The Happiness of the Blessed considered as to the Particulars of their State their Recognition of Each Other in that State; and its Difference of Degrees. To which are added, Musings on the Church and her Services. By Richard Mant. Fourth Edition, with Additions |
The Happiness of the Blessed considered as to the Particulars of their State | ||
XLV. THE ARK OF CHRIST'S CHURCH.
Rent were at once the floodgates of the sky,And burst the great deep's fountains. All was dark,
Throng'd with the forms of drowning men: and, hark,
O'er the wide earth one agonising cry!
Then mid the swelling surge, careering high,
Fraught with the world's remains, the Patriarch's ark
Went o'er the waters: for that wondrous bark
Liv'd in the safeguard of Jehovah's eye.
Past is the plague! But still o'er earth the flood
Of sin reigns paramount: still God provides
An Ark of health for those who walk with God;
His power secures it, and his wisdom guides.
Faith clings obedient to that lov'd abode,
And o'er the waves the life-fraught vessel rides.
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