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Pratt - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most -other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: The Millennium and Other Poems - -Author: Parley P. Pratt - -Release Date: August 9, 2019 [EBook #60077] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MILLENNIUM AND OTHER POEMS *** - - - - -Produced by the Mormon Texts Project -(MormonTextsProject.org), with thanks to Renah Holmes and -Rachel Helps - - - - - - -</pre> - - - -<h1><small>THE</small> -<br> -MILLENNIUM, -<br><small> -AND OTHER</small> -<br> -POEMS: -</h1> -<p class="centered">TO WHICH IS ANNEXED, -</p> -<p class="centered">A TREATISE -</p> -<p class="centered">ON THE -</p> -<p class="centered">REGENERATION AND ETERNAL DURATION -</p> -<p class="centered">OF -</p> -<p class="centered">MATTER. -</p> - -<p class="centered"><br><br><br>BY P. P. PRATT, -</p> -<p class="centered">MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL. -</p> - -<p class="centered"><br><br><br>NEW YORK: -</p> -<p class="centered">PRINTED BY W. MOLINEUX, COR. of ANN and NASSAU STREETS. -</p> -<p class="centered">MDCCCXL. -</p> - - -<p class="centered"><br><br><br>Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year One Thousand Eight -Hundred and Thirty-nine, by P. P. PRATT, in the Clerk's Office for the -Southern District of New-York. -</p> - - -<h2><a name="PREFACE"></a>PREFACE. -</h2> -<p>When these Poems were first written, the Author had no intention of -compiling them in one volume: they sprang into existence one after -another as occasion called them forth, at times and in places, and -under circumstances widely varying. Some came forth upon the bank of -the far-famed Niagara, and some were the plaintive strains poured from -a full heart in the lonely dungeons of Missouri where the Author was -confined upwards of eight months during the late persecution; some were -poured from the top of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and others -were uttered while wandering over the flowery plains and wide-extended -prairies of the west; some were written in crowded halls and thronged -cities, and some in the lonely forest; some were the melting strains -of joy and admiration in contemplating the approaching dawn of that -glorious day which shall crown the earth and its inhabitants with -universal peace and rest; and others were produced on the occasion of -taking leave of my family, friends, or the great congregation, on a -mission to other and distant parts; and some were wrung from a bosom -overflowing with grief at the loss of those who were nearest and -dearest to my heart, "The Regeneration and Eternal Duration of Matter," -in particular was a production in prison, which was more calculated -to comfort and console myself and friends when death stared me in the -face, than as an argumentative or philosophical production for the -instruction of others. At length, the Author was induced to embody the -whole in one volume in the hope that perhaps others might find them a -source of instruction, edification, and comfort. -</p> - - -<h2>CONTENTS. -</h2> -<p class="centered"><a href="#THEMILLENNIUM">THE MILLENNIUM -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#HISTORICALSKETCH">HISTORICAL SKETCH -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#TRUEPATRIOTISM">TRUE PATRIOTISM -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#DISPENSATIONOFTHEFULNESSOFTIMES">DISPENSATION OF THE FULNESS OF TIMES -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#MINISTRYTOTHENEPHITES">MINISTRY TO THE NEPHITES -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#NEPHITESLAMANITES">NEPHITES, LAMANITES, &c. -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#HARMONY">HARMONY OF NATURE -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#INHERITANCEOFTHESAINTS">INHERITANCE OF THE SAINTS -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#REDEMPTIONOFZION">REDEMPTION OF ZION -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#EVENINGREFLECTIONS">EVENING REFLECTIONS -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#MISSIONOFTHETWELVE">MISSION OF THE TWELVE -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#FAREWELL">FAREWELL -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#REFLECTIONSINPRISON">REFLECTIONS IN PRISON -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#FALLSOFNIAGARA">FALLS OF NIAGARA -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#SPRING">SPRING -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#SIGNSOFTHETIMES">SIGNS OF THE TIMES -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#BIRTHDAYINPRISON">BIRTH-DAY IN PRISON -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#ZIONINCAPTIVITY">ZION IN CAPTIVITY -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#OURCOUNTRY">OUR COUNTRY -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#OMISSOURIHOWARTTHOUFALLEN">O, MISSOURI, HOW ART THOU FALLEN -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#NEWYEARSONG">NEW YEAR'S SONG -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#ALAMENTATION">LAMENTATION -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#LAMENTATIONBYPPPRATT">LAMENTATION, &c. -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#FUNERALHYMN">FUNERAL HYMN -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#FAREWELLMEMORIAL">FAREWELL MEMORIAL -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#THEPILGRIM">THE PILGRIM -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#GENERALCONFERENCEFAREWELL">GENERAL CONFERENCE, FAREWELL -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#THEDOWNFALLOFBABYLON">THE DOWNFALL OF BABYLON -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#PRATT'SDEFENCE">PRATT'S DEFENCE -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#PRATT'SDELIVERANCE">PRATT'S DELIVERANCE -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#VISITTOTHEWHITEMOUNTAINS">VISIT TO THE WHITE MOUNTAINS -</a></p> -<p class="centered"><a href="#REGENERATION">REGENERATION AND ETERNAL DURATION OF MATTER -</a></p> - - -<h2><a name="JUSTPUBLISHED"></a>JUST PUBLISHED, -</h2> -<p class="centered"><em>And for Sale by P. P. PRATT,</em> -</p> -<p class="centered">A HISTORY OF THE LATE PERSECUTION -</p> -<p class="centered">IN -</p> -<p class="centered">MISSOURI -</p> -<p class="centered">ALSO, THE VOICE OF WARNING; -</p> -<p class="centered">OR, -</p> -<p class="centered">AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DOCTRINE OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS. -</p> -<p class="centered">Our Books are to be obtained at our meetings, and of our travelling -Preachers, and also at such Book Stores as we shall advertize hereafter. -</p> - - -<h2><a name="THEMILLENNIUM"></a>THE MILLENNIUM. -</h2> -<h3>CHAPTER I. -</h3> -<p>Introduction—Location of the Ten Tribes—The way prepared—Their -return to their own lands—The waters divided—Their return contrasted -with their going out of Egypt. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> A glorious theme the sacred muse inspires,<br> - Cheers up the soul, and tunes the sounding lyre:<br> - Lights the dark vale of sorrow, pain and wo,<br> - And gives to man a paradise below.<br> - The joyful time, by prophets long foretold,<br> - At length comes rolling on the astonished world:<br> - When God, the second time, should set his hand,<br> - To gather Israel to their promised land.<br> - An ensign to the nations now is reared,<br> - The standard waving, and the way prepared;<br> - Let kings and empires tremble at his word,<br> - The gentle nations all their aid afford.<br> - What though Assyria's captives long and lone,[A]<br> - Have wandered outcasts to the world unknown,<br> - In some far region to the frozen north,<br> - Where pale Borealis sends his meteors forth!!<br> - Where fields of ice unbounded block the road,<br> - To keep intruders from their drear abode;<br> - Where no sweet flowers the dreary landscape cheer,<br> - Nor plenteous harvests crown the passing year?<br> - What though the land where milk and honey flowed,<br> - And peace and plenty crowned their blest abode,<br> - Has by the Gentiles long been trodden down,<br> - And desolation reigned o'er all the ground?<br> - Yet soon the icy mountains down shall flow,<br> - The parched ground in springs of water flow,<br> - The barren desert yield delicious fruit,<br> - Their souls to cheer, their spirits to recruit;<br> - Mountains before them levelled to a plain,<br> - The valleys rise, the ocean cleave in twain,<br> - The crooked straightened, and the rough made plain,<br> - The way prepared, lo, Israel comes again!<br> - The seven streams of Egypt's rolling flood<br> - Shall feel the power and might of Israel's God,<br> - Their waves on heaps, like towering mountains rise,<br> - They cross dry shod, with wonder and surprise.<br> - And thus with joy Assyria's captives come,<br> - In grand procession to their ancient home;<br> - A scene of joy and wonder more sublime<br> - Than all that passed in hardened Pharaoh's time.<br> - When captive Israel raised to heaven their cry,<br> - And Moses came, commissioned from on high,<br> - Poured the ten plagues on Egypt with his rod,<br> - The monarch trembling, owned the power of God,<br> - And filled with envy, rage, and wild dismay,<br> - Thrust Israel forth, and bade them haste away;<br> - Then moved with wild despair that all was lost,<br> - He straight pursued them with his numerous host;<br> - Before them stretched the vast expanded sea,<br> - And mountains, on each side, hedged up the way,<br> - The roar of chariots armed, pressed on their rear<br> - In dread array, and filled their souls with fear:<br> - Till Moses o'er the sea stretched forth his rod,<br> - And cleared a passage through the mighty flood,<br> - And soon, with safety, led his armies through,<br> - But Pharaoh, close behind, did still pursue;<br> - The floods returning with majestic roar,<br> - His armies sunk, o'erwhelmed, to rise no more;<br> - While Israel still pursued their joyous way,<br> - Their God, in fire by night, in cloud by day<br> - Before them moved, majestic to behold!<br> - Until on Sinai's mount the thunder rolled,<br> - And lightnings flaming in one general glare,<br> - While clouds of smoke hung on the darkened air.<br> - Jehovah spake! the trumpet, long and loud,<br> - Earth's whole foundation to the centre bowed.<br> - Israel and Moses quaking stood around,<br> - A sudden trembling seized the solid ground.<br> - Moses, at length, drew near; the law was given,<br> - Of justice, equal weights, and measure even:<br> - And angels' food became their constant bread,<br> - A month on quails their numerous hosts were fed,<br> - The rock was smitten, and a fountain burst,—<br> - Poured forth its cooling stream to quench their thirst.<br> - His angel led them all their journey through;<br> - The nations trembling, fainted at the view;<br> - Their mighty walls fell tumbling to the ground,<br> - Destruction swept the nations, all around.<br> - But lo! a scene more glorious strikes my view<br> - Than Israel ever saw or Egypt knew:<br> - Ten thousand times ten thousand I behold,<br> - Returning home, as prophets long foretold:<br> - Sing, O ye heavens! let earth rejoice again,<br> - And all prepare for king Messiah's reign.<br> -</p></div></div> -<p>[Footnote A: The Ten Tribes.] -</p> -<h3>CHAPTER II. -</h3> -<p>Situation of the Jews, from their dispersion to the present time, and -the desolation of their land and city—Their restoration to the Land of -Canaan—Rebuilding of Jerusalem and the Temple. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Lo! Judea's remnants—long dispersed abroad,<br> - Without a prophet, king, or priest of God—<br> - Have wandered exiles from their native home,<br> - To darkness doomed, till their deliverance comes.<br> - Their city, once so glorious to behold,<br> - Their temple, decked with precious stones and gold,<br> - The seat of wisdom, and the light of kings,<br> - Where mighty nations did their tribute bring,<br> - Have long remained in one wide ruin round,<br> - And desolation reigned o'er all the ground.<br> - But comfort ye my people, saith your God;<br> - Proclaim the joyful tidings far abroad:<br> - Thy sins are pardoned, and thy warfare o'er,<br> - Thy sons and daughters now shall grieve no more;<br> - But kings thy nursing fathers shall become;<br> - Their ships, and beasts, and chariots bring thee home.<br> - The Gentiles, in their arms, thy sons return;<br> - Thy daughters on their shoulders shall be borne.<br> - Trees crowned with fruit their fainting souls shall cheer,<br> - Their desert land like Eden shall appear;<br> - Their fields, where desolation long has reigned,<br> - Shall now, be fenced, and tilled, and sowed again;<br> - And flocks and herds, in plenty shall be seen,<br> - O'er all the plains they feed in pastures green.<br> - Thy ruined cities shall in splendor rise,<br> - Thy lofty towers point upwards to the skies;<br> - Thy temple reared, most glorious to behold,<br> - Its courts adorned with precious stones and gold:<br> - All things restored, as prophets long declared,<br> - Thus king Messiah's way shall be prepared.<br> -</p></div></div> -<h3>CHAPTER III. -</h3> -<p>Situation of the remnant of Joseph from the fall of the Nephites A. D. -400, to the discovery of America by Columbus—Effect upon the natives -at first view of European vessels—Kind reception of the Europeans by -the natives—War with the Indians and their defeat—Rapid settlement -of the eastern shores—The war renewed, subsequent sufferings of the -Colonies—They again drive the red man—Their settlements advance to -the Ohio and the lakes—Further struggle of the natives, their final -submission. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Rise, heavenly muse, and leave those scenes of joy,<br> - Awhile let other climes, thy pen employ,<br> - Extend thy vision, cross the mighty deep,<br> - And o'er Columbia's scenes in anguish weep.<br> - See Joseph's remnants, long in darkness dwell,<br> - Since by their hands a mighty nation fell.[A]<br> - The light which once illumed their happy land,<br> - Where towns and cities did in order stand,<br> - Had slumbered long beneath their mouldering towers.<br> - Their flowery landscape, and their shady bowers.<br> - Had long been scenes of cruelty, and blood,<br> - The scourge and wrath of an avenging God:<br> - When lo! a scene of wonder, struck their view;<br> - O'er the vast deep, an object strange and new,<br> - Came gliding swiftly onward to the shore,<br> - Part fish, part fowl, or something to adore;<br> - They gazed, with admiration and delight,<br> - As plainer still the object hove in sight:<br> - Nor little dreamed, the Gentiles were at hand,<br> - To smite and drive them, from their blessed land.<br> - With warmest friendship, they their guests sustain,<br> - Until too late, they find their struggles vain:<br> - Whole fleets and armies, lined their lengthened shore;<br> - With din of armour bright, and cannon's roar;<br> - Their cities burned, and drenched with human gore,<br> - They sunk in ruin, and were known no more.<br> - See Gentile cities on a sudden rise,<br> - Their lofty spires point upward to the skies,<br> - Where late the shades, spread o'er the red man's grave,<br> - A sacred bower in memory of the brave.<br> - See boundless forests still around them spread,<br> - From north to south, an immeasurable shade;<br> - Where mighty chieftains oft the signal gave,<br> - And struggled long, their country for to save.<br> - Tribes rose to vengeance while their councils rung,<br> - And liberty still thundered from their tongues;<br> - Onward they rushed with rage and wild despair,<br> - The midnight war-whoop rent the darkened air;<br> - While terror seized their unsuspecting prey,<br> - And blood of infants marked their dreadful way!<br> - Towns wrapped in flames and women captive led,<br> - Where cruel torture filled their souls with dread.<br> - Once more the Gentile stung with keen revenge;<br> - Pursues the red skin o'er the woodland range,<br> - Till darkened swamps become their wild retreat;<br> - And there prepared, the advancing foe they meet.<br> - With desperation they their cause maintain;<br> - Till many a chieftain fell,—their struggle vain,<br> - Till by superior force o'erpowered they yield,<br> - And leave the pale-face master of the field.<br> - From the St. Lawrence's snow invested wilds,<br> - To Florida, where constant verdure smiles,<br> - Their towns and cities sprinkle all the shore;<br> - The midnight war-whoop there is heard no more.<br> - But as their rapid settlements advance,<br> - To the dark wilds, round Erie's vast expanse,<br> - Or o'er the Alleghanies bend their course,<br> - Where broad Ohio's waters have their source;<br> - The natives roused once more in dread array,<br> - Assert their rights, spread terror and dismay;<br> - Till over-powered again, they take to flight,<br> - And with reluctance yield their lawful right.<br> - But tribes remoter still, with dread surprize,<br> - Alarmed at their approach, vindictive rise,<br> - Renew the conflict with redoubled force,<br> - With dreadful slaughter mark their vengeful course,<br> - Till checked by force superior to their own,<br> - Again they fly discouraged and undone,<br> - Reduced in numbers, give the struggle o'er,<br> - Tamely submit, and seek their rights no more.<br> -</p></div></div> -<p>[Footnote A: The Nephites.] -</p> -<h3>CHAPTER IV. -</h3> -<p>The American Revolution—Its effects upon other nations—French -Revolution—Revolution of Greece, Poland, &c—Present prosperity of the -United States of America—Present state of the Indians—Indian prayer. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Meantime the Gentiles break their foreign yoke, <br> - While tyrants tremble at the dreadful stroke,<br> - Assert their freedom, gain their liberty, <br> - And to the world proclaim Columbia free. <br> - O'er ocean's wave triumphant in the breeze, <br> - Her banner floats o'er all the distant seas, <br> - Where dire oppression, long with tyrant sway, <br> - Had ruled mankind, and led them far astray. <br> - With admiration seized, the nations all, <br> - Filled with delight Columbia's deeds extol; <br> - And gazing still, they catch the sacred fire, <br> - And love of liberty their souls inspire. <br> - While nations oft in their extended plan; <br> - From slumber wake to claim the rights of man, <br> - Empires o'erturned, and tyrants headlong hurled, <br> - The voice of freedom echoes round the world. <br> - First, France arose, in triumph led the way, <br> - Till love of conquest led them far astray; <br> - And dire ambition seized the helm of state, <br> - Through seas of blood, where millions met their fate: <br> - Till they reluctant give the struggle o'er, <br> - And rest content with rights enjoyed before. <br> - And next the Greeks their ancient spirit caught, <br> - From long oppression roused they bravely fought, <br> - They burst the Moslem chains emerging free, <br> - Through seas of blood obtained their liberty. <br> - Poland in turn received the sacred fire, <br> - Her noble sons for freedom did aspire; <br> - And struggling long at length they bravely fell. <br> - But cease, my muse; the tale forbear to tell, <br> - And turn again unto the favored shore, <br> - Where freedom's genius kindly hovers o'er, <br> - See states and nations joyfully extend, <br> - Their wide domain almost from end to end; <br> - From the far eastern shores of rugged Maine, <br> - To wild Missouri's rich and flowery plains, <br> - The harvest fields with rural plenty crowned; <br> - And flowery gardens flourish all around; <br> - The humble cottage and the lofty dome, <br> - Each crowned with plenty form an equal home <br> - See on her lakes, and on her thousand streams, <br> - Her vessels float impelled by sail or steam. <br> - While busy commerce floats along her seas, <br> - With sails expanded wide before the breeze; <br> - Far o'er the wave her rich produce they bear, <br> - And in return bring every kind of ware, <br> - To clothe her sons, her daughters to array, <br> - In linen fine and silk and purple gay; <br> - Thus peace and plenty crown Columbia's soil, <br> - A rich reward of industry and toil. <br> - Lo! the poor Indian, if he chance to roam <br> - O'er the wide fields he once could call his own; <br> - Where oft in youth he sported in the chace, <br> - Mourning the change, he scarcely knows the place; <br> - With bursting heart his streaming eyes survey <br> - The sacred mound where lies his father's clay. <br> - O'erwhelmed with grief to heaven he lifts his eyes <br> - Before the throne his prayers like incense rise: <br> - Great Spirit of our fathers lend an ear, <br> - Pity the red man—to his cries give ear, <br> - Long hast thou scourged him with thy chastening sore, <br> - When will thy vengeance cease, thy wrath be o'er; <br> - When will the white man's dire ambition cease, <br> - And let our scattered remnants dwell in peace? <br> - Or shall we, (driven to the western shore) <br> - Become extinct and fall to rise no more? <br> - Forbid, great Spirit; make thy mercy known, <br> - Reveal thy truth, thy wandering captives own, <br> - Make bare thine arm of power for our release, <br> - And o'er the earth extend the reign of peace. <br> -</p></div></div> -<h3>CHAPTER V. -</h3> -<p>Coming forth of the fulness of the Gospel—Restoration of the -Indians and their gathering West of the Mississippi, by the present -administration in fulfilment of prophecy—Commission and Ministry of -the servants of God in the last dispensation—Commencement of the -gathering of the Gentile Church—Their persecution and dispersion in -fulfilment of prophecy, from which reflections are drawn on the subject -of persecution in general—The enduement of the servants of God and -their ministry among all nations—The power of God displayed in making -bare his arm in the eyes of all nations—They flow to Zion—Possess -the land in peace—Build up a holy city no more to be thrown down—The -wars, earthquakes, pestilences, famines and signs in heaven above anil -earth beneath which are to precede the Millennium—The resurrection of -the saints—The coming of Christ with all his saints—The burning of -the wicked—The restitution of the earth with all its blessings. