The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-01-20
ssThere shall be time no Longer"
ny REV. D. TRuEMAN.

BY RkN. ID. TRUEMAN' |
Der the untrayelled abyss OF chaose and night
The mandate Of Mercy spread beauty and llght
The planets looked out from their wel.orlored
spheres,
And Time started forth on his circuit OF years,
Glad shouting was heard in the Cherubim's place,
As he dashed oti alone through the realms oi
space;
With seed and with sickle to SOW and to reup,
Der the unfurrowed breast Of futuriys deepI
Through the blue depths above he travels unseen,
BY the arched palcce.JUor Of nights Svery queen;
And the beautcous stars that his shadow conceals,
Light their lamps by the sparks from his charo'
wheels.
Changes. how vast and how varied iorsooth,
Have chequcred this world since Time was
youth,
Ere the sunlight Of Eden was crossed by cloud,
Or the lord ol creation lay cold in his shtoudl
Ere the ruptures of life were enslmined in breath,
Or the winds aud the waves decp.fr eighcd with
death;
Or mans history darkcned with doubts cnd with
fears,
And the index OF bliss all blotied with tearsl
Mysterious traveer-- akin TO the sum-
What changes have passed since thy race was
begun!
Proud cities have spread DER the dark torest-wood
And deep seas rock to sleep where cities once stod
Where the Patriarch pitched his white tent in the
mir,
And the smoke of his offering went up with his
prayer,
Buhess warriots have battled in anger and pride,
Till the sod grew slippery with liIes crimson tide:
How pure were the winds ere death hid hisprey.
Nowthe hill.tops are tainted with putrcscent clay
Cold corpses lie crumbling in Oceans deep bed,
And the earth is cngorged with the dust OF til c
dead!
Thine impress, o Time! and thy path may b.
traced
In upturring wonders in wonders cfIaccd;
And empires and kingdoms lie buried in thee.
AS storm.gathered bubbles sink back in the seal
The Prophets have measured thy governing sta
And the huud that unloosed thee and iushionc
thy car.--
That gave to thy wind.iooted coursers their spcet
ffuth marked Out hyputhway- Its limits dccree'
Speed onward in silence through ngos untold,
Till the map Of thy mission is wholly unrollcd
Speed onward in grandeur, like conquerlr
king
The howrets of Truth from thy footsteps shu
spring.
Through moral commotion, nnd tumut and strit
Thou art wooing the world 10 the waters OF Iii
Der the rent.clouds OF error and sceplicnl scor
Thou art spreading the dawn OF Mllleuiul NOR
Speed onward in triumph, assuusing ourh
woes,
Till The wilderness bloom as the beauteous ros
Till the chains OF oppression eaten with rus
And the bulwarks oi ignorance mingled in dust
Speed away in thy strange and mysterious flight,
Till the church is anuyed in her garments
light.
Till the voice of rejoicing o'er islands and scas
Rolls unbrokcn along on the wings OF the brcez
Thou art nearing the point in thy circuit OF year
When the planets shnll leap from their wo-orde
cd spheres;
The mountains flow down and the rocks fee AVA
And the oce al mount upwards in flame drive
spray!
Then upstnrling from earth like bees from hv
The winddrii,cd spoils OF tho grave shall revive
Shall resolve into iornl--in natures last throc--
Exquisitely moulded ior Hiss or for woe
The dead shall be judged of excuses Lcrclt,
Not soul may escape, not body be lett;
Each virtue be sung by the heavenly choir,
And each sin be exposed in pictures oi hre!
The wicked shall mourn rs from holiness driver
The pous ascend 10 the friendship of heaven;
'ho l, r.,lI
cline,
And Eternity close o. the pathway OF Tilnc!!
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