Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-10-13

Thou ErrUNAL ONE whose presence bright
A i space doth occupy--ull motion guide
Unchanged thro' Times all-devastating flight,
Thou only God There is no God beside
Being above all beings Mighty One
WHOM none can comprehend, and none explore;
We fll'st existence with Thysef alone
Embracing all-suppoung-ruliag DER
Heing whom we call God-and know no more
IN its sublime research, Philosophy
May measure out the Ocean decp-may count
The sands, or the Suns rays but God for Thee
There is no weight nor measure none can mount
upto Thy mysteries. Reasons brightest spark
Though kindled by Thy light, in vain would try
To trace Thy councils, infinite aud dark;
And Thought is lost thought can soar so high,
Fen like past moments in eternity.
Thou, from primeval nothingness, didst call
First, Chaos, then Existence. Lord on Thee
Eternity had its foundation all
Sprung forth from Thee If Light, Joy, Harmony,
Sole origin--all Life, all Beauty, Thine.
Thy word created all and doth create:
Thy splondor fills all space with ray; divine.
hou art, and wort and shalt be glorious great
Lite-gi"ing, sustaining, Potentute.
Thy chains the uumeasured universe surround.
Upheld by Thee, by Thee inspired with breath
Thou the beginning with the end hast bound,
And beautifully mingled Life and Death!
as sparks mount upward from the fiery blaze,
SO suns are born, worlds spring forth from Thee
And as the spnngles in the sunny rays
SHINE round the silver snow, the pageanry
Or Heavens bright army g,ers in Thy praise
million torches lighted by Thy hand
Wander unwearied through the blue abyss
They own Thy power, accomplish Thy command,
All gay with life, ali eloquent with bliss
What shall we call ihem' Piles of chrystal light?
glorious company of golden streams?
Lamps of celestial ether, burning brighti
suns lighting systems with their joyous beamsi
But lhou, TO those, art as the to night.
Yes as drop of water in the Sea,
All this magniicence in Thee is lost =
What are thousand Worlds compared to Thee?
And what am /, when Heavens unnumbered host,
Though multiplied by myriads, and arrayed
In all the glory of sublimest thought
Ia but an atom in the balance weighed
Against Thy greatness-is cypher brought
Against lnfnity' What am |, then! Nought.
Nought hut the efiluence of Thy light divine
Pervadng worlds, hath reached my bosom too;
Yes, in my spirit doth Thy spirit shine
As shines sunbeam in a drop of dew.
Nought! but live and on Hopes pnions ny
Eager towards Thy presence for in Thee
| live, and breathe, aud dwell aspiring high
Even to the throne OF Thy Divinity.
am God, and surely Thou must be
Thou art directing, guiding ALL Thou art!
Direct my understanding, then, to Thee;
Control my spilit guide my wandering heart;
Though but an atom midst immensty
Still am something fashioned by Thy hand
hold middle rank, 'twixt Heaven and Earth
On the last verge of mortal being stand
Close to the realm where Angels have their birth
Just on the boundary of the spirit land
The chain of being is complete in me;
In me is mutter's last graduation lost,
And the next step is Sprit--Deity
can command he lightning and am dust
a monarch, and slave u worm, a God
Whence came here, and how 80 marveIIouslv
Constructed and conceived, unknown? This clod
Lives surely through some higher energy;
For from itself alone it could not be-
Creator Yes Thy Wisdom and Thy Word
~ created me Thou source of Life and Good
Thou Spirit of my spirit and my Lord!
Thy Light, Thy Love, in their bright pentitude,
flIled me with an immortal Soul to spring
,r, over the abyss of Death, and babe It wear
The garments of Eternal Day, and wing
lts heavenly flight beyond this little sphere
Even ia its source, to Thee, its Author, Thee.
thought ineffable! o vision blest!
~ though worthless our conceptions all of TheeO
Yet shall Thy Swallowed image fill our breast
And watt its homage to the Deity yv.,
God thus alone my owly thoughts can soar;
=, mus seek Thy presence. Being wise and good
Midst Thy vast works, admire, obey, adore
And when the Tongue is eloquent no more
The Soul shall speak in tears of gratitude