THE CHRONICLE OF ANGELS. BY JAMES MONTGOMERY, ESQ. Suggested by the perusal of a manuscript treatise, "Concerning the Holy Angels and their Ministry," by a deceased friend, which was afterwards printed for private distribution only, in 1826, having the first clause of the following lines for a motto. ALL that of angels God to man makes known, U Spirit made perfect,- Spirit of the Just!— Thine hand, which traced these lines, hath fall'n to dust; Yet in the visions of eternity, Things unconceived by mortals thou canst see; By thee are, without veil or symbol, known: But 't is forbidden; earthly eye nor ear, Heaven's splendours could behold, heaven's secrets hear; To flesh and blood that world to come is sealed, Or but in hieroglyphic shades revealed. We follow thee, blest saint! our tongues ere long Where cloud nor sun are seen,-in purer skies! |