THE HUMAN SOUL.
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In tongues of fire; and back the answers cameIn hollow groans. The fountains of the deepWere broken up, and heaven's windows oped;And earth was buried 'neath a wat'ry tide.Long days and nights the elements prevailed.At last, by mandate of the Will supreme,The earth emerged from its baptismal flood.And now for thee, O soul! new life began;For, humbled, and distrustful of thy own,But filled with awe at the Almighty pow'r,The infinite now reigneth o'er thy thoughts.These were thy days of faith, O human soul!An epoch in thy history, sublime.'Twas then, when God to earth again drew near,From Sinai, witness of His presence dread,The Revelation unto thee was giv'n,Unfolding, O thou soul! thy duties high. And now we turn from Palestina's land,And journey far away to other climes.The burning skies of India o'er us bend;And, far beyond, the seas of China roll.The clust'ring hills of Persia gently rise;And Egypt's land is in the distance seen.Yet o'er these lands, so rich in nature's gifts,The light of Revelation had not shone.Yet, bearing as thou didst, O human soul!Thy Maker's image in thy essence deep,
