PRAISE AND GRATITUDE ON JEHOVAH'S DAY. KING of the world! I worship thee; Lord of the mind! the Sabbath 's thine : A contrite heart, a bended knee, To-day shall be my corn, my wine. A choral song for sacrifice Will mount as fire, and heavenward own The moon comes up to wake the dew, To kiss away the meadow's grief; To let the cloud take anchor there; And I was born to see and say To my own soul, outliving sin. Have come to me from thee, All-wise!— And thought, my only sacrifice. THERE IS A TONGUE IN EVERY LEAF. THERE is a tongue in every leaf, A voice in every rill! A voice that speaketh everywhere, In flood and fire, through earth and air; "Tis the great spirit, wide diffused I see him in the blazing sun, I see him, hear him, everywhere, I feel him in the silent dews, By grateful Earth betray'd; I feel him in the gentle showers, The soft south wind, the breath of flowers, And yet--ungrateful that I am!— From all these things, whereof he said, My sadness on the loveliest things Yet he was patient, slow to wrath, By selfish, pining discontent, And still the same rich feast was spread “O Lord! how good thou art!” The clouds drew up, the shadows fled, Of darkness and of doubt. THE GENIUS OF DEATH. WHAT is Death? "T is to be free! Wraps lord and slave; Nor pride, nor poverty dares come Spirit with the drooping wing, Their multitude Sink, like waves upon the shore; Storms shall never rouse them more! What's the grandeur of the earth To thy kingdom all have gone. The wondrous band Bards, heroes, sages, side by side, Who darken'd nations when they died! Earth has hosts; but thou canst show Many a million for her one; Through thy gates the mortal flow No step has come; There fix'd, till the last thunder's sound "EVERY PLANT WHICH MY HEAVENLY FATHER HATH NOT PLANTED, SHALL BE ROOTED UP." SWIFT the tempest strips the wood, Error, like the flimsy sail Rent by every passing gale, Floats her moment on the stream, Glitters in the morning beam, Dares the breath of heaven to brave, And founders in the foaming wave. Even the little garden flower, |