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Ye gloomy scenes far hence, intrude no more;<br> - Sublimer themes invite the muse, to soar<br> - In loftier strains, while scenes both strange and new,<br> - Burst on the sight and open to the view.<br> - Lo! from the opening heavens in bright array,<br> - An angel comes, to earth he bends his way,<br> - Reveals to man in power, as at the first,<br> - The fulness of the Gospel long since lost.<br> - See earth obedient from its bosom yield!<br> - The sacred truth it faithfully conceal'd,<br> - The wise confounded startle at the sight,<br> - The proud and haughty tremble with affright;<br> - The hireling priests against the truth engage,<br> - While hell beneath stands trembling filled with rage.<br> - False are their hopes and all their struggles vain,<br> - Their craft must fall and with it all their gain;<br> - The deaf must hear, the meek their joy increase,<br> - The poor be glad and their oppression cease.<br> - See Congress stand in all the power of state,<br> - Destined, like Cyrus, now to change the fate<br> - Of Joseph's scattered remnants! long oppressed,<br> - And bring them home unto a land of rest;<br> - Beyond the Mississippi's rolling flood,<br> - A land before ordained by Israel's God!<br> - Where Zion's city shall in grandeur rise,<br> - And fill the wondering nations with surprise.<br> - From north, and south, and east behold them come<br> - By tens of thousands to their destined home!<br> - From heaven's king commissioned to proclaim<br> - Repentance, and baptism in his name,<br> - His servants to the Gentiles lift their voice,<br> - While tens of thousands in the sound rejoice,<br> - And they to Zion bend their joyful way,<br> - With songs of joy and gladness hail the day.<br> - The priests and people filled with dread surprise,<br> - Alarm'd at their approach vindictive rise,<br> - And lest the power of truth should still prevail,<br> - They think to cause the prophecy to fail.<br> - And if by fire and sword the saints they drive,<br> - While other sects and parties grow and thrive,<br> - As bloody persecution lifts her thong,<br> - All parties cry at once, the saints are wrong;<br> - For if they were the chosen of the Lord,<br> - He would protect them and fulfil his word.<br> - O fools, and slow of heart to understand<br> - The prophecies concerning Zion's land.<br> - Have ye not read the words of them of old?<br> - When wrapt in vision clear they have foretold<br> - The wicked deeds that you of late fulfil'd,<br> - The scenes that have transpired on Zion's hill?<br> - He that is truly wise will search and see,<br> - He that's already blind more blind shall be;<br> - One truth is clear, the ransom'd shall return,<br> - Another is, the wicked shall be burned.<br> - How vain the thoughts that stripes would change the mind,<br> - Convince the judgment and convert mankind,<br> - Or cruel scourge of mobs with all their rage,<br> - Make man believe that this enlightened age<br> - Needs no repentance, faith, nor nothing more<br> - Than the religion they enjoyed before.<br> - If persecution were good argument,<br> - Why not the Jews make ancient saints repent?<br> - Paul of all men the hardest to reclaim,<br> - Stoned, whipt, imprisoned, still remained the same;<br> - Ten thousand heretics rejoiced in fire,<br> - While priests for their conversion did aspire.<br> - 'Tis true the Romans many converts made,<br> - When they the inquisition call'd to aid,<br> - Perhaps these modern times have made a few,<br> - Who turn'd from saints to join the drunken crew;<br> - But persecution spreads the truth abroad,<br> - Make servants bolder in the cause of God.<br> - Adds to their numbers, twice ten thousand more,<br> - And makes them stronger than they were before.<br> - See men commission'd in Messiah's name,<br> - Wide o'er the earth the joyful news proclaim;<br> - While from on high the spirit's power descends<br> - On all the saints that bow to his commands,<br> - The deaf shall hear, the blind their sight receive,<br> - The dumb shall sing with joy, the dying live,<br> - The lame shall leap, and all mankind behold<br> - Jehovah's arm made bare, like days of old.<br> - While his elect to Zion gather home,<br> - From every tribe and nation see them come.<br> - See o'er the land where desolation reign'd,<br> - The saints in peace, enjoy their rights again.<br> - Rise, crown'd with light, imperial Zion rise,<br> - Prepare to meet the city from the skies,<br> - Let Joseph's remnants at thy gates attend,<br> - Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend,<br> - While Gentile saints thy spacious courts shall throng,<br> - And join their voices in the general song;<br> - No more shall proud oppression drive the hence,<br> - Nor terror come, for God is your defence<br> - Come, gentle muse, suspend the joyful lay,<br> - And o'er the earth let's take a wide survey;<br> - Soft touch the lyre in slow and mournful strains,<br> - And sing of scenes where death and sorrow reign;<br> - See dire commotion seize the nations all,<br> - While blood and war the stoutest hearts appal,<br> - Kingdom on kingdom in confusion hurl'd,<br> - System on system wreck'd throughout the world,<br> - Sect against sect in bloody strife engage,<br> - Man against man in single combat rage,<br> - While widows mourn the loss of husbands slain,<br> - And virgins for their bridegrooms weep in vain,<br> - While pining famine wastes their strength by day,<br> - And pestilence oft seizes on its prey;<br> - Earthquakes in turn in bellowing fury roar,<br> - And ocean's waves roll frightful to the shore.<br> - See through the heavens the sun in sackcloth mourn,<br> - The moon to blood in frowning anger turns,<br> - The stars affrighted from their spheres are hurled,<br> - System on system wreck'd and world on world,<br> - Earth's whole foundation to the centre nods.<br> - And nature trembling feels the power of God.<br> - While Michael sounds the trumpet loud and long,<br> - See from their graves the saints unnumbered throng;<br> - See through the air the ocean and the earth,<br> - Their dust reviving bursting into birth,<br> - See bone to bone in perfect order fly,<br> - While sinews, flesh, and skin their place supply;<br> - And every hair all number'd in its place,<br> - Immortal beauty does their temples grace.<br> - Thus formed anew with joy they mount on high,<br> - And wing their passage to the upper sky;<br> - Meantime the heavens rend while wrapt in fire,<br> - The nations see the glory of Messiah!<br> - With all the saints to earth he bends his way;<br> - In flames descends, who can abide the day?<br> - The great, the rich, the mighty loudly call,<br> - Saying, ye rocks and mountains on us fall.<br> - But fire consumes the wicked, branch and root,<br> - And leaves their ashes trodden under foot.<br> - Behold the Mount of Olives rend in twain,<br> - While on its top he sets his feet again!<br> - The islands at his word obedient flee!<br> - While to the north he rolls the mighty sea!<br> - Restores the earth in one, as at the first,<br> - With all its blessings, and removes the curse.<br> -</p></div></div> -<h3>CHAPTER VI. -</h3> -<p>The binding of Satan—Pouring out of the spirit upon all flesh—Harmony -of all the beasts of the earth, while peace and the knowledge and glory -of God shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea—The faith of -Abel the first martyr—Enoch's song—The testimony of many of the holy -prophets and apostles—And the general expectation of all the saints in -all nations and generations. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Lo! Satan bound in chains shall rage no more,<br> - Nor tempt mankind till thousand years are o'er;<br> - But perfect peace and harmony extend<br> - Their wide domain to earth's remotest ends,<br> - All flesh shall feel the spirit from on high,<br> - The wolf and lamb in peace together lie.<br> - The cow and bear shall feed in pastures green,<br> - While in the shade their young ones shall be seen,<br> - The lion cease to be a beast of prey,<br> - And like the harmless ox shall feed on hay;<br> - The little child secure from harm shall stray<br> - O'er poisonous serpent's dens shall fearless play;<br> - In all God's holy Mount shall naught destroy,<br> - But men for pruning hooks their spears employ;<br> - Their swords to ploughshares turned, shall till the ground,<br> - While plenteous harvests flourish all around,<br> - And earth o'erwhelm'd with knowledge of the Lord,<br> - Like as the waters fill the mighty flood;<br> - While king Messiah reigns the king of kings,<br> - And saints and angels join his praise to sing.<br> - Hail glorious day, by prophets long foretold;<br> - And sought by holy men from days of old;<br> - Who found it not, but readily confessed,<br> - As pilgrims here, they sought a promised rest.<br> - Hear Abel groan, as first he yields to death,<br> - And is succeeded by his brother Seth;<br> - He dies in faith to wait till Christ appears;<br> - To rise and reign with him a thousand years.<br> - Hear Enoch too, the wondrous scene foretell,<br> - While future glories did his bosom swell;<br> - The vail was rent, while wonders strange and new<br> - Before him rose, and opened to his view.<br> - Long, long he heard the earth in anguish mourn;<br> - Saw heaven weep, while oft his bowels yearn'd;<br> - While all eternity, with pain beheld<br> - The scenes of sorrow which his bosom swell'd:<br> - He saw the Lamb on Calvary expire,<br> - While rocks were rent, and cities wrapt in fire;<br> - He saw him burst the tomb, and mount on high<br> - Enthroned in glory 'mid the upper sky.<br> - Obtain'd the promise, he would come again<br> - To earth, in triumph with his saints to reign;<br> - His soul was glad with joy he tuned the lyre;<br> - And sung the glorious reign of king Messiah.<br> - Hosanna to the Lamb that shall be slain;<br> - All hail the day when Zion comes again;<br> - Out of the earth the truth in power he sends,<br> - While righteousness from heaven shall descend,<br> - And these shall sweep the earth as with a flood,<br> - To gather out the purchase of his blood;<br> - Unto the Zion which he shall prepare;<br> - And Enoch with his city meet them there,<br> - When all the ransom'd saints shall join the lay,<br> - And shout Hosanna in eternal day.<br> - Wide o'er the earth, the Saviour's name extend;<br> - And peace o'er all prevail from end to end.<br> - Thus Enoch sang, while all the heavenly choir;<br> - Join'd in Hosanna to the king Messiah.<br> - Noah too, by faith beheld the scene afar;<br> - And as a type, he did the ark prepare.<br> - Condemned the world, by water overthrown,<br> - While to his view the light triumphant shone,<br> - He gazed with joy on all the glorious scene,<br> - But mourn'd the darkness that should roll between.<br> - Abram with joy beheld the day of rest;<br> - When in his seed all nations should be bless'd,<br> - And gladly wandered as a pilgrim here;<br> - And fell asleep to wait till Christ appears—<br> - In sure and certain hope to rise and reign<br> - In Canaan's land, a right he had obtained.<br> - Isaac and Jacob had the glorious view,<br> - Rejoiced in death and so did Joseph too;<br> - While patient Job in pain look'd far away,<br> - Saw his Redeemer in the latter day,<br> - Stand on the earth, while he himself should rise<br> - And in the flesh behold him with his eyes.<br> - Moses and Joshua, Samuel and Isaiah,<br> - Did each in turn this solemn truth declare;<br> - While David tuned the lyre in joyful lays,<br> - Spake of Messiah's reign, and sung his praise.<br> - Ezekiel, Daniel, Joel, Zachariah,<br> - And Malachi, have spoken of Messiah;<br> - When he should set his feet on earth again,<br> - Burn up the proud, and o'er the nations reign.<br> - Jesus and Peter, John and James, and Paul,<br> - The time would fail me here to mention all;<br> - Who wrapt in vision clear in turn foretold,<br> - The day of wonders I would fain unfold.<br> - Lehi, Nephi, Alma and Mosiah,<br> - Abinedi, who once rejoiced in fire;<br> - Mormon, Moroni and Ether testified;<br> - For this they lived, and in this faith they died;<br> - And all the saints of God in all the earth,<br> - Down from old Adam to the latest birth;<br> - And all the vast creations which extend,<br> - Through boundless space till man can find no end,<br> - And all the heavenly host around the throne,<br> - Shall sound his praise in reverential tone.<br> - Millions unnumber'd at his feet shall fall,<br> - Hail him as king, and crown him Lord of all.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="HISTORICALSKETCH"></a>HISTORICAL SKETCH FROM THE CREATION TO THE PRESENT DAY. In Three Parts -</h2> -<h3>PART FIRST. -</h3><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> When earth's foundation first was laid,<br> - The heavens in order stood;<br> - And all the works God's hand had made,<br> - His word pronounced good.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But soon the happy scene was changed,<br> - For man to whom 'twas given,<br> - To choose the way of life or death,<br> - Trangressed the law of heaven.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> And thus the evil seed was sown,<br> - And death through all their race;<br> - In which creation long has groaned;<br> - In pain to be released.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> 'T was then the scene of love began<br> - To be revealed on earth;<br> - By angels borne from heaven to man<br> - The gospel's heavenly birth.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The God of heaven shall send his son,<br> - For man to bleed and die;<br> - And rise again that man may rise,<br> - And reign with him on high.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Repentance and baptism then<br> - By angels were revealed,<br> - The holy ghost descending down,<br> - The heirs of glory seal'd.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Thus men began to exercise<br> - Their faith in Jesus' word,<br> - With joy to embrace the gospel plan,<br> - And call upon the Lord.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But many then would not believe,<br> - But soon forgot the Lord;<br> - Soon Enoch rose with mighty power,<br> - Being call'd to preach the word.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> He preach'd repentance and baptized,<br> - Through all the happy land,<br> - The people who in Zion dwelt,<br> - Were of one heart and mind.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> At length the city was not found,<br> - For God received it up;<br> - The residue were left to drown,<br> - And in the prison shut.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But Noah the Eighth was saved by faith,<br> - When warn'd an ark to build,<br> - And seven of his family,<br> - From whom the earth was fill'd.<br> -</p></div></div> -<h3>PART SECOND. -</h3><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Again the nations left the Lord<br> - To worship stocks and stones,<br> - Forgot the wonders of the flood,<br> - And sunk in darkness down;<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> And then again was God reveal'd<br> - To Abram, his friend,<br> - Called him to leave his house and home,<br> - To view a chosen land.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> To thee and to thy seed, he said,<br> - I give this blessed land,<br> - Though like the stars for multitude,<br> - And numerous as the sand.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But Abraham died a stranger in<br> - The land 'twas to him given,<br> - Nor owned a place to set his foot,<br> - On it beneath the heaven.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> His seed possessed it for a while,<br> - Became a sinful host;<br> - And then ten tribes were led away,<br> - And to our knowledge lost.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> From time to time were led away,<br> - Of Israel's chosen seed,<br> - Dispersed o'er islands of the sea,<br> - As all the prophets read.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> And thus the ages rolled away,<br> - The appointed time drew near,<br> - As all the prophets had declared<br> - That Christ must soon appear.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> John, like a bright and morning star<br> - Rose to prepare his way,<br> - Proclaimed repentance, and baptized<br> - Whoever would obey.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The son of God at length appeared,<br> - And was baptized by John,<br> - The Father sent the spirit down<br> - And owned him for his son.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> He to his own the gospel preached,<br> - His own received him not,<br> - Despised all his mighty works,<br> - And counted him as naught.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> At length their Lord they crucified,<br> - While nature stood amazed,<br> - The solid rocks in sunder rent,<br> - While Jew and Gentile gazed.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But soon the third bright morn appeared,<br> - When, rising from the dead,<br> - To his disciples he appeared<br> - And thus unto them said:<br> -</p></div></div> -<h3>PART THIRD. -</h3><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Go ye, and preach in all the world,<br> - Baptizing in my name,<br> - He that believes and is baptized<br> - Salvation shall obtain.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Then rising from Mount Olivet<br> - Unto his Father's throne,<br> - On high to reign until he claims<br> - The kingdoms for his own.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> His servants then, in mighty power,<br> - Soon made his gospel known,<br> - The Jews reject while Gentiles come,<br> - And glad their Saviour own.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The Jews dispersed through all the earth,<br> - Jerusalem trodden down,<br> - In desolation long has lain,<br> - And cursed has been the ground.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The Gentile churches for a while<br> - Produced the natural fruit,<br> - Being grafted in the natural vine,<br> - Partaking of the root.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But soon the fruit became corrupt,<br> - By flatteries and lies,<br> - Teachers in pride were puffed up,<br> - The simple truth despised.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Great Babylon at length arose,<br> - In mighty power to reign,<br> - Nations and kings became corrupt,<br> - And many saints were slain.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The scriptures of their plainness robbed,<br> - And mystery thrown around,<br> - That men might sup her golden cup,<br> - And all true knowledge drown.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Thus generations long have passed,<br> - And age on ages rolled,<br> - The latter day approaching fast,<br> - Its glories to unfold.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Our fathers of the Gentile race<br> - Traversed the western main,<br> - And found a wide extended land,<br> - Of valley, hill, and plain.