When earth upon a ransomed race Rev. H. Ware, Fr. Ο UT of the dark the circling sphere And Hope, that lights her fadeless fires, O sentinels! whose tread we heard, Look backward, how much has been won! O Thou, whose mighty patience holds Rev. S. Longfellow. CLEAR THE WAY. EN of thought! be up and stirring MEN Sow the seed, withdraw the curtain, Clear the way! Men of action, aid and cheer them There's a fount about to stream; There's a light about to beam; Into gray. Men of thought and men of action, Once the welcome light has broken, What the unimagined glories Of the day? What the evil that fhall perish Aid the dawning, tongue and pen; And our earnest must not flacken Men of thought and men of action, Lo! a cloud's about to vanish Lo! the right's about to conquer, — And a brazen wrong to crumble With that right fhall many more Men of thought and men of action, Charles Mackay. O ISRAEL, to thy tents repair: Why thus secure on hoftile ground? The trumpet gives a martial strain: And put thine enemies to flight! Thou shouldft not fleep as others do; A nobler lot is caft for thee; A kingdom waits thee in the skies: With such a hope, fhall Israel flee, Or yield, through weariness, the prize? No! let a careless world repose And flumber on through life's fhort day, While Israel to the conflict goes, And bears the glorious prize away! Thomas Kelly. 1806. BE STRONG, FEAR NOT. RISONERS of hope! be strong, be bold; Caft off your doubts, disdain to fear! The day which prophets have foretold, And saints have longed for, draweth near: Our God fhall in his kingdom come; Prepare your hearts to make him room! O ye of fearful hearts, be ftrong! Lord, we have faith; we wait the hour |