The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-01-20
GOD

! Being is said % have beeh Translated mo the
Chinese and Tartar languages, writ,en on silk
and suspended in the Imperial Palace at Pek'n.
The Emperor of Japan had it translated into
japanese, embroidered in gold and hung up in
the Temple Of Jeddo:
o Thou Eerqlal One whose presence bright
All space doth occupy-all nations guide;
Unchanged through Times alldevastating
Hight
Thou only God There is no God beside!
Being above all beings Mighty One!
Whom none can comprehend and none ex
plore;
Who fllest existence with Thyself alone,
Embracing all-suppodmg- Ger
Being whom we call Cod and ktow no more!
In It's sublime research, Philosophy
May measure out the ocean deep-may count
The sands or rays Of sun; but Goa, for Thee,
There is no aoeigAt or measure; none can
mount
Up to thy mysteries Reasons brightest spark,
Though llinded by Thy light in vain would
try
To trace thy connsels, infinite and dark;
Aud thought is lost ere thought can soar 50
high,
Even ike pass moments in eternity.
Thou from plimeval no.hingness didst call
First chaos, then existence. Lord, on Thee,
Eternitg had lis foundation; all
| Sproug forth rom thee-oflig5i, jog, harmony,
Sole original '.s-oll Jeautg-Thiae.
Thy word created all, and doth create;
Thy splendoe fills all space With rays divine,
Thou ant and vast, and shalt be glorious &!
greee
Life-givins, DEMONSTRATING POtentate
Thy chains Che unmeasured universe surround;
Upheld by Thee, by Thee inspired with
breath :
Thou the beginning with the end hast bound
And bea 'tifilly mingled life and dechi
As sparks mount upward from the frey blaze,
So suns are born as worlds spring forth from
Thee
ANU d1 . Us al tit sunny AdNb
Shine round the silyery snow, he pagean.ry
OfHeayen's bright army glnters in ny praise.
A million torches, ligh,ed by Thy hand.
Wander uuweared through the blue abyss;
They own Thy power, accomplish Thy com
mand,
All gay with life, all eloquent with bliss;
What shall we call them Piles o. crystal light
A glorious company Of 90 den streams
Lamps ofcelestal ether bae4iug br;ght1
Suns lighting systems wi,h theirjoyous beams
'Bu9Roe to these art as The day to . ght.
Yes as a drop of water in the sea,
Al this uagufcence in Thee Is lost
What are ten thousand worlds compared to
Thee!
And what am /, then1 Heaven nuumbered
host,
Though multiplied by my"iads, and ARA red
in all ,he glory of sublmest though,
Is bat an atom in the balance weighed
Against Thy greatness--is CIPHER brought
Against ininty? What am !, then Naughtl
Naught but the aiiluence Of ,hy light divine
Pervading worlds, hath reached my bosom
too;
Yes, in my spirit doth Thy Spirit shine,
AS shines sunbeam in drop ofdew,
Naught bat live and on Hopes pinioos fly
Eager toward ohy prese ace form Thee
l live, and breathe, and dwell aspiring high
Even 10 The Throne Of Thy Diyi1ity.
| uul, Q Col, and surely thou must be
Thou art--direc.ing guiding all-'rhou art!
Direct my ldersiandpg, then, to Thee;
Conrol my spiril guidemy wandering heart;
Though but an a.om, midst University;
Still I am soa1otling fashioned by Thy haudl
hold amiddle rank witt heaven and ear.h
On the last verge Of moral being stand,
Close 10 tie realms where angels have their
birth,
Just on The borders Of the spirit land
The chain of6eiag is complete in me-;
In me is matters las graduation lost,
And the next step in sPIRIT-DEnY!
can command the Hghtaiag, and am dust!
i monarch and slave worm, god
Whe,sre came Ihr.e, and hoo 30 marvelously
Constructed and conceivedl Unknoaen! Thro'
clod,
Lives surely through some higher energy;
For from i If alone it surely could not be.
Crea.or Yes! Thy wisdom and Thy word
Crea.ed me! Thou source Of iJe and good!
Thou Spirit ofmy spirit aud my Lord
Thy light, Thy love, IA their bright plenti,ade,
Filled me with an immoral soul 10 spring
Over the abyss of death, and babe it wear
The garments Of eternal day, and wing
is heavenly flight beyond this little sphere,
Even to It's -ouree-to Tee-i,s Author there.
0 hoaglt iaegaJie! Ogisiga best
Though syo,tdlsss our conceptions all of Thee,
Yet shall Thy Swallowed image fiji oHF breast
And wait lis Ioa.age to the Deity.
god! lhus above my lowly thought can soar;
Thus seek Thy presence Eeing wise and good,
Midst Thy vast works, adatre, obey, edore;
And when The tongue is eloquent no more,
Tle.s1pt shall speak in teaIs 9fgratitude.