The Altar or, Meditations in Verse On The Great Christian Sacrifice By The Author of "The Cathedral," [i.e. Isaac Williams] |
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“Thou art a place to hide me in.”
And therefore now, in this dread interval,
Ere we in judgment before God appear,
Whene'er I to Thine altar would draw near,
In solemn preparations would I call
On solitude and silence; and from all
Withdrawn, which wakens here love, hope, or fear,
Commune alone with mine own self, and hear
Thine awful whisper in the judgment-hall
Of mine own secret soul, that cavern deep
Whence issue streams of life. So may I weep,
And in Thy tabernacle long to hide
From the world, from myself, and from my sin;
And where the door is open in Thy side,
With eager arms outstretching, enter in.
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