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Show 72 I a fur-receding line, od b stately co urun, llair sto t o 'ld r antl each its hymn Each had its angel bw c ' divine. that hallowed nil the But in a. breathless silence air, h h d l arches each arc a eave . Up-swelled the so cmn ' up prayer, ke stone with fil'Dl con· li'aith braced tho massy y ' nccting band, While strong endeavors struggled yet higher to expand. . efforts harmoniously were And where convcrgmg met, rrhe seal of Heaven's acceptance mysteriously was set. Of Meditations, tho world..,xeluding They piled wnll, Self-Denial tho stones compacting With patient all; Tilt: OATUY.DUAL. 73 .\.nd as beneath their labors tho lofty fabric grew, Tho Cross's awful outline, rose mightily to view; Through many-piercCd windows tho rushing s~n-bcams flow, llut those angels steeped earth's sunshine in Revelation's glow; Saints, prophets, and apostles, their brigh~ reflec~ ions fling, And throned on Virgin bosom Heaven's young anointed King. Above rose strong Assurance, a massy buttressed tower, Based on the Cross's centre, that talisman of power j Then Ecstacy up-darted, a pinnacle of fire, And Adoration, winged for heaven, poised tiptoe on the spiro. Anll a presence more divine, Than the light of Judah's shrine, 7 |
