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I j>^ x''w''>*"w>^^^fc ^ ^^>%^^/^ ^ > f^ ^ . * r>r>rw»j \ji.m NEW YORK t PrJNTED BY J. P. PRALL, No. 12 SPRUCE ST. 1848. f < f . ir ; t : ^ 4 I ■*riwj * PREFACE. A Thb writer of these pages deems it necessaiy to inform the reader that they were written in the British Provincel of New Brunswick, with a design to promote tl>e prosperity and advancement of Religion, •nd the noble and divine cause o J Temperance, It is to beJamented when «o mucli has been said and done, by the firiendsoftempenu.ee, to expose the innumerable evils which result from mtemperance in all the diversified forms ol degradation, wretch- edness and suftering in which they are daily witnessed, that an insti- tution which has and still is accomplishing so much Kood, in every coumry, where its principles have gone into operation, should not have been more generally received and acted upon, by all who /eel interested in the welfare and happiness of mank.nd.~but more par- ticularly by those who proiess to be the zealous advocates oi civil and religious liberty. As an individual, the writer candidly admits that he cannot recon- cde the existence and permanent security of liberty in any country, With the existence of intemperance, because they are in their natures •ntagonistic agents, and are seen to be so in their influences and effects in every comnmnity. The unholy influence of Intemperance must always act in direct opposition to reason, justice and virtue, and to every principle which imparts dignity and worth to the character of man ; nor have I any hesitation in asserting that every individual who is enslaved by this unmanly vice, is acti.:g a part which tends to the subvertion of the wcred principles of liberty. ' It .nay be necessary for me to remark, that the appearance of these well intended paoes before the pnbiic is principally to be attribute^l to the suggestions of friends in New Brunswick, for whom the writer entertains the warmest friendship. K ^ ^ JOSEPH SPRATT Nbw-Yohk, September^ 1848. /"^. . i ) ^ i ' » * .. 1 ' R The /oil since- ofMa who ^ melan in qu< h V L A Gs TI RELIGION AND TEMPERANCE. j A TALE POUNDED ON FACT. The following verses were written— jf may be ten or twelve years ■i sinoe—on reading in a paper at that time, published in the State .| ofMame, an aJlecting narrative of a young woman and hot babe, ? who were lound frozen to death on rtie ice. It is said that this melancholy occurrence took place while on her way to a tavern, in quest ol her husband. i « In Western lands where de\v» distill On woods of hoary fame, " Where Sylvan fjrandeur crests each hill, And fringe each noble stream. Luxuriant beauties— Nature's wild, j A vast and gorgeous theme — Amidst these scenes a woodsman toiled ; f Oh, publish not bis name. And there was seen a youthful bride. Fondling her first born toy ; Gazing with laughing eyes and pride ) Upon an inf^int boy. They looked a pair of Nature's flowers, Akin to those that bloom Deep in the forests foliaged bowers, Cliecring the lonely gloom. u 1 hern in the woods she (K-oU remote I^romrnemls or kindred near; U. tnn3 anJ wron^ sho to^Ic no note. ^^iiteat, her world wm there. Dut in her husband's heart a shoot fc»pranjr up, from which dis illed A jmce more fatal than the fruit i he Upas forests yield. No deadher serpent twines his coils Around his captured prey, Or with more fascinating wiles Beguiles the downward way. Apassionblightingallthejoys \Vhich weJJellovei-marts, And rudely rends fhoeiiKsic ties 1 hat jom connubial hearts; Which makes the heart a loathsome nest But soon her fretted heart [cramp, Was ceas'd with chills— her limbs, through Could not perform their parti, 13 B» [cramp, And o'er her came a drowsy spell, Resistless as the tide Of listless feelings, when she fell There, with her babe, and died. Death on their forms portrayed no fright, 'None heard an infant weep, Like marble statues, snowy white, When found, they looked asleep. Two crystal drops proclaimed her wrongs^ To humane eyes and ears, And drunkards" callous hearts, for tongues Spoke in those frozen tears. Now let none from this tale dissent, Who hope to be forgiven, For we are told when men repent There's special joy in Heaven. If so, Heav'n must much more rejoice, W^hen souls, redeemed by blood, Enter their purchased paradise, To walk and talk with God. Nor let the scorn er curl his lip, With a disdainful sneer, Or coldly censure those, who dip Into hereafter here. Eternal scenes around us blaze, Diffusing light and heat, And Reason's eye, may boldly g^z© Into that coming state. The following lines were written, after a lapse of nearly forty years, on the recollection