Then anxious to be longer spar'd Man mourns his fleeting breath; All evils then feem light, compar'd With the approach of Death. 'Tis Judgment shakes him; there's the fear He has incurr'd a long arrear, Pay!-follow CHRIST, and all is paid; Think on the Grave where He was laid, De sacris autem hæc sit una sententia, ut conserventur. CICERO DE legibus, But let us all concur in this sentiment, That things SACRED be INVIOLATE. He lives who lives to GOD, alone; For other fource than God, is none To live to GOD, is to requite But life, within a narrow ring Can life in them deferve the name, Who only live, to prove For what poor toys, they can disclaim An endless life above? Who, much difeas'd, yet nothing feel; Much menac'd, nothing dread; Have wounds, which only Gon can heal, Yet never afk his aid! Who deem his houfe an ufelefs place; Faith, want of common fenfe; And ardour in the Chriftian race, A hypocrite's pretence ! Who trample order; and the day If fcorn of God's commands, imprefs'd On word and deed, imply The better part of man, unblefs'd With Life that cannot die; Such want it; and that Want, uncur'd Till man refign his breath, Speaks him a Criminal, affur'd Sad period to a pleasant course ! Yet fo will GOD repay Sabbaths profan'd without remorfe, THE ENCHANTMENT DISSOLVED. BLINDED in youth by Satan's arts, Our fancy forms a thousand schemes So in the defert's dreary waste, (As ancient fables fay) Caftles, and groves, and mufic fweet, But while he liftens with furprise, The charm diffolves, the vifion dies, 'Twas but enchanted ground: Thus if the Lord our fpirit touch, The world, which promis'd us fo much, 332 LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS. At first we start, and feel diftrefs'd, But He whofe mercy breaks the charm, And bids us feek his face. Then we begin to live indeed, We follow him from day to day, grace And glory at the end. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS. GOD moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the fea, Deep in unfathomable mines He treasures up his bright defigns, |