paid for my wretched soul — The ransom of my liberty. He bent His back beneath the stroke. To raise my soul high to His throne ; Each gift 1 have from Him has cost Him pain intense, and racking groan. My earthly thoughts to heaven raise. Grant me an earnest of Thy grace. To drive my cv'ry fear away, And save me from the dread of death. i ii THE IMV OF JUDOMBNT 1"aie, famine, plague, destroy Nor »ead„.„„,„„-5|;-J thy word, Nor fin T / A " "® secure ; For heaven and Lnft , ,y ^°g J Obedience" e^'eno'my%^>» '^^'^■ THE GLORY OF Th7umB rT?ffi»,rd^ta*Ji.:i"p« °' Z-. O-'es honored prS and S"" ''"*• Are Cheered in their heart by this sound HedidSthehSfr^ff^^^^*^^' see ; ^^^'^^^ °^ heavens our woe He saw, aud h*. nH^i^A ' " "** pitied our case ; TUB DAY OK JUIXJMENT. 63 The blows we laid on Him, He eiififered en. tirely ; Our salvation He thus did effect, And His wounds and His sores are uncr.;?- ingly crying, All creatures do give Him respect Thy love from the tirst, O how frt ', ;ad how wondrous, To wretches deserving but death, When thou didst come down with the sound of the gospel. And no one deserving Thy grace ; We had neither refuge, nor home, nor pro- tection. No shelter nor covert from wrath ; And the curses of God gave us naught but rejection 4nd consignment forever to death. But the Lamb from the fall His own people did purchase, He captured the key of grim-death ; And His people's salvation His heart's in always. They never will fall from His grace ; On Calvary's Mount, the full cup of deep anguish He drank — spilt His blood on the ground ; He glor'ously won in the mighty great war- fare. And all His strong enemies did wound. There's blood Him around, and His cheeks are hard sweating. The winepress of wrath He did tread ; But his l)eauty the sun and the moon far exceedeth ; His count'nance is white and is red ; Though He lay in the grave TT.^ ~~ It quickly, ^^® "® <^d conquer sitteth, ""^one He now evermore over, * "'^ '<"« tk™ for usilowing love ii, ° ^ """"Si His children Hi. An^j'tl^'^ftl-afir^fk or than wine, „.o.t l.^nao n„„n U.. •»«• i -JCTOI3 UXIVC UV ^TXUSCB erected. Displayed on the Gospel's own pole ; 68 XHB DAT OF JUDOMBNf. Ihou'rt the F.ince of our Peace who wH? terminate warfare, wtto will found ^'"^^"'^ ''^ «^*«« Thou didst '^XSi^'^^':^^^-^-**^^ people Who follow and know thy voice'ssound ^''''''JeZlr'lt' ""'"^ "'^ "^" ^^^ And thygraee to their bouI a« tha - .. of the morning, oi Th^u'rt''^f?^T''°' '■*'i**^^^ ^'^d tJ^o«» clean • Sower r '° "' '^^'*^^^' *^' ^«^-««« the A»!i"f^,'*^*^'^ '^f'i^ S^*^« 'I'l'ou didst rise • Ana the foes of Thy glory will bend Wh Ihy power, "catu Whenin triumph Thou'ltcomeintheskies Thou ^r*^'"^ *** ^^''^y'^ ^hi*« throne ; th^iSxer''^'^* ""^'^' ""^ ^'"'*'" *^'« Their prayers purified to make known • Thou 'rt the head of Thy^Church, Tot 'all symbols the substance)- ' < * »" \Ia^ over her cause wilt uphold ; Of all types Thou 'rt the meanir^ ^.d soul ^'"o;?h;B;bir^"^*^«---«onti« Dictated by God ^h^^ h^. been • The uobieBt we ever have aeen ; THK DAY OF JUDGMENT, U Thou 'rt tlie sun and the glory, the grand theme of heaven ; Thou pourestThy grace from above ; Though eternity endless unto us be given, We never can search out Thy love. 30U who have loved Him depart the world's errors, Forsake and relinquish all sin ; And follow Himself with unwaveriug foot- steps, Obeying His statutes within ; be holy in heart and do love most sincerely His people. Himself, and His way ; And at present