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ON HEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME THE BELLS FROM A NEW CHURCH
As on my churchward path I walked to-day,Another church bell from the west first heard
(Sound “pleasanter than song of earliest bird”)
With the soft air came mingling. On my way
I paused a moment, for the Voice said—“Stay,
And listening, lift thine heart in silent prayer,
That I to many a long closed ear, may bear
The call awakening:—Lift thine heart and pray
That many to their father's house so brought,
(Some careless, or but curious,) there may find
And taste the well with living waters fraught:
And going forth renewed in heart and mind,
May walk hereafter, ever faithful found,
Like pilgrims to a better country bound.”
1838.
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