The carrier-pigeon, it is well known, flies at an elevated pitch, in order to surmount every obstacle between her and the place to which she is destined. 2 "I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies."—Jeremiah, xii. 7. 3" Do not disgrace the throne of thy glory." - Jer. xiv. 21. 4" The Lord called thy name a green olive-tree; fair, and of goodly fruit," &c. Jer. xi. 16. WHO IS THE MAID? ST. JEROME'S LOVE,8 (AIR. BEETHOVEN.) WHO is the Maid my spirit seeks, Its beam is kindled from above. I chose not her, my heart's elect, From those who seek their Maker's shrine 6" Take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord's."- Jer. v. 10. 7 "Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter; for they shall bury in Tophet till there be no place.”— Jer. vii. 32. 8 These lines were suggested by a passage in one of St. Jerome's Letters, replying to some calumnious remarks that had been circulated respecting his intimacy with the matron Paula: "Numquid me vestes sericæ, nitentes gemmæ, 5" For he shall be like the heath in the desert."-Jer. picta facies, aut auri rapuit ambitio? Nulla fuit alia Rome xvii. 6. matronarum, quæ meam possit edomare mentem, nisi lugens atque jejunans, fletu pene cæcata."- Epist. "Si tibi putem." Ere life's early lustre had time to grow pale, And the garland of Love was yet fresh on her brow. Oh, then was her moment, dear spirit, for flying From this gloomy world, while its gloom was unknown And the wild hymns she warbled so sweetly, in dying, Were echoed in Heaven by lips like her own. Weep not for her-in her spring-time she flew To that land where the wings of the soul are unfurl'd; And now, There's nothing dark, below, above, But in its gloom I trace thy Love, And meekly wait that moment, when Thy touch shall turn all bright again! SOUND THE LOUD TIMBREL MIRIAM'S SONG. (AIR. AVISON.2) "And Miriam the Prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a like a star beyond evening's cold dew, Looks radiantly down on the tears of this world. timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after ber with timbrels and with dances."- Exod. xv. 20. SOUND the loud Timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea! brave How vain was their boast, for the LORD hath but spoken, And chariots and horsemen are sunk in the wave. Sound the loud Timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea; JEHOVAH has triumph'd-his people are free. Praise to the Conqueror, praise to the LORD! His word was our arrow, his breath was our sword. Who shall return to tell Egypt the story Of those she sent forth in the hour of her pride? For the LORD hath look'd out from his pillar of glory, 3 And all her brave thousands are dash'd in the tide. Sound the loud Timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea; JEHOVAH has triumph'd-his people are free! GO, LET ME WEEP. (AIR. STEVENSON.) Go, let me weep-there's bliss in tears, When he who sheds them inly feels Some ling'ring stain of early years Effac'd by every drop that steals. 3" And it came to pass, that, in the morning watch, the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians, through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians."-Exod. xiv. 24. COME not, oh LORD, in the dread robe of splendour AS DOWN IN THE SUNLESS RETREATS. Thou wor'st on the Mount, in the day of thine ire; (AIR. - HAYDN.) Come veil'd in those shadows, deep, awful, but As down in the sunless retreats of the Ocean, When pain shall cease, and every tear Then, Judah, thou no more shalt mourn And all be new again. 2 The Fount of Life shall then be quaff'd ALMIGHTY GOD! CHORUS OF PRIESTS. (AIR. -MOZART.) ALMIGHTY GOD! when round thy shrine When round thy Cherubs-smiling calm, Those Cherubs, with their smiling eyes, 1 "And GoD shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; neither shall there be any more pain." — Rev. xxi. 4. 2 "And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new."— Rev. xxi. 5. OH FAIR! OH PUREST! (AIR.-MOOKE.) OH fair! oh purest! be thou the dove Fairest, purest, be thou this dove. The sacred pages of God's own book Fairest, purest, be thou that dove. ANGEL OF CHARITY. (AIR. HANDEL.) ANGEL of Charity, who, from above, Thine was the holiest offering there. the great lawgiver in the mount, then the cherubic images which appeared in that structure were no longer surrounded | by flames; for the tabernacle was a type of the dispensation of mercy, by which JEHOVAH confirmed his gracious covenant to 3" And whosoever will, let him take the water of life redeem mankind."— Observations on the Palm. freely." Rev. xxii. 17. 4" The Scriptures having declared that the Temple of Jerusalem was a type of the Messiah, it is natural to conclude that the Palms, which made so conspicuous a figure in that structure, represented that Life and Immortality which were brought to light by the Gospel.” — Observations on the Palm, as a Sacred Emblem, by W. Tighe. 5" And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims, and palm-trees, and open flowers."-1 Kings, vi. 29. 6" When the passover of the tabernacles was revealed to 7 In St. Augustine's Treatise upon the advantages of a solitary life, addressed to his sister, there is the following fanciful passage, from which, the reader will perceive, the thought of this song was taken: "Te, soror, nunquam nolo esse securam, sed timere semperque tuam fragilitatem habere suspectam, ad instar pavidæ columbæ frequentare rivos aquarum et quasi in speculo accipitris cernere supervolantis effigiem et cavere. Rivi aquarum sententiæ sunt scripturarum, quæ de limpidissimo sapientiæ fonte profuentes," &c. &c. - De Vit. Eremit, ad Sororem, |