His grace make the song you love dearly, Till you reach the bright regions of day. THE BEAU TIFUL GARMENT. Our youth display such vanity. With fleshly beauty glide.i Pursuing each new fashion, To gratify their pride ; If clothed in silken raiment. In finest wool and gold ; If like the rose their cheeks bloom : Vain glory fills their soul. Though 1 with highest beauty, All others should transcend, 'Tis like the meadow's blossom — Its glories quickly end ; xnougu BUS. ssuuuxu uu my t;xuvuxu|s, The abject worm it made ; The rest are but habiliments The humble sheep once clad. 70 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. All these gjve not Huch bloom at) ,m^fif ***^«^«8of theglen; J will scamper liko a shadow J^or with me long remain : t>read sickness will Q,^8poil it, Ihe grave will be its end ; tr^} n^ust lie and moulder, Unknown by foe or fr.and. Btit this gives lasting beauty— i, 58 image rules above ; Ho.:.n.-s&; and righted sisness, * nJ^i "^V'-y «^"'«^^ ^^<;h love : Th oboHf nee of the Saviour Ou.r ^>t^r^ag garment made ; A nghtoousne8.^ eternal, >\Tioso beauty ne'er can fade. (^ This is the beauteous gai-ment, Bright as the noonday sun • And with the Triune's counsel Its every part was done ; ' It cannot suffer mending. Nor ever needs the pains ; Christ with His .death did purchase And gives it to his friends. 'Twill fit the race of Adam, Each creature, rank and place : And all who will may wear it ; lis free to them through grace ; Ut that unfading garment, ,m^Z ^^^^ ^^®^ *^0" a share : Twill fit thee while in time here. At death and at tha bar. Each filthy rag abandon And wrap thyself with care In this most comely »annent Transcends all others far ;' f e. 'ohase le; ce ; If ^H^ DAY OF JUDGMENT. yj 1" gold though they be habited More glomus far art thou ; Ihe lilies and the rosea, ^ bloom like thine q^ show. Sajvation it will give thee, IfTi ■ f ''"'''* *^«® ^aps each fold • "T -n i* *^*^®''^ ^»e with cold : Ini 1*"^^'^ ^?r*^^y grandeur And lofty pride abase ; AniTftft^^"^" through thy nature. And pity bnng and grace. In presence of all nations, ' A«iT • i«*¥ thy ransom'd souL TK ^^!^ht with it in glory, ^ Thou It shine while ages roll. ^nf .n^^'*'''^ ^«^ ^^'^^^ '0"^d thee And all thy graces fly . '''^®® And all its various virtue? ' Are wondrous to portray. r?f^J^\'u '^^^^^ *^« felt «ot. ^t death or woe the fear, i 72 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. Unscathed by Satan's soldier, He got no mortal wound ; But turned again to Paradise, With vlitory's laurels crowned. 'Twaa with it godly women, Did make themselves so fair • Of old 'twas with it Sarah, ' Excelled all others far ; Her daughters now on earth are The comeliest all among ; Love's spirit breathes within them, And grace dwells on their tongue. And those whom John beheld once Sang new songs round the throne ; He saw they all were virgins. Hymning the Lamb's renown , And saying, praise Him ever ; His grace the victory gave ; We'll dwell blest in His presence; Nor hear of death or grave. THE END. ■!%. # 11 '1 ^^■r ' ^j ■ ^'^ "I i ^^■ij M-'HdXAl, CHEAP P^iMVlNQ- Parties in want of Printixo of any de- Bcription, would coiisult their own in- terest by going to the a 9f min(i Xoolt and * Front Street, 8TRATHROY, ONT P^ |p^/ Pamphlets, Posters, Handbills, Circulars, ^rogra minus, Receipts, Cards Law Forms, dec. . Notes, Blanks, (tc, ttc. Plain or in Colo is I FmST - CLi^ 'jV style ! And at Very Moderate Prices. •^ mail. HUGH I •J- - 1 j