One faith is beaming in their eye;
One hope within their bosom glows;
While hastening to the realms on high,
The blissful region of repose.
One is the heaven-born joy they feel;
The holy peace and calm delight
That each enraptured spirit seal,
When Calvary opens on their sight.
One Lord redeemed them with his blood,
And rose triumphant from the tomb,
To lead them to one Father--God,
Whose smiles their darkest hours illume.
One Spirit breathes in every soul
With life, and power, and love divine;
Diffusing radiance through the whole,
Till bright in holiness they shine.
And in one home they all will meet,
Their dangers and their sorrows o'er;
And one delightful theme repeat,--
United there to part no more.
=Eta.=
REVIEWS.
_Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Joseph Ivimey, late
Pastor of the Church in Eagle Street, London, and twenty years
gratuitous Secretary to the Baptist Irish Society._ By =George
Pritchard=.--Wightman.
If there be a name which more than any other merits honourable mention
in this periodical, it is unquestionably that of =Joseph Ivimey=. He was
one of its earliest correspondents, contributed largely, in various
ways, to bring it up from Tiverton to London, and wrote frequently in
all its departments. He was ever ready to cheer its friends, and to
fight with its enemies; for the interest of our ministers' widows lay
very near his heart, and in all his multifarious engagements in relation
to this object, he was evidently stimulated by Christian compassion.
The name of Mr. I. will be identified with all the great institutions
connected with the denomination to which he thought it an honour to
belong; and, more especially, in the list of Ireland's benefactors he is
certainly destined to hold a very distinguished place. Our departed
brother knew that words are cheaper than stones in the street; but it
will be remembered that on one occasion, particularly, he devoted much
time, and labour, and property, and influence, by which he encouraged
the committee to send over ship-loads of necessary food to keep the poor
Irish alive from famine.
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