II.

When, bringing every balmy sweet
Her day of luxury stored,

She o'er her SAVIOUR'S hallow'd feet

The precious perfumes pour'd ;

III.

And wiped them with that golden hair,
Where once the diamond shone,

Though now those gems of grief were there
Which shine for GoD alone!

IV.

Were not those sweets, so humbly shed,-
That hair, those weeping eyes,-
And the sunk heart, that inly bled,—
Heaven's noblest sacrifice?

V.

Thou, that hast slept in error's sleep,
Oh! wouldst thou wake in Heaven,

Like MARY kneel, like MARY weep,
"Love much"*-and be forgiven!

"Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much."--St. Luke vii. 47.

AS DOWN IN THE SUNLESS RETREATS.

Air.-HAYDN.

I.

As down in the sunless retreats of the Ocean, Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see, So, deep in my soul the still prayer of devotion, Unheard by the world, rises silent to Thee, My GOD! silent to Thee

Pure, warm, silent to Thee:

So, deep in my soul the still prayer of devotion, Unheard by the world, rises silent to Thee!

II.

As still to the star of its worship, though clouded, The needle points faithfully o'er the dim sea, So, dark as I roam, in this wintry world shrouded, The hope of my spirit turns trembling to Thee, My GOD! trembling to Thee—

True, fond, trembling to Thee:

So, dark as I roam, in this wintry world shrouded, The hope of my spirit turns trembling to Thee!

BUT WHO SHALL SEE.

Air.-STEVENSON.

I.

BUT who shall see the glorious day
When, throned on Zion's brow,
The LORD shall rend that veil away

Which hides the nations now !

*

When earth no more beneath the fear

Of his rebuke shall lie; †

When pain shall cease, and

every tear

Be wiped from every eye!§

II.

Then, JUDAH! thou no more shalt mourn
Beneath the heathen's chain;

* "And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.-Isaiah xxv. 7.

"The rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth."-Isaiah xxv. 8.

S "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; neither shall there be any more pain.”—Rev. xxi. 4.

Thy days of splendour shall return,

And all be new again.*

The Fount of Life shall then be quaff'd
In peace, by all who come!†

And every wind that blows shall waft
Some long-lost exile home!

ALMIGHTY GOD!

CHORUS OF PRIESTS.

Air.-MOZART.

I.

ALMIGHTY GOD! when round thy shrine
The Palm-tree's heavenly branch we twine, S

"And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new."-Rev. xxi. 5.

+ "And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."-Rev. xxii. 17.

§"The Scriptures having declared that the Temple of Jerusalem was a type of the Messiah, it is natural to conclude that the Palms, which made so conspicuous a figure in that structure, represented that Life and Immortality which were brought to light by the Gospel."-Observations on the Palm, as a sacred Emblem, by W. Tighe.

(Emblem of Life's eternal ray,
And Love that" fadeth not away,")
We bless the flowers, expanded all,*
We bless the leaves that never fall,
And trembling say," In Eden thus
"The Tree of Life may flower for us!"

II.

When round thy Cherubs, smiling calm
Without their flames,† we wreathe the Palm,
Oh God! we feel the emblem true,-

Thy Mercy is eternal too!

Those Cherubs, with their smiling eyes,

That crown of Palm which never dies,
Are but the types of Thee above-

Eternal Life and Peace and Love!

"And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims, and palm-trees, and open flowers."'—1 Kings vi. 29.

"When the passover of the tabernacles was revealed to the great law-giver in the mount, then the cherubic images which appeared in that structure were no longer surrounded by flames; for the tabernacle was a type of the dispensation of mercy, by which Jehovah confirmed his gracious covenant to redeem mankind."-Observations on the Palm.

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