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May il i>loaio you, my Lord, , My motivA in d«iHrk to your lutdahip'a notico, ia certain to hn; at louat, iniacah« atrued, iri many quarter*; and, for a» many difTorent roaaons. But, in tho fear of God, anil tho hope of hie mercy, it iffBinglo— a hoart.ffiltdeiire, hamoty, to riiako a public acknowlodgmcnt ortUe great kindncai with' which I have, occasionally, boon relieved ; when, un« der the proaaure of a strong nocosslty, 1 have boea driven to-acok aatiitance at your Ior(|»hip'8 hands. To many of your lordshipV parishioners, also, I urn under ^similar obligation;' and I here thaivj^. tliooi, as well,— ^ together with all, who, in llii^ft^. under Divino favor, within aii eventful period ormfe terrible years, have conlributet^f in various ways, {o redeem mo from a auicidal hori-or of uKcr want. Having thus gnitiBod myself, by tho free exposure of a'n abiding sentiment of my heart— and, with a longing desire for the time when the socrota of all hearts shall bo open, '-in the love of God, oud in charity with oil men. ^ \ I have tho honor to bo, , ^ - My Lord. Your Lordship's "* I ■ ■ Most' 'grateful \^ And most obedient JVo. 7, Loiter Oeorge Street, ^pri/ 27, lb40. liumble servant« WILLIAMSON, d . *,..t ' P'' z.*.'- y\ "v ■ — *^ %-^ ^5'^'' '" *t'~.'"^ il* ,'"> ^' *""■''► 'f ApVERTISEMENT. These fow Poems are, in all probability, the last that will appear by the Author. They have been written in a Spirit which cannot bo known, but through implicit faith in its truth. They are offered to tljuJ public, as much with a view to 8hc||P|Ko workings of this kind of faith as oth- erwise. And, being acknowledged to be far beneath the standard of excellence which is felt to be needful — and, under other circumstances, attainable — they are dismissed witbout furtlier preface or apology.. v V \ t' ^i!*!.. I 4 ^ \ DEVOTIONAL POEM^k. POEM I. Holy Sftvlor, I would wrif© ! Let thy Spirit jmre indite I " . Of thee, to tkee, be the theme— . Fount and ocean to the stream- Father I do honor thee ; Ba tiot thou ashamed of me I II. •. • ~ ■■' All eternity is hero I All of hope, and all of fear ! Heights andVlopths of good fmd ill, For and n^ar, accessible I ,^ Dust to Deity restored— ° Glorified in Christ the JLiord.! i* ■.H' '*:■ '■ ■ ^ i. .• 5 ' * ■' >. : '^" ^ ■ •. 'i . •* . *i . ;. > ■ m* 8 ■ ' ^^^' ■;-. .'.,■ \' High and Lo% Ooe above ! Brother of an humble love ! AUtoine, as Aninrall, When! stand and when I fall j Lord of promisej speedily Perfect me in lore to thee ! ; -IV.- . Take me in my weakness now :— - Comes the Reader ! Bless him Thou !>^ Bless him for the wish divinOp To bo with a Gad like mine I Halelujah ! favored most-— J'ather, Son,* and Etoly Ghost ! PQEMU. LovMt thou 0iji?~JoHir zxi. 15. :■ - I. ■.'■ "Would that I had of thine, to show The nameless nature of my love : The strength of this desire, to flow Out, in the fulness from above ! The astral Crown, in thee is bright ; ■ \ • -*' m' wV ^i ?>!!-":> . ■ V- V \: .9 ■The Name, illustrioas ; and the Throne, High o*er ihe hierarchiee of light ; , But Thou art Love ! And thojiart loved, O, Lord, idone ! Lovo thee riove life ! Frail— frailest thought! Shall he not know, who is the Eye, The secret that in me is wrought, Since God in mercy passed me by I I sink beneath the wondrous cross, Alarmed with Peter'jj doubtful freight i . Nor less at Paul's triumphant gloss- Incarnate Love ! . I sfeudder in eternal weight I '■;/'■ ' ' m. Love thee ! in thee alone secure, Ilive, I move, and have my breath ; All else, the wish, even, to endure, Ib counted vanity and death ! : It is presumption thus to be,— IniSnite mercy hence to fadei--- If I am not to>on«F tbee» Etemal'&o«Dl^ - " ^ Above sU beings thou bait niftde ! '.'