ened judgment told.

They heeded not his solemn words,
Nor mark'd his tearful eye;
But still continued in their sin
Against the Lord most high.

They mock'd him with their taunting speech,
And call'd him foolish, vain,
To think that God would drown the earth
And men in floods of rain.

They look'd up to the heavens above,
No threatening clouds were there;
They laugh'd, they sang, they danced in pride,
Nor thought of God, or prayer.

All things remained the same to them,
For nearly six score years;
Why should they have distress of mind,
Or yield their soul to fears?

Still, Noah, faithful to his trust,
His solemn warnings gave;
And patiently prepared the ark,
His family to save

And still the people wagg'd their heads,
As they were passing by,
And look'd first on his monster ark,
Then upward to the sky;--

Then smiled in scorn, and went their way,
To sin and folly prone;
Not dreaming, though the skies look'd fair,
They'd soon be left alone.

Amid the angry storms of Heaven,
And rising waves around
Overflowing all the fields of earth,
And all the highest ground.

VI.

NOAH ENTERS THE ARK.

And now the ark was built; the day
Of wrath was drawing near;
Yet still no cloud was in the sky;
And in men's hearts no fear.

No doubt they wonder'd much what now
This foolish man would do;
And thought that they would surely prove,
His prophecy untrue.

But soon he heard Jehovah's voice;--
These words he heard Him say,--
"Come thou into the ark at once,
With all thy family."

So Noah enter'd in the ark,
He and his children too,
And beasts and birds of every kind,
Did enter two by two.

The lives of these Jehovah spared,
To fill the earth again,
When He should cause the ark to rest,
And should the flood restrain.

And when they all were in the ark,
The just and mighty God,
Prepared to bring upon the earth
The waters of the flood.

The day of grace was fully past,
No voice should now proclaim,
To sinful, faithless, scoffing men,
Jehovah's gracious name.

The righteous in God's care were safe,
From every fear of harm;
But wicked men would be o'erwhelm'd
With terrible ala