bout their bed!
What contradiction!--grave the dame and sire;
Gorgeous their dwelling,--simple their attire!
Their children moulding to the place they dwell,
In London fashions, Paris manners, swell,--
While parents scarcely wish to set them free--
For what they won't restrain they love to see.

Are there no worthies now to fill the place,
Of those, victorious, who have run their race?
Are we deserted?--has all merit flown,
And must the church in helpless anguish moan?
Oh, no! the grace that made them what they were,
A living remnant in due measure share;
And haply they on whom their mantles fit,
May where the ancients sat, in judgment sit.

Faith, give me power to see a brighter day,
When all these "letting things" shall pass away;
When the convulsion which has now begun,
Shall pause in silence, all its purpose done;
When the oppressors of the seed, shall wear
The mask no longer, all their acts laid bare;
When chaff and cheat shall to the wind be doomed,
And dross and stubble be by fire consumed;
When to the world the worldly part is given;
When the redeemed shall closer walk with Heaven;
When to our Zion shall the weary come,
Like "doves to windows," pressing to their home.
Oh, haste the day, when through his power divine,
The Father's light around his church shall shine!

Many there are whose prayers arise for this;
Whose greatest joy would be in Zion's bliss;
Whose morning breathing, and whose evening prayer
Is that the Lord would place his glory there.
--What though a worldly spirit has crept in,
That fain the kingdom through new ways would win,
Scorning the narrow path our fathers trod,
And circling round would pass the cross and rod--
Yet they who look from Pisgah's height can see,
Such by-paths lead away from Calvary,--
While they who seek in empty forms for bliss,
Will grasp at shadows and the substance miss.
--No, no!--as ancient =PENNOCK=[5] clearly saw,
Still with this people shall abide the law;
Still shall the testimony here be found,--
Still sons and daughters to the altar bound.
The Lord himself his attributes shall take;
Again shall order out of chaos break;
Then shall the church in rapturous numbers sing,
And shout victorious as she owns her King;
While those who seek to draw her from the