of the circnmstance as the Author heard it rela- ted, by the late Rev. John Gaulter, once well known in Eng- land as a minister of the Wesleyan Connection. A hoary man whose body bent Beneath the weight of years, "Whom age had withered, shook and rent, And wrecked beyond repairs. But in it stirred a deathless thing. Which groaned to burst its ties, Waiting a signal hence to wing Its flight to other skies. In life he long had walked with God, And knew all right within, By virtue of a Savior's blood, That antidote for sin. Salvation, through his works and prayers, He turned from with disgust^ And wisely settled his affairs, Upon a better trust. And knew his anchor's hold was good, Ent'ring within the vale, It storms and hurricanes had stood. Nor feared he it would fail. 4 1 J^ brty years, i\rd it rcla- n in Eng- # t, 1 rs, 15 Death fDuncI him ready to depart, Hymning a blood-bought crown, Deeming his case not worth a dart, He gently hove him down. CoUl vapors gathered round his soul, Which chilled, like icy breath, Life's current, in the golden bowl- That chill, he felt was death. And sweats his furrowed brow bedewed, While his once massive chest, Tokened by strong internal throes, Death's heavy hand then pressed. A daughter watched beside his bed, Who waked with pious care. To soothe, with gentle hand, his head, And cheer his pains with prayer.. When lo ! he suddenly revived To sight and life again, For wond'rous visitors arrived, . Of noble rank and mein. Not as our stately, titled folks. In fashion's proud costume; But with benign and holy looks, That cheered his lowly room. Nor their radient vestments pure, In which they serve above, But what our natures best endure— They wore the garb of love. i -r-s m 16 But though not robed in flaming suits, To answer special ends, And silently there stood, as mutes He recognized them friends. When, gazing round in visioned view, Surprised, but not with fear, He asked his daughter, if she knew From whence, and who they were. Who said, there's no one seen by me, But you, within the room, They must be angels whom you see, Now come to fetch you home. He smiled in holy ecstacy, And to her thus replied, " They are a goodly company " Then smiled again, and died. She heard mysterious music, play The strains of Zion's hill— And voices, hymning come away ; She listened — all was still. It ON THE RESURRECTION. I On Salem's altar fires had burned The paschal sacrifice ; A rite enjoined when Egypt mourned Her first horn's midnight cries. The night was still and lowering, And meteors flashed on high, As if the stars were showering Pale signals down the sky. And silence sat enthroned in gloom, Where bleached the guilty dead ; And all was hushed, save round a tomb Was heard a watcher's tread. But through the gloom, at times, sad moans Would start the watcher's ears With sounds of sofl and plaintive tones, Like angel's falling tears. The sleepless Roman on his bed Writhed with the lash of guilt ; And often to himself he said, I righteous blood have spilt. And the high sacerdotal chief, Felt Zion's sacred tropes, Which once were wont to 'swage, his grief, Now blighted all his hopes. \i I if IS While deeply pondering o'er the rites That Levi's code commands, With frenzied feelings, for its lights Showed blood upon his hands. For oft he traced the gory track, Since the first victim bled, But sullen voices echoed back, His blood is on thy head. Yet there were hearts that vigils kept With firm and constant faith, Preparing rites for him who slept In the embrace of death. The dewy dawn wept from the palm, As Salem's daughters moved For Calv'ry, there to embalm The corse of him they loved. But ere they reached the place of sculls, An earthquake's rumbling shock Reverberated through the dells, And rent Moriah's rocks. For from the skies a winged light Came with a rushing sound, Which threw upon each mountain's height, A radiancy around. It was an angel of the Lord, Commissioned to our earth, To herald the incarnate Word, From the dotTiains of death. 