Of the new covenant a symbol it is, of Atone- Penitence weeping and praying, the Will that ment a token, is tried, and whose gold flows Stablished between earth and heaven. Man Purified forth from the flames; in a word, man by his sins and transgressions Far has wandered from God, from his essence. 'T was in the beginning kind by Atonement Breaketh Atonement's bread, and drinketh hate in his bosom, Fast by the Tree of Knowledge he fell, and it But he who cometh up hither, unworthy, with hangs its crown o'er the Fall to this day; in the Thought is the Fall; Scoffing at men and at God, is guilty of Christ's in the Heart the Atonement. blessed body Infinite is the Fall, the Atonement infinite like- And the Redeemer's blood! To himself he wise. eateth and drinketh See! behind me, as far as the old man remem- Death and doom! And from this preserve us, bers, and forward, thou heavenly Father! Far as Hope in her flight can reach with her Are ye ready, ye children, to eat of the bread wearied pinions, of Atonement?" Sin and Atonement incessant go through the Thus with emotion he asked, and together anlifetime of mortals. swered the children, Brought forth is Sin full-grown; but Atone- Yes! with deep sobs interrupted. Then read ment sleeps in our bosoms, he the due supplications, Still as the cradled babe; and dreams of heav- Read the Form of Communion, and in chimed en and of angels, Cannot awake to sensation; is like the tones in the harp's strings, the organ and anthem : "O Holy Lamb of God, who takest away our transgressions, Spirits imprisoned, that wait evermore the de- Hear us! give us thy peace! have mercy, have liverer's finger. Therefore, ye children beloved, descended the Th' old man, with trembling hand, and heav Prince of Atonement, mercy upon us!" enly pearls on his eyelids, Woke the slumberer from sleep, and she stands Filled now the chalice and paten, and dealt |