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> This land was peopled with a race,<br> - Which long had dwelt alone,<br> - No record nor tradition traced<br> - Their origin unknown.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The Lord in mercy has disclosed<br> - The truth so long concealed,<br> - The record found beneath the ground<br> - Has glorious things revealed.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> This is the land which Moses blessed,<br> - To Joseph and his seed;<br> - These are the everlasting hills,<br> - 'T was for his bounds decreed.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="TRUEPATRIOTISM"></a>CHARITY AND TRUE PATRIOTISM. -</h2><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Behold the man whose tender heart<br> - Expanded with a Saviour's love,<br> - Wide as eternity expands,<br> - His bowels with compassion move.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> He looks on Zion from afar,<br> - He hears the captive exiles groan,<br> - Then leaves his wife and children dear,<br> - His brethren and his peaceful home.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> And hastens at his Lord's command<br> - To call his brethren from afar,<br> - As volunteers for Zion's land,<br> - That in her sorrows they may share.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> He dare assert her injured cause,<br> - And sound the trump of freedom when<br> - They trample on his country's laws,<br> - And disregard both God and man.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> His distant brethren hear the sound,<br> - And rise to march to Zion's land;<br> - Behold the armies gathering round<br> - Against the powers of hell to stand.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The little stone begins to roll,<br> - It shall prevail and never cease,<br> - But fill the earth from pole to pole<br> - With freedom, union, love and peace.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="DISPENSATIONOFTHEFULNESSOFTIMES"></a>THE OPENING OF THE DISPENSATION OF THE FULNESS OF TIMES. -</h2><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> When earth in bondage long had lain,<br> - And darkness o'er the nations reigned,<br> - And all man's precepts proved in vain,<br> - A perfect system to obtain:<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> A voice commissioned from on high;<br> - Hark, hark, it is the angel's cry,<br> - Descending from the throne of light,<br> - His garments shining clear and white.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> He comes the gospel to reveal<br> - In fulness, to the sons of men;<br> - Lo! from Cumorah's lonely hill,<br> - There comes a record of God's will!<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Translated by the power of God,<br> - His voice bears record to his word;<br> - Again an angel did appear,<br> - As witnesses do record bear.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Restored the priesthood, long since lost,<br> - In truth and power as at the first,<br> - Thus men commissioned from on high,<br> - Came forth and did repentance cry.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Baptizing those who did believe,<br> - That they the spirit might receive,<br> - In fullness as in days of old,<br> - And have one shepherd and one fold.<br> -</p></div></div> -<h3>SECOND PART. -</h3><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Ye Gentile nations, cease your strife,<br> - And listen to the words of life;<br> - Turn from your sins with one accord,<br> - Prepare to meet your coming Lord.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Let Judah's remnants far and near<br> - The glorious proclamation hear,<br> - For Israel and the Gentiles too,<br> - The way to Zion shall pursue.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Their voices and their tongues employ<br> - In songs of everlasting joy;<br> - The mountains and the hills rejoice,<br> - Let all creation hear his voice.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> From north to south, from east to west,<br> - In thee all nations shall be blessed,<br> - When Abram and his seed shall stand<br> - Unnumbered on the promised land.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="MINISTRYTOTHENEPHITES"></a>CHRIST'S MINISTRY TO THE NEPHITES. -</h2><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> The solid rocks were rent in twain,<br> - When Christ the Lamb of God was slain;<br> - The sun in darkness veiled his face,<br> - The mountains moved and left their place.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> And all creation groaned in pain<br> - Till the Messiah rose again;<br> - When earth did cease her dreadful groans,<br> - The sun unveiled his face and shone;<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The righteous that were spared alive,<br> - With joy and wonder did believe,<br> - And soon together they convened<br> - Conversing on the things they'd seen:<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Which had been given for a sign,<br> - When lo, they heard a voice divine,<br> - And as the heavenly voice they heard<br> - The Lord of glory soon appeared.<br> -</p></div></div> -<h3>SECOND PART. -</h3><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> With joy and wonder all amazed,<br> - Upon their glorious Lord they gazed,<br> - And wist not what the vision meant<br> - But thought it was an angel sent<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> While in their midst he smiling stood,<br> - Proclaimed himself the son of God,<br> - He said come forth and feel and see,<br> - That you may witness bear of me.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> And when they all had felt and seen<br> - Where once the nails and spear had been,<br> - Hosanna they aloud proclaimed,<br> - And blessed and praised his holy name,<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> He then proceeded to make plain<br> - His gospel to the sons of men,<br> - The prophecies he did unfold,<br> - Yea, things that were in days of old.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> And every thing that should transpire<br> - Till element should melt with fire,<br> - Commanding them for to record<br> - The sayings of their risen Lord;<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> That generation should be blessed,<br> - And with him in his kingdom rest;<br> - But, O! what scenes of sorrow rolled<br> - When he the future did unfold!<br> -</p></div></div> -<h3>PART THIRD. -</h3><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Four generations should not pass<br> - Until they'd turn from righteousness,<br> - The Nephite nation be destroyed!<br> - The Lamanites reject his word,<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The gospel taken from their midst,<br> - The record of their fathers hid,<br> - They dwindle long in unbelief,<br> - And ages pass without relief,<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Until the Gentiles from afar,<br> - Should smite them in a dreadful war,<br> - And take possession of their land,<br> - And they should have no power to stand.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But as their remnants wander far,<br> - In darkness, sorrow and despair,<br> - Lo! from the earth their record comes<br> - To gather Israel to their homes.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> First to the Gentiles 'tis revealed,<br> - The prophecy must be fulfilled;<br> - That they may know and understand<br> - His gospel, and no more contend.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Hear! O ye Gentiles, and repent,<br> - To you is this salvation sent;<br> - God to the Gentiles lifts his hand,<br> - To gather Israel to their land.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="NEPHITESLAMANITES"></a>THE NEPHITES, LAMANITES AND GENTILES. -</h2><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> O who that has search'd in the records of old,<br> - And read the last scenes of distress;<br> - Four and twenty were left who with Mormon beheld,<br> - While their nation lay mouldering to dust.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The Nephites destroyed, the Lamanites dwelt,<br> - For ages in sorrow unknown;<br> - Generations have pass'd, till the Gentiles at last,<br> - Have divided their lands as their own.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> O, who that has seen o'er the wide spreading plain<br> - The Lamanites wander forlorn,<br> - While the Gentiles in pride and oppression divide<br> - The land they could once call their own.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> And who that believes does not long for the hour<br> - When sin and oppression shall cease,<br> - And truth, like the rainbow, display through the shower,<br> - That bright written promise of peace.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> O, thou afflicted and sorrowful race,<br> - The days of thy sorrow shall end;<br> - The Lord has pronounced you a remnant of His,<br> - Descended from Abram his friend.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Thy stones with fair colors most glorious shall stand,<br> - And sapphires all shining around;<br> - Thy windows of agates in this glorious land,<br> - And thy gates with carbuncles abound.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> With songs of rejoicing to Zion return,<br> - And sorrow and sighing shall flee;<br> - The powers of heaven among you come down.<br> - And Christ in the centre will be.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> And then all the watchmen shall see eye to eye,<br> - When the Lord shall bring Zion again;<br> - The wolf and the kid down together shall lie,<br> - And the lion shall dwell with the lamb.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The earth shall be filled with knowledge of God,<br> - And nothing shall hurt or destroy,<br> - And these are the tidings we have to proclaim,—<br> - Glad tidings abounding with joy.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="HARMONY"></a>THE HARMONY OF NATURE, OR FREEDOM, PEACE, AND LOVE. -</h2><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Hark! listen to the gentle breeze,<br> - O'er hill or valley, plain or grove,<br> - It whispers in the ears of man,<br> - The voice of freedom, peace and love.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The flowers that bloom o'er all the land,<br> - In harmony and order stand,<br> - Nor hatred, pride or envy know,<br> - In freedom, peace and love they grow.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The birds their numerous notes resound,<br> - In songs of praise the earth around,<br> - Their voices and their tongues employ,<br> - In songs of freedom, love and joy.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> And then behold the crystal stream,<br> - With multitudes of fishes teem;<br> - In silent joy they live and move,<br> - In freedom, union, peace and love.<br> -</p></div></div> -<h3>SECOND PART. -</h3><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> The mountains high, the rivers clear, <br> - Where heaven sheds her dews and tears, <br> - In silence, or with gentle roar, <br> - The God of love and peace adore. <br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The earth, and air, and sea, and sky, <br> - The holy spirit from on high, <br> - And angels who above do reign, <br> - Cry peace on earth, good will to men. <br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But most of all a Saviour's love, <br> - Was manifested from above, <br> - He died and rose to life again, <br> - Our freedom, love and peace to gain. <br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But man,—vile man, alone seems lost, <br> - With hatred, pride and envy tossed, <br> - His hardened soul does seldom move, <br> - In freedom, union, peace or love. <br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> For him, let all creation mourn; <br> - O'er him did Enoch's bosom yearn, <br> - Till he was promised from above, <br> - A day of freedom, peace and love. <br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="INHERITANCEOFTHESAINTS"></a>INHERITANCE OF THE SAINTS. -</h2> -<p class="centered">"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> This earth shall be a blessed place,<br> - To saints celestial given;<br> - Where Christ again shall show his face,<br> - With the redeemed of Adam's race,<br> - In clouds descend from heaven.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Yes, when he comes on earth again,<br> - The wicked burn as stubble;<br> - Thus all his enemies are slain,<br> - And o'er the nations he shall reign,<br> - And end the scenes of trouble.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The trump of war is heard no more,<br> - But all their strife is ended;<br> - While Jesus shall all things restore<br> - To order, as they were before,<br> - And peace o'er all extended.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Sing, O ye heavens! let earth rejoice,<br> - While saints shall flow to Zion,<br> - And rear the temple of his choice,<br> - And in its courts unite their voice,<br> - In praise to Judah's Lion.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Hosanna to the reign of peace!<br> - The day so long expected;<br> - When earth shall find a full release,<br> - The groanings of creation cease,<br> - The righteous well protected.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Come, sound his praise in joyful strains.<br> - Who dwell beneath his banner;<br> - He'll bind old Satan fast in chains,<br> - And wide o'er earth's extended plains,<br> - The nations shout <em>Hosanna.</em><br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="REDEMPTIONOFZION"></a>REDEMPTION OF ZION. -</h2><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Lo, far in the realms of Missouri,<br> - When peace crowns the meek and the lowly,<br> - The loud storms of envy and folly<br> - May roll all their billows in vain.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The wicked, with evil intention,<br> - May rouse all their powers of invention,<br> - With lying, intrigue and contention,<br> - Their end will be sorrow and pain.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The saints, crowned with songs of rejoicing,<br> - To Zion shall flow from all nations,<br> - Escaping the great conflagration,<br> - They find out the regions of peace.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Though scattered and driven asunder.<br> - As exiles and pilgrims to wander,<br> - A scene on which angels do ponder,<br> - Yet Jesus will bring their release.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> When empires of Babel shall tumble,<br> - Their fabrics in ashes shall crumble,<br> - The Lord will provide for the humble<br> - A city of refuge and peace.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> There, there the Lord will deliver<br> - The soul of each faithful believer,<br> - And save them forever and ever,<br> - And sorrow and sighing shall cease.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The saints for those blessings aspire,<br> - And wait with exceeding desire,<br> - Till earth shall be cleansed by fire,<br> - And they their inheritance gain.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Hosanna, such blessings inspire<br> - A song from the heavenly choir,<br> - They sing of the coming Messiah,<br> - From heaven in glory to reign.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="EVENINGREFLECTIONS"></a>REFLECTIONS ON A SUMMER EVENING. -</h2><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Another day has fled and gone,<br> - The sun declines in western skies,<br> - The birds retired, have ceased their song,<br> - Let ours in pure devotion rise.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The moon her splendid course resumes,<br> - She sheds her light o'er land and sea,<br> - The gentle dews in soft perfumes<br> - Fall sweetly o'er each herb and tree.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> While here in meditation sweet,<br> - Those happy hours I call to mind,<br> - When with the saints I oft have met,<br> - Our hearts in pure devotion joined.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Those friends afar I call to mind,<br> - When shall we meet again below;<br> - Their hearts affectionate and kind,<br> - How did they soothe my grief and woe.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> As flow'rets in their brightest bloom,<br> - Are withered by the chilling blast,<br> - So man's fond hopes are like a dream,<br> - His days how fleet, how swift they pass.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But cease this melancholy moan,<br> - Nor sigh for those who will not come,<br> - For Israel surely will return<br> - To Zion and Jerusalem.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> There is a source of pure delight<br> - For ever shall support my heart:<br> - For Zion's land's revealed to sight,<br> - Where saints will meet no more to part.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="MISSIONOFTHETWELVE"></a>MISSION OF THE TWELVE. -</h2><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> How fleet the precious moments roll,<br> - How soon the harvest will be o'er:<br> - The watchmen seek their final rest,<br> - And lift a warning voice no more.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Another year has roll'd away<br> - And took its thousands to the tomb;<br> - Its sorrows and its joys are fled,<br> - To hasten on the general doom.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> And eighteen hundred thirty five.<br> - Is rolling swiftly on the wing,<br> - And soon the leaves and tendrils thrive;<br> - A token of returning spring.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The fulness of the gospel shines<br> - With glorious and resplendent rays;<br> - The earth and heav'ns show forth their signs.<br> - As tokens of the latter days.<br> -</p></div></div> -<h3>SECOND PART. -</h3><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Ye chosen twelve, to you are given,<br> - The keys of this last ministry—<br> - To every nation under heaven,<br> - From land to land, from sea to sea.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> First to the Gentiles sound the news<br> - Throughout Columbia's happy land,<br> - And then before it reach the Jews,<br> - Prepare on Europe's shores to stand.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Let Europe's towns and cities hear<br> - The gospel tidings angels bring;<br> - The Gentile nations far and near,<br> - Prepare their hearts His praise to sing.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> India's and Afric's sultry plains<br> - Must hear the tidings as they roll—<br> - Where darkness, death and sorrow reign,<br> - And tyranny has long controlled.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Listen, ye islands of the sea—<br> - For every isle shall hear the sound:<br> - Nations and tongues before unknown,<br> - Though long since lost, shall soon be found.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> And then again shall Asia hear,<br> - Where angels first the news proclaimed:<br> - Eternity shall record bear,<br> - And earth repeat the loud, Amen.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The nations catch the pleasing sound,<br> - And Jew and Gentile swell the strain,<br> - Hosanna o'er the earth resound,<br> - Messiah then will come to reign.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="FAREWELL"></a>FAREWELL. -</h2><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Farewell, my kind and faithful friend—<br> - The partner of my early youth,<br> - While from my home my steps I bend,<br> - To warn mankind and teach the truth.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> How oft in silent evening mild,<br> - I to some lonely place retire—<br> - Thy love and kindness call to mind,<br> - Then lift a voice in humble prayer.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> O Lord, extend thine arms of love,<br> - Around the partner of my heart,<br> - For thou hast spoken from above,<br> - And called me with my all to part.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Preserve her soul in perfect peace,<br> - From sickness, sorrow and distress,<br> - Until our pilgrimage shall cease.<br> - And we on Zion's hill shall rest.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> How gladly would my soul retire<br> - With thee, to spend a peaceful life,<br> - In some sequestered humble vale,<br> - Far from the scenes of noise and strife.