The Sanctuary A Companion in Verse for the English Prayer Book. By Robert Montgomery |
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The Lessons.
“Then shall be read distinctly with an audible voice the First Lesson.”
—Prayer Book.
How should we read His hallow'd Word
And be by God in language stirr'd
Up to rapt heights of holiness, and love?—
Oh, not by culture, proud and cold,
Nor by mere reason, men behold
Secrets where God unveils His heart above.
And be by God in language stirr'd
Up to rapt heights of holiness, and love?—
Oh, not by culture, proud and cold,
Nor by mere reason, men behold
Secrets where God unveils His heart above.
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What, though no starry Miracle
Darts through the air a dazzling spell,
Nor thunders fill the throbbing earth with fear;
Nor wing'd Ambassadors alight
Fresh from their thrones, all glory-bright,
Till Falsehood trembles, as the Truth draws near?
Darts through the air a dazzling spell,
Nor thunders fill the throbbing earth with fear;
Nor wing'd Ambassadors alight
Fresh from their thrones, all glory-bright,
Till Falsehood trembles, as the Truth draws near?
Though seal'd
the Vision, and are dumb
Voices Divine, that used to come,
And through each hidden chamber of the heart
Awaken echoes, dread and deep,
Which woke it from its iron sleep,—
Dream not, from earth that God and Grace depart!
Voices Divine, that used to come,
And through each hidden chamber of the heart
Awaken echoes, dread and deep,
Which woke it from its iron sleep,—
Dream not, from earth that God and Grace depart!
Poor martyr of the senses five
By faith against thy flesh-creed strive!
And meekly bend o'er yonder ancient Book:
An infant-grasp contains the whole,
And yet, thine everlasting Soul
Shall ne'er beyond its vast horizon look!
By faith against thy flesh-creed strive!
And meekly bend o'er yonder ancient Book:
An infant-grasp contains the whole,
And yet, thine everlasting Soul
Shall ne'er beyond its vast horizon look!
Once, undivulged and unreveal'd
Its mental essence lay conceal'd
In the hush'd deeps of God's unecho'd Mind;
But now, for Earth's elected race
In grand epiphany of grace
It shines in Scripture o'er redeem'd mankind.
Its mental essence lay conceal'd
In the hush'd deeps of God's unecho'd Mind;
But now, for Earth's elected race
In grand epiphany of grace
It shines in Scripture o'er redeem'd mankind.
In language garb'd, the Holy Ghost
Arrays Himself, to teach the lost,
And thus, approaches whomsoe'er He will;
But if thy soul be clogg'd with sin,
And treason nurse untruth within,—
What art thou, but the deafen'd adder, still?
Arrays Himself, to teach the lost,
And thus, approaches whomsoe'er He will;
But if thy soul be clogg'd with sin,
And treason nurse untruth within,—
What art thou, but the deafen'd adder, still?
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