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Show Such po,..,.er to his control was given, The Sun wns veiled at his command. Attend him through the watery way' With him tho fiery mount ascend ; Or at its base with Israel stay' While God shall in a cloud descend. How faithful was his power applied As Captain, Prophet, J udgo, and Priest, Through a lone wilderness to guide A Flook, whose wanderings never ccnscd. Ne'er was he checked by selfish fear, To vain ambition ne'er a prey, Though Israel's weal to him was dear To him 'twas dearer to obey· Alt 1 once he erred ; that fatal hour, When Israel's tribes with thirst rebelled! One moment be assumed a powerThe glory due to Ileaven withheld. 1'UE l'RAYEH Olf l!OSES ORANTED. 'fhc flinty rock poured forth its wave, Obedient to tho Prophet's Rod, But all its waters could not lave 141 One spot from him who turned from God. l?ar stretched towards the western sky, Arrived at last at Jordan's plain, The tribes the promised land espy Twice twenty years they toiled to gain. Lord! let mo Jordan pnss, I pray,_ Thus dared tho Man of God to sue,_ Thou hast begun, and do not stay, To give thy greatness to my view. Let me pass through this goodly land, _ A land of rest from every toil, - Where thou hast spread with liberal hand Both wheat and honey, wino and oil. A land of vnllies and of hills, Its brooks nod fountains I would learn, |
