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THE DAY OF DIVINE VISITATION. |
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THE DAY OF DIVINE VISITATION.
“And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.”
—Isaiah, ii. 11.
Can language utter,—pen record
The wonders of that day
When Zion's righteous Judge and Lord
Asserts his sovereign sway?
The wonders of that day
When Zion's righteous Judge and Lord
Asserts his sovereign sway?
Where are thy cedars, Lebanon,
So late uplifted high?
Where are the oaks of Bashan gone,
Whose strength might storms defy?
So late uplifted high?
Where are the oaks of Bashan gone,
Whose strength might storms defy?
And thus the glory of the proud
The cedar's lot must know;
The strongest as a reed be bow'd,
Like Bashan's oak—laid low.
The cedar's lot must know;
The strongest as a reed be bow'd,
Like Bashan's oak—laid low.
The ships of Tarshish—types of art
And wealth,—delight no more:
The pleasant pictures of the heart
Be darkly shadow'd o'er;
And wealth,—delight no more:
The pleasant pictures of the heart
Be darkly shadow'd o'er;
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And every idol thought can claim
Abolish'd, and o'erthrown,
That so the Lord's exalted name
May reign and rule alone.
Abolish'd, and o'erthrown,
That so the Lord's exalted name
May reign and rule alone.
Such is the day, and such the hour
Of visitation still,
When God ariseth in his power
To bend, and bow the will.
Of visitation still,
When God ariseth in his power
To bend, and bow the will.
And bless'd are they who through His grace
In visitation bow,
Who vow, henceforth, to seek His face,
And keep that solemn vow.
In visitation bow,
Who vow, henceforth, to seek His face,
And keep that solemn vow.
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