GO FORTH TO THE MOUNT.

AIR. Stevenson.

I.

Go forth to the Mount-bring the olive-branch home,* And rejoice, for the day of our Freedom is come!

From that time,† when the moon upon Ajalon's vale,

Looking motionless down,§saw the kings of the earth, In the presence of God's mighty Champion, grow paleOh never had Judah an hour of such mirth! Go forth to the Mount-bring the olive-branch home, And rejoice, for the day of our Freedom is come!

II.

Bring myrtle and palm-bring the boughs of each tree That is worthy to wave o'er the tents of the Free.**

* "And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive-branches," etc. etc.-Neh. viii. 15.

"For since the days of Joshua the son of Nun, unto that day had not the children of Israel done so and there was very great gladness."—Ib. 17.

S"Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.”—Josh. x. 12.

** "Fetch olive-branches and pine-branches, and myrtlebranches, and palm-branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths."-Neh. viii. 15.

From that day, when the footsteps of Israel shone,

With a light not their own, through the Jordan's

deep tide,

Whose waters shrunk back as the Ark glided on-*

Oh never had Judah an hour of such pride!

Go forth to the Mount-bring the olive-branch home, And rejoice, for the day of our Freedom is come!

IS IT NOT SWEET TO THINK, HEREAFTER.

AIR.-Haydn.

I.

Is it not sweet to think, hereafter,
When the Spirit leaves this sphere,
Love, with deathless wing, shall waft her

To those she long hath mourn'd for here?

* "And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground."—Josh. iii. 17.

Hearts, from which 'twas death to sever,
Eyes, this world can ne'er restore,
There, as warm, as bright as ever,

Shall meet us and be lost no more.

II.

When wearily we wander, asking

Of earth and heav'n, where are they, Beneath whose smile we once lay baskingBlest, and thinking bliss would stay!

Hope still lifts her radiant finger
Pointing to th' eternal home,
Upon whose portal yet they linger,
Looking back for us to come.

III.

Alas-alas-doth Hope deceive us?

Shall friendship-love-shall all those ties

That bind a moment, and then leave us,
Be found again where nothing dies?

Oh! if no other boon were given,

To keep our hearts from wrong and stain, Who would not try to win a Heaven

Where all we love shall live again?

WAR AGAINST BABYLON.

AIR.-Novello.

I.

*

"WAR against Babylon!" shout we around,* Be our banners through earth unfurl'd; Rise up, ye nations, ye kings, at the sound-t "War against Babylon !" shout through the world Oh thou, that dwellest on many waters,S

'Thy day of pride is ended now;

And the dark curse of Israel's daughters

Breaks, like a thunder-cloud, over thy brow!
War, war, war against Babylon!

II.

Make bright the arrows, and gather the shields,** Set the standard of God on high

* "Shout against her round about."-Jer. i. 15. +"Set up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms, etc. etc.—Ib. li. 27.

S"Oh thou that dwellest upon many waters, thy end is come."-lb. 13.

** Make bright the arrows; gather the shields..... set the standard upon the walls of Babylon."—Ib.

Swarm we, like locusts, o'er all her fields,

"Zion" our watchword, and " vengeance" our cry! Woe! woe!-the time of thy visitation*

Is come, proud Land, thy doom is castAnd the bleak wave of desolation

Sweeps o'er thy guilty head, at last!

War, war, war against Babylon!

"Woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of

their visitation!"-Jer. i. 13.