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 But these, like tongues, o'er all the earth Proclaiming life to come:

And as on Israel's awe-struck ear The voice exceeding loud, The trump, that angels quake to hear, Thrilled from the deep, dark cloud;

So, when the Spirit of our God Came down His flock to find, A voice from Heaven was heard abroad, A rushing, mighty wind.

Nor doth the outward ear alone At that high warning start; Conscience gives back th' appalling tone; 'Tis echoed in the heart.

It fills the Church of God; it fills The sinful world around; Only in stubborn hearts and wills No place for it is found.

To other strains our souls are set: A giddy whirl of sin Fills ear and brain, and will not let Heaven's harmonies come in.

Come Lord, Come Wisdom, Love, and Power, Open our ears to hear; Let us not miss th' accepted hour; Save, Lord, by Love or Fear.


 * So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city. Genesis xi. 8

Since all that is not Heaven must fade, Light be the hand of Ruin laid Upon the home I love: With lulling spell let soft Decay Steal on, and spare the giant sway, The crash of tower and grove.