He who darts the wingèd lightning,-- Walks upon the foaming wave,-- Send forth arrows of conviction Here,--exert his power to save: Burst the bars of Satan's prison: Snatch the firebrand from the flame, Fill the doubting with assurance: Teach the dumb to sing His name! XLIV. ZION ASLEEP. O that now mine eyes were fountains, That I night and day might weep, To see Zion in the desert, On her journey gone asleep. In its sin the wide world lying, Zion halted--sleeping fast: With thy breath to wake the valley, Come, eternal Spirit, haste! Zion, wake! O hear the groaning Of the earth beneath her wrong; Time it is that thou wert stirring, Why, O why hast slept so long? Slumbered hast thou many ages, And thy Lord account hath kept: Shall thy foes say, Zion, Zion! "None, as thou, so long hath slept!" XLV. "SAVE, LORD." Rescue Zion for thy praise, From affliction: Are not these the promised days Of salvation? Lo, thy servants for her sake, Weep before Thee, And their hearts with longing break:-- Lord, have mercy! XLVI. "THY KINGDOM COME." To all the tribes of earth, Send, Lord, thy gospel forth, From sea to sea: Soon may the heathen come Unto thy sacred home; Nor ever, ever roam From thine, and Thee. XLVII. DAWN. It shall not long remain, This dark tempestuous night; Not long doth Christ ordain, To bear the cross, and fight: Behold the herald Dawn appear, Auspicious morn is drawing near. DEATH. XLVIII. DEATH UNAVOIDABLE. To thy regions, World-eternal, Onward, onward, is my face; Resting spot in vain I wish for, Till in thee I find my place: Death's dark portal, Though so dark I must pass through. When death's cold and turbid waters, To their bosom me receive, Who will dissipate the darkness, Who my terror will relieve? If my Saviour Smile, then fear will flee away. XLIX. THE LAMP. I. (THE MEASURE OF THE SECOND PART HAS BEEN CHANGED.) A weary pilgrim sat, Above a gloomy stream, A lamp he firmly held Shed round a cheerful gleam: It showed that river's farther banks, Crowded with wistful spirit ranks.