66 MADEIRA METEOROLOGIC. PART v. 



man's past and future Divinely purposed state both upon earth and in heaven, 

 that it were almost a sin to leave the work (published by R. Banks, 

 London) altogether unnoticed on the present occasion. Its title is Faith- 

 ful for Ever, viz. the love of God for man through all the ages ; in itself 

 the grandest epic ever composed; and concludes, of that love divine, 

 thus : 



" O mighty love ! true, deep, unfathomable, 

 From Abram's time till now unchangeable, 

 And culminating in the Lord's anointed, 

 Whose mind with God's is interchangeable, 

 Art Thou not ever faithful ? Bid us trust 

 Thee perfectly. The times are looming dark, 

 And Armageddon soon may be upon us : 

 The gathering foes but need the kindling spark, 

 And one vast conflagration must ensue, 

 Evolving mighty issues. Euphrates' vale 

 Will soon be bridged as pathway for the East ; 

 Already unclean spirits tell a tale 

 Of faithless superstition, wielding power 

 O'er those without an anchor for their soul ; 

 Earthquakes in divers places shake the ground, 

 And signs in heaven illuminate the scroll. 

 But they, Thine own, whether they wing their way 

 Suddenly drawn from earth by loving look 

 Of precious Saviour, cleaving air like doves, 

 Casting no glance on what they just forsook 

 Or whether die, and rise as " dead in Christ," 

 It matters not, so as they are with Thee ; 

 For Thou wilt wipe all tears from every eye ; 

 All pain and sorrow then shall cease to be. 

 They will not stand before the Great White Throne 

 Expecting judgment ; that for them is past, 

 Since they are Thine, the Alpha and Omega, 

 Beginning and the end, the first and last" 



