“WAR against Babylon!" shout we around," Be our banners through earth unfurl'd; Rise up, ye nations, ye kings, at the sound-50 "War against Babylon!" shout through the world!

Oh thou, that dwellest on many waters,"1

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!

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

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 cast-
And the black surge of desolation
Sweeps o'er thy guilty head, at last!

War, war, war against Babylon!

IS IT NOT SWEET TO THINK, HEREAFTER.

(AIR.-HAYDN.)

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?

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.

When wearily we wander, asking

Of earth and heav'n, where are they, Beneath whose smile we once lay basking, Bless'd, 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.

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?

GO FORTH TO THE MOUNT.
(AIR. STEVENSON.)

Go forth to the Mount-bring the olive-branch home."4

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

pale

Oh, 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!

Bring myrtle and palm-bring the boughs of each

tree

That's worthy to wave o'er the tents of the Free."
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-branc'
home,

And rejoice, for the day of our Freedom is come'

(1) I have heard that this air is by the late Mrs. Sheridan. It is sung to the beautiful old words, "I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair."

(2) 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.

(3) "I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies.”—Jeremiah, xii. 7.

(4) "Do not disgrace the throne of thy glory.”—Jer. xiv. 21.

(5) "The Lord called thy name a green olive-tree; fair, and of goodly fruit," &c.-Jer. xi. 16.

(6) "For he shall be like the heath in the desert."-Jer. xvii. 6.

(7) "Take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord's." -Jer. v. 10.

(8) "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.

(9) 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, picta facies, aut auri rapuit ambitio? Nulla fuit alia Romæ matronarum, quæ meam possit edomare mentem, nisi lugens atque jejunans, Letu pene cæcata."—Epist. " Si tibi putem.”

(10) This second verse, which I wrote long after the first, alludes to the fate of a very lovely and amiable girl, the daughter of the late Colonel Bainbrigge, who was married in Ashbourne church, October 31, 1815, and died of a fever in a few weeks after the sound of her marriage-bells seemed scarcely out of our ears when we heard of her death. During her last delirium she sung several hymns, in a voice even clearer and sweeter than usual, and among them were some from the present collection, (particularly, "There's nothing bright but Heaven,") which this very interesting girl had often heard me sing during the summer.

(11) Pii orant tacitè.

(12) I have so much altered the character of this air, which is from the beginning of one of Avison's old-fashioned concertos, that, without this acknowledgment, it could hardly, I think, be recognized.

(13) "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.

(14) "And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these."-Exod. xiv. 20.

(15) "Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much."-Luke, vii. 47.

(16) "And he will destroy, in this mountain, the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations."-Isaiah, xxv. 7.

(17) "The rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth."-Isaiah, xxv. 8.

(18) "And GoD shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; .... neither shall there be any more pain."-Rev. xxi. 4.

(19) "And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new."-Rev. xxi. 5.

(20) "And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."-Rev. xxii. 17.

(21) "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.

(22) "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.

(23) "When the passover of the tabernacles was revealed to 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 redeem mankind."-Observations on the Palm.

(24) 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 profluentes," &e, &c.—De Vit. Eremit, ad Sororem.

(27) “Awake, ye Dead, and come to judgment."

(28) "They shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven-and all the angels with him."-Matt. xxiv. 30, and xxv. 31.

(20) "From whose face the earth and the heaven fled away." -Reo. xx. 11.

(30) And before Him shall be gathered all nations, and He shall separate them one from another.....

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you, &c.

"Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, &c.

"And these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life eternal.”—Matt. xxv. 32, et seq.

(31) "And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab."-Deut. xxxiv. 8.

(32) And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab; but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day."Ibid. ver. 6.

(33) "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew.”—Moses' Song, Deut. xxxii. 2.

(34) "I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.”- Deut. xxxiv. 4.

(35) As he was going to embrace Eleazer and Joshua, and was still discoursing with them, a cloud stood over him on the sudden, and he disappeared in a certain valley, although he wrote in the Holy Books that he died, which was done out of fear, lest they should venture to say that, because of his extraordinary virtue, he went to God."-Josephus, book iv. chap. viii.

(36) "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.” -Isaiah, Ix.

(37) And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising."—Ib.

(38) Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side." -Ib.

(39) "The multitude of camels shall cover thee; the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense."-Ib.

(40) "Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?"—Ib.

(41) "Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them."-Ib.

(42) "The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee; the fir

tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious."-Ib.

(43) "Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls, Salvation, and thy gates, Praise."—Ib.

(44) "Thy sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy GOD thy glory."-Ib.

(45) "Thy sun shall no more go down; .... for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended."-Ib.

(46) "Thy people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands."-Ib.

(47) In singing, the following line had better be adopted :"Can but by the gifted of Heaven be found."

(48)" And, behold, the angel of the LORD came upon him, and a light shined in the prison, .... and his chains fell off from his hands."-Acts, xii. 7.

(49) "Shout against her round about.”—Jer. 1. 15.

(50) "Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms," &c., &c.-Jer. li. 27.

(51) "Oh thou that dwellest upon many waters, . . . . thine end is come."-Jer. li. 13.

(52) "Make bright the arrows; gather the shields. . . . set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon.”—Jeremiah, li. 11, 12.

(53) "Woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation!"-Jer. 1. 27.

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

(55) "For since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so; and there was very great gladness."-Neh. viii. 17.

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

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

(58) "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.