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poems.
THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL.
Behold on Sinai's awful height
The thunder and the flame!—
More glorious is the gospel light,
And Love and Peace its name.
The thunder and the flame!—
More glorious is the gospel light,
And Love and Peace its name.
The fearful voice from Sinai's hill
My trembling soul would slay;
But Christ did all the law fulfil,
And heaven is mine to-day.
My trembling soul would slay;
But Christ did all the law fulfil,
And heaven is mine to-day.
Praise to the Lord! from sin and hell
By his deliv'rance free,
With Christ in glory we may dwell
Through all eternity!
By his deliv'rance free,
With Christ in glory we may dwell
Through all eternity!
DEATH.
Is death the king of terrors? In the night,
In midnight silence, I have dream'd of death.
It seem'd to me a spirit calm and bright,
Soft, shadowy, and serene: its gentle form
Led not to darkness; but through ethereal space.
Where all was light and freedom,—all was peace.
In midnight silence, I have dream'd of death.
It seem'd to me a spirit calm and bright,
Soft, shadowy, and serene: its gentle form
Led not to darkness; but through ethereal space.
Where all was light and freedom,—all was peace.
