Show i A J V f ier rev fer bior cheik th the tho asere wo fc news THE statter DAY KINGDOM N BY CHARLES W lenno je how shall I 1 sing thy beauty po ephr and light 0 glorious kingdom of the latter days I 1 see thy loveliness I 1 feel thy might but find no utterance to speak thy pr aisse alfre I 1 search in vain the tho record sor of the past which point dead kingdoms kingdo kingdoms ps in their short lived pride they cannot picture thee whose shall t last while heavin and truth andretty andO elty etty abide and shall the little I 1 hat be today to day be likened for a moment to thy majesty ma josty As well declare pale vestas twinkling ray unfolds tho the splendor of eternity in only E egypto apts greatness alve lives ilves Lo its lt treasure treasures all Us its wisdom hid except the tho scraps empi the crumbling mummy gives the sculptured sphinx and Ass assyria iria irla thy sceptre lieg lice in dust dusti v thy bow Is broken and thy pomp has fied hod perished thy fruits of conquest blood and lust with all the warriors rameses led where are the tho palaces of babylon the hanging gardens and d nd the golden tow tows rs with the Chaldea Chal chai deans Ws starlight glit wisdom goue gone walls gates and glory images and flohrs flow rs and could st 0 greece avert thy fato fate with oracles and wealth and victory could st not thy world wide wido reign perpetuate with all thy gods and deep philosophy the soul that move d theo thee in thy onirine on ining iring march that spoke in poesy and art and grace Is disembodied and the mold erin erlb arch and chiseled fragment mark thy burial place and thou 0 rome romel proud mistress of the world thy armored legions spread no terror now I 1 they thay bring brin g no blood bought of gems ilni liri pearled to q deck thy bosom and thy thy coins Colus vast dod and meant balis walls wails Rot rotas isan an emblem of thy grea add and on the tho the tho car its mourn mournful lui lul echo falls X A dismal knell of orthy thy departed sway syl 0 aill nil all ye living governments and states baze G ze op oil the tho relics befar mightier theland the hand that shattered them uplifted whits the tho bell that ends enas your few remaining ri malnin g hours away in the far distant west I 1 see an infant kingdom struggling to tho the birt blit and ana the prophetic spirit says to me in manhood this shall govern all the earth e 0 zion built by saints of latter iatter days bring forth the promised kingdom to the filed world I 1 1 4 upon tho the mountain tops tho abo naise raise and spread its folduto folds folda to all tho world gathered drom from from evry calmo allme ind und toua tota guo gue and xa jace J ace I 1 1 under that babner inen iia lia all ali ll 11 stand ancho and x nii all chi cht christ shail shall shall shail slow show siow ills it nacey facey ad and give dominion to that faithful bandl baud armored arnfred in truth hand and gods authority D daun aih tress and terrible apt 5 el full of bt love thoy Thol tha aln rin zing CIng shall ishall lead load them unto victory anding Andl ng a 0 vanguard v from th the ranks above t no weapon formed against them the m pre prevail will no cunning plan shail shall prove their overthrow oVert overthrow brow tho the of biall all ali earths kIngdoms they assail and his for forcel cesSo to the shade shades below I 1 the that gives wisdom to the wise wis e from council congress parliament shall 5 flee d ee shall rest rist on oa those thase whom whom khom air mankind despise and leave the world to human i uman policy loft in a day of storms C ali each barkofske barn bark of state rotten and n whirled madly on i agan against st each other on the sea of fate vilh wilh awful crash to depths of death go down but see the ship no storm can overwhelm saving tho the remnants of the wrecks below T the Priest hoods written gods I 1 Is inscribed upon herbow iode kingdom seen in vision by the seers 1 gods clothed in justice truth and light therdo theae theme of tho the prophet and the bard appears tosane the nations from chaotic nights 1 A perfect gobern government for all ail tho the earth earthy i 1 not a republic nor a monarchy 1 andyes and jet yet from both all principles of worth are blended in tali tahi great theocracy wielding alm aim almighty in ini evry land 4 af the willing people bend to its supreme decrees decres and mutual interest like a golden bands band binds in one social compact men of or all degrees I 1 11 appointed by th the e great Jehova Jehovah hs ls voice by intellect and virtue qualified quail nned fled tand land a free peoples universal choice threading spirits govern and pre preside aide Alde we longer bowed beneath tile tho cruel weight of idle vampires draining their lifes blood ehe the joyful nations yield the to legislators for their coant rys good earth is trea treas treasures surey urea hiding the kielp gei gea e waves 1 bound on the rock c korsI or shining ningon on tho strand straud or glittering in subterraneous owl oui eaves cai ea all come sparkling forth at indus Indu t comman d new and arts difese new now t knowledge of arfst arx U t tf enn enU u U comar hend the tho secret might efi eft 1 at 1 folla of UIS el ohm ahm w js I 1 c in wondrous I 1 pie men meu ts me mechanic V h sk gives olves unto and easSI Ir sl J making each ahn wiell itrato t thrill r 11 J m WN W while N ile lle water froiX the thirsty belert desart pangs arl pr thought freed from human tram trammels niels bring brings to light its glorious conceptions and mouldy bouldy precedent with fright ht reposes on an netted retted bler bier the laws which life and health perpetuate by inspirations sacred voice are taugh and avry evry passion made to principles with lasting jesus the sinless fills the regal throne to him all otner other oth briem crien rulers brIen bend the knee he reigns not by his Is right and might alone but loving homage swells his majesty earlb earth linked into the chain of worlds on high among the ransomed ranso rans mea omed planets takes its place and finds itself with blest affinity 11 alth govern time through boundless space such Is the king hing kingdom doin doln now on ou earth begun k A branch of ortho the tho great governmental tree whose roots are grounded in n the central sun sua whose boughs bear fruit through h all eter eternity pity happy are they who labor lnla in lt cause i happy Happ are they who kufner forleta sal aal sake foi voi all who arho aro are obedient to its laws of allots joys and honors dball cl london |