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In ht £ h communion with the Father , spake His will , to undergo the full demands Of justice , and redeem the guilty race . Upon the Son Smil'd the transcendant Deity well pleased And gatre the counsels of his Sov ' reign mind , That spirits be infus'd , that forms arise , And yonder Universe of Stars exist . "
After a splendid passage on the Creation , the song proceeds : w Far from our state of bliss a star there shone That claim'd the attention of our angelgward More frequent , for among its planets roIlM Tlie only spot throughout the works of God
Where evil enter ed , and deform M its race . Priace of tke power of air , the dragpoafiead Here rei ^ -n'd , aod captive led the human mind
A willing * prisoner to sin ' s treacherous art , That smiles to stab , and flatters to betray . Let me not sing of evil 3 every tone That pours its dying cadence from the lyre Discordant seirads * * * #
? . * * * * * * Oil ! let me raise tiie more majestic song * Of goodness 3 and unfold the wond'rous love Q £ Him , tli' iacaruatte God ; Lord ef the sides !
Lord 1 -what was Mau that tbou shouldst visit him , Arfd calm Jehovah ' s wrath , and bow the heav ' ns A * a « f 'leave thy ministering * angels , and thy God , Thy Father , *> n th * ungrateful earth i »
rove A friendless , slighted sftrang * er , where no home Tby blameless bead should shelter ; * # Theu was earth ' s ransom paid ; the grave and hell Thy power confess ed , when justice claimM thyjbrm . Oh ! mourn and weep with me , ye
dearbought sons ; WelBp , tho lie aav ' xl you by bis pard'nlngblood , A&d praise with tears the mercy of your God , The only tears that aog ^ ls share with man . ' * Such are the things that have been , who can tell TJieftrftifte ? " '
The poet lxas told the future , but ivhat a sequel ? The rawsam of the earth has beou paid ^ J ustice hm beon « a 4 igfi # dy % he incaraate God Jtas made atonement to the God who is a spirit , tl $ d w ^ rath of * i * e Farther is calmed ; if
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" Perfection only reconciles to God The guilty race ; the all-perfect Son Iiqi Descended from high among inferior worlds T * atone and bring tb * unrighteous to himself . " This we are told was the divine decree :
—•• " Ev ry race O ' er whose polluted souls tlie baleful wing Of evil sheds its influence doomM to woe The Demons of th * embosom'd deep shall join , Self-ruinM ,. self-condemn'd ! Unless tlit
claim Of justice , equal attribute of God With mercy , satisfied , the tribes release ; Contented if some higher beiag embrace The punisJuuent deserved , and die tht death , And plunge unshaken in tlie depths of hell . "
No less a being than the Almightys equal received the punishment ; and shall not justice , * contented , ' its claim thus satisfied , release the tribes ?—Now mark the sequel , a sequel , as the author assures us , within the limits of truth ; but at the same time , if there is meaning in words , a sequel of infinite injustice . The mandate for the last judgment is issued :
" hmg in th « ir shadowy legions stood tht ranks Of beings , gatberM to await their Judge : The clam o rous outcry , and the ^ hisperM prayV ,
The piercing shriek , the sigb , the gr « ai were husird In mournful silence ; one oppxessiroxal » Aroused the sleepless horrors of iinankind To burning madness 1 Hope , sweet ttope
alone In ev ' ry bosom lingerM ^ undisroay'd , Nor left the heart of man till God an
nounce His dread command ' : " * " Omnipotence Himself is judge , and from the burning throne The Son of God k > akM forth , while mere ; shone With justice , summon ed to approve # r
curse The race of man , and utter the dec *** Of Him , th * Almighty V * Justice is summoned , though declared to be contented , every claim having been aattefied at an ™ ** " ? cost . We shall soon see the par * which is ^ gned to j ustice , Wiaup satisfied , in thisttsarfiii dram ^— W * Judge , that i » the SonuffGw ,
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050 Review . —Tou ? n $ en £$ Armageddon .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1815, page 650, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1765/page/50/
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