e! O hear the groaning
Of the earth beneath her wrong;
Time it is that thou wert stirring,
Why, O why hast slept so long?
Slumbered hast thou many ages,
And thy Lord account hath kept:
Shall thy foes say, Zion, Zion!
"None, as thou, so long hath slept!"

XLV.
"SAVE, LORD."

Rescue Zion for thy praise,
From affliction:
Are not these the promised days
Of salvation?

Lo, thy servants for her sake,
Weep before Thee,
And their hearts with longing break:--
Lord, have mercy!

XLVI.
"THY KINGDOM COME."

To all the tribes of earth,
Send, Lord, thy gospel forth,
From sea to sea:
Soon may the heathen come
Unto thy sacred home;
Nor ever, ever roam
From thine, and Thee.

XLVII.
DAWN.

It shall not long remain,
This dark tempestuous night;
Not long doth Christ ordain,
To bear the cross, and fight:
Behold the herald Dawn appear,
Auspicious morn is drawing near.

DEATH.

XLVIII.
DEATH UNAVOIDABLE.

To thy regions, World-eternal,
Onward, onward, is my face;
Resting spot in vain I wish for,
Till in thee I find my place:
Death's dark portal,
Though so dark I must pass through.

When death's cold and turbid waters,
To their bosom me receive,
Who will dissipate the darkness,
Who my terror will relieve?
If my Saviour
Smile, then fear will flee away.

XLIX.
THE LAMP.

I.

(THE MEASURE OF THE SECOND PART HAS BEEN CHANGED.)

A weary pilgrim sat,
Above a gloomy stream,
A lamp he firmly held
Shed round a cheerful gleam:
It showed that river's farther banks,
Crowded with wistful spirit ranks.

He cometh to the stream,
Adown a rough ravine,
The lamp still in his hand
By friends above is seen;
And friends beyond can see him come,
His lamp reveals him through the