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II.

Deep on thy soul, before its pow'rs
are yet by vice enslav'd,
Be thy Creator's glorious name
and character engrav'd.

III.

For soon the shades of grief shall cloud the sunshine of thy days;

And cares and toils, in endless round, encompass all thy ways.

IV.

Soon shall thy heart, the woes of age, in mournful groans deplore, And sadly muse on former joys, that now return no more.

XVII.

ISAIAH, i. 10,-19.

I.

RULERS of Sodom! hear the voice

of heav'n's eternal Lord;

Men of Gomorrah! bend your ear submissive to his word.

II.

'Tis thus he speaks: To what intent are your oblations vain?

Why load my altars with your gifts, polluted and profane?

Burnt-off'rings long may blaze to heav'n, and incense cloud the skies; The worship and the worshipper are hateful in my eyes,

IV.

Your rites, your fasts, your pray?rs, I scorn, and pomp of solemn days:

I know your hearts are full of guile, and crooked are your ways.

V.

But cleanse your hands, ye guilty race,

and cease from deeds of sin;

Learn in your actions to be just, and pure in heart within.

VI,

Mock not my name with honours vain, but keep my holy laws;

Do justice to the friendless poor,

and plead the widow's cause.

VII.

Then, though your guilty souls are stain'd with sins of crimson die,

Yet, through my grace, with snow itself in whiteness they shall vie.

.I.

BEHOLD! the mountain of the Lord

in latter days shall rise

On mountain tops above the hills, and draw the wond'ring eyes.

.II.

To this the joyful nations round,
all tribes and tongues shall flow;
Up to the hill of God, they'll say,
and to his house, we'll go.

III.

The beam that shines from Zion hill shall lighten ev'ry land;

The King who reigns in Salem's tow'rs shall all the world command.

IV.

Among the nations he shall judge; his judgments truth shall guide; His sceptre shall protect the just, and quell the sinner's pride.

V.

No strife shall rage, nor hostile feuds disturb those peaceful years;

To ploughshares men shall beat their swords, to pruning-hooks their spears.

VI.

No longer hosts encount'ring hosts, shall crowds of slain deplore; They hang the trumpet in the hall, and study war no more.

VII.

Come then, O house of Jacob! come to worship at his shrine,

And, walking in the light of God, with holy beauties shine.

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XIX.

ISAIAH, ix. 2,-8.

I.

THE race that long in darkness pin'd

have seen a glorious light; The people dwell in day who dwelt in death's surrounding night.

II.

To hail thy rise, thou better Sun! the gath❜ring nations come, Joyous, as when the reapers bear the harvest-treasures home.

III.

For thou our burden hast remov'd, and quell'd th' oppressor's sway; Quick as the slaughter'd squadrons fell in Midian's evil day.

IV.

To us a child of Hope is born,

to us a Son is giv'n;

Him shall the tribes of earth obey, him, all the hosts of heav'n.