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Where men should grieve our souls no more,<br> - Nor rage of sin disturb our peace;<br> - Our troubles, toils and sufferings o'er,<br> - Their lies and persecutions cease.<br> -</p></div></div> -<h3>PART SECOND. -</h3><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> But lo! the harvest wide extends—<br> - The fields are white o'er all the plain—<br> - The tares in bundles must be bound,<br> - While we with care secure the grain.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Shall we repine when Jesus calls,<br> - Or count the sacrifice too great,<br> - To spend our lives as pilgrims here,<br> - Or loose them for the gospel's sake?<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> When Jesus Christ has done the same,<br> - Without a place to lay his head,<br> - A pilgrim on the earth he came,<br> - Until for us his blood was shed.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Shall we behold the nations doomed<br> - To sword and famine, blood and fire,<br> - Yet not the least exertion make,<br> - But from the scene in peace retire?<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> No; while his love for me extends,<br> - The pattern makes my duty plain—<br> - I'll sound to earth's remotest ends,<br> - His gospel to the sons of men!<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Farewell, my kind and faithful friend,<br> - Until we meet on earth again—<br> - For soon our pilgrimage shall end,<br> - And the Messiah come to reign.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="REFLECTIONSINPRISON"></a>REFLECTIONS. -</h2> -<p class="centered">IN PRISON, APRIL, 1839. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> O freedom, must thy spirit now withdraw<br> - From earth, returning to its native heaven,<br> - There to dwell, till armed with sevenfold vengeance<br> - It comes again to earth with king Messiah,<br> - And all his marshalled hosts in glory bright,<br> - To tread the winepress of Almighty God,<br> - And none escape?—ye powers of heaven forbid;—<br> - Let freedom linger still on shores of time,<br> - And in the breasts of thine afflicted saints,<br> - Let freedom find a peaceful retirement,—<br> - A place of rest;—till o'er the troubled earth—<br> - Mercy, justice, and eternal truth,<br> - While journeying hand in hand to exalt the humble<br> - And debase the proud, shall find some nation<br> - Poor, oppressed, afflicted and despised,<br> - Cast out and trodden under foot of tyrants<br> - Proud, the hiss, the bye-word, and the scorn of knaves:—<br> - And there let freedom's spirit wide prevail.<br> - And grow, and flourish—'mid the humble poor,<br> - Exhalted and enriched by virtue,<br> - Knowledge, temperance, and love—till o'er the earth<br> - Messiah comes to reign;—the proud consumed.<br> - No more oppress the poor.—<br> - Let Freedom's eagle then, (forthcoming, like<br> - The Dove from Noah's Ark) on lofty pinions soar,<br> - And spread its wide domain from end to end,<br> - O'er all the vast expanse of this wide earth,—<br> - While freedom's Temple rears its lofty spires<br> - Amid the skies, and on its bosom rests!<br> - A cloud by day and flaming fire by night!!<br> - But stay, my spirit, though thou feign would'st soar<br> - On high; mid scenes of glory, peace and joy;<br> - From bondage free, and bid thy jail farewell:—<br> - Stop,—wait awhile,—let patience have her perfect work,<br> - Return again to suffering scenes through which<br> - The way to glory lies; and speak of things<br> - Around thee,—thou art in prison still.<br> - But spring has now returned, the wintry blasts<br> - Have ceased to howl through my prison crevices.<br> - The soft and gentle breezes of the south<br> - Are whistling gayly past; and incense sweet<br> - On zephyr's wing, with fragrance fills the air,<br> - Wafted from blooming flowrets of the spring;<br> - While round my lonely dungeon oft is heard<br> - Melodious strains as if the birds of spring<br> - In anthems sweet conspired to pity and<br> - Console the drooping spirits there confined.<br> - All things around me show that days, and weeks,<br> - And months have fled, although to me not mark'd<br> - By sabbaths—and but faintly mark'd by dim<br> - And sombre rays of light alternate mid<br> - The gloom of overhanging night which still<br> - Pervades my drear and solitary cell.<br> - Where now those helpless ones I left to mourn?<br> - Have they perished? no.—what then!—has some<br> - Elijah call'd and found them in the last<br> - Extreme, and multiplied their meal and oil?<br> - Yes, verily,—the Lord has fill'd the hearts<br> - Of his poor saints with everlasting love,<br> - Which, in proportion to their poverty,<br> - Increased with each increasing want, till all<br> - Reduced unto the widow's mite and then<br> - Like her, their living they put in, and thus<br> - O'erflowed the treasury of the Lord with more<br> - Abundant stores than all the wealth of kings.<br> - And thus supported, fed, and clothed; and moved<br> - From scenes of sorrow to a land of peace—<br> - They live!—and living still they do rejoice<br> - In tribulation deep:<br> - Well knowing their redemption draweth nigh!<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="FALLSOFNIAGARA"></a>THE FALLS OF NIAGARA. -</h2> -<p class="centered">WRITTEN IN PRISON. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Boast not, O proud Niagara! although<br> - Thou mayest withstand the ravages of time,<br> - While countless millions swept away with all<br> - Their mighty works, are lost in following years:<br> - Yet there is a voice to speak, long and loud!<br> - 'Tis Michael's trump, whose mighty blast shall rend<br> - Thy rocks, and bow thy lofty mountains in the dust.<br> - Before whose awful presence thy waters<br> - Blush in retiring modesty; and in<br> - Respectful silence thou shalt stand, and listening,<br> - Wonder and admire, while thunders roll<br> - Majestic round the sky;—the lightnings play,—<br> - The mountains sink,—the valleys rise,—till earth,<br> - Restored to its original—receives<br> - Its final rest, and groans and sighs no more.<br> - Till then weep on, and let thy voice ascend,<br> - In solemn music to the skies;—it is<br> - A funeral dirge,—thou weepest o'er the miseries<br> - Of a fallen world—in anguish deep.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="SPRING"></a>SPRING. -</h2> -<p class="centered">WRITTEN IN PRISON, APRIL, 1839. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> See nature bursting into life and bloom:<br> - Joyous, it rises from its wintry tomb,<br> - Decked in pure robes of purple, white, or green:<br> - Perfumed with incense sweet—O lovely scene!<br> - Melodious sounds, with music soft and sweet,<br> - Thrill through the air—thy joyous presence greet.<br> - Behold, O Mary! and remember too,<br> - There is a spring to bloom for me and you;—<br> - We, like the spring, shall burst the sullen gloom.<br> - All clothed in white—eternally to bloom.<br> - We too, will join the choir his praise to sing,<br> - And hail the welcome of Eternal Spring.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="SIGNSOFTHETIMES"></a>SIGNS OF THE TIMES. -</h2> -<p class="centered">WRITTEN IN PRISON. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Lift up your heads, ye scattered saints,<br> - Redemption draweth nigh;<br> - Our Saviour hears the orphans' plaints';<br> - The widow's mournful cry.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The blood of those who have been slain<br> - For vengeance cries aloud:<br> - Nor shall its cries ascend in vain,<br> - For vengeance on the proud.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The signs in heaven and earth appear;<br> - And blood, and smoke, and fire;<br> - Men's hearts are failing them for fear;<br> - Redemption's drawing nigher.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Earthquakes are bellowing 'neath the ground,<br> - And tempests through the air;—<br> - The trumpet's blast with fearful sound,<br> - Proclaims the alarm of war.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The saints are scattered to and fro,<br> - Through all the earth abroad;<br> - The gospel trump again to blow,<br> - And then behold their God.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Rejoice, ye servants of our God,<br> - Who to the end endure;<br> - Rejoice, for great is your reward,<br> - And your defence is sure.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Although this body should be slain<br> - By cruel, wicked hands;<br> - I'll praise my God in higher strains,<br> - And on Mount Zion stand.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Glory to God, ye saints rejoice,<br> - And sigh and groan no more;<br> - But listen to the spirit's voice;<br> - Redemption's at the door.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="BIRTHDAYINPRISON"></a>BIRTHDAY -</h2> -<p class="centered">IN PRISON, APRIL 12, 1839. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> This is the day that gave me birth<br> - In eighteen hundred seven;<br> - From worlds unseen I came to earth,<br> - Far from my native heaven.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Thirty and two long years have pass'd,<br> - To grief and sorrow given;<br> - And now to crown my woes at last<br> - I am confined in prison.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> 'Tis not for crimes that I have done<br> - That to my foes I'm given,<br> - But to the world I am unknown,<br> - And my reward's in heaven.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> What troubled scenes may yet ensue<br> - To strew my path with sorrow,<br> - Is not for me to know, 'tis true,<br> - I boast not of to-morrow.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> One thing is sure, this life at best<br> - Is like a troubled ocean;<br> - I often wish myself at rest<br> - From all its dire commotion.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But let its troubled bosom heave,<br> - Its surges beat around me;<br> - To truth, eternal truth, I cleave,<br> - Its floods can never drown me.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="ZIONINCAPTIVITY"></a>ZION IN CAPTIVITY. -</h2> -<p class="centered">A LAMENTATION. -</p> -<p class="centered">WRITTEN IN PRISON. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Torn from our friends and captive led,<br> - 'Mid armed legions bound in chains,<br> - That peace for which our fathers bled<br> - Is gone, and dire confusion reigns.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Zion, our peaceful happy home,<br> - Where oft we joined in praise and prayer,<br> - A desolation has become,<br> - And grief and sorrow linger there.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Her virgins sigh, her widows mourn,<br> - Her children for their parents weep;<br> - In chains her priests and prophets groan,<br> - While some in deaths cold arms do sleep.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Exultingly her savage foes<br> - Now ravage, steal and plunder, where<br> - A virgin's, tears, a widow's woes,<br> - Became their song of triumph there.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> How long, O Lord, wilt thou forsake<br> - The saints who tremble at thy word?<br> - Awake, O arm of God, awake—<br> - And teach the nations thou art God.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Descend with all thy holy throng,<br> - The year of thy redeem'd bring near;<br> - Haste—haste the day of vengeance on—<br> - Bid Zion's children dry their tears.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Deliver, Lord, thy captive saints,<br> - And comfort those who long have mourn'd;<br> - Bid Zion cease her dire complaints,<br> - And all creation cease to groan.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="OURCOUNTRY"></a>OUR COUNTRY. -</h2> -<p class="centered">AN EXTRACT. -</p> -<p class="centered">WRITTEN IN PRISON. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Here nature too, her grandest works display;<br> - Sublimest themes inspire the Poet's lays,<br> - As if creative power in skill progressed,<br> - As onward still it moved towards the west.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Till here it finished with a master hand<br> - Its mightiest works—to excel all other lands.<br> - In awful majesty our mountains rise,<br> - O'erlook the clouds, and tower amid the skies,<br> - Their lofty summits bid defiance bold,<br> - They fear no rival heights in older worlds.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> 'Tis true Himmaleh, (Asia's highest peak,)<br> - Has dared with Chimborazo to compete;<br> - But then our rocky summits—scarce explored<br> - Some nameless rival heights may yet afford;<br> - Whose towering pride shall seize the starry crown,<br> - And cast Himmaleh, humbled, to the ground.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Our proud volcanoes, belching forth their flames,<br> - With smoke and lava, overwhelm the plains;<br> - Their lightnings play—their awful thunders roar,<br> - Convulse the earth and sea from shore to shore.<br> - Among them Cotopaxi's awful voice<br> - Would silence Etna,—drown Vesuvius' noise;<br> - While Europe wondering listens to admire<br> - The power superior of Columbia's fires.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Our lakes, like inland seas expanding wide,<br> - Have not a parallel on earth beside.<br> - Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan,<br> - And vast Superior form the mighty plan,<br> - Their waves like oceans wash the verdant shore,<br> - In western wilds too boundless to explore.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Can Europe, Africa, or Asia boast<br> - A lake compared with these in all their coasts?<br> - Our rivers too, pursue their lengthened way,<br> - From far off mountains to the distant sea,<br> - Through fertile vales,—the flowery meads along,<br> - And chiming still their gently murmuring song;<br> - Receiving grateful tribute as they run.<br> - From thousand streams all mingling into one.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Lo! wild Missouri's waters have their source<br> - In unknown regions to the west and north,<br> - From limpid lakes or from the mountain snows,<br> - From thousand springing streams its current flows;<br> - Mid vast prairies, winds its lengthened way,<br> - Two thousand miles where savage hunters stray,<br> - Then quits its wildly wanderings to receive<br> - The busy hum of commerce on its wave.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Two thousand more its rapid current flows,<br> - Receiving still large rivers as it goes,<br> - Young Empires flourish all along its tide,<br> - And joyous cities rise on every side.<br> - What is the boasted Nile compared with this?<br> - Its magnitude is lost in nothingness,<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Asia and Europe's longest, proudest streams<br> - 'Longside Missouri's tide how short they seem!<br> - Our cataracts too, in grandeur far outvie,<br> - The noblest waterfalls beyond the sea.<br> - See grand Niagara's stream majestic glide,<br> - The venturous steamer floating on its tide:<br> - Its limpid waters draining half a world,<br> - Into the yawning gulf are headlong hurled,<br> - And for a moment lose the light of day,—<br> - Dash on the rocks—then rise in misty spray.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The playful sunbeams trembling kiss its tears,<br> - And from this loved embrace the bow appears;<br> - Commingling colors of the liveliest hue<br> - From purple red, to yellow, pink, and blue.<br> - These mingling join the sportive, airy dance,<br> - Their beauty half concealed from vulgar glance;<br> - Now veil'd in clouds—now bursting to the view<br> - In blushing modesty, the dance renew;<br> - While music rolls in awful, solemn sound,<br> - Heard in the distance, many leagues around.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Or turn to Tequendama's awful steep,<br> - See wild Bogota's waters boldy leap,<br> - Down from the lofty Andes' heights of snow,<br> - To flowery plains, where spring's soft breezes blow:<br> - 'Mid scenes of majesty unrival'd stand,<br> - And view the wonders of Columbia's land.<br> - Our climate stretching far through every zone,<br> - Presents variety elsewhere unknown.<br> - Lo! in the North eternal winter reigns,<br> - And binds the ocean in his icy chains;<br> - Locked in the stupor of his cold embrace<br> - All nature seems to sleep:—yet here we trace<br> - Some signs of life,—of joy, and happiness,<br> - Some icy cottage of domestic bliss,<br> - Where love sits smiling, (from the blast secure)<br> - In native modesty,—with soul as pure,<br> - And chaste, and lovely, as their virgin snows,<br> - While to the chase her lord, or lover goes;<br> - And if per chance he takes a Bear, or Seal,<br> - Amid the dangers of the icy field,<br> - Returns in triumph to his humble cot<br> - Where lost in love his troubles are forgot.<br> - Our northern states present a clime severe,<br> - Where wintry blasts are howling half the year;<br> - But spring arising from its wintry tomb,<br> - Renew'd in freshness sheds a sweet perfume;<br> - Decked in pure robes of purple, white or green,<br> - Adorned with flowrets bright:—O, lovely scene!<br> - Melodious sounds of music, soft and sweet<br> - Thrill through the air,—it's joyous welcome greet.<br> - There autumn's richest blessings crown the year,<br> - And there the rose on beauty's cheek appears.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Our southern climes for mildness may compare,<br> - With Italy, and France, whose gentle air<br> - Became the subject of the Poet's dream,<br> - Or breathed in music soft, the lover's theme.<br> - There rapturous passions kindle in the soul<br> - Their warmest fires,—impatient of control:<br> - There love's soft graces beam in woman's eye<br> - And beauty's cheek is tinged with paler dye.<br> - There balmy sweets perfume the breath of morn,<br> - And shady groves the noonday walks adorn;<br> - While gentle zephyrs kiss the blushing flowers,<br> - And healthful breezes cool the evening hours.<br> - Our soil, with Eden's garden would compare,<br> - Nay more,—forbidden fruit was growing there;<br> - But here the trees of life and knowledge stand reveal'd,<br> - And free to all,—no poison is conceal'd<br> - In wisdom's fruit,—Our Eves may satisfy<br> - Their souls with knowledge here; nor fear to die.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="OMISSOURIHOWARTTHOUFALLEN"></a>O, MISSOURI, HOW ART THOU FALLEN! -</h2> -<p class="centered">WRITTEN IN PRISON. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Missouri, a country how sad and how low,<br> - How fallen from glory, from freedom, from pride,<br> - O, would that oblivion its mantle would throw<br> - O'er thee, and the depth of thy wickedness hide.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Thou should'st never rejoice—think not of the day<br> - When Columbia for freedom first struggled so bold,<br> - When thousands assembled in battle array,<br> - The star-spangled banner of freedom unfurled;<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Think not of the patriots that bled in her cause,<br> - Who met all undaunted the foemen's dark brow,<br> - They gave to their country beneficent laws<br> - Of right and protection but where are they now?<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Disturb not the rest of the free and the brave,<br> - Enshrined deep in honor they sweetly repose,<br> - They swore that the banner of freedom should wave<br> - O'er their dear native land regardless of foes,<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But thou, O Missouri, hast trampled on all<br> - That free men would fight for or patriots feel<br> - O thou queen of the west how great is thy fall—<br> - Thy wounds deep and deadly no balsam can heal.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Let us fly, let us fly to the land where the light<br> - Of Liberty's stars still illumine each spot,<br> - Where the cottager's smile for ever is bright,<br> - And the chains of a tyrant encircle us not.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> In the fair Illinois the eagle's bold wing<br> - Is stretched o'er a people determined and free,<br> - And the shouts of her sons in melody ring<br> - O'er her bower covered groves and fine prairie.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="NEWYEARSONG"></a>A NEW YEAR'S SONG. -</h2><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> This morning in silence I ponder and mourn,<br> - O'er the scenes that have passed no more to return,<br> - How vast are the labors, the troubles and fears,<br> - Of eight hundred millions who've toiled through the year.