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On the Great Earthquake in New Grenada
For when Thy Judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn Righteousness Isa. 26:9.
Thy sudden terrors strike the world with dread,
Whole cities by the earthquake's shock laid low!
The maimed, and suffering buried with the dead,
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Fair was the day, and joyously the throng
Filled all the streets, on gain, or pleasure bent;
The city full of revelry and song;
When by the shock the solid earth was rent!
So dost Thou teach the nations, Lord of heaven
And earth, to own Thy righteous sway;
Not unto them alone the lesson given,
But that all men might Thy commands obey.
Nor dost Thou teach them only by Thy Word,
But earth, too, trembles at Thy voice, O Lord!
Poem No. 717; c. 29 June 1875
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