Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-02-18
From the St. Albans Messenger.
ssTHE WORD WAS GOD.o

The word was God; Sublime and glorious thought,
And by that word the worlds sprang forth from naugh
Eternity drew back its solemn shade
Revealing them in robes OF light arrayed.
The formless void took shape; with beauty gOwed
And, fitted for the glorious abode
or beings pure in Gods own image made,
And in HIS spetless righteousness arrayed,
Began its course and from His mighty will
It's impulses received. potent though STILL
And in majestic silence circling round
The throne of God, even to the depts profound,
Where thought ne'er reached, where science ne'er
explored,
They own the power and presence of the lOord
And shine obedient to the sovereign will
or Him whose presence doth creation hll
By whom all things were made who rules o'er all,
God without whom sparrow cannot fall.
Incomprehensibile Divinity
Our souls in alteration bow to thee.
Whose glory we behold in all thy ways,
Whose voice we hear in natures song of praise.
We hear it in the soft and gentle breeze
Whispering at rosy morn through dewy trees,
We hear it in the thuuder's fearful roar.
We feel it in the oft refreshing shower.
1t speaks from radient morn whose golden hue
Is mirrored forth from pearey drops of dew.
Or from the gentle rill. or placid lake.
Or where the restless surges ever break
Upon old Oceans shores, rejecting far
The hues of morning like golden star.
II speaks at evening when the gorgeous ray
filings on the clouds the hues of parting day,
And sweetly ushers in with silent power
The start beauties of the twilight hour,
ArA, III
Shines through the heecy clouds to cheer the night
And the bright stars that Heavens arches gem
Sparkle like jewels in a dadem,
still small voice comes whispering through the toul
That God in motion premeates the whole.
1.-THE word was God" yet took the human form,
Assumed the mean condition Of a worm,
Was clothed with human flesh, bore human woes
Shared all the griefs which human nature knows,
Lived, toiled and suffered to redeem the race.
Gods own begotten, full of truth and grace"
And having wrought redempton's plan
And made salvation possible to man.
He now ascends back to his first abode
The bosom Of his Father and his God
Ask not again, my soul. how Christ the Son
Can with the blessed Father still be one,
Here rests the Christians hope firm a rock
anu uuulnIuIDeu ny eTTOT HeTCeeb bHOCk,
This the great centre of redempton's plan,
That God with God was also God with man.
Mercy to justice pays the debt that we owe,
And lets the poor repentng sinner go;
While righteousness and peace together meet.
And truth and mercy now each other greet,
Thus God is reconced to sinful dust
Can justify faIn man and still be just
Let Heaven her never ending anthems pour
"TO God be glory nosO and svermOre."
'rhe word was God" 'Ts food for every soul
That yields obedience to its sweet CONTROL
"By every word of God" our Saviour said,
"Man is to live, and not alone by bread"
The word is life and spirit. blessed wordI
Forever be that spotless name adored
Who sends the Comforter the soul to bless,
And lead us in the paths Of righteousness.
May that blessed spirit be constant guide
And ever keep us near the saviour's side,
Till having closed our cares and labors here
And finished our probation's brief career,
Eternal Life shall be our rich reward
And We be ever with our blessed Lord.
Burlington, jan 2s, 1878. @. A. CASTLE.