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14 Who gives intead of torment,

Eternal joys above—

Intead of torment, glory;

Intead of death, that life

Wherewith your happy Country,

True Iraelites, is rife.

Brief life is here our portion,

Brief orrow, hort-liv'd care; The life that knows no ending— The tearles life, is there.

O happy retribution!

Short toil, eternal ret;

For mortals and for inners

A manion with the blet!

That we hould look, poor wand'rers,

To have our home on high!

That worms hould eek for dwelling,

Beyond the tarry ky!

To all one happy guerdon

Of one celetial grace;