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instruction would cease to work — light would be withdrawn from our schools , and the tongues of our missionaries would cease to speak . And this state would prevail instead of that foretold by the lips of prophets—a state of general darkness for one of universal light . But no ; all this is but supposition . Thank God , it cannot , it will not be realized ! The word of God will not return unto him void ; it will accomplish what he hath determined ; even the wilderness shall be a fruitful field . He that is destined to be the light of the world , will not cease to diffuse his blessings till all shall rejoice in light and liberty . The gospel , then , confers on us mental freedom , awakens in us mental energy , satisfies our desire of knowledge , removes our darkness , solves our doubts , dignifies our thoughts , and raises our minds from the degradation of the tomb to the glory of immortality !
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FROM THE GERMAN OF SCHILLER . A torrent from the clefted rock Rushes with the thunder ' s sound ; And mountain-ruins mark the shock , And oaks from steep to chasm bound .
Astonish'd then with thrilling fear The wand'rer listens from afar ; The gushing roar he stands to hear , Yet knows not whence these tumults are : So the tide of music swells Out of undiscovered wells .
Link'd with the awful sister-band Who still the thread of being wind , Who can the singer ' s tones withstand , And who his magic thrall unbind ? With power , like Hermes' wand , to move , To make the spirit faint or glow , He lifts its wond'ring flight above , Or sinks to shadowy realms below : Sways it now from jest to thought ,
Pois'd on feeling ' s light support . As if , amid the festal ring Came , stalking with a giant-stride , Dim as the ghosts that twilight bring , An awful Fate to quell its pride ;
As earthly greatness crouches dumb Before the stranger ' s piercing gaze , As sinks the revel ' s babbling hum And falls the mask from every face , — Truth with mighty victory there Melting falsehood's works to air :
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444 The Might of Song .
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THE MIGHT OF SONG .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1831, page 444, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2599/page/12/
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