10 jight, When from the tomb he rolled tlie stone, And on it seated, ilung The beams tliat in his features shone, On the affrighted throng Of wakeful guards who fell with fear. And lay as men when dead, Or like an herd of stricken deer, From the dread scene they fled. But Where's the mind which can portray A scene were seers are dumb, Describing him, en wrapt in clay, Ascending from the tomb. Say, did the heavens a concert raise New in celestial sounds, And wondering seraphs bending, gaze Oa his yet bleeding wounds. But see the female mourners wend Their way up Calv'ry's slopes Where o'er the vacant tomb they bend, With disappointed hopes. But in the tomb a young recluse, From some angelic sphere, Sat, who well knew what did induce Their early visit there. Who spake and bade them lay aside Their timid fears — for ye Are seeking now the crucified — See where he lately lay. 90 I f But he is risen, and j?one forth To coiiqnor and overthrow The powers of (Ijirkness, till the earth Shall at his footstool bow. Yet ere he takes his royal scat, Again ye sh.ll him see, For he is pletln^cd his friends to meet In upper Galilee. Then dry your tears, dismiss your fears, And raise your eyes above To where yon radiant star appears. In token of his love. I i ON THE CHRISTIAN SABBATH. Sabbath comes with lurin<2^ wiles, Radiant in celestial smiles, Teeming blessings which diffuse Zion's pure ambrosial dews : Lo, she bends to earth her light, Borne on golden pinions bright. Swiftly down the eastern skies, See her morning incense rise ; Now she breathes h(>r fragrance round, Cools with balm each burning wound. Hushes all rmr raging cares, Lays the pi; anloms of our fears. I m: PS, H. ♦ i und, lid. 21 Day of days which God has blest, Throws around her typic rest ; Clothes the mountain's rugged steep, Mantles with her calm the deep ; Sol'ter tunes the humming rill, Groves with snored music fill ; Uobes each landscape verdant scene. In a suit of Sabbath green. Flowerets pearled with earliest dews, Glitlcr in sweet virgin hues. Hark, lute voices greet the hours, Tis the melody of flowers. In her train the Graces seven, Point the way that leads to Heaven, Red with the Redeemer's blood. Reaching to the throne of God. Love, full orbed, leads on the van, Shiloah nature joined to man. Mystic wonder, far above Seraphs' thoughts— for GOD is love. Tones of mercy, when she spoke. Universal nature shook ; But her eyes, suffused with tears, Said for man she had her fears. Faith, a royal standard bears. Radiant with a sign, that peers 'Bove the unapproached light. Cresting Zion's holy height. Blazoned on its waving folds, Lo ! a lamb, her hand upholds, 22 »( a , Ui ■ Bathed in his atoning blood, When he sacrificed to God. Look, she cries, as when the sight, Healed the serpent's fiery bite, T, the terms of mercy give, Poisoned rebels, look and live. Noble Truth, advancing next. Tells the virtue of each text, Scattered through the sacred page, Changeless, sure, from age to age ; Lo ! a foi-m of purest light, Clothed in robes of spotless vv^hite, ►Shows to man his filthy taint. Of the leper's foul complaint ; Points to where her crimsoned font, Rises on redemption's mount, Which alone can purge the stain — Says, go wash, and be ye clean. Hope, with winning accents, mild As a mother to her child, Shows her anchor's steadfast hold, Bids the trembling heart be bold ; Speaks of an eternal home, Viewless now, a hope to come. Purchased, promised, sure in both, Ratified by GOD'S high oath. See, a lovely form advance, Meekness beaming in her glance ; Once she stooped to man's degree ; Call her name Humility. 23 m On the cross she meekly bled, When she crushed the snakey head Of that wiley foe, whose fangs Braised her heel with mortal pangs. Learn of me, she meekly cried, Brook not, man, Satanic pride ; Take my lowly 3'oke, and test. That my service giveth rest. God-like Justice closed the rear, Not with his red rip;ht arm bare, Launching thunders in his ire. Tempests of consuming fire. Angels once, inflamed with pride. Dared his matchless strength deride ; Them he frowned to deepest night, O'er the battlements of light. Egypt's gods before him bowed ; Pharaoh saw him in the cloud. Glancing vengeance on his host. Whom he strewed on Arab's coast. Fearful attribute of GOD— When he bathes his sword in blood, Then, its terrors who can stay ; Shaking nations with dismay. Once affrighted Israel saw In his hand a fiery law. Which he gave from Sinai's height ; Moses trembled at the sight. Then he cried, do this and live, None who sin can I forgive, [ ■ } > i I *^f; \'':> • i m ^ Here's no mitigating grace, For repentance there's no place ; But he's quenched his flaming sword, fn the blood of God, the Word, Sheathed it edgeless — dyed with stain- But that sword will flame again. Justice, now, in Mercy's mein, Pleads to win rebellious men, Cries, his bond its claim has lost, Cancelled by the blood of Christ. Thus the attributes divine, Jn the work of grace combine ; Harmonize, and sweetly prove, Christ is univ^ersal love. Sabbath's value, who can tell ; Mercy's holy festival, Calls us to a banquet spread, Cheers with living wine and bread. Let the contrite heart draw near, Bowed with guilt's tormenting fear, For her voice, say 3, now believe. Purchased righteousness receive. Dare thy soul on Jesus roll, Turn from self, it's dark and foul. To the winds thy merits toss — Glory in the wond'rous cross. Christian Sabbath show began. Great Messiah reigns with man ; Gives us tokens of his grace, Pardon, purity and peace. 