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My heart believes no more, as in the day
f stood ami saw him walking in the way,;-
The ‘sign—the Spirit, as a hovering doves.
That came and ’bode upon him fioin above ;
The voice I heard midst Jordan’s placid stream—
Are as false visions, or an idio dream.”
Then John’s disciples straight from Jesus came,
And t dd that Jesus healed tho sick and lame:
Ifow by Ids sove eign power .he raised t! e dead,
And on,the < uteast poor his mercy she-d.
Faint faith and hope revi\es; And ’..ow to know
If he 1 e. truly Christ, he hade them go
Where .Jesus dwelt in Galilee, far away ;
A: and ha.’ ng found him, in his name to say:
Art thou lie that should come, (as in the Book,
, T:.s writ.-fin) or must we for another look ?”
Ah I in tie thought h.e then, while sorrowing there,
That so> n so wen, he’d mount a brighter sphere},
And hr an tl e nearly gates of heaven descend,
W Idle glories of the Lord with glories blend,
Like glittering drapery, flowing round the head
Os Moses and Kims, as they tread
The in ly Mount,* where Jesus in that day
Had wandered wearied up the rugged wav.
And see the Son—the glorious light divine
Transfigured—in his own bright glories shine,
Bat for a moment, to soothe Him on earth
Ii whom all things in heaven had found their birth.
A:;.! ail things else; then to ascend and see
II:s* suffering Lord remain in ignomy.
Who knows the do bts, the dm k suspense, the fears,
The.smothered sigh?, the.bitter, silent tears.
To? uugidvh of that heart, when every, thought
With darkest gloom end bitterness was fraught?
Who knows tiie limit of the Tempter’s power.
That tided or swayed him in that trying hour?
i bo distance I com its Gul the heart assumes
Whe i outward ill and inward grief consumes ?
“ if that. l>e. lie,” per bunco he mental cried,
“ Oh that mv heart’s (/real wish he not denied,
That lie;icoin'd come! and bv bis voice that blends
And sways with power divine, that soothing tends
T bsi fe r * md by II s presence pr v.j
The hover c-1 is na icy. truth and 1< ve.
fu wiil he le vo the loved of Galilee,
And j* urney here.such wretchedness to see ?
Will he even note my message, or yet lend
C\ n inning gr: e* ? in answer deign to send,
And tell me, *■* am He?’ Then hope revives.
And swells the bliss that this assurance gives.”
But Je us sj oke not that to him so plain,
N. r yet m gloomy doubt let him remain,
But sail to ilia disciples, as around,
The blind . the,lame, the deal’, the poor were found
Made whole, and ever following Jesus near,
‘’Show John again what ye do see and hear.”
Dot this u Ice? My soul believes it true;
For ail his Mate, and wants his Savior knew ;
Thong!; far away, bis Spirit’s healing power
C ii and hover round him in that faltering hour.
To banish <1 obt, to bind his bleeding heart.
And all the joys of Faith and Hope impart;
loli .1 his a. or *ws ’gone, his heart inhale
The zephyrs sweet ill ;t float beyond tills vale ;
11 s lainting s .ul arise and grasp the jo\s
Ti a know i.o spot or mixture ot all ys,
And taste the extatic hii-s of saints above
That firings and flows with God’s eternal love.
Is tl •ere a saint all filled with fear and grief,
soUTU Eii i\ BafT I$ T -Vl ESsJis Nti E li.
Within the prison \vallf.oPunbelief ?
That, retrospective, tries the hour again,
When God in Christ thv enmity had slain£
And brought thee to his.feet? thy pardon sealed ?
Salvation by the cross to him revealed?
Thy soul did then rejoice ; thy swelling heart
Bade all earth’s trifling joy fbre’er depart;
Then thou didst trust in God; but now thv soul
Is faltering ’neath tlie Tempter's strong control.
The 1 >ve, the joy. the pf ace that filled thy heart
In happy days long fit ivu. do they impart
No ray of effluence sweet, that round thee came
With soft, o’ervvheltning power, at Jesus’ name?
Thy evidences past.; hast thou in wain
Searched for their glories,.once to thee so plain?
Are ajlthv tokens sweet of no more worth ?
Are thy strong messengers of prayer gone fortli ?
While doubt and fear o’er all thy heart holds sway,
Seeking for Jesus, seeming far away.
Bust thou, with one full burst of anguish, say—
(As these like vain imaginations, play
Around thy heart, like mocking shadows drear,
Granting rm more their influence, once so dear,)
•• Wast th"U regeneration’s work? cm must
l for another look, and no more trust
Or hope in this? and must the pleasing h“nm
Os this false hope pass as an idle dream ?” . *
Oh fearful, faithless heart, L>! look ar und
Upon thy friends, where sin did oneo ab -und,
See. grace prevails! Thv Savior sends to thee
The words He gave to doubting John, while he
Suffering in prison lay : ** The leaf are made to hear,
The lame to walk, the sick made whole appear.
The lepers cleansed, the blind receive their sight.
The dead are raised, the gospel’s glorious light
Is shed upon the poor, and blest is be
Who, douung m t, finds no offense in me.”
Then let us hope in God, surmount, this wail.
Though tempests move the earth, and nations fall.
While yet we find one witness who can say
“The Lord hath washed mv many sins away ;”
‘still let us trust., and far. nut-read jog time,
Vochor in God’s eternal Git.\c<c sublime.
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