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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 20, 1857

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 10, No. 16.

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SONNET.

Isa. xi.—The peaceable kingdom.

Hear ye the music of that golden lyre, That whispers of a time when wars shall cease; When holy visions shall the soul inspire, And Jesus reign, exalted Prince of Peace? Celestial epoch in the flight of years! Ye hours of sacred bliss, roll on! roll on! No clouds of sorrow shall obscure the dawn Of glory, that will flood this vale of tears: But love will bloom upon the tyrant's rod, And earth no more by sin and death be trod— Anthems of praise attune the gentle gales; Blossoms, exhaling incense from the sod, Like little altars, shall adorn the vales: While mountains sparkle in the smiles of God.
[Am. Presb.]