1 The t tor •d, iin- View these emblems, as a pledge Of a comin;^^ Golden Age. Clouds of witnesses attest, There for saints remains a rest In the paradise of GOD, With the tribes, redeemed by blood; Where they dwell, for ever blest, " Sabbath of eternal rest." THE DEATH-DRUM OF ASSHANTE. The thoughts helovv were suggested oil reading Dr. Beecham's His- tory of Asshante. Asshante's death-drum rolled Its tones upon the breeze, And tales of woe it told, To dress the Fetish trees. With human fragments hung', To glut the vulture's taste. And where the snakes, among Their foliaged branches feast. Afar its echoes spoke, O'er forest, field and flood, Asshcmte's hosts, invoke Their gods, with human blood. And the dread sound apprised, As boomed its wail of death, The monarch, sacrificed To soothe his Demon's wrath. 3 See where yon sable train Advance with trembling tread, Demoniac rites ordain — Let none bewail the dead. Hark! how the sounds encore, As headless victims quiver, Till a red tide of gore Reeks like a boiling river. Nor stay its doleful beats, While blood-stained headsmen toil; And mangled trunks, in heaps, Bestrow her golden soil. Its last sad beats of sorrow, Tell that day's victims slain ; But ah ! the rites to-morrow Shall beat that drum again. For hear, applauding roars Ascend Asshante's sky ! The maddened hordes adore — Our Fetish Gods, they cry. The darkest mental night, Is the poor Negroes' doom ; Yet soon, celestial light Shall dissipate their gloom. For lo ! a sovereign voice Sounds from her western shore, Let Asshante then rejoice, Her drum shall beat no more. E M M A U 8. The sun arose, and threw his blaze On Salem*s hoary towers, And colored, with his fervid rays, To brightest hues, the flowers ; And Olives' foliaged mount shone bright, Waving a fresher green, For the sad omens of the night Had vanished from the scene. But, through the city, rumor's tongue Whispered reports, which said. That he who on the cross had hung> Was risen from the dead ; And, that a mighty form came down, From whose refulgent face There flashed a dread, portentous frown, Which rent the temple's base. Some said the Nazarene had shown Himself to Magdalene, And bade her go and make it known, That she her Lord had seen ; And tell his mourning band of friends Not to forego their hope. Or doubt before he hence ascends. He'll dry their sorrows up. 28 ^1 iff The sullen priests in conclave sat Weighing their gold, to bribe The artless tale of wonder, that The soldiers did describe ; Resolving, in obdurate pride, To pour malignant scorn On facts, which proved the crucified Rose that auspicious morn. Alternate feelings swayed the breast Of the devoted flock, As when the mirage of the east, Looms only for to mock ; Save her who in the early dawn Tarried awhile behind. With prying look, like one forlorn, His mangled corse to find. Light's glorious orb, in god-like state, Rolled down his western way, When two passed Salem's guilty gate. For where Emmaus lay. And as they journeyed, burning drops Coursed down each manly face. As oft they cried, woe, woe, the cups Of vengeance for our race. And much they reasoned to unwrap Those deep, impassioned words Of Judah's monarch, when his harp Sent forth prophetic chords. :1 29 Or when IsjiiaVs soul of iiame, Foretold, a virgin birth — Announced the wonders of his name, And his vicarious death. Then conversed o'er each strange event, And preternatural sign, As when the temple's veil w^as rent, Tlie sun refused to shine, As sympathizing with the woes Of intiocenee in death — And spoke of those convulsive throes. From the aifrighted earth. And of his miracles they talked — As when he raised the dead ; Or on the leaping waves he walked— The hungry thousands fed ; Or hushed the tempest with a word — The leper's foulness cleansed — The lame, the deaf, and blind restored— Expelled the raging fiend. Then would, with faltering tongues, recall The truths he did unfold, When from his lips, rich showers would fall, Of pearls inlaid in gold ; Tinged with the hues of mercy's beams, Priceless, beyond compare. Bearing the impress of his names, And royal character. At length they heard strange footsteps nigh, And turned, when there was seen "I J N^ so An unknown traveller close by, Of courteous look and mein Who on the mourners cast a brief Glance, from a princely eye, Which seemed to say, I know your grief, And can a bahii apply. When, with mild, sympathizing tones, He asked them for to tell The cause of those impassioned moans, And tears which irom them fell ; And of those interesting themes, Of which they so much talked, That seemed to kindle joyous flames Within them, as they walked. When one replied, and who art thou. Thus to interrogate ? Art thou a stranger, not to know What has transpired of late Within our loved Jerusalem, Now reeking in the guilt Of blood, that her Sanhedrim, By impious hands have spilt ?. Has thou not heard of David^s son. And of his royal heir, And of his Lord and Holy One, Eternity's compeer ; Designed the tribes of earth to bless With gifts, which shall come down In copious showers of righteousness, And death's fell brows uncrown? 