The Metropolitan - 1848 Author:Unknown Author Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: mighty king! " And the ransomed of the Lord shall come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain peace and gladness, and sorrow ... more »and sighing shall flee away for ever." If such the mighty mysteries connected with this sainted city, let us look in veneration at its earthly type and shadow, and view, in Jerusalem militant below, the symbol and earnest of Jerusalem trinmphant above, and treat its children with that profundity of respect, and depth of interest, which is meet for those who are heirs of a glorious promise, partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. Then may we experience, that blessed are the peacemakers, amid this strife of earth, and hereafter share the blessedness of the merciful, throughout the calm of countless ages in heaven. Jerusalem, we leave thee ! but, as we take a last glance at thy sacred towers, over which the Prince of Peace arose with healing on his wings, it is with firm trust and blessed assurance of the dawn of that Sun of Righteousness, which the Lord has promised, in the fulness of time, shall be manifested before the face of all men, to be a light to lighten his holy city, to be the glory of his people Israel. THE SENATOR'S WIFE. BY MRS. ABDY. Her books lie unopened, unheeded before her, Her birds are neglected, untended her flowers, Fair, gentle, and gifted, what cloud has come o'er her, What trouble disturbs the smooth course of her hours ? Oh! not for herself are her sighs and her sorrow, She hears daily rumours of faction and strife, And fears for the many, and doubts of the morrow, Invade the calm mind of the senator's wife. She pictures increasing, unchecked agitations, She dwells upon kingdoms assailed and o'erthrown, These ills have descended on neighbouring nations...« less