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> How many ten thousands were slain by their foes,<br> - While widows and orphans have mourn'd o'er their woes,<br> - While pestilence, famine and earthquakes appear,<br> - And signs in the heavens throughout the past year.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> How many been murder'd and plunder'd and robb'd,<br> - How many oppressed and driven by mobs,<br> - How oft have the heaven's bedewed with their tears<br> - The earth o'er the scenes they beheld the past year.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But the day-star has dawn'd o'er the land of the bless'd,<br> - The first beams of morning, the morning or rest;<br> - When cleans'd from pollution the earth shall appear<br> - As the garden of Eden, and peace crown the year.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Then welcome the new year, I hail with delight,<br> - The season approaching with time's rapid flight;<br> - While each fleeting moment brings near and more near,<br> - The day, long expected, the great thousand years.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> I praise and adore the eternal I Am;<br> - Hosanna, hosanna to God and the Lamb,<br> - Who order the seasons that glide o'er the spheres,<br> - And crown with such blessings, each happy new year.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="ALAMENTATION"></a>A LAMENTATION. -</h2> -<p class="centered">ON TAKING LEAVE OF NEW-YORK. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Adieu to the city, where long I have wandered,<br> - To tell them of judgments and warn them to flee;<br> - How often in sorrow, their woes I have pondered:<br> - Perhaps in affliction, they'll think upon me.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> With a tear of compassion, in silence retiring,<br> - The last ray of hope for your safety expiring;<br> - A feeling of pity this bosom inspiring—<br> - Sing this lamentation and think upon me.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> How often at evening your halls have resounded<br> - With th' pure testimony of Jesus, so free;<br> - While the meek were rejoicing, the proud were confounded,<br> - The poor had the gospel;—they'll think upon me.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> When Empires shall tremble at Israel returning,<br> - And earth shall be cleans'd by the Spirit of burning;<br> - When proud men shall perish, and Priests with their learning,—<br> - Sing this lamentation, and think upon me.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> When the Union is severed, and liberty's blessings<br> - Withheld from the sons of Columbia, once free;<br> - When bloodshed and war, and famine d'stress them,<br> - Remember the warning! and think upon me.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> When this mighty city shall crumble to ruin,<br> - And sink as a millstone, the merchants undoing;<br> - The ransom'd, the highway of Zion pursuing,—<br> - Sing this lamentation, and think upon me.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="LAMENTATIONBYPPPRATT"></a>LAMENTATION BY P. P. PRATT. -</h2> -<p class="centered">IN MEMORY OP HIS DEPARTED WIFE, WHO DIED, MARCH 25, 1837. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> The joys of home I once have tasted,<br> - All its pleasures called my own;<br> - Friendship's purest pleasures graced it,<br> - But they're gone,—I'm left alone,<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Now no more that smile of gladness<br> - Welcomes me at my return;<br> - But a lonely, solemn sadness:<br> - Oh she's gone,—I'm left alone!<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Oft when clouds of care and trouble,<br> - Like a tempest o'er me roll'd,<br> - A look, a word, an act of kindness,<br> - Served to calm my troubled soul.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> When by pain and sickness wasted,<br> - Oft she lingered near my bed;<br> - Fed me, nursed me as an angel,<br> - Washed my feet or bathed my head.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> When to western wilds I wandered,<br> - Rear'd in solitude my cot;<br> - Clear'd away the gloomy forest,—<br> - She with flowers adorned the spot.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> When by ruthless mobs was driven,<br> - Wounded, bleeding, from my home,<br> - Wandering in a land of strangers,<br> - Pilgrim like she with me roamed.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> When in distant climes I wander'd,<br> - To bear glad tidings to mankind;<br> - She shared my toils and travels gladly,<br> - Or would consent to stay behind.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Returning from a distant journey,<br> - She always met me with a smile;<br> - Wash'd my feet and changed my raiment,<br> - And bade me rest from all my toil.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But now alone I'm left to wander,<br> - From land to land, from sea to sea;<br> - And none except my only offspring<br> - Will scarce inquire what comes of me.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> And e'n to him I'll seem a stranger,<br> - While he is reared by other hands;<br> - He'll hardly feel I am his father,<br> - When I return from distant lands.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> What is it then for which I linger,<br> - Still in this dark and dreary waste?<br> - Where nothing centers my affection,<br> - Where others' joys I cannot taste.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> If I must still consent to tarry,<br> - 'Twill be to bear another's grief:<br> - To save mankind from sin and sorrow,<br> - And bring the broken heart relief.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> To comfort those who mourn in Zion,<br> - And bid ten thousand others come;<br> - Where the widow, orphan, virgin,<br> - And the poor may find a home.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="FUNERALHYMN"></a>FUNERAL HYMN. -</h2> -<p class="centered">ON THE DEATH OF MRS. PRATT. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Creation speaks with awful voice—<br> - Hark! 'tis a universal groan<br> - Re-echoes through the vast extent<br> - Of worlds unnumbered called to mourn.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> For sickness, sorrow, pain and death,<br> - With awful tyranny have reigned;<br> - While all eternity has shed<br> - Her tears of sorrow o'er the slain.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But hark, again; a voice is heard,<br> - Resounding through the sullen gloom;<br> - A mighty conquerer has appear'd,<br> - And rose triumphant from the tomb.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> No longer let creation mourn;<br> - Ye sons of sorrow, dry your tears;<br> - Life—life—eternal life is ours,<br> - Dismiss your doubts, dispel your fears.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The King shall soon in clouds descend,<br> - With all the heav'nly hosts above;<br> - The dead shall rise and hail their friends,<br> - And always dwell with those they love.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> No tears, no sorrow, death or pain,<br> - Shall e'er be known to enter there;<br> - But perfect peace, immortal bloom,<br> - Shall reign triumphant ev'ry where!<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="FAREWELLMEMORIAL"></a>FAREWELL MEMORIAL. -</h2><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Keep these few lines till time shall end,<br> - In memory of your absent friend;<br> - Who wanders o'er life's boisterous wave,<br> - The meek, the humble poor to save.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> While I endure I'll spend my breath<br> - In prayer for those who love the truth.<br> - In distant lands I'll call to mind,<br> - My true and faithful friends so kind.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Let these few lines adorn the place<br> - Where you retire to seek his grace;<br> - Then lift your voice in humble prayer,<br> - For him whose lines are hanging there.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="THEPILGRIM"></a>THE PILGRIM. -</h2><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> On the shores of Ontario I'm now doom'd to wander.<br> - A pilgrim in exile, a stranger I roam,<br> - While the prince and the beggar, the wise and the simple,<br> - In palace or cottage can each find a home.<br> - The foxes have holes and the birds they have nests,<br> - And all but a preacher has somewhere to rest.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="GENERALCONFERENCEFAREWELL"></a>GENERAL CONFERENCE, FAREWELL. -</h2><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Farewell, ye servants of the Lord,<br> - To whom we oft have preach'd the word;<br> - May you improve the wisdom given,<br> - And lead ten thousand souls to heaven.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Farewell, ye saints of latter days,<br> - With whom we've met in prayer and praise,<br> - In whose kind hearts the truth has shone,<br> - By which we're gathered all in one.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Farewell kind friends, whose hearts are true<br> - We can no longer stay with you;<br> - Arise—the voice of truth obey,<br> - O come and wash your sins away.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Farewell to all whose stubborn wills<br> - Bind them in chains of darkness still:<br> - Our voice no longer you shall hear,<br> - Till Jesus shall in clouds appear:<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Then you shall see, and hear, and know,<br> - What you rejected here below.<br> - Though you may sink in endless pain,<br> - Yet <em>truth eternal will remain</em>.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="THEDOWNFALLOFBABYLON"></a>THE DOWNFALL OF BABYLON -</h2><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> An angel of glory from heaven descended,<br> - While his power and glory enlightened the earth;<br> - With a voice strong and mighty, his cry was extended,<br> - Babylon is fallen and hushed in her mirth;<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The dwelling of devils and every foul spirit,<br> - The cage of uncleanness and of hateful birds.<br> - All nations had tasted her wine and were drunken,<br> - But now she is fallen the angel brings word;<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Her merchants were great men, and through her abundance,<br> - They long had wax'd rich in her traffic though vain,<br> - But now she is fallen,—is fallen,—is fallen,<br> - Her riches and glory have ended in pain;<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Her plagues in one day—death, mourning and famine,<br> - And flame shall devour her and burn her withal;<br> - The kings of the earth at the smoke of her burning,<br> - Shall stand afar off and lament her sad fall.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Her merchants shall weep for their traffic is ended,<br> - Their gold and their silver, their stones and their pearls,<br> - Their linen and purple, their silk and their scarlet,<br> - And all things that wealth could procure in the world.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Their vessels of ivory and brass, iron and marble,<br> - And cinnamon and odours, frankincense and wine.<br> - And oil and fine flour, wheat, beasts, sheep and horses,<br> - And chariots and slaves, and the souls of mankind.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Rejoice, O thou Heaven! ye holy apostles,<br> - And prophets for God hath avenged you withal,<br> - For like a great millstone doth sink in the ocean,<br> - E'en so on a sudden shall Babylon fall;<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The voice of musicians, the harp and the pipers,<br> - And trumpets and organs no longer shall sound,<br> - No craftsmen, mechanic or workman whatever,<br> - Within thy dominion shall ever be found;<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> No more shall the sound of a millstone be heard,<br> - The light of a candle no more in thee shine,<br> - The voice of the bridegroom and bride ever silent,<br> - Darkness and sorrow, and death shall be thine.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="PRATT'SDEFENCE"></a>PRATT'S DEFENCE -</h2> -<p class="centered">BEFORE THE AUTHORITIES OF MISSOURI. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> As down in a lone dungeon with darkness o'er-spread,<br> - In silence and sorrow I made my lone bed,<br> - While far from my prison my friends had retired,<br> - And joy from this bosom had almost expired.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> From all that was lovely constrained for to part,<br> - From wife and from children so dear to my heart;<br> - While foes were exulting, and friends far away,<br> - In half broken slumbers all pensive I lay.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> I thought upon Zion—her sorrowful doom:—<br> - I thought on her anguish—her trouble and gloom.<br> - How for years she had wandered, a captive forlorn,<br> - Cast out and afflicted, and treated with scorn.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> I thought on the time when some five years ago,<br> - Twelve hundred from Jackson were driven by foes,<br> - While two hundred houses to ashes were burned;—<br> - Our flourishing fields to a desert were turned.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> I remembered these crimes still unpunished remained,<br> - And the like oft repeated—again, and again,<br> - From counties adjoining, compelled to remove,<br> - We purchased in Caldwell, Prairie and Grove.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> And there 'mid the wild flowers that bloomed o'e the plain,<br> - Our rights and our freedom we thought to maintain:<br> - Nor dreamed that oppression would drive us from thence,<br> - The laws of our country we claimed for defence<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> But soon as kind autumn rewarded our toil,<br> - And plenty around us began for to smile,<br> - Our foes were assembled—being tempted with gain;<br> - To ravage and plunder, and drive us again.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> When many were driven, and plundered, and robb'd.<br> - And some had been murdered by this dreadful mob,—<br> - When cries for redress and protection were vain,<br> - We arose in our strength our own rights to maintain.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> The mob soon dispersed, to the Rulers appealed,<br> - Saying, lend us your aid, and the Mormons will yield,<br> - For surely they never were known to resist<br> - A mob when commissioned by Rulers and Priests.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> This soon was considered by far the best plan;<br> - And orders were issued for ten thousand men,<br> - Including the Wilsons, and Gillums, of course,<br> - And all the mob forces, for better, for worse.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> These soon were forthcoming, in dreadful array!<br> - Some painted like Indians, all armed for the fray!<br> - The Mormons soon yielded without the first fire,<br> - And the mobers accomplished their utmost desire.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Some females were ravished—and cattle and grain<br> - Became a free booty—and one pris'ner slain.<br> - Some twenty or thirty were murdered outright,<br> - And ten thousand others were BANISHED THE STATE!<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> By what LAW of the Statute to me is unknown;<br> - But it must be by law all these great things were done;<br> - For the next Legislature the expense to defray,<br> - Voted two hundred thousand the soldiers to pay.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> To resist THIS oppression—THESE excellent laws,<br> - Was murder! and treason!! (in technical clause,)<br> - So while women and children were driven away<br> - Their husbands and fathers in prison must stay.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> So now to the jury and judge I submit;<br> - I'm not learned in <em>such</em> laws,—they may hang or acquit—<br> - But though they should hang me, or keep me in jail,<br> - The spirit of Freedom and Truth will prevail.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="PRATT'SDELIVERANCE"></a>PRATT'S DELIVERANCE. -</h2> -<p class="centered">"The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed." -</p> -<p class="centered">ISAIAH. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> The chains are rent, the dungeon's gloom<br> - No more these active limbs confine.<br> - I rise as from the dreary tomb,<br> - Where long in prison I repined.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> I mount—I fly—I haste away,<br> - Buoyed, as it were, on angel's wings;<br> - O home! O friends! O liberty!—<br> - O God of strength, thy praise I'll sing.<br> -</p> -<p class="poetry"> Hosanna now in highest strains,<br> - Glory to God and to the Lamb,<br> - Hosanna to the king who reigns<br> - In heaven and earth—the great I Am.<br> -</p></div></div> - - -<h2><a name="VISITTOTHEWHITEMOUNTAINS"></a>VISIT TO THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. -</h2> -<p class="centered">[Extract from the Author's Journal.] -</p> -<p>When we came near the base of the mountain, two beautiful and -transparent lakes, surrounded with a romantic forest of evergreen, and -other trees, added greatly to the interest of the scene. Between these -lakes a mansion was reared for the public entertainment of those whom -curiosity draws to the place. This house furnished pleasure boats, -fishing apparatus, guides, &c., for the accommodation of parties -of pleasure, and others who wished to spend a few hours amid these -romantic and picturesque scenes of sublimity and grandeur, where nature -in her wildest freaks had combined the gentle and lovely, which seems -to soothe and calm the spirits with the awfully grand, the terribly -majestic, and the wild and romantic, as if calculated at once to -interest the curious, to please the merry, to add gloom to solitude, -and fervor to devotion; and in a word, to fill the contemplative mind -with the highest degree of wonder and admiration. Our road led directly -between the two small lakes, through what is called the notch. The -mountains on each hand reared their majestic piles almost perpendicular -for many hundred feet. -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> While clouds hung lowering on their bosoms,<br> - And their tall summits high above<br> - The misty vapors stood in awful pride,<br> - And still serenely smiled amid clear skies,<br> - And all the splendor of the morning sun.<br> -</p></div></div> -<p>When we had passed between the lakes and walked a short distance, we -left the road and took a footpath to the left hand, and commenced our -ascent up the steep sides of the mountain. Our path for many hundred -feet was very steep, and in many places almost perpendicular; but -the rough fragments of rock afforded steps; and these, together with -twigs and shrubs which we seized with our hands, enabled us to climb -with some degree of safety as well as speed. When we had arrived at -the distance of perhaps half a mile, the scene was truly awful. Huge -fragments of rock were thrown together in inconceivable confusion, as -if by some terrible convulsion of nature; recalling to mind a time long -since passed, when -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Earth with a tremendous groan,<br> - Did for a dying Jesus mourn.<br> -</p></div></div> -<p>Passing still onward on our airy way, the timber began to be of a -different variety, suited to a colder climate, and fast diminishing in -its size, until at length we were only surrounded with dwarf cedars, -or spruce; and still higher up, even these ceased to vegetate, and -a bleak, bald, and rocky summit still reared its dreary head a vast -distance above us. At the point where vegetation ceased, we found a -small lake several rods in circumference probably fed by the melting -snows which lay upon the mountain most of the year. -</p> -<p>Leaving this curiosity below us, we continued our ascent over rocky -steeps, mostly covered with moss; and after a laborious journey of some -hours we found ourselves on the highest pinnacle of Mt. Lafayette, -while far beneath us we beheld the summits of many other mountains, -clothed with evergreen; and beyond these on all sides lay a beautiful -scenery of -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Farms, and fields and meadows gay,<br> - While in the distance far away,<br> - The flocks in sportive groups assembled,<br> - Limpid lakes in sunbeams trembled,<br> - Huts with rural scenes surrounded,<br> - Mansions fair and bright abounded;<br> - While zephyrs sweet perfumed the air,<br> - From roses, pinks, and lilies fair;<br> - While far o'er eastern hills we view<br> - The briny ocean's distant blue,<br> - And mark its waves in distance dwindle,<br> - Till with the heavens they seem to mingle.