No longer bound beneath the cruel weight Of idle vampires, draining their life's blood, The joyful nations yield the pow'r of state, To legislators for their country's good. Earth's treasures, hiding 'neath the deep sea waves, Bound in the rock, or shining on the strand, Or glittering in subterraneous caves, Come sparkling forth at industry's command. New sciences and arts diffuse new light, Knowledge of future and of past events, Wisdom to comprehend the secret might, And subtle forces of the elements. In wondrous implements, mechanic skill Gives unto labor swift and easy wings, Making each sterile spot with life to thrill, While water from the thirsty desert springs. Thought, freed from human trammels, brings to light Its glorious conceptions without fear, And mouldy Precedent, struck dead with fright, Reposes on an unregretted bier. The laws which life and health perpetuate, By inspiration's sacred voice are taught, And every passion made subordinate, To principles with lasting pleasure fraught. Jesus, the Sinless, fills the regal throne, To Him all other rulers bend the knee; He reigns not by His right and might alone, But loving homage swells His majesty. Earth linked into the chain of worlds on high, Among the ransomed planets takes its place, And finds itself in blest affinity With orbs that govern time through boundless space. Such is the kingdom now on earth begun, A branch of the great Governmental Tree, Whose roots are grounded in the central sun, Whose boughs bear fruit through all eternity. Happy are they who labor in its cause, Happy are they who suffer for its sake; For all who are obedient to its laws, Of all its joys and honors shall partake. APPENDIX Scripture references in proof of the doctrines set forth in the body of this work. FIRST LEAF. But one God to worship--I. Cor. viii, 6. Man's ways not accepted of God--Matt. xv, 9. Only one correct way--John x, 1. Faith the first principle--Heb. xi, 6. Faith a principle of power--Heb. x. How faith comes--Rom. x, 14, 17. Human learning inadequate--I. Cor. ii, 5-14. God the Father of spirits--Heb. xii, 9; Eccles. xii, 7; John xx, 17. Man in God's image--Gen. i, 26; I. Cor. xi, 7. SECOND LEAF.