CHRIST WELCOMED. DALE. O THOU, on earth beloved, adored, But lo! what sudden splendors beaming, The saints'-the martyrs' blest abode,- THE JUDGMENT. MILMAN. THE chariot! the chariot! its wheels roll in fire, Self-moving it drives on its pathway of cloud, And the Heavens with the burthen of Godhead are bow'd. The glory! the glory! by millions are pour'd, The hosts of the Angels to wait on their Lord, And the glorified saints, and the martyrs are there, The trumpet! the trumpet! the dead have all heard: Lo, the depths of the stone-covered charnel are stirr'd: From the sea, from the land, from the south and the north, The vast geuerations of man are come forth. The Judgment! the Judgment! the thrones are all set, HERE, my best thoughts are stained with guilt and fear; HERE, my best duties are defiled with sin; HERE, disappointments my best schemes destroy; God cannot disappoint, for God is love. Here, Christ for sinners suffered, groaned, and bled; But THERE, he reigns the great triumphant Head. HERE, mocked and scourged, he wore a crown of thorns; A crown of glory THERE, his brow adorns. HERE, error clouds the will, and dims 'the sight; THERE, all is knowledge, purity, and light. HERE, so imperfect is this mortal state, If blest myself, I mourn some other's fate At every human wo I HERE repine; The joy of every saint shall THERE be mine. CELESTIAL GLORY. ANON. SINCE o'er thy footstool here below My God around thy throne! If night's blue curtain of the sky, With glittering diamonds fraught, The dazzling sun, at noontide bour, |