<br> - When all at once the scenes around us<br> - Are veiled from view, and clouds surround us,<br> - And far beneath, and high above,<br> - Swift through the air the vapors move.<br> -</p></div></div> -<p>Although it was now in the sultry heat of summer, yet our vast -elevation caused a coldness which seemed winterlike; and although -dressed in winter clothing, we were soon so chilled as to shake at -every limb. After offering our prayers and thanks to the Maker of -heaven and earth, we again descended; and when we had come down about -half way we were out of the cloud, and again enjoyed the pure air of -the lower atmosphere, while the warm and gentle breezes of summer soon -warmed and restored our benumbed limbs to their proper temperature. -Inspired with sublimer and nobler thoughts of nature and of nature's -God, we pursued our course a few miles on our way, and being weary we -called at a humble dwelling, were kindly received, and after partaking -of such simple refreshments as the place afforded, with appetites -sharpened with fatigue, we retired to rest, and resigned the night to -sweet repose. -</p> - - -<h2><a name="REGENERATION"></a>THE REGENERATION AND ETERNAL DURATION OF MATTER. -</h2> -<p class="centered">"The Elements are Eternal." -</p> -<p class="centered">WRITTEN IN PRISON. -</p><blockquote> -<p> "And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things - new. And he said unto me write, for these words are true and - faithful." Rev. xxi. 5. -</p></blockquote> -<p>Matter and Spirit are the two great principles of all existence. Every -thing animate and inanimate is composed of one or the other, or both -of these eternal principles. I say eternal, because the elements are -as durable as the quickening power which exists in them. Matter and -spirit are of equal duration; both are self-existent,—they never began -to exist, and they never can be annihilated. We do not enter upon -this boundless subject as a matter of mere speculative philosophy, -calculated in its nature merely to charm the imagination—to interest -the curious, or to please the learned. So far from this, we consider -it a subject of deep and thrilling interest to all the human family. -A subject equally interesting to Jew, and Christian; Mahommedan and -Pagan; the wise and the simple; the learned, and the ignorant—all—all -are journeying swiftly through time, and are bound to eternity. -All are lovers of life and happiness; all are looking forward with -inexpressible anxiety to the unexplored regions of futurity. -</p> -<p>The Jew, as he follows his aged parent, his bosom friend, or his tender -offspring to the sepulchre of his fathers, while his bosom heaves with -anguish, grief and sorrow, is still comforted with sure and certain -hope of their being raised from the dead with the whole of Israel's -race, and clothed upon with flesh; and of their being restored again to -that land which was given to them and their fathers for an everlasting -inheritance: while David takes his seat in the holy city and reigns -over the twelve tribes forever and ever. -</p> -<p>The modern Christian when called upon to endure the pangs of grief and -sorrow, in following to the grave his nearest friends, is comforted -with the hope of a spiritual existence, in a world far distant from -his native earth; and far beyond the bounds of time and space, where -spirits mingle in eternal joy and everlasting song; and although the -body should rise from the dead, yet they suppose that the whole will -become spirit unconnected with matter, and soar away to worlds on high, -free from all the elements of which their nature was composed in this -life; and thus enjoy eternal life and happiness, while matter, -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> Animate and inanimate shall cease to be;<br> - And no more place be found for Heaven, Earth, or Sea.—<br> -</p></div></div> -<p>The Mahommedan is equally subject to all the heart-rending grief -and anguish, which others feel at the loss of friends; but comforts -himself with the thoughts of one day gaining a paradise of sensual -pleasures; where, with all his faithful friends, he expects to bask -forever in all the enjoyments of sensuality. He dreams of trees loaded -with delicious fruits, and bending their branches invitingly to his -appetite;—and of gardens and pleasure grounds, adorned with pleasant -walks—with cooling shades and with blooming sweets which perfume the -air; and surrounded with fields of spices more delicious than all the -productions of Arabia: while his golden palaces and seraglios are -thronged with myriads of delightful virgins, more pure and beautiful -than the fairest daughters of Circassia. With these he hopes to spend a -life of pleasures forevermore. -</p> -<p>The Pagan too, in turn, when bowed down with grief and sorrow, finds -some relief in anticipation of a future existence—some shady forest -filled with game—some delightful prairie of blooming flowers—some -humble heaven behind the cloud-topped hill, where he hopes to join his -wife, his children, his brothers, his fathers; and in their society to -spend a peaceful eternity in all the enjoyments of domestic life, while -his faithful horse and dog shall bear him company. These are the hopes -and anticipations which serve to dry his tears,—to calm his heaving -bosom, and to his troubled spirit whisper peace. How desirable then is -a just and correct knowledge on this all-important subject. Who does -not desire to become acquainted as far as possible with the nature of -that eternal state of existence to which we are all hastening? We are -dependent alone on the light of revelation and reason, for any just -and correct information on this subject. Moses, in his account of the -creation, commences thus: -</p> -<p>[Hebrew Text] -</p> -<p>Which may with propriety be translated thus: "In the beginning God made -(or formed) the heavens and the earth, and the earth she was empty and -desolate; and darkness upon the faces of the abyss; and the wind of God -was brooding over the faces of the waters." -</p> -<p>Moses did not see fit to inform us of what kind of materials the Lord -formed the earth, and indeed there was no need of revelation to guide -us on that subject; for we see for ourselves that it is composed of the -common elements which constitute matter in general, and of course this -element or matter already existed, and that too in sufficient quantity -for the formation of a globe like this. From the Mosaic account of -the creation, many have gathered the idea that God created all things -out of nonentity,—that solid matter sprung from nothing. But this is -for want of reflection, or an exercise of reason on the subject; for -instance, when a child inquires of its father, saying, father, who -made this house? the father replies, the carpenter made it. Again, the -child inquires, who made me? the father replies, the Lord made you. -Again, the child inquires, who made the earth? the father replies, the -Lord made the earth, and all things upon the face thereof. Now the -child might suppose that the carpenter created the house without any -materials; that he brought it into existence from nothing; and so, with -equal propriety, he might suppose that he was formed from nothing; -when in fact he was formed of materials which grew out of the earth. -And with the same degree of impropriety we might suppose that God made -the earth from nothing, when in fact he made it out of self-existing -element: -</p> -<p>It is impossible for a mechanic to make any thing whatever without -materials. So it is equally impossible for God to bring forth matter -from nonentity, or to originate element from nothing, because this -would contradict the law of truth, and destroy himself. We might as -well say, that God can add two and three together, and the product will -be twelve; or that he can subtract five from ten and leave eight, as -to say that he can originate matter from nonentity; because these are -principles of eternal truth, they are laws which cannot be broken, that -two and three are five, that five from ten leaves five, and that nought -from nought leaves nought; and a hundred noughts added together is -nothing still. In all these, the product is determined by unchangeable -laws, whether the reckoning be calculated by the Almighty, or by man, -the result is precisely the same. -</p> -<p>Here then, is mathematical demonstration that it is not in the power of -any being to originate matter. Hence we conclude that matter as well -as spirit is eternal, uncreated, self-existing. However infinite the -variety of its changes, forms and shapes;—however vast and varying the -parts it has to act in the great theatre of the universe;—whatever -sphere its several parts may be destined to fill in the boundless -organization of infinite wisdom, yet it is there, durable as the throne -of Jehovah. And Eternity is inscribed in indelible characters on every -particle. Revolution may succeed revolution,—vegetation may bloom and -flourish, and fall again to decay in the revolving seasons—generation -upon generation may pass away and others still succeed—empires may -fall to ruin, and moulder to the dust and be forgotten—the marble -monuments of antiquity may crumble to atoms and mingle in the common -ruin—the mightiest works of art, with all their glory, may sink in -oblivion and be remembered no more—worlds may startle from their -orbits, and hurling from their spheres, run lawless on each other in -conceivable confusion—element may war with element in awful majesty, -while thunders roll from sky to sky, and arrows of lightning break the -mountains asunder—scatter the rocks like hailstones—set worlds on -fire, and melt the elements with fervent heat, and yet not one grain -can be lost—not one particle can be annihilated. All these revolutions -and convulsions of nature will only serve to refine, purify, and -finally restore and renew the elements upon which they act. And like -the sunshine after a storm, or like gold seven times tried in the fire, -they will shine forth with additional lustre as they roll in their -eternal spheres, in their glory, in the midst of the power of God. -</p> -<p>When in the progress of the endless works of Deity, the full time had -arrived for infinite wisdom to organize this sphere, and its attendant -worlds, and to set them in motion in their order amid the vast -machinery of the universe,—when first the morning stars sang together, -and all the sons of God shouted for joy, at the grand occasion of the -acquisition of a new system to the boundless variety of his works, all -was pronounced very good. The waters, obedient to his word, retired -within their respective limits, and filled with the quickening, or -life-giving principle, which we call spirit, they produced living -creatures in abundance, and very soon the vasty deep was found teeming -with animal life in countless variety, and in regular gradation, from -the monster Leviathan to the shell-fish; or descending down the scale -of existence to the minutest speck which is only to be discerned by -the aid of powerful glasses. The air swarmed with an almost infinite -variety of animal life, from the lofty and aspiring eagle which soars -on high, and seems to dip his wing in ether blue, to the humming bird -which darts from flower to flower, and hides itself amid the blooming -sweets of spring, or descending still, to the puny nations of insects -which swarm in clouds of blue on the summer breath of morn: all, all -the air seemed life and happiness. -</p> -<p>The Dry Land, organized in its own proper sphere, presented a surface -every where well watered, abounding in springs, streams and rivulets, -and uninterrupted by any of the rough, broken, rugged deformities which -now present themselves on every side. Its surface was smooth, or gently -undulating, and delightfully varied. Its soil enriched by the dew of -heaven, and impregnated with the spirit of animal and vegetable life, -soon poured forth a luxuriant growth, not of noxious weeds, and thorns -and thistles, but of fruit trees, and herbs, all useful for the food -of man or animal, fowl or creeping thing. And soon, too, it brought -forth from its bosom every varied species of the animal race, from -the ponderous mammoth or the mighty elephant, down to the mole; or -descending still in the scale of existence, to the smallest creeping -thing that specks the surface of the rock, or mantles the standing pool -with varied life. -</p> -<p>Its Climate, free, alike from the noxious vapors and melting heats -of the torrid zone, and the chilling blasts of the polar regions, -was delightfully varied by the moderate changes of heat and cold -which only tended to crown the varied year with the greater variety -of productions. Streams of life, and odors of healthful sweets came -floating on every breeze. Thus earth, so lately a vast scene of -emptiness and desolation, burst from its solitude arrayed in its robes -of splendor; and where silence had reigned through the vast expanse, -innumerable sounds now reverberated on the air, and melting strains of -music re-echoing in the distant groves, stole upon the ears of admiring -angels, and proclaimed the gladsome news of a new world of animated -life and joy. -</p> -<p>Thus all was prepared and finished, and creation complete. All save -the great masterpiece, the head and governor, who was destined to rule -or preside over this new kingdom. This personage, designed as the -noblest of all the works of Deity, was formed of earth by the immediate -hand of God; being fashioned in the express likeness and image of the -Father and the Son, while the breath of the Almighty breathed into -his nostrils,—quickened him with life and animation. Thus formed of -noble principles, and bearing in his godlike features the emblems of -authority and dominion, he was placed on the throne of power, in the -midst of the paradise of God, and to him was committed power, and -glory, and dominion, and the kingdom, and the greatness of the kingdom -under the whole heaven. From the bosom of this noble being, or rather -from his side emanated woman. She being composed or fashioned from his -bone and from his flesh, and undergoing another process of refinement -in her formation, she became more exquisitely fine, beautiful and -delightsome; combining in her person and features the noble and -majestic expression of manhood, with the soft and gentle, the modest -and retiring graces of angelic sweetness and purity, as if destined -to grace the dignity of manhood,—to heighten the charms of domestic -life,—to delight the heart of her lord, and to share with him the -enjoyments of life, as well as to nourish and sustain the embryo, and -rear the tender offspring of her species, and thus fill the earth with -myriads of happy and intelligent beings. O reader, contemplate with me -the beauty, the glory, the excellence, the perfection of the works of -creation as they rolled from the hand of omnipotent power and wisdom, -and were pronounced good—very good, by him whose hand had formed -them, and whose eye surveyed them at a single glance. Tell me, O man, -which of all these works was formed for decay? and which in themselves -possessed the seeds of mortality, the principles of dissolution and -destruction? Tell me, was there any curse, or poison, or death inherent -in or appertaining to any department of existing matter? Tell me, were -any of these works so calculated in their physical construction as -to be incapable of eternal duration? Was there any death, or sorrow, -pain or sickness, sighing, groaning, tears or weeping? Was there any -thing to hurt or destroy in all the holy mountain? The answer to all -these questions is plain, positive and definite, if the sacred writings -may be relied on as decisive evidence. We are informed in scripture -that sin entered into the world, and Death by sin. That by one man -came death, and that the devil had the power of death. We are also -informed that the ground was cursed for man's sake, and its productions -materially changed. In short, the great head and ruler, with his fair -consort were subjected to many curses and troubles while in life, and -with them all the productions of the animal and vegetable kingdoms, -together with the earth itself were subjected to the dominion of the -curse. Thus creation felt the blow to its utmost verge, and has groaned -in pain for deliverance until now. From all these declarations of -holy writ, and from many other proofs which might easily be adduced, -we feel ourselves safe in saying that Sin is the sole cause of decay, -or death. If there had been no sin, there would have been no death, -no dissolution, no disorganization, no decay, no sorrow and groaning, -tears or weeping; neither would there have been any pain, but creation -would have continued in the same state to an endless duration. O sin, -what hast thou done! Thou hast hurled man from his blissful domain, -and hast reduced him from a throne of power and dominion to a state of -servitude, where sunk in sorrow and misery, he groans out a wretched -existence, which terminates in painful dissolution, and he mingles with -his mother earth and is forgotten and lost amid the general ruin. -</p> -<p>Thou hast converted a garden of delicious fruits and blooming flowers -into a gloomy forest of thorns and thistles. Thou hast transformed a -world of life, joy and happiness into the abodes of wretchedness and -misery, where sighing, groaning, tears and weeping are mingled in -almost every cup. By thee the earth has been filled with violence and -oppression; and man, moved by hatred, envy, avarice or ambition, has -often embrued his hands in the blood of his fellow man, by which the -fairest portions of the earth have been made desolate,—the abodes of -domestic happiness turned to sorrow and loneliness,—the happy wife and -tender offspring have become widows and orphans,—the bride has been -left to mourn in irretrievable anguish, and the virgin to drop a silent -tear over the ruined fragments of departed loveliness. By thee the -world has been deluged with a flood of waters, and unnumbered millions -swept at once from the stage of action and mingled in the common ruin, -unwept and unlamented save by the tears of heaven, or by the eight -solitary inhabitants of the ark who alone escaped to tell the news. By -thy ravages empires have fallen to ruin, and cities become heaps. The -fruitful plains of Shinar, and the splendid palaces of Babylon have -been doomed to perpetual waste and and irretrievable desolation, never -to be inhabited; not even as a temporary residence for the wandering -Arab.