Maturer years shall happier stores produce,d slid\/ And meliorate the well concocted juice.) buâ llsd2 Then, conscious of her meritorious zeal,odised tal To Justice she may make her bold appealjense fal And leave to Mercy, with a tranquil mind, 9204 The worthless and unfruitful of mankind. edat baÅ Hear then how Mercy, slighted and defied, lite tud Retorts the affront against the crown of Prided 10/

Perish the virtue, as it ought, abhorr'd, of medT And the fool with it, who insults his Lord.,2919) The atonement, a Redeemer's love, has wrought,Ɑ Is not for you the righteous need it notabing T Seest thou yon harlot wooing all she meets,ui, noɗT The worn-out nuisance of the public streets, T Herself from morn to night, from night to morms I Her own abhorrence, and as much your scorn 0019 The gracious show'r, unlimited and free,ton 351 348 Shall fall on her, when Heav'n denies it theebiT Of all that wisdom dictates this the drift, That man is dead in sin, and life a giftid ubab baA Is virtue then, unless of Christian growth, Mere fallacy, or foolishness, or both? Ten thousand sages lost in endless woydy Fuit 1:42. For ignorance of what they could not know og T That speech betrays at once a bigot's tongue, M Charge not a God with such outrageous wronguunT Truly not I the partial light men have,isnië mori My creed persuades me, well-employ'd; may savely

While he that scorns the noonday beam, perverse,
Shall find the blessing unimprov'd a curse.

Let heathen worthies, whose exalted mind
Left sensuality and dross behind,

Possess for me their undisputed lot, '
And take unenvied the reward they sought.
But still in virtue of a Saviour's plea,

Not blind by choice, but destin'd not to see.
Their fortitude and wisdom were a flame
Celestial, though they knew not whence it came,
Derived from the same source of light and grace,
That guides the Christian in his swifter race;
Their judge v
was conscience, and her rule their law,
That rule, pursued with rev'rence and with awe,
Led them, however falt'ring, faint, and slow,
From what they knew, to what they wish'd to know.
But let not him, that shares a brighter day,
Traduce the splendour of a noontide ray,
Prefer the twilight of a darker time,

And deem his base stupidity no crime;

The wretch, who slights the bounty of the skies, And sinks, while favour'd with the means to rise, Shall find them rated at their full amount,

The good he scorn'd all carried to account.
Marshalling all his terrours as he came,
Thunder, and earthquake, and dewuring flame,
From Sinai's top Jehovah gave the law,
Life for obedience, death for ev'ry flaw.

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When the great Sov'reign would his will
express, of
He gives a perfect rule, what can he less? radī
And guards it with a sanction as severely in ban696)
As vengeance can inflict, or sinners fearvioł
Else his own glorious rights he would disclaim,
And man might safely trifle with his name
He bids him glow with unremitting love que
To all on Earth, and to himself above

Condemns th' injurious deed, the sland'rous tongue,
The thought that meditates a brother's wrong:
Brings not alone the more conspicuous part,
His conduct, to the test, but tries his heart.

Hark! universal nature shook and groan'd,
'Twas the last trumpet-see the Judge enthron'd·
Rouse all your courage at your utmost need,
Now summon ev'ry virtue, stand and plead.
What! silent? Is your boasting heard no more?
That self-renouncing wisdom, learn'd before,
Had shed immortal glories on your brow,
That all your virtues cannot purchase now.
All joy to the believer! He can speak-
Trembling yet happy, confident yet meek.

Since the dear hour, that brought me to thy foot, And cut up all my follies by the root,

I never trusted in an arm but thine,

Nor hop'd, but in thy righteousness divine :
My pray'rs and alms, imperfect and defil'd,

Were but the feeble efforts of a child

Howe'er perform'd, it was their brightest part,
That they proceeded from a grateful heart
Cleans'd in thine own all-purifying blood,
Forgive their evil, and accept their good;
I cast
Is what it was, dependence upon thee,
While struggling in the vale of tears below,
That never fail'd, nor shall it fail me now.
Angelic gratulations rend the skies,

t them at thy feet-my only plea

Pride falls unpitied, never more to rise,
Humility is crown'd, and Faith receives the prize.

WHY weeps the muse for England? What appears
In England's case, to move the muse to tears ?gre
From side to side of her delightful isle *# nedT
Is she not cloth'd with a perpetual smiled al
Can Nature add a charm, or Art confer } 90T
A new-found luxury not seen in her?

Where under Heav'n is pleasure more pursued, vok
Or where does cold reflection less intrude ? an* {
Her fields a rich expanse of wavy corn,

Pour'd out from Plenty's overflowing horn;
Ambrosial gardens, in which art supplies
The fervour and the force of Indian skies;

Her peaceful shores, where busy Commerce waits
To pour his golden tide through all her gates; {{
Whom fiery suns, that scorch the russet spice⠀⠀⠀
Of eastern groves, and oceans floor'd with ice