"O, my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: THY years are throughout all generations. Of old hast THOU laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thine hands. They shall perish, but THOU shalt endure; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed. BUT THOU ART THE SAME, AND THY YEARS SHALL HAVE NO END." "Who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords; who only hath IMMORTALITY, dwelling in Light which no man can approach unto,--whom no man hath seen, nor can see!" Or as in another place, "The King eternal, immortal, invisible,--the only wise God." In the above specimens, there is a grandeur and simplicity not to be found in any merely human composition. The following is very fine, from Habakkuk: "God came from Teman, The Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, And his praise filled the earth. His brightness was like the sun, Out of his hand [or side] came flashes of lightning, And there was only the veil of his might. Before him walked the pestilence, And burning coals went forth at his feet. He stood, and the earth was moved; He looked, and caused the nations to quake. And the everlasting mountains were broken in pieces, And the perpetual hills did bow. His goings are from everlasting." We scarcely know which to admire most, the above or the following from the same author: "The mountains saw THEE and trembled, The overflowing waters passed away. The deep uttered his voice, And lifted up his hands on high. The sun and moon stood still in their habitations. At the shining of thine arrows, (i. e. the lightnings,) they disappeared-- At the brightness of thy glittering spear!" The following paraphrastic reference may be regarded as barren in some respects, compared with others that might be selected from the same living fountain. The EYE of the Supreme Being is regarded as so piercing as to pervade heaven, earth and hell, and the awful depths of eternity. His COUNTENANCE is as the sun shining in his strength. The wind, in its endless whirl, is but his breath or breathing. His HAND is represented so immense, that even its "hollow" will "contain the waters of the great deep,"--and, when "spanned," he "measures with it the whole heavens." While "_sitting_ in the circle of the heavens," the earth is represented as the place where his feet rest. So rapid in his motion, that "He _walks_ upon the wings of the wind." Of such awful strength, "that the earth," with its countless inhabitants, are "less than the dust" that accumulates "upon the balance." At one time "He covereth himself with _light_ as with a garment,"--and at another, "He maketh _darkness_ his pavilion, and the thick clouds of the skies."