(And the Arabian shall not pitch tent there. See Isaiah XIII, -20.) By thee the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the flourishing -country about them, once extremely fertile, and watered as the garden -of Eden, have been desolated by fire, and perhaps overwhelmed by a -sea of stagnant waters. By thee the land of Edom, once a flourishing -empire, possessing a productive and well cultivated soil, and every -where adorned with flourishing villages, and splendid cities, has -become desolate, without inhabitants; and the Lord has cast upon it -the stones of emptiness, and the line of confusion. It has lain waste -from generation to generation, as a haunt for wild beasts of the -desert, a court for owls, and a place for the cormorant and bittern. -On account of thee, the city of Jerusalem has long lain in ruins, the -land of Judea is desolate, and their holy and beautiful house where -their fathers praised Jehovah is burned with fire; while the Jews have -long remained in exile among the nations, in fulfilment of that awful -imprecation "his blood be upon us and our children." By thy power the -once mighty empires of Greece and Rome have been shaken to the centre, -and have fallen to rise no more; and before thy desolating blast, -almost innumerable provinces lay in ruin. The waste deserts of burning -sand—the sunken and stagnant lakes and miry swamps—the innumerable -rockey barrens and mountainous steeps—the desolate and dreary wastes -of the polar regions—these all present but so many monuments to thy -memory—they speak in language not to be misunderstood, that sin has -been there, with its dreadful train of curses, under which they groan -in pain to be delivered. -</p> -<p>The solid rocks have burst asunder at thy withering touch; they -have been rent in twain, and hurled from their firm foundations by -thy mighty power: and they lay scattered in broken fragments and -ruined heaps as monuments of agonizing nature; and as a testimony of -the heaving sighs, the convulsive quakings, and dreadful groanings -of the earth itself, while by wicked hands the great Messiah was -slain. And what shall I say more? for the time would fail me to -innumerate the evils of intemperance, dissipation, debauchery, pride, -luxury, idleness, extravagance, avarice and ambition, hatred and -envy, priestcraft and persecution, with all their attendant train -of troubles, miseries, pains, diseases and deaths; which have all -contributed to reduce mankind to a state of wretchedness and sorrow -indescribable. The noble and majestic features of manhood have often -been transformed by these vices into the frightful and disgusting image -of demoniac furies,—the angelic beauties of earth's fairest daughters -as often transformed by vice into objects of mingled pity and contempt: -but cease my soul, no longer dwell on these awful scenes; my heart is -faint, my soul is sick, my spirit grieves within me; and mine eyes are -suffused with tears while contemplating upon the scenes of wretchedness -and misery which sin has produced in our world. O misery, how hast -thou triumphed! O death, how many are thy victories! thrones, and -dominions—principalities and powers—kingdoms and empires have sunk -beneath thine all conquering arm,—their kings and their nobles, their -princes and their lords,—their orators and statesmen, beneath the -blast of thy breath have found one common grave. -</p> -<p>The dignity of age,—the playful innocence of youth, or the charms of -beauty cannot save from thy cruel grasp, thou hast swallowed up the -nations as water, and thou art an hungered still,—thou hast drunk -rivers of blood, and hast bathed in oceans of tears, and thy thirst is -still raging with unabating fury. Whither,—ah! whither shall I turn -for comfort? in what secret chamber shall I hide myself to elude thy -swift pursuit? If I would heap up gold as dust I cannot bribe thee. If -I would fortify my habitation with the munitions of rocks, thine arrows -would pierce them as the spider's web, and find their way to my heart. -If I would soar on high as the eagle, or fly to the most secret haunts -of the desert, or hide myself in the gloomy thicket with the solitary -bird of night; or retire with the bat, to the inmost recesses of the -cavern, yet thy footsteps would pursue me, and thy vigilance would -search me out. No arguments of the wise—no talents of the eloquent can -prevail with thee. The tears of the widow, the cries of the fatherless; -or the broken hearted anguish of the lover cannot move thee to pity: -thou mockest at the groans and tears of humanity, thou scornest the -pure affections of love and tenderness; and thou delightest to tear -asunder the silken cords of conjugal affection, and all the tender -ties of love and endearment which twine around the virtuous heart, and -which serve to cement society, and to administer joy and happiness -in every department of life. What mighty power shall check thy grand -career, and set bounds o'er which thou canst not pass? Whose mighty -voice shall command, saying "thus far, no farther shalt thou go, and -here let thy proud waves be stayed?" What almighty conqueror shall -lead thee captive—shall burst thy chains—throw open the doors of -thy gloomy cells, and set the unnumbered millions of thy prisoners -free?—who shall bind up the broken hearted—comfort the mourners—dry -the tears of sorrow—open the prison to them that are bound—set the -captives free—make an end of sin and oppression—bring in everlasting -righteousness—swallow up death in victory—restore creation to its -primitive beauty, glory, excellence, and perfection; "and destroy him -who has the power of death, that is the Devil, and deliver those who -through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage?" but -hark— -</p><div class="poembox"><div class="poem"> -<p class="poetry"> On the plains of Judea me thinks I hear<br> - The melting strains of the lonely shepherd's<br> - Midnight song, as it echoes among the hills<br> - And vales, and dies away in the distance.<br> - Its heavenly melody betokens<br> - A theme of joy such as the sons of earth<br> - Have seldom heard,—some heavenly theme as if<br> - The choirs of angels—mingling their music<br> - With the sons of earth, conspired to celebrate<br> - Some new event—some jubilee of rest—<br> - Some grand release from servitude and woe.<br> - But see—ah see! the opening heavens around<br> - Them shine; a glorious train of angels bright,<br> - Ascending, fill the air:—it is indeed<br> - A more than mortal theme. But hark again—<br> - Me thinks I understand the words,—they<br> - Celebrate the birth of king Messiah,<br> - The mighty prince who soon shall conquer death<br> - With all his legions, and reign triumphant<br> - Over all, as king of kings, and Lord of lords.<br> - Their chorus ends with peace on earth, good will<br> - To men. O monster death I now behold<br> - Thy conqueror! Jesus of Nazareth—<br> - The babe of Bethlehem—the son of God.<br> -</p></div></div> -<p>He comes to earth, and takes upon him flesh and blood,—even the seed -of Abraham; and this for the express purpose of conquering sin and -death, and restoring a lost and fallen world to its former perfection -that it may be capable of eternal life and happiness. -</p> -<p>"As in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive." Now let -the reader endeavour in particular to understand the precise object -of the mission of Jesus Christ into our world; and what was to be -accomplished by his death and resurrection. We have already endeavoured -to show the effect of Adam's transgression in a physical as well as -moral point of view; we have seen that sin materially affected the -earth itself as well as all its animal and vegetable productions. Now -the object of a Saviour to bleed and die as a sacrifice and atonement -for sin, was not only to redeem man in a moral sense, from his lost and -fallen state, but it was also to restore the physical world from all -the effects of the fall; to purify the elements; and to present the -earth in spotless purity before the throne of God, clothed in celestial -glory, as a fit inheritance for the ransomed throng who are destined to -inherit it in eternity. If the question be asked for what Christ died? -the answer is, first, he died for all of Adam's race. Secondly, for all -the animal and vegetable productions of the earth, as far as they were -affected by the fall of man. The lion, the wolf; the leopard and the -bear; and even the serpent, will finally feel and enjoy the effects of -this great restoration, precisely in the same degree in which they were -affected by the fall. Thirdly, Christ died for the earth itself, to -redeem it from all the effects of the fall, that it might be cleansed -from sin and have eternal life. Now this atonement which was made by -Jesus Christ was universal, so far as it relates to the effects of -Adam's transgression: and this without any conditions on the part of -the creature. All that was lost, or in the least affected by the fall -of man, will finally be restored by Jesus Christ,—the whole creation -will be delivered from its dreadful curse, and all mankind redeemed -from death, and all the dreadful effects of the transgression of their -first parents; and this without any conditions of faith and repentance; -or any act on the part of the creature; for precisely what is lost in -Adam's transgression without our agency, is restored by Jesus Christ -without our agency. Thus all will be raised from the dead, and the body -and the spirit will be reunited; the whole will become immortal, no -more to be separated, or to undergo dissolution. This salvation being -universal, I am a universalist in this respect,—this salvation being -a universal restoration from the fall, I am a restorationer,—this -salvation being without works, or without any conditions except the -atonement of Jesus Christ, I am in this respect a believer in free -grace alone, without works; this salvation, redeeming all infants from -original sin, without any change of heart, newbirth, or baptism, and -the infant, not being capable of actual transgression, and needing no -salvation from any personal sin, is therefore in a state of salvation, -and not of depravity; and therefore of such is the kingdom of God: -and in their infancy they need no ordinances, or gospel to save them, -for they are already saved through the atonement, therefore the -gospel and its ordinances are only for those who have come to years -of understanding. But while on the subject of redemption, I must not -pass without noticing another and very different part of the subject, -viz—After all men are redeemed from the fall and raised from the -dead, their spirits and bodies being reunited and the whole becoming -eternal no more to see corruption, they are to be judged according -to their own individual deeds done in the body; not according to -Adam's transgression; nor according to sovereign, unconditional grace. -Here ends, universalism; here ends calvinism; here ends salvation -without works—here is introduced the necessity of a salvation from -actual sin,—from individual transgression, from which no man can be -redeemed short of the blood of Jesus Christ applied to each individual -transgressor; and which can only be applied on the conditions of faith, -repentance, and obedience to the gospel. Now all who neglect to fulfill -the conditions of the gospel, will be condemned at the judgment day, -not for Adam's fall, but for their own sins. But as our subject is more -particularly confined to the salvation and durability of the physical -world, the renovation and regeneration of matter, and the restoration -of the elements, to a state of eternal and unchangeable purity, we -must leave the further prosecution of these often contested points -of theology to be pursued in their usual channel, and come directly -to the merits of the great subject which we have undertaken. Let us -now examine, more closely the physical structure and properties of -the resurrected, immortal body; endeavour to ascertain in positive, -definite terms, whether it does really consist of flesh and bones,—of -matter as well as spirit: and if so, endeavour to learn something -of its place of residence or final destiny. Christ being the first -fruits from the dead, and the only person whose history after their -resurrection has come down to us; and he being the great head and -pattern of the resurrection, we shall endeavour to ascertain all the -particulars which will serve to throw light on the subject, as to -the physical nature of his body, both before and after he arose from -the dead. His mother was a virgin, a chosen vessel of the Lord, who -conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost and brought forth a child, -who was composed of flesh and blood; and in his physical organization -differing nothing in any respect from other children of the seed -of Abraham. Like other children in their infant state, he no doubt -received his nourishment from the breasts of his mother; like all -others, he was helpless and dependent for care and protection on his -parents, who by the command of God fled into Egypt in order to preserve -him from the cruel sword of Herod, who feared a rival in the person -of the babe of Bethlehem: like all others he grew in stature by means -of the food received into the stomach, and its strength diffused -through the physical system; and when grown to manhood his system was -composed of the same earthly particles, or the same elements which -constitute the human system in general. He was every way subject to -the infirmities, passions, pleasures, pains, griefs, sorrows and -temptations which are common to the constitution of man; hence we find -him sorrowing, weeping, mourning, rejoicing, lamenting, grieving, as -well as suffering hunger, thirst, fatigue, temptation, etc, and we -also find him possessed of the most refined sensibilities of natural -affection, and susceptibilities for close and intimate friendship. -This is abundantly illustrated in his close and intimate friendship -with Lazarus of Bethany, and his kind-hearted and benevolent sisters, -Martha and Mary. He wept with the tears of fond affection over the -grave of his departed friend Lazarus, and mingled his tears with the -sorrowful and disconsolate sisters, as if to sympathize with them and -help to bear their grief, insomuch that the Jews exclaimed, "behold -how he loved him." Another striking example of this natural affection -is illustrated in his close intimacy with his beloved disciple John. -This apostle was his most intimate friend who leaned on his breast at -supper; and who was employed to ask questions on subjects in which the -others felt a delicacy: he is frequently called "that disciple whom -Jesus loved." Now we must think that Jesus loved them all as disciples -and followers of the Lamb; but as to natural affection John was his -peculiar favorite; to him he committed his sorrowing and disconsolate -mother, as he was about to expire on the cross, and from that time, -Mary, the mother of Jesus, became a member of John's family. "He took -her home to his own house." Jesus having taken affectionate leave -of his sorrowing friends, at length yielded up the ghost, and his -disembodied spirit took its rest in paradise; while his lifeless corpse -was carefully wrapped in linen and laid in a sepulchre; but for fear -of some imposition being practised by his disconsolate and sorrowing -disciples, the door of the sepulchre was secured with a great stone, -and sealed with the initials of kingly authority, besides a strong -guard of Roman soldiers who watched around the door by day and by -night. But early on the morning of the third day, an angel descended, -at the glory of whose presence the soldiers fell back as dead men. The -seal was broken, the great stone rolled away, the door of the sepulchre -was opened, and his body re-animated by the returning spirit, awoke -from its slumbers and came forth in triumph from the mansions of the -dead. Now when his friends and disciples came to the sepulchre and -found not his body but saw his grave clothes lying useless, they were -troubled, supposing that he had been moved to some other place; but -the angel of the Lord said unto them: "He is not here, but is risen," -and called them to come and see the place where he had lain. Now let -us bear in mind, that it was the same corporeal system—the same flesh -and bones, which had yielded up the ghost on the cross, and which -had been wrapped in linen and laid in the tomb, that now came forth -from the dead, to die no more. Now in order to assist his disciples -in understanding this subject, that they might know the difference -between disembodied spirits and resurrected bodies, he not only eat and -drank with them, but called upon them to handle him and see; for said -he, "A spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have." On another -occasion, he exhibited his wounded side and hands, and called upon -Thomas to put his finger into the prints of the nails, and to thrust -his hand into his side, where once the spear had pierced; and finally, -after being seen of them forty days, he led them out as far as Bethany, -and there he was taken up into heaven from their presence, and a cloud -received him out of their sight. -</p> -<p>Now let us inquire, what was the physical difference between the mortal -body of Jesus Christ and his resurrected body? They are both the same -flesh, the same bones, the same joints, the same sinews, the same skin, -the same hair, the same likeness, or physical features, and the same -element, or matter; but the former was quickened by the principles of -the natural life, which was the blood, and the latter is quickened -solely by the spirit, and not by blood, and therefore is not subject -unto death, but lives forevermore. With this glorious body he ascended -to the Father, and with this glorious body he will come again to earth -to reign with his people. This view of the resurrection is clearly -exemplified in the persons of Enoch and Elijah, who never tasted death, -but were changed instantaneously from mortal to immortal, and were -caught up into the heavens, both body and spirit. This change upon -their physical systems was equivalent to death and the resurrection. -It was the same as if they had slept in the grave for thousands of -years, and then been raised and restored to eternal life. When Elijah, -for instance, was taken into the chariot of fire, and carried from the -presence of Elisha, he did not drop his body, but only his mantle; -for if he had dropped his body, the sons of the prophets would have -attended to his burial, instead of ranging the mountains in search of -him. This same subject is made equally plain in the writings of Job, -who declares, saying: "I know that my Redeemer lives, and that he will -stand in the latter day upon earth: and though after my skin worms -destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God." The Jewish prophets -also understood this matter in its clearest light. Isaiah declares, -"Thy dead men shall live,—together with my dead body shall they rise." -Daniel speaks plainly of the awaking of them that sleep in the dust. -Ezekiel illustrates the subject very clearly in his vision of the dry -bones. (See Ezekiel xxxvii.) He not only mentions their being raised -from the dead, but the bones, the sinews, the flesh, the skin, and the -spirit by which they will be re-animated, are all brought to view in a -clear, plain, and positive manner. The writings of the Apostles abound -with clear elucidations of the physical nature of the resurrection: -for on this one point, depended the whole foundation of the christian -system. Hence Paul argues, that if there is no resurrection, then -Christ is not risen; and if Christ be not risen, then their preaching -was vain; and their faith and joy was vain; they were yet in their -sins, and the apostles were false witnesses; and they were of all men -most miserable. But there is one view which Paul takes of the subject, -that will serve to carry out our present theory in a most conclusive -manner. It is this: in opening to his disciples the mysteries of -the second advent of the Messiah, and the great restitution of all -things spoken by the prophets, he declares, that the saints would not -all sleep, (in death,) but that they which were alive and remained -until the coming of Christ, should be changed in a moment, in the -twinkling of an eye, and be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, -and so should be forever with him. Here then, is demonstration, that -tens of thousands of the saints,—indeed all the saints who live at a -certain period of time will be translated after the pattern of Enoch -and Elijah, and their spirits and bodies never be separated by death! -Such then is the resurrection; and such the lively views which inspired -the prophets, apostles and saints of former times, and having this -hope they could with propriety say, "O death, where is thy sting; O -grave, where is thy victory?" O, the deep-rooted blindness of early -tradition and superstition, how art thou interwoven with all our powers -of intellect! and how hast thou benumbed and blunted every faculty of -our understanding. From early youth the principles have been instilled -into our minds that all must die and moulder to corruption—that Enoch -and Elijah were the only persons who were, or ever would be translated -without seeing death; when in fact, tens of thousands, as I said -before, arc yet to arrive by faith to this inconceivable fullness and -consummation of eternal life and happiness without tasting death, and -without even a momentary separation of soul and body; the transition -from mortality to immortality being instantaneous. And yet, strange -as it may seem, none will ever attain to this blessing except such as -firmly believe in and expect it, for, like all other blessings, it -is only to be obtained by faith and prayer. But how shall we believe -in, and seek for a blessing of which we have no idea? or how shall we -believe in that which we have not heard, and how shall we hear without -a teacher? -</p> -<p>From all these considerations it appears evident that these principles -must necessarily be revived so as