« . A. m J?. .10 - ,: . POEMIll. roil MU BlU. ■. ; ■, h . ■■ O, long to thee a Btranger, * Whose favor life excels ; Unconscious of my danger, I wrought in Satan's spells. Wrought wearily for pleasure, That made my heart full «ore ; But now I find the treasure, in theo forevermore. U. My soul, no longer burning With sinful grief iaind shame ; ^Fired with thy love returning, Fjnds rapture in the flame. And I— alas! a dreamer, To carnal mock and scorn,—- Adore thee, my Redeemer J J@j(uU that I was born ! In glory to receive thep, As God I must be true; But well do I believe the6,' Almighty to renew. \ - :0 And thus the perfect blessing, Thj|r will i|^ earth, is done j While I, thy love confessing, '^ Show heaven on it begun. ' POEM IV. ; ^ — Nfy ransomed soul is wreathed in smile. The glory from above ; I see the Invisible the while, • And bear his voice of love ! So dwell the truth of God in me : But— oh ! my grief sincere ; ' -» I loolc, piTone, on what I see. And list, to what I hear I -■J ';■■:'■■■■" "- ^/-■■^"■' Cold is ihe heart of unbelief. To earthly sense confined ; And; brief the comprehension, brief» ^Tiiat bounds adoring mind ! Minjd, iniinite, in highest him, To whom the daik is day ; "Whlo bent beneath the seraphim, Tip, raise this wondrous clay ! ' ■ \l ■ i\ vV "^ . S TuViiV ,'-H %' * «> 12 ..I it: 111. > And shall an only grief remajn, A perfect lovQtokilli Is every spirit oflked in vain, My bosom void to fill 1. Father of mercies, understood, Swifthath the message flown ! Angel ©flight ! Itis not good For me to be alone I POEM V, Acta ziv. 17. ' ' -l. ■;■■■'" , -..■,:;;V\;^, Without a witness I Oh! no, no ; While earth and sky of being tell . And hope of joy, and fear of woe, Preach to the heart of heaven and hell ! Not, while he has within my J^reast, A testimony sweet and sure f That faith in Him is to be blest,-^ Is to be pure as he is pure ! Without a witness! No, no, no; > V He sanctifies my rising song ; "' /; / '*.•>, m • <* * \ ■ . \ ^ ■ • And, grateful as |he numbers flow, Of him they arp-, to hira belong ! ^ But that Ho i/tho yfomforter— •— ^ .The H olv One M'hom -thus 1 see— Oh ! that HTo would at once declare, And witnc33 to the world for mo !/ 'i t r Witneas, as faithfully I teach . ' '^^ -^^^ ' ^'^^oxiritoW^Q, the quickening Jire ; ; And unto death, as death I preach, The arroto, in its quenchless ire ! Ah ! let me his true king4om spread. As I have seen it, c^er and o'er, , Among the living and >tTie dead ; . And, trust me, guilt shall laugh no morel POBM VL • ■^'■■■■^■'"'' ■ . .1.' ■■ The sun of faith to bless my sight, High -through dissolving darkness, glows; And holy light, From Salem's height, , Beyond his gladdening orbit, shows The opening treasjiires of a night, ^ That never more shall close I ^^ ^^^ r# 1* t .- .>^tf<«lilLU'j£.«MMK'>-^- v. §i-'-. •■•■ ' ■/■' '^ n. /':■:] Oh ! I am saved by wondrous might ! The murky rill, translucent, flows ! ' The Ethiop, white,. Y Transcends in flight, And finds immaculate repose, Glory to God I eternal blight, ■ Hath passed from Sharon's Rose ! >. \ ■ ■■;' in. ■ ■■■'■'.■'.■,. To Him in Christ, w^ fought the fight ! Who won, and nov^r the crown bestows . * My alllpHght, > In this sweet rile, • To love his friendsjAnd hate his foes ! But whenshall my poor heart indite, The perfect praise it owes! ' ; :■■ ■ 'POEM^. vn.; :-■.