31 ief, And wc conclude that it is He, # Who will our rights regain, And make the Hebrew nation iVee From Rome's despotic chain. For women of our company Do still our hopes revive ; Whom angels at the tomb this day, ;.;itbrmed he was alive. When the unknown with grace replied, Oh ye unwise and slow, Not to percieve these facts described, By prophets long ago, In those celestial types which shed Their lights on Israel's sires From all the emblems which have bled, Since Abel kindled fires. And in that promise first entailed On man the woman's seed, Which in its mystic import veiled High purposes decreed ; From which prophetic streamlets gush, Whose gurgling tones still spread Reports of one destined to crush ,^ The serpent's venomed head. And as they journeyed he withdrew The veil which hid the blaze Of bleeding emblems from their view% And raised before their ga^e (.1 il 32 Tho shnclow.s of a tlioiisaiul years, Charuin- the (lircre of death; Boariiiir away on siihUi biers Their lifeless rites frojn earth. The holiest veil he drew aside, And with a wondrous key Unlocked the ark, and opened wide Its mysteries to day ; And seemed familiarized with hin) or everlasting date, ' Whoso symbol 'nealh the cherubim Flamed on the mercy-seat. ' Then with elucidatin*,^ skill, These cog-ent facts applied To prove that he who on the hill Of Calvary had died ; His royal honors did forego, To bear man's g-uilt ami pain ^ anquishing death 3'et must into Ills glory pass again. And track ibr man a .vay once more. Iveaohing the throne oi' God lied with the sacrificial gore ' Of his atoning blood, hereby exulting mercy wings Her flight on vital beams, And down which her full gushing springs Of living water streams. The sun hung o'er his western bounds, And poured a gorgeous flood « I Ha W Mi Tc .4 * ss Or,avs,xvWch.een.edtoauge.rou.ul Where, old Emmaus stood, men tL ""Known upon tbcn. cast A look which seemed to say, Adieu, for I must onward Uasle, Ere night V)cclouds my way. When with imploring looks they cried. Oh turn and be our guest And for this night with us abide, For see, the day IS past. Nor Shalt thou from us thus depart. For some celestial spell lias kindled flames within each heaU, Forbidding a farewell. He tarried in the guise he wore. Till evening fare was spread ; Then rose as he was wont before. To bless and break the bread. When lo ! they recognized m word. And each soul stiring tone The stranger was their much loved Lo. J, And gazed, but he was gone. ON TEMPERANCE. „„ onrl hail to the breezes. Hail to 'hee,Temperanee and ha Which waft the report of *>^co,,q ^^^^^^^ Mav vhv triumphs go on till tne las TodragintheharnessofBaechttssoar. 34 Uouiid altars a roekinf? with foulest pollutions His votaries supplicato, an-uish and moans, And pli-ht him thoir troth in deadly imtations From (he cohl sterile poles through the tropic.^ zones. s green lie moves in his course like a blast of the desert, And lashes his victims with scorpions of fire, And their wild frantic revels out-vie the dire'concert, When widows are flaming on Juggernaut pyre. But hail to thee, Temperance, thou star of the morning, The beams of whose splendors illumine our gloom, And brightly betoken a day is now dawning, Which shall the Ibul orgies of Bacchus entomb. Thou look'st like a meteor hung out in the sky, A signal of mercy in glory enshrined ; A voice from the heavens which sends forth a cry, Down, down with the foe, and the curse of mankind. The genius that marshals thy heroic legions. And tempers their weapons of warfare, is love, Shall yet bear thy banners triumphant through re- gions, And wave o'er the nations her symbol the dove. Thy motto is concord, thy principle union. Cementing in friendship earth's most distant clime, Thy flag is the pledge of a sacred communion, Creation designed ere the dawning of time. I f 3ft i i . Thoii'st burst on our vision rcsplcndant with j^lory, Ounmissioncd to herald ^hid tidings on earth, And tliedoadllest shaft we may hiarn from thy story, By tlice has been pluekod from the (luiver of death. What thou?j:h in the cradle some thought to destroy thee, And deemed thee a phantom of monstrous birth, There were who beheld in thy features a beauty, Surpassing the form of the children of earth. Like him once so fn mous in Grecia's old tables, For daring exploits from his cradle designed ; Thy records like his show thee cleansing the stables, And vanquishing monsters which feed on mankind. Rut yet'inoiig our species there are who decry thee Colleague with internals, thy course to oppose, But the wi^e find the good see their God in his glory, rnbareinghis arm to the sight of thy foes. And hail to the heroes whose names are inmiortal ! Who drew from the skies the electric flnmes, More brilliant and pure than the fire of the vastal Which now shed o'er nations its life-giving beams. Our sons and fair daughters to time's distant ages Shall honor the earth where their ashes repose, And record their names in philanthropy's l)ages, As friends of our race, and the healers of woes. The people shall flourish \\here liberty's banner Floats proudly in breezes perfumed by thy breath ; w _ 36 For the «>• forefather's throne Where Nile's fertile streams his rich banks overflow And rank tangled foliage and wild flowers grow ' ' heart " "'"•='=^''"^"' ^ g"""'' ^^"^^ young From the float on the waters no danger could part • Who saw the surprise when dissemblhig her fe^ ' She hastened the princess and maidens to near ' And heard the strange vow that the princes's then niaae, Invoking her GODS for their favor and aid. t%2-*vs« Jould hone )ugh in n. » I. lie, 41 Oh, praicess, she cried, shall I fetch thee a nurse, For mothers through Goshen are wailing the loss Of infants destroyed by the sword of their foe ? When the princess made answer, Now quickly girl, go. Then lightly she bounded away for the tent. There showed to her mother the joyful event. And quickly the mother and sister drew nigh The place where the princess sat soothing the boy. Who cried I here give thee to nurse as my son, This infant that 1 from the waters have won, In memory of which his name shall account ; And the boy was all right at his own luscious fount. In hasts to the monarch the fondling she bore. Resolved at his footstool she'd mercy implore, And there as a suppliant her father addressed, Who felt the appeal and the edict suppressed. ig rt; 1 leii JOHN WESLEY. Immortal Wesley ! Who shall sing thy praise ? Thou noble chieftain of a band of brothers, Who in old Oxford, dared their voices raise, Truth to defend, against proud, baptized scoffers. As when a meteor bursts upon our sight, And moves in splendor through the vault of heaven ; So his bright path still shows a trail of light, In which his deed-s-ef love are deeply graven. Urged by the impulse of seraphic zeal. Derived from him who died upon the cross. With giant strength he did his foes assail. Accounting worldly fame but worthless dross ; What if the church, miscalled, pronounced him mad And mitred babies o'er him shook the rod. Pouring their wrathful vials on his head, He was a mighty messenger of God. Though oft beset through city, town and glen, From Tweed, to where the ocean Lands End washes. By brutal mobs misnamed christian men, W^hile in full chorus brayed the surpliced asses. But his great soul still upward held its way, As when the eagle seeks the fount of light, To where the portals blaze to endless day, Cleaving the tempest in his rising flight. I •s. aven ; mad, 'l^ I 43 The fervid breathing of a " still small voiced Imbued his nature with unbounded love, The flame in which angelic hosts rejoice, Great Magna Charta of the worlds above. And there were souls redeemed throughout the nation lu multitudes, from Satan's deadly snares- Grace broke the spell of sin's infatuation, And dignified their state to christian heirs ; For where he taught the presence of the Lord, Quickened the dead and brought the blind to see- Lepers were cleansed by truth's life-giving word While Greeks and Rabins cried, Can such things be ? Yet these were they who dared denounce his deeds- Men like himself, who to their GOD had swore On Christ's own altar, where the emblems bled, To preacli His gospel round Britaimia's shore. SVith him, which of your ranks can you compare . Though you have names your zeal has canonized, Some^of whom now time's guilty annals bear, Floating like scum and froth down record's tide. lie heard his master's voice— obeyed the call, Nor stopped to reason once with flesh and blood— A chosen vessel, like another Paul, Seeking no other bliss but doing good. His highest wish to be approved of GOD— And in his garden walk 'midst stones of fire. There from life's tree dispense immortal