to become a conspicuous part of -modern theology. They must be taught to the people, and the people -must believe them; insomuch that every saint on earth will be looking -for the great day of the Lord, and expecting to be caught up to meet -him in the air; for if the great day of the Lord should come at a time -when these principles were neither taught nor believed, surely there -would be none prepared for translation: consequently there would be -no saints to be caught up to meet the Lord in the air; and if so, the -words of the Lord by Paul would become of none effect. I have made the -above remarks in order to impress deeply upon the minds of our modern -teachers and learners the importance of arousing from the slumber -of ages on this subject, and of ceasing to teach and impress upon -the youthful mind the gloomy thoughts of death, and the melancholy -forebodings of a long slumber in the grave, in order to inspire them -with solemn fear and dread, and thus move them to the duties of -religion and morality. Experience has proved, in innumerable instances, -that this course is insufficient to restrain vice, and to lead to the -practice of virtue and religion. The wayward and buoyant spirits of -youth feel weighed down and oppressed, when oft reminded of such gloomy -and melancholy subjects. All the more cheerful faculties of the soul -are thus paralyzed, or more or less obstructed in their operations; -the fine toned energies of the mind cease to act with their accustomed -vigor, the charms of nature seem clothed in mourning and sackcloth. We -conceive a distaste for the duties as well as the enjoyments of life. -Courage, fortitude, ambition, and all the stimulants which move man -to act well his part in human society, are impaired and weakened in -their operations, and the mind, thus soured and sickened, finds itself -sinking under deep melancholy and settled gloom, which soon becomes -insupportable. He at length sinks in despair,—becomes insane, or -groans under various diseases brought upon his physical system by the -anguish of his mind; or, with a desperate effort, tears himself from -friends and society, and from all the social duties and enjoyments of -life, to lead a life of solitude within the walls of a convent, or -in the gloomy caverns of the monk. But more frequently the youthful -mind when laboring under these gloomy impressions, makes a desperate -effort to free itself from its dreadful burthen, by plunging into all -the allurements of vice and dissipation; endeavoring by these means to -drive from them the memory all these gloomy impressions, and to lose -sight of, or cease to realize, the sure and certain approach of death. -</p> -<p>Let us then cease to give lessons on death and the grave to the rising -generation, and confine ourselves more exclusively to the proclamation -of eternal life. What a glorious field of intelligence now lies -before us, yet but partially explored. What a boundless expanse for -contemplation and reflection now opens to our astonished vision. What -an intellectual banquet spreads itself invitingly to our appetite, -calling into lively exercise every power and faculty of the mind, and -giving full scope to all the great and ennobling passions of the soul. -Love, joy, hope, ambition, faith, and all the virtuous principles of -the human mind may here expand and grow, and flourish, unchecked by any -painful emotions or gloomy fears. Here the youthful mind may expand its -utmost energies, and revel, uncontrolled by remorse, unchecked by time -or decay, in the never-fading sweets of eternity, and bask forever in -the boundless ocean of delight. -</p> -<p>This course of instruction followed out in demonstration of the spirit -and of power, would serve to check the allurements of vice, and would -greatly tend to lead and encourage the mind in the practise of virtue -and religion, and would cheer and stimulate the saint in all the -laborious duties of life. It would remove the fear and dread of death. -It would bind up the broken hearted, and administer consolation to the -afflicted. It would enable man to endure with patience and fortitude -all the multiplied afflictions, misfortunes and ills to which they are -subject in this momentary life. It would almost banish the baneful -effects of fear and gloom, and melancholy from the earth, and thus -give new tone and energy to all the various departments of society. -The long night of darkness and superstition is now far spent. The -truth, revived in its primitive simplicity and purity, like the day -star of the horizon, lights up the dawn of that effulgent morn when the -knowledge of God will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. With -what propriety then, may the rising generation look forward with a well -grounded hope, that they or their children may be of that unspeakably -happy number who will live to be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, -and like Enoch and Elijah, escape the pangs of dissolution, and the -long imprisonment of the grave. Or, with still more certainty, they may -hope that if they sleep in the dust, it will only be of short duration, -and then they will rise again to enjoy the pleasures of life for -evermore. Parents, do you love your children? Does it grieve you to see -their lifeless bodies laid in the tomb, and shut, as it were, forever -from your society? Children, have you ever been called to bid farewell -to your beloved and venerable parents, and to grieve with heart-broken -anguish, as their bodies were deposited in the cold and silent grave, -and you left as orphans upon the dreary world? Husbands and wives, do -you love your companions, and often wish that you both might live in -the body forever, and enjoy each other's society, without undergoing a -painful separation by the monster, death? Be careful, then, to secure a -part in the first resurrection, that you, and your friends may live and -reign with Christ on earth, a thousand years. -</p> -<p>O thou broken hearted and disconsolate widow, thou hast been called to -part with the bosom friend of thy youth and to see thy beloved shut -from thy presence in the dreary mansions of the dead. Have you ever -been comforted with the reflection that the tomb will burst asunder in -the morning of the resurrection,—that these once active limbs, now -cold in death,—these bones and joints, and sinews, with the flesh -and skin will come forth, and be again quickened with the spirit of -life and motion; and that this cold and silent bosom will again beat -with the most animated and happy sensations of pure love and kindred -affection? -</p> -<p>Parents and children, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, have -these thoughts sunk deep into your hearts in the hour of sorrow, -and served to comfort, to soothe and support your sinking spirits -in the hour of keenest distress? or have you imagined to yourselves -some spiritual, existence beyond the bounds of time and space; some -shadow without substance, some fairy world of spirits bright far from -earth your native home; and at a distance from all the associations, -affections and endearments which are interwoven with your very -existence here; and in which were mingled all the sweets of life? No -wonder then, that such should cling to life, and shrink from death -with terror and dismay; no wonder that such should feel insupportable -and overwhelming grief at the loss of friends; for who can bear the -thoughts of eternal separation from those lovely scenes with which they -have been accustomed to associate from early infancy? Who can endure -to be torn from those they love dearer than life, and to have all the -tender cords of affection which twine around the heart with mutual -endearment, severed and destroyed for ever? -</p> -<p>Let us then endeavour to inspire the minds of those who are placed -under our care and instruction, with a firm faith in and lively sense -of this the most important of all subjects, the resurrection of the -body, and eternal life; and thus encourage them with the greatest of -all inducements to lead a life of righteousness, such as will secure -to them a part in the first resurrection, and a happy immortality in -the society and friendship of the ransomed throng who are arrayed in -spotless white, and who reign on earth with the blessed Redeemer. -</p> -<p>Having now shown clearly that the resurrection of the body is a -complete restoration and reorganization of the physical system of -man; and that the elements of which his body is composed are eternal -in their duration; and that they form the tabernacle—the everlasting -habitation of that spirit which animated them in this life; and that -the spirits and bodies of men are of equal importance and destined to -form an eternal and inseparable union with each other; we must now -return to our research, as to the final destiny of the earth and its -productions of animal and vegetable life. -</p> -<p>We have already shown that the earth itself, and all its productions -were deeply affected by the fall, and by the sins of the children of -men: that the atonement which was made by Jesus Christ was not only -for man, but also for the earth and all the fulness thereof: that all -things were redeemed from the fall, and would finally be restored from -all the dreadful effects thereof; and be regenerated, sanctified and -renewed after the pattern, and in the likeness and image of its first -creation; partaking of the same beauty, glory excellence and perfection -it had in the beginning. But it is evident that this restitution did -not take place at the first advent of the Messiah; and that it has not -taken place at any time since: therefore it is yet future, and must -be fulfilled at a certain time which is appointed by infinite wisdom. -This certain time is called in holy writ, "the times of restitution of -all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets -since the world began." Now this restitution is to be accomplished by -nothing short of a second advent of the Messiah. He must again descend -from heaven to earth in like manner as he ascended. This second advent -of Messiah, and the grand events connected with it is a theme which all -the prophets and apostles have dwelt on more fully in their writings -than they have on any other subject whatever. If I would quote proofs -on this subject, I might begin with Enoch the seventh from Adam, who -exclaims "Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints," -etc. and end with the revelation of Jesus Christ to his servant John, -"Behold! he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him; and they -also which pierced him, and all the kindreds of the earth shall wail -because of him." This glorious advent of the Messiah was the comfort of -Job in his extreme affliction; he could lift up his sorrowful eyes from -the midst of sackcloth and ashes, and exclaim "I know that my Redeemer -liveth, and that he will stand at the latter day upon the earth; and -though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall -I see God," etc. This was the solace of Daniel in his captivity. He -could exclaim, "I saw in the night, visions, and behold, one like the -son of man came with the clouds of heaven," etc. This same theme often -inspired Isaiah, and David, with an extacy of admiration and delight, -and caused them to pour forth their sweetest strains,—their sublimest -effusions of poetic inspiration; and this same subject seems interwoven -with almost every page of the New Testament writings. Indeed it formed -a kind of centre, or rallying point, around which hovered all the -hopes, joys, anticipations and comforts of the former day saints. In -bonds or imprisonments, in persecutions and afflictions, in tortures or -in flames; they could look forward to the coming of the Lord in joyful -anticipation of a resurrection and reward. -</p> -<p>It is this glorious advent of the Messiah, and the great restitution -connected with it which has ever formed the hope of the Jews; on this -one point hangs the destiny of that long dispersed nation, in their -final restoration to the favour of God, and to the land of their -fathers, and to their beloved city Jerusalem. -</p> -<p>This advent is what Paul had allusion to in his writings to the -Romans where he said, "As it is written there shall come out of Zion -a deliverer, who shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob." This second -advent, is what Peter meant when he said to the Jews, (see Acts iii) -"And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you, -whom the heavens must receive until the times of restitution," etc. It -seems evident then, that Jesus Christ is to come again at the times of -restitution; at which time a trump shall sound, at the voice of which -the graves of the saints will be opened, and they arise from the dead, -and are caught up to-gather with those who are alive and remain, to -meet the Lord in the air. -</p> -<p>In the mean time the earth will be terribly convulsed; the mountains -will sink, the valleys rise, the rough places become smooth; while a -fire will pass over the surface of the earth, and consume the proud -and all that do wickedly, as the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were -destroyed in the days of Abraham: and thus after the earth is cleansed -by fire, from all its wicked inhabitants, as it once was by water, and -after its mighty convulsions have restored it to its former shape and -surface, it becomes a fit residence for Jesus Christ and his saints. -The Jews behold their long—long expected Messiah, and come to the -knowledge that he is that Jesus whom their fathers crucified; they -are cleansed from their sins through his most precious blood; their -holy city Jerusalem becomes a place of holiness indeed, and a seat -of government; where will be the tabernacle and throne of Messiah; -and where the nations of them that are saved will resort from year to -year, from all the adjoining countries to worship the king, the Lord -of hosts; and to keep the feast of tabernacles: and thus, there will -be one Lord, and his name one; and he will be king over all the earth. -"Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth." This promise -made by the Saviour while on the mount, will then be fulfilled. (See -also, xxxvii Psalm; and also Ezekiel xxxvii.) -</p> -<p>The curses which came upon the earth by reason of sin will then be -taken off. It will no longer bring forth thorns and thistles, but its -productions will be as they were before the fall. The barren deserts -will become fruitful, the thirsty land will abound in springs of water, -men will then plant gardens and eat the fruit of them, they will plant -vineyards and drink the wine of them, they will build houses and -cities, and inhabit them, and the Lord's elect will long enjoy the work -of their hands. All the earth will then be at rest under one sovereign. -Swords will then be beaten into ploughshares, and spears into pruning -hooks, and the nations shall learn war no more. The very beasts of prey -will then lose their thirst for blood, and their enmity will cease. The -lion will eat herbs instead of preying upon flesh, and all the animal -creation will become perfectly harmless as they were in the beginning, -while perfect peace will cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea; -while ail the ancient prophets, apostles, saints and martyrs with all -our friends who have fallen asleep in Jesus will be on earth, with -their glorified, immortal bodies, to sing the song of victory, and -to praise the great Messiah who reigns in the midst of his people. O -reader, this is the first resurrection! "Blessed and holy is he that -has part in the first resurrection." -</p> -<p>O reader, this is the great sabbath of creation; the thousand years -of rest and peace; the longexpected Millennium. Wouldst thou live in -the flesh, and have part in it? wouldst thou again enjoy the society -of thy friends who were so near and dear to thy heart in this life? -wouldst thou inherit the earth, and be free forever from the grave? -Remember—remember, that meekness and holiness of life are the -conditions. That it is the meek only who then inherit the earth. That -it is the saints only who then possess the kingdom, and the greatness -of the kingdom under the whole heaven. In this delightful sabbath of -creation, earth and its inhabitants will rest one thousand years from -all the pains, and woes, and sorrows they have undergone during the six -thousand years of labor, toil and suffering. -</p> -<p>After this thousand years is ended, the last resurrection will soon -come, together with the judgment day. These grand events will be -ushered in by the sounding of the last trump, which will call forth -the wicked from their long confinement in the grave, and they will be -judged according to their works, and will then depart from the presence -of the Lord to the place appointed for them. At that time the heavens -and earth will undergo their last and final change. They die, and rise -again from the dead; or, in other words, the elements are changed from -their temporal to their eternal state; being renewed, purified, and -brought to the highest state of perfection and refinement which it is -possible for them to receive. -</p> -<p>The earth being thus renewed and purified, is no more to be changed -or shaken. It will then roll its eternal rounds amidst the unnumbered -systems of the universe; being clothed with celestial glory, and -inhabited by immortal and celestial beings who were redeemed from sin -and raised from the dead by the blood of Jesus Christ and the power of -his resurrection, and who are clothed in white raiment with crowns upon -their heads in glory; being kings and priests unto God and to the Lamb -with whom they reign on earth for ever and ever; for there will be the -holy city, New Jerusalem, the place of his throne; and his tabernacle -will be with man, and he will dwell with them and be their God; and he -will wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there will be no more -death, neither sorrow nor groaning; neither shall there be any more -pain, for the old order of things will have passed away and all things -will have become new. -</p> -<p>Reader, wouldst thou leave thy native earth, and soar away to worlds on -high, and be at rest that thou mayest do so until the great restitution -of all things spoken by the prophets; for Christ and the saints have -gone to worlds on high, and have entered in before thee. But remember, -that in the worlds on high thy stay is short. Jesus and the saints are -only there to await the full time for earth to be cleansed and prepared -for their reception, and they will all come home again to their native -planet; and even while they are in heaven and absent from the earth, -they look forward with joyful anticipation to the time of their return -to the place of their nativity. The joyful theme of reigning on the -earth inspires the music of their heavenly song; for proof of this, -the reader is referred to Rev. v. 9, 10, he there records a song which -he heard sung by the hosts of heaven, which closes with the following -words, "We shall reign on the earth." -</p> -<p>If man would enjoy a heaven beyond the bounds of space peopled only by -spirits: if he would desire to be for ever free from earth, and absent -from the body of his flesh, and from his native planet, he will be -under the necessity of embracing the doctrines of the Alcoran, or some -of the fables of the heathen mythology, where, in the boundless fields -of fancy, or amid the romantic wilds of imagination and fanaticism, the -mind roams unchecked by reason, and loses itself from all the realities -of rational existence; in a land of shadows, a world of phantoms, from -which it will only awake in disappointment by the sound of the last -trump, and at last find itself constrained to acknowledge that eternity -as well as time, is occupied in realities, and by beings of a physical -as well as spiritual existence for the inspired writers, one and all -have agreed, that the earth is destined for the eternal inheritance -of the saints. The sacred volume opens with a paradise on earth, and -closes with a paradise on earth. Moses introduces us to a world of -beauty, glory, excellence and perfection in the beginning. And John -closes the volume by leaving man in possession of an eternal habitation -in his immortal body, in the holy city; and upon the very planet that -first gave him being: and this is the end of the matter. -</p><p></p> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The Millennium and Other Poems, by Parley P. 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