And the beast and false prophet completely o'erthrown
The millions of China be truthful and free —
Unfettered, unbound, as the waves of the sea !



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The systems of Error that spread far and wide,

Polluting mankind with their pestilent tide,

Shall be stopped in their dark desolating career.
And the fruits of the Gospel in beauty appear —

The sword shall be sheathed and the nations have peace.
And cruelty, discord, and slavery cease.
The Jews who have long been the outcasts of heaven.
Persecuted and scorned, and from Palestine driven.
With weeping shall come to their own fatherland.
And the Shrine of the Lord on Jlount Zion shall stand;
And the penitent tribes adore as their Head,
Messiah — the Christ who on Calvary bled.
Where Australia stretches her wonderful land,
And Africa spreads her rude deserts of sand ;
Where Orient mountains witli diamonds glow,
And glittering pearls enrich rivers below —
Evangelical Truth shall be scattered abroad,
And the Universe beam with the glory of God !



'T IS seldom the critics true genius will praise.
Till the poet has come to the end of his days ;
Then virtues which peniu'y shrouded before
Stand out in their beauty, and thousands adore ;
Then the incense of eulogy breathes on his name-
Though no elegant monument stands to his fame.
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Think not, ye learned critics, we scorn or despise
The reproofs and advice of the good and the wise ;
But poets are tender and sensitive things,
And gall from your pen often wantonly stings.
There are some who require a kind word and a smUe
To sweeten their cup and enliven their toil.
