POETRY. From the London Keepsake for 1828. IN Judah's halls the harp is hush'd, Still Pharaoh ruled, and Israel wept. The morning breezes freshly blow, The waves in golden sunlight quiver; And must she plunge him in the deep? She raised her eyes to heaven to pray; She turn'd them down to earth to weep. She knelt beside the rushing tide, 'Mid rushes dark, and flow'rets wild; Beneath the plane tree's shadow wide, The weeping mother placed her child. "Peace be around thee-though thy bed A mother's breast no more may be ; Yet he that shields the lily's head, Deserted babe, will watch o'er thee!" She's gone! that mourning mother! gone 'Tis she of Egypt-Pharaoh's daughter, That with her maidens come to lave Her form of beauty in the water, And light with beauty's glance the wave. Oh! woman's heart is like the rose, The will to comfort never changes. The monarch's daughter saw and wept→→→ (How lovely falls compassion's tear!) The babe that there in quiet slept, Blest in unconsciousness of fear. 'Twas her's to pity and to aid The infant chief, the infant sage, Undying fame the deed repaid, Recorded upon heaven's own page. Years pass away-the land is free! Daughter of Zion! mourn no more! The oppressor's hand is weak on thee, Captivity's dark reign is o'er. Thy chains are burst-thy bonds are rivenOn! like a river strong and wide: A captain is to Judah given The babe that slept by Nile's broad tide. From the Assistant of Education. SWEETEST and loveliest of those living rays Which from the fountain of the Godhead flow; On thee may cherubim undazzled gaze, Thou art the element of heaven above, With soften'd lustre, thine extended beams Have reach'd the depths of human wretchedness; In mercy's gentle, never ceasing streams, Maternal tenderness less kind appears Praise him, archangels-ye who see his face, Children of Zion-let your songs arise; Sing the great mystery of redeeming grace, The joy of earth, the wonder of the skies. Yet not by those who in his presence rest, Not by archangels can his love be told; Nor can the saints who comprehend it best Its heights and lengths and depths and breadths unfold. None but the God of wisdom and of might JESUS EMMANUEL-in thee alone The rich effulgence of that love thou art, Then let thy worshippers reflect thy rays, And by their spirit prove their God is Love; This shall in better language speak thy praise Than songs like those which angels sing above. *Rev. iv, 13. VERITA. 1 NO. 7.] DIVINITY. "righteousness," i. e. justice "and judgment are the habitation" or establishment, as it is in the margin, "of his throne." Of this subject we shall proceed to take the following view. I. We will notice the fact, that there is a system of divine government established in the earth. II. We shall notice the leading characteristics of this administration. |