■-■■' \RepimshecifrOTnlhe Christian Guatdian.) On being reproved from the pulpit for our «f'^,»;^*'X s^rmvine, by our Ex-f^reiidenl, riou, al.^ucbtc, the Reif. Mr. Harvard. •:,.. / , *•' . ■ Oh ! breathe not such a stern rebuke; On high and holy fear; Think how the Lord's Anointed shook, 'And spare the servant here ! «• # IB Hi9 troubled soul, In view of hell, Oinnipolent itt clay ; Trembled beneath a cross so fell, And fainted by the way ! There'are, believe me, who can take No terrible delight ; In God's own innocence at stake, Against the powers of night ! ^ Nor smile, while countless myriads, bitnt On never dying pain ; Laugh at insulted punishment,— Eternal Mercy slain ! . ' " ■:■*■ m •is t inn rf, the I, heaven attest, could wish indeed, The Gruiltless had not died ; / Bui that my Soul's iramortal need, Finds refuge in his side ! And, though to glory I aspire. From the accursed tree j / I shrink from yonder quenchless fire, And speechless agony ! / K '1*<,'?r.'*^p.' Id .wv ; IV.', .. •■• Then, breathe liot such a Btern rebuke, On high and lidy fear j Thuik how the Lord's Anointed shook, And spared the servant hejre. Wo grieve at tortured innocence, In Jesus set at nought I A cross that bowed Omnipotence, Beneath the grasp of thought 1 : .3*; I POEM VHI. T O M ¥ BIBLE. ^.-., f O, Jong neglected — darkly read— I Sealed to me, prayorless and dc;ad~ ]VJy star — my compass — homeward bound ! My heavenly *2hart to Zion found ! What freshness in thy leaves of grace ! What beauty in their forms I trace ! Thy buds— thy blossoms — fruit — sublime ; Predestined ere the birth of time, To heal the natio;is under ban, By faith and loyiB to God in man ! . Even angels to thy shade repair. And life'p eternal clusters share I -"-^ »'4ja;.-f9#s^ ifit.' K .# • .- *:. * nd! me 81 III. Como, heavy laden unto me, And 1 will give you roflt! Most truly ho that cares for thoo, Alone can make theo blest. Arise, his bidding to fulfil, " And, cheerful, tako the load j Or, if he smiles on ihee, be still, And lay it down in God 1 f ■;• r? ■■■■♦-'! 'i-' .ti, ,J tttSMl^ ^ l-i r¥-:?'^?^^^,,'»'-',''"^-*;^-f . J^ ,*. "N 8t ■'". ;^., STANZAS. AHiirtdJrm jht OriginaU finl pubtiihtd at Kingiton, Mix yaart ago. O, Sinners, repentant, your triunftpli is nigh, The stdndflrci of Calvary gleams in the sky ; The grave iif defoatod and deathf with his sting, Lies prone iii the dust tq a crucified Kiiig ! The clouds that o'ershadowed your visions of old, Are bright in thVaunshine of silver and gold ; The veil of your Sorrows is retat and away, And your eyes are\a light in the glory of day. Ye sing, and the nfioui^alns respond to you;- lays ; Ye shout, and the vallWs aro trembling with praise j Tho desert emotion is green in your song ; And the wilderness leaps in its e<;8tacy strong ! The voice of the waters ! the drowning of strife ! The pealing of thunders ! the victory of life ! 0,deep in your hearts let the numbers resound,— Ye were dead, are alive— ye were lost and are found I V i" ■■ /■ ■ ii<- f?™^ • Your shepherd return, and th/f«Id i» before . ^''"'' ^" ^'^^ &«'''>^'-« clornal of heaven ! «s^. tt^ '^.J" -<*- ; ii^i. 2||^ *' *: 24 3i:xxnr f • * 'a .1* LINES FOR A BLANK LEAF OF rOL- to^K.'s "COuUse of time." ' O glorious i^'ftount that Pf "«' ""^IT ' / It.V».mona waie^down tbo " Course of T.mo. And oh thoxv brightly in the realms of Jay, Ho shines who rose in this illustrious lay \ , Spots in the sun let iniporfeclion show, . , The righteousness of man with God below ; Wo turn not with the envious t^^^'o"' ' ;3u.tgreatly wqjjlipinhis beam! 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