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" Holiest an 4 test pf men ! 'twas there ihou , walkedst , ^ here with thy fa ^ thfiil , privileged followers talk ^ dst , Privileged inSeedy listening * to truth divine , Breathed from a heart , and taught by lips , like thine 1 < c But > tho * he dies , he triumphs—ami in vain Woiild unbelief oppd&e his conquering reign * , A reign 6 * 6 rsj > teading natare—gathering in Kindreds and nations from the tents of siu
To viAtie ' s terHple . " Sow tlie ' n ihy seed— -faint Seed wfll spring , and give Rich fruits and fairest flowers , ^ hat w ill surv iv e
All chance , all change :, and tho' the night may come , And tho' the deeper darkness of the t ^ mb , A sun ittibre bright than ours shall bid them grow , And on the ' very grave hope ' s bttds will blow , And bldiv like those sWeet flowers th ^ t , pltick'd , ne ' er lose Their fresiinefcs , or tHeir fragtaffltee , or tfefr hu ^ s /' Mat . and V <* sp . 137 , 138 .
€€ Hope , that bnllds its aiiy ^ schemes On tihie ' s transitory star , Ravels in delusive dreams , Which an ignis fatuufc are : Ever Bmilhig-, and beguiling , Still misleadingJpilgnms far .
" But the hope , the faith , wljose tower Stands upon heaven ' s arches h ^ h , Well-supported by the power Of eternal prophecy , Fair-erected , heaven-protected , Never can in ruins lie . Mat . and Vesp . 142 .
" —— ^ Twasthus The Saviour djSbke- ^ ahd in thatbl ^ sfsed road , What flow ' rets grow , Whht Sun-b ^^ ms shin e on us , All glowing with tlie bKghtri <* ste of crur Gbd . "
Again , * As the heaven-guided prophet , when his eyes Stret £ h'd wearied o'er the peaceful promised land , Even as he stood on Canaan ' s shores , we stand /* JkFat . and Vesp .
57-<< It shall people lifc¥ - FiJ . lup the thronep of angels—^ it shall found A kingdom , khdwing / nor de ^ ay nor' botnld , Built op the hkhe by 'Gospel prdlhiise given . " Mat . and Vesp . 59 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1823, page 628, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1790/page/12/
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