food, To feed the longings of each pure desire. And signs and wonders marked his long career Of zealous labor in the cause of love ; 44 Confirmed his mission as a christian seer, Till Jesus called him to his seat above. And through our earth his mighty voice yet speaks, Where truth prevails and spreads herpeerless beams, For where the day-spring orient light still breaks, There Wesley's deeds shall tell his deathless famj. And when his spirit plumed itself for flight. Illumined with the light of Heaven's afflatus, He saw the future, as from Pisgah's height, And die I, the best of all is, GOD is with us. These were the last of his prophetic words ; With us he's been, and with us still abides ;' We see our signs among earth's brutal hordes, Nor shall they fail while Wesley's spirit guides. Oh, had he lived to witness what we see The truths he taught prevailing through our earth From east to west, o'er islands of the'se i, As if creation thro wed in second birth. WHITEFIELD. And his great colleague whose electric tongue Aroused the masses from their guilty slumbers. As with the music of a seraph's song ; The theme was grace in all its glowing wonders, Expansive feelings swelled his soul through space- Although he sang on the flat key of fate The sovereign music of abounding grace, Caught at the footstool of the mercy-seat — ns, 4 45 lie ceaseless toiled in his great Vlaster's work, And thundered throii|.^h the land a warning cry. With eloquence that broke the flinty rock, Or filled the mourner with indwelling joy. And if from some minutia of his creed, Discordant hissed a bitter, biting spark; Why, Paul and Barnabas were not agreed, But had contentious words about John Mark. Yet Whitefield was a messenger of GOU, An angel flying through this world of night, Pointing the road to the atoning blood, And on the nations pouring floods of light. The love of Christ was his triumphant boast— A consecrated flame which warmed his breast, Whether he roamed around his native coast. Or trod Columbia's lands in the lar west. CHARLES WESLEY. And thou whose harp still sends melodious sounds Of sacred song such once as Zion heard, The wreath immortal which his temple bounds, Yet breathes fresh incense from the Wesleyan oard. Thine was the genius of the shepherd kmg, 'Tending his flocks in Jordan's hallowed meads, On Hermon's dewy heights, by Bethlehem's spring, Or wraped in poesy's flight in Calv'ry's shades. As when with early song, the lark ascends The morning sky, and leaves her grassy sod, 46 On circlinp^ wing, through clouds, the minstrel wends Her airy flight to near th(3 throne of GOD ; So do his lays exalt and warm the heart Wiih kindred feelings, which his lays inspired, When from our eyes the contrite tear shall start, Or when the sense of mercy is acquired. Such only can appreciate his muse, Sublimely soaring 'midst the blaze of grace, Winging her flight, to catch transcendent views Of mercy's fulness to our fallen race. Ye ranked with the great three of David's heroes, Who for his royal branch, dared to maintain War with the legions of malignant Neros, Leagued with infernals, 'gainst Messiah's reign. Blest be that sovereign grace, which sweetly touched Your hearts and lips, with glowing coals of love From mercy's altar, where you all avouched Jehovah's cause to serve with one resolve. A wends ft, es, uched e 4 LADY HUNTINGDON. Can I forget that noble christian dame Of Huntingdon, to royalty allied — Noble in heart and life, in nature, name- In all that's in nobility implied. Selenia heard a voice say, follow me ; Where courtly pleasures wait each passion's call — The voice she knew — it came from Calvary, She wept and loved— then pledged to Christ her all. By grace made willing, in his powerful day, She sought and found the fount for the unclean, And there she bathed, and washed her sin away, Singing of mercy through the Lamb once slain. Ah, few among the great ones of the earth, Submit like her, to wear the Saviour's yoke. Attain experience of the second birth, Bow to the scoffer's sneer or buffoon's joke. But she, all honors laid at Jesus' feet, Contented to be vile in the world's eyes ; Nor in dark convents sought a cold retreat, But nobly struggled for an unseen prize. Clothed in the armor of the conquering cross. She, through the ranks, a royal standard bore, And onward cheered the small heroic force, To beard the fury of Philistia's power. And though in church and state her ashes lie, Uncanonized in legendary jest ; AS And round her tomb no wandering pilgrims cry To bones and dust, for everlasting rest. Show me her like in the long list of saints, Where cloistered nuns low bow before their shrincf<. Whose dark memoirs