Within thy gates no thing doth come No spider's web, no dirt, no dust, Ah, my sweet home, Jerusalem ! Would God my woes were at an end, Thy saints are crowned with glory great, They triumph still, they still rejoice, Most happy is their case. We that are here in banishment Continually do moan; We sigh and sob, we weep and wail, Our sweet is mixed with bitter gall, Our joys scarce last the looking on, But there they live in such delight, Thy vineyards and thy orchards are Full furnished with trees and fruits, Most wonderful and rare. Thy gardens and thy gallant walks Continually are green : There grow such sweet and pleasant flowers As nowhere else are seen. There's nectar and ambrosia made, There cinnamon, there sugar grows, There nard and balm abound, Quite through the streets, with silver sound, Upon whose banks, on every side, The wood of life doth grow. There trees forevermore bear fruit, And evermore do spring; There evermore the angels sit And evermore do sing, There David stands with harp in hand, As master of the choir, Ten thousand times that man were blest That might this music hear. Our lady sings Magnificat, With tune surpassing sweet, And all the virgins bear their parts, Sitting above her feet. Te Deum doth Saint Ambrose sing, Old Simeon and Zachary Have not their song to seek. There Magdalene hath left her moan, And cheerfully doth sing, With blessed saints, whose harmony In every street doth ring. Jerusalem! my happy home! Would God I were in thee, Would God my woes were at an end, Thy joys that I might see. Come, Lord Jesus! HIS, however, we know-that when once the signal for our departure is given, our emancipated spirits shall cleave the air, as Christ and Elijah did; passing through the first heaven, the earth, its sinful abode, shall dwindle into nothing behind us. The second heaven, also, with its planets, suns, and systems, stretching far beyond the reach of human thought, will soon fade back into dim space. Now, the third heaven will stretch before us, onward and upward, its external plains! Faint and far before, but drawing nearer and nearer, appears the Holy City soon its twelve shining foundations, from which the battlements of blazing jasper tower upwards, are scaled, the portals of light are crossed-and now to the soul's enraptured gaze the Heaven of heavens stretches broader and higher its boundless realms, through uncreated light! AMEN-HALLELUJAH! COME, LORD JESUS, COME QUICKLY! REV. H. HARBAUGH. BOOKS PUBLISHED BY SHELDON & COMPANY, 115 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. Now Complete. COMMENTARIES ON THE NEW TESTAMENT. By Prof. HERMANN OLSHAUSEN, D. D., late Professor of Theology First American Edition, revised after the Fourth German Edition. Half Calf, $18. The clergy, the professors in our theological seminaries, and the best biblical critics in our country, have now rendered their verdict, and by common consent this commentary is pronounced worthy of universal attention by students of the Holy Scriptures. The religious press of all denominations, and of all schools in theology, bear testimony to the learning, the ability, the orthodoxy, and the eminently evangelical spirit that pervades this great work. COMMENTARIES BY REV. AUGUSTUS NEANDER, D.D. Translated from the German, by Mrs. H. C. CONANT. THE FIRST EPISTLE TO JOHN. Practically explained by Dr. AUGUSTUS NEANDER. Translated from the German, by Mrs. H. C. CONANT. 12mo. 319 pp. Price 85 cents. THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE PHILLIPIANS, and THE EPISTLE OF JAMES. In one vol., 12mo. Cloth. Price 85 cents. "Neander was learned in philosophy, and in the history of the Church, beyond any man of his age, perhaps of any age. Take up now his Commentary on John's First Epistlethe best of his works of this character with which I am acquainted. The excellence of this exposition is not at all owing to his marvelous learning, but to the childlike and loving temper, which places him in so delightful harmony of spirit with the beloved apostle -Francis Wayland, D. D. |