New-York daily tribune., 1842-10-01
From the Democratic Review for October.
LINES,
WRITTEN on Rz.DIsa SEVERAL PAMPHLETS PuB
LisHED Ely cLERGYMES AGAINST THE
ABOLITION OF THE GALLONS.
81 JNHE Q. WHITE

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Tgg ,rns OF eighteen centuries aaye sione,
Since The Redeeraer walked nih uen asd made
The G.hers bos;, the caverns fosr OF stone.
And p,ountaia moss, pillow tor his hen<i
And He. who wandered with the peasan, jew
Add broke with pubcans the bread sf fsLame.
And drank, with blessings in His Fathers name,
The water which Samaria's outcas; drew,
Hath now his temples upon every shore
Altar and shrine and priss,-ard lhceiise hiH
Eyermsre rising, with low PRAYER aud Lynn
from lips which p; The temples marble Hoot,
Or kiss the gided sign OF the dread Cross NJ ooe.
Yet, as Of old. when. neeky :" doh2 goou'
He fed blind and selfish Eiuuluue,. ,.
And even the poor companio1s oi ihsio
With ,Eeir dim, earthly vision knew HIM not
How IN are His high teachings nnael .i. l..oso'
whore hr bntl spoken Liberty. the priest
Al Hisows asr binds The chain anew
Whera he hath bidden, To Lies equal Feast,
Tbe starving many wit uper TAG e"
wbsre He hath spoken Peace, His name hath been
THE l1udest war-cry OF contensing men;
prJsx,s male with vigils, in His aame have blessed
The unshealbed sword, and laid the ,pesr 10 rest,
Wei m. war-ianner with their sacred wine,
And crossed It's blazon witt, The holy s.gn
Yea in His name who bade the erring live.
And daily taught His lesson-to forgive
Twisted the cord and edged the murderons steel
And with His words o.. mercy ou their lips.
Hang yoatiag DER the pncers hurnin2 grips,
And The grim horror Of the strain!ng wheel;
Fed the slow fame which gDnwed the victims iiHb,
Who saw before his searng cyr-hals swim
The image of Mer Christ in cruel zeal
Through the black ,ormen-saoke held rnockngy tc hlm
Ill
And beaded with lis red and ghasiiy dew
The viaes and olives Of the Holy Land
The sbricking curses OF the hunted Jew
The white-spwn bones Of fheretics wtere'cr
They sank beneath the crusades holy spearM
Gna's dark dungeoGS-Mala's sea-vashes cell,
Where with the hymns tic giostly fathers .uDg
Mingled lhe groass by subtle torture wIungs WI
Heavens antheIa blending with The shrek oi He'll
The midnight OF ofBar,holonew-the stake
OF Smthheld. and that thrice-accur.ed flame
Which Calvin hindlsd by Geneva's lake
New Enslani's scaf'old, and the prieS'lv snscr
Which mocked is victims III that lionr OF Tear,
When Gull, ilsefa hus,rn :ear might clau,-
Bear witness, o 'rhon wrongcd and ,nerciul One!
That Earh's most hateful crimes lave 10 ihy name been
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Think God! that have lived 10 sec the time
Whsn the great truth begins .. asj 70 md
Al ulterancc from The deep hart OF nanAind
Earnest md clear, hat ALL krvrsce IS CRi.,s.
That Man is holier tsan creed-tbaI AL
Restraint upon him must consult his .ood,
Hopes sunshine lngrr on hiS prison wall,
The beautiful Lesson whcl' sur sarlosr taught
Through onp, dark centuries, It's way has wrought
Into the colGncI mind and popular thou:hi;
And words, 10 which by Calc's lake shore
The humble fishers listened With huShcd oar,
Have found an echo 10 the genera! heart
And Si the public faith become living part
v.
Who shall arrest this tendency Bring back
The cells OF Venice aud the bigotS rack!
Harden Il softemng hntaan heart ngain,
TO cold Indifference a sfo,ler's pain!
We most unhappy men WHO, inrnd away
From The mild sunshine of the Gospel day,
Grope in the shadows OF Man, twilight tune,
What Iaean We, that with gho ni-lke hest ye brood
O'er those foul allars streaming with warm blood
Permitted in another age aud cline!
Why cite that law with which the bgot jew
Re6uked the Pagan's mercy whrn he knew
No evil in the Just Onet-Wherclorc turn
TO the dark cruel past!-Can ye not learn
From the pgre Teachers lie, now mildly FREQ
Is The great Gospel of Hum m4ny
The Fiau ems knife is bosdleSs, and no more
Me1lils allars soak with human gore
No more the gha,tly sacrifices smoke
Through the green arches st the Drulss oak;
And ye OF milder faith, with your hi.li claim
or prophet uttrrance in the llolles, name,
viii We become the DIulds oi 0nr iuie
Set up your scaHoldal,ars in "ur land
And, cOnsecra,ors OF Laws darkest crime,
Urge 10 its loalhsone work The llnngnlan'S Maud
Rewure-!c,l human nature reused at last.
From its peeled shoulder Your iucumbrance :as,
Aud sick 10 loaihing ei your sry cr blood,
Rank YOU with those who led tLeir victims round
The Cells red altar and the Indians mound,
AbLorr'd of Earth mud leayen-a pagan brotherhood!