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 Then fearless turn where Heaven hath set thy part, Nor shudder at the Eye that saw thee stray.

O lost and found! all gentle souls below Their dearest welcome shall prepare, and prove Such joy o'er thee, as raptured seraphs know, Who learn their lesson at the Throne of Love.


 * For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by the reason of Him who hath subjected the same in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.  For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. Romans viii 19-22.

It was not then a poet's dream, An idle vaunt of song, Such as beneath the moon's soft gleam On vacant fancies throng;

Which bids us see in heaven and earth, In all fair things around, Strong yearnings for a blest new birth With sinless glories crowned;

Which bids us hear, at each sweet pause From care and want and toil, When dewy eve her curtain draws Over the day's turmoil,

In the low chant of wakeful birds, In the deep weltering flood, In whispering leaves, these solemn words - "God made us all for good."

All true, all faultless, all in tune Creation's wondrous choir, Opened in mystic unison To last till time expire.

And still it lasts; by day and night, With one consenting voice, All hymn Thy glory, Lord, aright, All worship and rejoice.