some wily Jesuit paints In all the pious gaude of heroines. If by her deeds we estimate her worth, And test her by Heaven's law, utility, All christian graces in her life shine forth, Tinged with the greatness of nobility. And in the book of life her name's enrolled With all who do in the Redeemer die ; Eternity her memoirs will unfold — For GOD hatli, said, her record is on high. And in his Heavens she has a purchased place, Shining in beauty 'mongst the blood-washed tribe, Hymning the anthem of redeeming grace To him who laved her in his flowing side. But who is he that does her fate decide By creeds and relicts, in his purblind light, Spitting the venom of sectarian pride — " Shall not the Judge of all the earth do i-ight ?" Presume not, then, who fear their GOD, to hate, Nor judge them by the accents of a creed — They're Christ's free men, let not sectarian pride Reproach the moanings of a bruised reed. Liu o ik niieJ<, )e, ^ Line, sn-itten on tl.o death of my late daughter. Mr- Ann Hendn-sc.n, o( Chatham, Miran.ichi, who died Septcnnbcr ioih lb4o. Fare thee well, but not for ever, Though a few short years may sever, Faith lights dispel the hopeless shiver, Of meeting never. But thou hast passed death's chilly flood. Leaning upon the arm of GOD, Thy only hope the covenant blood. Where firm thou stood. Upborne as on a Saviour's wing, Through the dark vale o'er which ti.e kmg Of terrors does his shadows fling, Nor feared his sting. Thy hope was not from nature's seeds, A growth of rank self-righteous weeds. Pride peccant crop of moral deeds. No Saviour needs. Grace taught thee at an early date. To feel and weep thy fallen state. And led thee to the mercy seat. There bade thee wait. 50 And there thou met the crucified. Who bade thee hi his love confide. And to thy wounds a balm applied, From his cleft side. And if at times a glistening tear Would in thy placid eye appear, And like a dew drop tremble there, A mother's fear — For children circling round thy heart, For some whose souls would feel a dart, Rending endearing ties apart, With painful smart. Who mourn thy loss, but bow in faith Before that sovereign voice, which saith. Shall not the judge of all the earth Do right in death. Nor would we by our parting tears, Recal thee from those radiant spheres, Wliere endless cycles measure years, To mercy's heirs. Yet will every coming morrow, Touch some latent chord of sorrow, And in memory's mirror show A form we know. Some kindred friends thou'lt meet above, Among those fadeless forms of love. Who all the mystery will solve, Of thy remove. 4^. » » it A^ 51 And there thou wilt that child enjoy, Who lately left thee for the sky, Who there will to thy bosom fly, And tell her joy. And he who now these thoughts indites, Hopes for the beatific sight, To join thee on some mountain's heights. In worlds of light. Who says again, till then, farewell, In hope when death his earthly shell Dissolves, we shall for ever dwell, Where's no farewell. "AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED". Daniel xii. 4. Hail to this promise, knowledge shall increase, And yet shall throw her beams full on the fac^- Of superstition and her dark aPies, With all their engines of deceit and lies, Stripping the monster of her saintly robe, Wherever man exists upon our globe, Or other globes I'll say, if some bold scout, Should to them find a practicable route. And certify from what he saw therein, ^ v"^ There too exists a remija^t ^^ki»\, ^ ^ \^ r. \ •. ? • * t • • %. nS <** t Vvf I 62 But charity, 'tis said, begins at home — Then, as things are, I think we should not roam From this dark orb, but ply the laboring oar, To carry truth and love to every shore. For surely there's enough for all to do, Who feel disposed to aid the overthrow Of sin and superstition — direful works 'Mong Jews and Gentiles, dark Hindoos and Turks. And think that men should join in some wide scheme, Their fellow men from error to redeem ; Taking the earth for their great sphere of action, From pole to pole — to every man a section ; And in the spirit of the Prince of Peace, Dry widows' tears and cheer the orphan's face ; Unload the burdened — let the slave go free^ Send through the earth the shout of liberty ; Withdraw the veil which hides Heaven's two great lights, Religious Freedom and man's Civil Rights ; Proclaim the advent of Messiah's year, For tokens now announce His presence near. Whose radient beams from east to west are spread. And crest the summit of each mountain's head, While from the skies the voice of Mercy booms, Prepare the way, for lo ! the Shiloah comes. ^> 5.' ^1 CMiT %/ry/. Ouf^^-^ /'it^ %/fUt\j^./i U UAy'tyO P^i^^'AifJc 4'-' ;>iS.'3 cC %f