The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1849-07-28


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70, thou Eternal One whose presence bright
All space doth occupy-all motion guide
Unchanged through times all.devastlng hlght'
Thou only God There is none beside
Being above all beings mighty one
Whom none can comprehend and none explore
Embracing all--supporting-ruling Ger
Beinp whom we call God-and know NO more
In its sublime reserch, philosophy
MAY measure out the ocean deep-may count
The sands, or the suns rays-but God! Tor thee
There is no weight nor measure; none cal
mount
Up to thy mysteries; brightest spark,
Tho, kindled by thy light, in vain would Try
To trace thy counsels, infinite and dark:
And thought is lost, ere thought can soar SC
high,
Even ike past WOIneults III e'eihhJ'
Thou from prmeval nothingness ddst call
First, chaos, then existence-Lord, on thee
Eternity had its foundation; all
Sprung forth from thee; OF light joy,hatmony
Sole origin all life, all beauty, thine,
Thy word created all, and doth create:
Thy splendour fills all space with rays diviae'
Thou art, and vert, and shalt be, glorious
great
Life. giving, life.sustaining potentate
Thy chains the unmeasured 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 upwards from the fiery blaze,
So suus are born, so worlds spring forth from
thee,
And as the sprangles in the sunny rays
Shine round the silver snow, the pageantry
Or heavens bright army glitters in thy praise.
A million torches lighted BY thy hand,
Wander, unwearied, through the blue abyss
They own thy power, accomplish thy command,
All gay with life, all eloquent with bliss.
What shall we call them? Piles Of chrystsl
light'
A gloious company Of golden sreams'
Lamps Of celestial ether burning bright'
Suns lightning systems with their joyous
beams
But thou to these art as the noon to night
Yes as drop Of water in the sea.
All this magnifcence in thee is lost
What are ten thousand worlds compared to thee
And what am then ? Heavens unnumbered
host,
Though multiplied by myriads, and array'd
In all the glory of sublmest thought,
Is but an atom in the balance weigh'd
Against thy greatness-is cypher brought
Against infnity: what am then nought,
Nought-but the effuence Of thy light divine,
Pervadng worlds, hath reached my bosom too !!
Yes, in my spirit doth thy spirit shine,
As shines the sunbeam in drop Of dew.
Nought-but live, and on hopes pinions fly
Eager towards thy presence: Cor in thee
7 live. and breathe, and dwell: lift my eye
Even TO the throne Of thy divinity:
lam. 0 God, and surely thou must be-
Thou ar,-drecting, guiding all, thou art!
Direct nv understanding then to thee
Control my spirit, guide my wandering heart:
Tbongh hut an atom midst immensely,
e,;iI an something fashion'd by thy hand
Ibold middle rank 'twixt heaven and earth,
o,La I,st verge Of mortal being stand,
Close to the realms where angeiS nave 'heir
birth; .-:,,
r, .h,;r or being is complete in me;
Ino ia matters last gradatlon lost,
~ ,%o .'o novt step is SPIRIT Deity!
hT' o.n ,r' command the lightning and am dust
l,,cb ,"a and slave; a worm, God
,1,u.o came here, and how so marvelously
c,os,rncted ana onceived' : unknown thls cIoo
"T'n,, ;yes surely through some hlgher, energy
Eor from itself alone it could not BE-
c.,,,, Vastly wisdom and thy word >,
Ireo..' Icn,od mo Thou source Of life and good
,rnon D'sriT s"iIit Of my spirit, and my Lord
'nrS .r i;,bt tby love, in their bright plentltuue'
,,.,,i 80 ,Yith an immortal soul, and bade II "eaI
~ .rSo g,rment, of eternal day, and wing
y. Ln,soniy I've flight beyond this lille sphere
1'n I,s 20 il. source-to thee-Iw Author there
q otorgb,s inefable! 0 visions ble't ,.
.rSoIgb worthless. our conceptions all OF thee'
y-,nSa1l upo1l ,by sbadow'd image I'll our breast
ies ID od" watt its homage to thy Deity
e." H"u ,bns alone my lowly thoughts, can soar
''"T Tbos seek thy presence-bsng wise ana g0Oo
v5st ht' INV vast works. admire obey adore
" AID when the tongue is eloquent mono no more
,oyJ ,haH speak in tears Of g'd''fu'e