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SONG OF SALEM.
A FRAGMENT.
Waving their Banners high—
Snow-white Ensignia of the Reign of Peace—
For which the Lord of Glory left to die
His Father's Salem—never more to cease—
They hail their great Shekinah, who arose
From Death, that Heaven might triumph o'er her foes!
Snow-white Ensignia of the Reign of Peace—
For which the Lord of Glory left to die
His Father's Salem—never more to cease—
They hail their great Shekinah, who arose
From Death, that Heaven might triumph o'er her foes!
Crying aloud, All hail!
Unto the Mighty! unto Him who reigns
At the right hand of God in Heaven! prevail,
Ye Mighty Ones! Jerusalem! thy stains
Are washed away! thou art as white as snow,
And shalt remain on earth forever so!
Unto the Mighty! unto Him who reigns
At the right hand of God in Heaven! prevail,
Ye Mighty Ones! Jerusalem! thy stains
Are washed away! thou art as white as snow,
And shalt remain on earth forever so!
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All hail! all hail! arise,
Ye Legatees of Endless Life! shake Heaven
With clapping your white hands! he dies! he dies!
The Demon of the Earth! fierce Truth has riven
Him, as the Lightning rends the clouds, in twain—
Never to vex, with war, the earth again!
Ye Legatees of Endless Life! shake Heaven
With clapping your white hands! he dies! he dies!
The Demon of the Earth! fierce Truth has riven
Him, as the Lightning rends the clouds, in twain—
Never to vex, with war, the earth again!
Aloud, ye Sons of Men!
Rejoice! rejoice! the Reign of Peace is come!
The Sun of Righteousness descends again,
With healing on his wings, to take us home—
The ransomed of his love—the righteous given
To enter joyful with their Lord in Heaven!
Rejoice! rejoice! the Reign of Peace is come!
The Sun of Righteousness descends again,
With healing on his wings, to take us home—
The ransomed of his love—the righteous given
To enter joyful with their Lord in Heaven!
New York, April 10th, 1841.
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