Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-07-18

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D thon eternal Onsl whose presence onsn'
An .u.c. doh occupy, all motion guide;
fI,.h...,l f,ro, lines all devastating hignI
T1,on NV sodl There l. no God beside!
~, .ho,, an bsinksl Mighty One!
W. 49, can comprehend and none explore; Il
vh. ana sxissncs with zAyse1 alone; 80. a
Embracing -snpporting-ru Ger 1 .r..
p,iur whom We call God-and know no more
/. il. sublime research, philosophy #
MAY measure out the Ocsan-desp-may count
Tho sands Of the suns ray-buts God! ior Thee
There 4 no weight nor measure :-none can mount
Tn 20 Thv mysteries Reasons brightest spark,
Though kinaled BY Thy light, in vain would Try
n. ,rac. Thy counsels, infinite and dark: -
And thourhf Is lost ere thought can soar 90 high
Even ike past moments IN eternity. 3,
Thou from primeval nothingness didst call
First chaos their existence Lord! on Thee
Eternity bad lie foundatOn;-sn 3D.. p
sprung forth from Thee:-ofEght, Joy, harmony
Sole .oigin:--all life, all beauty Thine.
Thy word created all, and doth create;
Thy splendor fils all space with rays divine. ~
Thou ART, and vert, and shaltbe. Glorious! Great
Eight-giving, hfs-sustaining Potentate! y.
Thv chains the unmeasured universe surround:
Upheld BY Thee, BY Thee inspired with breath!
Thou the beginning with the end hast bound,
Aud beautifully mingled life and death! -' r
Az sparks mount upward from the 6ery blaze' "
"a suns are born, worlds spring forth from Thee;
Ana NJ the spangles in the sunny rays -..
Shine round the silver snow, the pageantry F.
OF heavens bright army glitters in Thy praise.
million torches lighted by Thy hand
. Wander unsearisd through the blue abyss: ..A
They. own Thy power accomplish thy command;
All ray with LIE, all eloquent with bliss. ... '
What shall we call them Piles Of crystal light
A glosious company Of golden streams
Lamps of celestial ether burning bright
suns lighting sys,ems with their joyOus'besms
Bat Thou 70 these ART as the noon to night
Yesl a. drop Of water in the sea,
All this magni6cence in Thee Is lost;
Whist are ten thousand worlds compared TO Thsei
And whnt am thsnf Heavens unnumbersa host,
Though multiplied BY myriads, and srrsyed
II an ne Glory Of sublimest thought,
u uus al atom IN the balance weighed
Against ny greatness, is a cypher brought
Aeainsi inGni,yl What ami theni NOught!
Noughtl Bat the efauencs Of thy light divine,
Psrsding worlds, hath rcach'd my bosom too;
!. Veal IN my spirit doth Thy spirit shine
y A shines the sunbeam in a drop Of dew.
Now'bu,I i've. sud on hopes piniOns ay
lager awards ,hy presence; Cor in Thee p
4 live. and breathe, and dwell; aspiring high.
Even to The thrOns Of Thy divinity
IN am, o God and surely T1hou must be!
thou srtl directing. guiding all, Thou artl>
,Direcs my understanding then 70 Thee
control my spirit, guide my wandering heart;
Though but an atom midst immensiiy,
SIN I am something, fashiOned By Thy hand!
hold middle rank 'twixt heaven and earth.
On ths last verge Of mortal being stand,
Close 70 the realms where angels have their birth,
Just on the boundaries of the spirit hand.
The chain Of bong h complete IN me; ..-
In Ens e matssf's last graduation lost,
And ths nsxt step y spirit-Deity!
lean command tho tightening, and am dustI ~
A monarch. and dave; a worm, a GOdl esq.,
Whence came I hsrs and howl 90 marvellously
Constructed and eoncsivedf unknownl this clOd
Lives surely through some energy; &a5a 10
For from itself alone Il could not be! o.. g..
Cre.ior, yesl Thy wisdom ADD Thy word o..
Crested ne! Thou source Of life and gOodl
Thou spirif Of my spirir, and my Lord, ..rt
Thy light, Thy love, in their bright plenitude,
Filled me with an immortal soul to spring
Over the abyss Of death, and babe il wear
The garments Of eternal day, and wing
Its heavenly fight beyond this little sphere,
Even 20 its source-to-T hee-ifs Author there.
% thoughts insHable! o visions blesr
Though worthless our conceptions all Of Thee,
Ne, shall Thy shhdowed image Gil our breast
And wsft iss homage 10 Thy Deity.
Cod thns alone my lowly thoughts can soar
Thussesk Thy pssschcs BENG wise and good
,hIid.t Thy vast works admire, obey, adore;
And when he tongue IL eloquent no more,
The soul shall speak y tears Of graitnae.